OLA QuarterlyPub Date : 2020-07-13DOI: 10.5399/osu/1093-7374.25.04.04
A. Chunn
{"title":"The Library Squad: Tweens in the Public Library","authors":"A. Chunn","doi":"10.5399/osu/1093-7374.25.04.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/1093-7374.25.04.04","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":298209,"journal":{"name":"OLA Quarterly","volume":"644 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132029831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OLA QuarterlyPub Date : 2019-10-28DOI: 10.7710/1093-7374.1992
H. McNeil
{"title":"Yes, but … One Librarian’s Thoughts About Doing It Right","authors":"H. McNeil","doi":"10.7710/1093-7374.1992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7710/1093-7374.1992","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":298209,"journal":{"name":"OLA Quarterly","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123604116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OLA QuarterlyPub Date : 2019-10-28DOI: 10.7710/1093-7374.1988
Crystal Garcia, A. D. Calkins
{"title":"Figuring Out Where to Start, and How: One Library’s DEI Strategies","authors":"Crystal Garcia, A. D. Calkins","doi":"10.7710/1093-7374.1988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7710/1093-7374.1988","url":null,"abstract":"Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) can fall into the category of big, deep thoughts. It can seem daunting to improve DEI at an institutional level. How do we go from abstract, and even overwhelming ideas, to tangible goals and objectives with timelines, budgets and workflows? At Sherwood Public Library, nestled in the southern end of Portland Metro and Washington County, we implemented specific DEI objectives in our strategic plan and in the Edge Assessment. With a staff of 11 FTE serving a community of 22,000 people, we found ways to make the right-sized goals that would stretch our collective and individual comfort zones, and still fit within our capacity for staff time and funds.\u0000\u0000Sherwood’s demographics and diversity are changing, but not as fast as the rest of our region. In a city where 9 out of every 10 people are white and nearly everyone speaks English, we wanted to incorporate DEI objectives into our library as a way to open windows into other backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives--just as much as we wanted to provide mirrors for the diverse members of our own community. A DEI lens helped revitalize our library, increase usage, and improve relevance in profound ways--strengthening our collection development, programs and events, the facility, services, technology, staff and board development, and hiring practices.","PeriodicalId":298209,"journal":{"name":"OLA Quarterly","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126373651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OLA QuarterlyPub Date : 2019-10-28DOI: 10.7710/1093-7374.1989
Andee Zomerman
{"title":"Exploring Multiple Identities in Children’s Literature With Project LIT","authors":"Andee Zomerman","doi":"10.7710/1093-7374.1989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7710/1093-7374.1989","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":298209,"journal":{"name":"OLA Quarterly","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117008066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OLA QuarterlyPub Date : 2019-10-28DOI: 10.7710/1093-7374.1990
Suad Mohamed, Lisa Taylor
{"title":"Stitching Service Gaps Through Innovative Programming","authors":"Suad Mohamed, Lisa Taylor","doi":"10.7710/1093-7374.1990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7710/1093-7374.1990","url":null,"abstract":"The Sewing Project was a pilot program to offer Somali language sewing classes at Multnomah County Library (MCL). It was funded for one year through an internal innovation grant, Curiosity Kick! This article describes some of the challenges and lessons learned from this project, focusing on issues that are relevant to serving immigrant communities and reducing barriers to equitable library services.","PeriodicalId":298209,"journal":{"name":"OLA Quarterly","volume":" 42","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132075630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OLA QuarterlyPub Date : 2019-10-28DOI: 10.7710/1093-7374.1987
Laurie Bridges, Diana Park, Tiah Edmunson-Morton
{"title":"Writing African American History Into Wikipedia","authors":"Laurie Bridges, Diana Park, Tiah Edmunson-Morton","doi":"10.7710/1093-7374.1987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7710/1093-7374.1987","url":null,"abstract":"As the world’s largest information database, Wikipedia is a familiar resource for many people. Given the ubiquity of Wikipedia articles on various topics, it has become a first stop for conducting online searches. However, there is a gap of information within Wikipedia related to African American history, and addressing Wikipedia’s well-documented racial bias should be a priority for librarians and archivists (“Racial bias on Wikipedia,” 2019). In February of 2019, Oregon State University Libraries and Press hosted a Wikipedia Editathon, “Writing African American History into Wikipedia.”\u0000\u0000In the early fall of 2018, we began planning for the Wikipedia Editathon. Two librarians and one archivist, the authors of this article, formed a small team to decide on workflows and individual roles. The team initially discussed various ideas for an editathon theme, but quickly settled on African American history in the Pacific Northwest, which could be incorporated into OSU’s annual African American History Month activities in February. In addition, we all felt that Pacific Northwest African American history is not well known, even among residents of the Pacific Northwest, and so we focused on local history. None of the team members identify as African American, which made the first step, establishing partnerships, vitally important.","PeriodicalId":298209,"journal":{"name":"OLA Quarterly","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132513351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}