34th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture | 19 Sept 2024 [row] [column number=”12″] [pane color=”blue”] “Reading as Belonging: Implications for Library and Information Practice,” by Nadia Caidi, Professor and Director of International Student Experience, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto [endpane] [pane] Thursday, 19 September 2024 | 3:30-5:00 pm CT Lecture :: 5:00-5:45 pm CT Reception […]
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Showcase and Graduation
You are invited to the 2024 Mortenson Center Associates Showcase and Graduation. This year the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs welcomed 12 librarians from 11 countries in its Associates Program (June 3-26, 2024), who will be presenting on the theme “New Roles and Impact in Libraries Around the Globe” The showcase will be followed […]
2024 SCECSAL Conference, Mombasa, Kenya
Our director Prof. Clara Chu gave the Keynote address at the SCECSAL ( Standing Conference of Eastern, Central & Southern African Library & Information Associations) conference on April 22, 2024. Her keynote was titled: “Our Libraries and Our Communities in the Digital Era: Re-imagining Services with Intention.” The conference was hosted by the Kenya […]
Amazing NYT op-ed on book censorship by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the 27th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecturer (2017)
Amazing NYT op-ed on book censorship by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the 27th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecturer (2017) My Young Mind Was Disturbed by a Book. It Changed My Life. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/opinion/culture/book-banning-viet-thanh-nguyen.html Jan. 29, 2022 by Viet Thanh Nguyen When I was 12 or 13 years old, I was not prepared for the racism, the brutality or […]