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<p>Navigating Copyright for Libraries webinar 2: guest speakers will join us including Jessica Coates, Stephen Wyber, IFLA and Professor Tom Cochrane, Queensland University of Technology. </p>
<p style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Navigating Copyright for Libraries webinars are based on the new IFLA book Navigating Copyright for Libraries which was published open access about a month ago. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">You can learn more in the COOLSIG’s latest blog post - </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2022/10/17/navigating-copyright-for-librar... style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#1155cc"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"> https://copyrightliteracy.org/2022/10/17/navigating-copyright-for-librar... style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">The book aims to to provide “basic and advanced information about copyright, outlines limitations and exceptions, discusses communicating with users and highlights emerging copyright issues. The chapters note the significance of the topic; describe salient points of the law and legal concepts; present selected comparisons of approaches around the world; highlight opportunities for reform and advocacy; and help libraries and librarians find their way through the copyright maze.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">The authors of various chapters in the book (we also wrote a chapter) are joining us on the 18</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><sup style="font-size:0.6em">th</sup></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> November and 2</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><sup style="font-size:0.6em">nd</sup></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> December for a discussion.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/b0ed6c888307480ba897751a57f93713">Join the webinar via Blackboard Collaborate</a></strong>Navigating Copyright for Libraries webinar 1: guest speakers will join us including Dr. Zoi Krokida, University of Stirling and David Meehan, O’Reilly Library, Dublin City University.</p>
<p style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Navigating Copyright for Libraries webinars are based on the new IFLA book Navigating Copyright for Libraries which was published open access about a month ago. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">You can learn more in the COOLSIG’s latest blog post - </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2022/10/17/navigating-copyright-for-librar... style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#1155cc"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none"> https://copyrightliteracy.org/2022/10/17/navigating-copyright-for-librar... style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">The book aims to to provide “basic and advanced information about copyright, outlines limitations and exceptions, discusses communicating with users and highlights emerging copyright issues. The chapters note the significance of the topic; describe salient points of the law and legal concepts; present selected comparisons of approaches around the world; highlight opportunities for reform and advocacy; and help libraries and librarians find their way through the copyright maze.”</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">The authors of various chapters in the book (we also wrote a chapter) are joining us on the 18</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><sup style="font-size:0.6em">th</sup></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> November and 2</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><sup style="font-size:0.6em">nd</sup></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> December for a discussion.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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The reading group discussion is around anti-racism and allyship. Through the lens of texts relating to allyship, we will examine the term allyship as it relates to anti-racism, including what it means in the literature, in the vernacular, and to us.<br />
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Reading Group Facilitator: Coco Nijhoff (ARLT SIG Member)<br />
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Places are limited to 15. It is important to commit to this event, engage with the readings and reflect on the questions ahead of the online discussion.<br />
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Key text - book or video:<br />
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Emma Dabiri, What White People Can Do Next. Penguin, 2021.<br />
This book is available in paperback and as an e-book. It is 150 pages.<br />
Please read the first three chapters at a minimum, through the chapter “Interrogate whiteness” ending p. 67.<br />
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As an alternative, watch this recording of Dabiri talking about her book.<br />
Emma Dabiri, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYQBEDF4uUU">Edinburgh book festival Feb 2022</a><br />
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<strong>Further reading:</strong><br />
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<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/19/no-more-white-saviours-tha... Reid, No More White Saviours, thanks: how to be a true anti-racist ally</a><br />
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Read any of these statements or see if your institution has one:<br />
<a href="https://hr.qmul.ac.uk/equality/protected-characteristics/race/how-to-be-... to be an ally – Queen Mary University of London </a><br />
<a href="https://www.bath.ac.uk/guides/how-to-be-an-anti-racist-and-white-ally/">How to be an anti-racist and white ally – University of Bath </a><br />
<a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/equality/resources/race-equality/how-to-be-a-...)">How to be a white ally Imperial College London</a></p>
<p><a href="https://guidetoallyship.com/">Guide to Allyship by Amelie Lamont</a><br />
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Questions to consider<br />
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1. What does Emma Dabiri have to say about allyship in terms of the current discourse? Does her position resonate with you? Why or why not?<br />
2. What does effective allyship look like to you?<br />
3. How can our understanding of allyship influence our approaches in a professional context? How can institutional statements on allyship influence workplace behaviour and effect change?<br />
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This online session will begin with a presentation from Ben McGrae, University of Liverpool who will discuss the Canvas@Liverpool project - the University's approach, now one year on, to their implementation to Canvas VLE from Blackboard. The rest of the session will be available for questions and general discussion around the VLE review and implementation process.</p>
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Liza Layne will give an overview of the Anti-Racist Approaches to Technology course which was designed to help students be critical of technologies and the racism they can reinforce. The course lasted three weeks and was delivered on the FutureLearn platform.<br />
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The first week of the course explored how racial inequalities can be produced or reinforced by technologies, and how this can come about. The second week looked at examples of anti-racist technologies and ways to tackles racism in organisations and reflect on things that get in the way of creating anti-racist technologies. The final week looked at anti-racist approaches to recruitment and user research, and explored inclusive product design.<br />
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Liza is an experienced Transformational Strategic leader who is an experienced people manager, experienced in hiring, recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees, whilst being skilled in Data engineering, software engineering, Business Intelligence, and Analytics. With a degree in Computing and a master’s in Business Intelligence and Analytics, she started a career in Tech by working in financial services as a Support Analyst and eventually was on a path of working in Business Intelligence and Data Analytics.<br />
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Her support of driving for inclusion started by being one of the founders of a London Credit Union serving as a Director, holding the posts of General Secretary and Compliance Officer from 2009 to 2011. Joining AnitaB.org in 2017 as a volunteer, has driven her to forge growth in AnitaB.org’s London Chapter which led to being invited to speak at AnitaB.org Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC), the world's largest gathering of women technologists in 2018 and 2019,2021 and 2022.</p>
<p>The workshop will be delivered by experienced CMALT Assessors.</p>
<p><b>Pre-workshop activities</b></p>
<p>When you register for the workshop, you will be asked to complete a short profile including what accreditation pathway you are on (CMALT, Senior or Associate), which sections of the portfolio you would like specific help with and how far you have progressed overall. </p>
<p>In the week before the workshop, you will receive pre-workshop activities to complete to start progressing your portfolio. </p>
<p><b>Workshop day</b></p>
<p>The workshop day has both live sessions and asynchronous activities scheduled from 9.30am to 4.00pm and concludes with networking opportunities with other candidates. The first half of the day will be focused on strategies for writing specific portfolio sections, including practical examples from accredited portfolios. The afternoon session will provide time for individual support and a peer review exercise. </p>
<p><b>Post-workshop support</b></p>
<p>Following on from the workshop day, you will receive the workshop materials to support you as you complete your portfolio. </p>
<p><b>Who should attend?</b></p>
<p>Anyone registered for CMALT who is keen to complete their portfolio more quickly, candidates who are working towards CMALT looking for more support and anyone looking to revise a referred portfolio. If you are not already on a CMALT pathway you can find out more information <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/certified-membership/cmalt-registration">here</a>, including details on how to register for the accreditation process.<br />
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<strong>Feedback from our workshop participants ...</strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2021/02/cmalt-accelerator-workshop-my-reflec... title="CMALT Accelerator Workshop: My Reflections…by Dr Jin Tan">CMALT Accelerator Workshop: My Reflections…by Dr Jin Tan</a></li>
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<p><b>Costs</b></p>
<p>CMALT candidates discounted rate: £149 </p>
<p>For block bookings please contact <a href="http://cmalt@alt.ac.uk">cmalt@alt.ac.uk</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Cancellations</strong></p>
<p>If the minimum number of registrations has not been met by Friday 6th January, this workshop will be cancelled. Registered delegates will be notified and refunded in full.</p>
<p>Cancellations made in writing, to <a href="mailto:cmalt@alt.ac.uk">cmalt@alt.ac.uk</a>, on or before Friday 6th January will be refunded in full. Cancellations made in writing, to <a href="http://cmalt@alt.ac.uk">cmalt@alt.ac.uk</a>, after Friday 6th January will be refunded in full minus a £25 cancellation fee. </p>
<p>Agenda:</p>
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<li>General updates from ARLG SIG Co-Chair - 10 mins</li>
<li>Black History Month, group activities:</li>
<li>What this means for LT - 15 mins</li>
<li>How can we get involved? - 15 mins</li>
<li>Open discussion - 10 mins</li>
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<p>Pre-meetup activity: Gathering your input for ARLT SIG activities for the Academic Year 2022-23 (link will be sent 1 week before the event).</p>
<p>We are delighted to announce the publication of <em>Leading Virtual Teams - Field Notes from a CEO</em> by Dr Maren Deepwell. This is the first new occassional publication we have published in a while and it marks an important milestone for our Association, having completed our successful strategic transition to becoming a virtual organisation in 2018. </p>
<p><a href="https://journal.alt.ac.uk/index.php/rlt/issue/view/127" title="Link to download the digital edition">>> Digital edition now available</a></p>
<p style="text-align:start; margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px"><strong>About the book</strong></p>
<p>What is it like to manage a virtual team and to lead an organisation from home? How can you not only meet budget targets and KPIs but balance business needs with employee happiness and wellbeing? <em>Leading Virtual Teams</em> explores current practice in succeeding in a virtual workplace and questions what the future of hybrid working may hold.</p>
<p>This book provides practical advice and case studies as a source of inspiration and a prompt for reflection for virtual teams and their leaders. From recruitment and induction to establishing effective and sustainable ways of working in the virtual workplace. <em>Leading Virtual Teams</em> explores the highs and lows of what it means to work from home long-term in a small or medium sized organisation and sets out a vision for a new kind of professionalism for virtual teams.</p>
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<p>Lorna M. Campbell, OER Service Manager at the University of Edinburgh, will talk about sustainable institutional support for OER and open textbooks, and introduce the Open eTextbooks for Access to Music Education project, a student experience project at the University of Edinburgh that repurposed existing MOOC content to co-create a new open textbook. </p>
<p>Dhara Snowden, Textbook Programme Manager at UCL Press, will talk about the processes involved in establishing a new OA textbook list including, commissioning authors, developing and publishing OA resources, and the lessons learned from publishing <em><a href="https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/83153">The Textbook of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery</a></em>, in 2016 (as part of <a href="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/institution-as-e-textbook-publisher">... Institution as eTextbook Publisher</a> project).</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/how-we-are-governed/alt-assembly" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">ALT Assembly</a> meets monthly online, with two annual face-to-face meetings in March and September.</p>
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<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/148xcKsHXDjAQsL7m-toQD6fmVRuzMwJTOEEK... rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Agenda and Notes</a> for the meeting (shared open doc)</li>
<li><a href="https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/0dfa9edfd70c49ab8523cecde766ef1a">Link to join the meeting</a></li>
<li>ALT Assembly <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16VNo33nM14E8R9wSgUKilkw15wqQtx16/view" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Terms of Reference (2020)</a></li>
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<p>The meeting will run in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. If you have not used Collaborate Ultra before, it may be helpful to consult our webinar FAQs at <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs</a>. </p>
<p>If you have any specific questions about the ALT Assembly please contact <b>helpdesk@alt.ac.uk</b></p>
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