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LibGuides are a prevalent tool in libraries, and yet often their use as a tool is taken at face value. Used as pointers towards knowledge, LibGuides should be a crucial part of creating anti-racist library institutions. In understanding such tools and how to implement such criticality, the LibGuide Open Review Discussion Sessions provides a space across California State University Systems for practitioners to come together to discuss reference, publishing, critical digital pedagogy, critical race theory, and our work in libraries, working towards holding criticality to fight against the farce of neutrality within knowledge organizations.
To do so, each LORDS session uses a rubric as a suggested framework for the discussion. For reference, : a local sample used rubric, the draft LibGuide, and the result after the session, from one of Cal Poly SLO’s pilot sessions. For a more detailed discussion, resources, and further ideas about the project, please watch this Association of Southeastern Research Libraries webinar:
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Confluence page (this!), with rubric and webinar to inform, as well as be transparent about the work
Open Access Week? Potential collaboration with other committees in the future, such as Student Success Committee, CSU reference coordinators, Online learning librarians, Academic Senate Committees?
COLD meeting in December
Outreach through Schol Com committee
10/19: Materials Needed
Local LibGuide sessions are being planned for the next two weeks at other campuses, and will adjust rubrics as necessary for each institution.
LibGuides are used differently, and the rubric is simply a jumping off point to structure similar discussions for each aspect of the library.
The four institutions that will participate in the pilot in December are Cal Poly Pomona, SFSU, Cal Poly SLO, and Dominguez Hills. LibGuide to be reviewed to be decided. 3 of the 4 institutions will have had their own local review session by the time the pilot happens, and the fourth will be a pilot of any interested individuals jumping in.
How to promote buy in across campuses if there is no committed facilitator? Is there a way to create a position/system? Potentially an ask from COLD during meeting in December.
How also to promote buy in across positions in a library? This project aims to be for any/everyone who works in a library, and there are professional/organizations obligations/restrictions. Such criticality also hopes to be and should be folded into the daily tasks/job descriptions/part of scholarship processes for faculty and staff across the CSUs. This needs hence to consider RTP processes, employee empowerment, and access to information and collaboration, with critical interest in anti-racist work.
Devising an FAQ about the project to be posted on here.
11/16: Rubric Detailing
11/30: Pilot Planning, follow ups