CFP: for short essays (1-2 pages) on various aspects of women’s experience in Second Life.
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Archive for July, 2009
Call for short essays on women’s experiences in SL
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Friday, July 17th, 2009
Rebecca Donner reviews the novel, A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert, at bookforum.com.
Multigenerational novels about women often elicit analogies to tapestries—relationships are interwoven, themes are intertwined, and there is much braiding of narrative strands. Let us not likewise domesticate Kate Walbert’s remarkable novel A Short History of Women, which traces five generations back to Dorothy Trevor Townsend, a Cambridge-educated suffragette who commits suicide for her cause.
Poems from the Women’s Movement
Thursday, July 9th, 2009Elizabeth Lund reviews Poems from the Women’s Movement by Honor Moore for the Christian Science Monitor.
This “landmark collection” is powerful precisely because it is not a manifesto. Instead, the power of these poems comes from the fact that one writer after another – from the 1960s to the 1980s – dared to say what hadn’t been voiced before. In doing so, they helped other women – from scholars to housewives and mothers – find the courage to challenge the status quo as well.
Feminists’ Night at the Movies
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Feminists’ Night at the Movies
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Palmer House, Room: Chicago Room
Featuring three films from the Women Make Movies catalog:
Women’s Kingdom: a film by Xiaoli Zhou and produced by Xiaoli Zhou & Brent E. Huffman. With breathtaking imagery shot in a remote area of southwest China, this short documentary offers a rare glimpse into Mosuo culture, one of the last matriarchal societies in the world, virtually unheard of until 10 years ago. Mosuo women enjoy great freedoms and carry great responsibilities. As the outside world encroaches, bringing 21st century conveniences, tourism, pollution, and mainstream ideas about femininity, these extraordinary women must meet complex new challenges to preserve their extraordinary culture.
Guerillas in Our Midst: a film by Amy Harrison. Through interviews and art-world footage, this film presents a savvy exploration of the machinations of the commercial art-world during its boom in the 1980s, and brings the Guerrilla Girls to the screen. This anonymous group of art terrorists has succeeded in putting racism and sexism on the agenda in the art-world since 1985, and their witty and creative tactics have changed the face of political and cultural activism.
To See If I’m Smiling (Lir’ot Im Ani Mehayechet): a film by Tamar Yarom. In this award-winning documentary, the frank testimonials of six female Israeli soldiers stationed in Gaza and the West Bank pack a powerful emotional punch. The young women revisit their tours of duty with surprising honesty and strip bare the stereotypes of gender differences in the military. With archival footage, personal material, and compelling testimonies, the documentary explores the ways that gender, ethics, and moral responsibility intersect during wartime.
ALA Annual Grassroots Programs
Monday, July 6th, 2009WSS members may be interested in some of the Grassroots Programs planned for the Annual Conference in Chicago.
Conference Info for New Attendees
Monday, July 6th, 2009The ACRL 101 session at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago will be held Saturday, July 11, from 8:00-10:00 a.m. in Ballroom IV of the Chicago Sheraton Hotel. Also check out the Making the Most of Your 1st Conference Tipsheet from ACRL.
Introduction to Women’s Issues
Monday, July 6th, 2009Please join us for the annual Introduction to Women’s Issues discussion, rotated each year among the SRRT Feminist Task Force (FTF), the ACRL Women’s Studies Section (WSS) and the Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL).
Introduction to Women’s Issues
Saturday, July 11: 1:30-2:30 PM
McCormick Place West W-176b
Topic: Women and Workload: Strategies for Empowerment
As budgets shrink, repositories and staff consolidate, and job responsibilities multiply, managing workload is a major struggle for many librarians. This year’s topic for Intro to Women’s Issues will be an informal discussion of strategies for balancing workload and additional job responsibilities, and also for knowing when/how to say “no” to new projects and assignments. We will additionally consider the impact of gender–studies of women in academia, for example, have found differences in job satisfaction between men and women related to work-life balance issues, types of committee and service appointments, and research collaborations. Are there similar differences in librarianship?
WSS Social
Monday, July 6th, 2009Please join your fellow WSS members this Saturday, July 11 from 6:00-8:00pm-ish at BIN 36 wine bar (339 N. Dearborn near the House of Blues) for great conversation, delish appetizers, and all-around good times. We’ll be walking up there as a group after the General Membership Forum, but feel free to drop by as your schedule allows.
For our other events and meetings in Chicago, please see our conference information web page.
Feedback requested for Government Information: A Topic for all Librarians
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009On Friday, July 10 (8:00am-12:00 pm, McCormick Place West-178a), I will be attending a forum on the future of government information entitled “Government Information: A Topic for All Librarians,” and any WSS members in town are encouraged to come. I will be representing the Section, and we’ve been asked to cover four main questions:
1. How do WSS librarians help users find information from all government levels?
2. In what ways do WSS librarians provide and/or organize government information for their users?
3. What training do WSS librarians have/need in government information?
4. What do WSS librarians consider to be government information?
Please leave your comments here for any or all of these questions, and I will compile for the session.
Thanks!
Diana
WSS Member Publishes a New Book
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009An Author among us!
Congratulations Lauren Pressley. Lauren wrote a book, “So You Want To Be A Librarian”
http://laurenpressley.com/library/?p=922
BTW, she will be signing copies at ALA booth 1637, Exhibits Hall,
McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago at 10am, Sunday, July 12, 2009.