From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 12:10:00 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [108.28.72.150] (account joan@cni.org HELO [192.168.1.81]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.12) with ESMTPSA id 32769810 for cni-announce@cni.org; Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:23:27 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_D161BE77-ED25-4480-8970-517FAC7A3C23" Subject: Design for Diversity - Northeastern U. Call for Participation X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:23:25 -0400 X-Original-To: "cni-announce@cni.org (cni-announce@cni.org)" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_D161BE77-ED25-4480-8970-517FAC7A3C23 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Posting on behalf of Patrick Yott, at Northeastern University Libraries, = who is seeking participation in a very interesting project to promote = inclusive and ethical practices in information systems. There is a link = to the project website for more information. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ----------------------------- The Digital Scholarship Group at Northeastern University is pleased to = announce an IMLS-funded national forum on "Design for Diversity": a = public conversation that focuses on constructing a collaborative = pedagogical toolkit to encourage inclusive and ethical practices in = information sciences and system design.=20 =20 This IMLS grant will support a series of public events and working = meetings on the ways in which information systems embody and reinforce = cultural norms, and ask how we can design systems that account for = diverse cultural materials and ways of knowing. The end results will be = a teaching and learning toolkit for cultural heritage practitioners in = systems design which will better inform both future work and the = education and professional development of new practitioners. =20 We envision this toolkit combating problems of colonizing, = appropriating, silencing, and marginalizing; we are counting on your = participation and involvement. It is essential to the success of this = project that we partner with participants with a broad range of = experience and backgrounds, to help us think through these complex = questions of design and pedagogy from many different perspectives. =20 We are especially interested in partners who are practicing cultural = heritage systems design, whether in a formal organization or not: we = seek activists, community organizers, and other grassroots collectors of = history as well as librarians, archivists, scholars, and curators. We = seek to involve the many different kinds of people undertaking = information systems design, from activities like cataloging, building = metadata schema, and creating automated re-use policies to building = databases, designing web interfaces, and more. =20 The first in-person event will be held October 16-17, 2017 at = Northeastern University in Boston. To learn about ways that you can = participate and sign up for our email list, visit our = website:http://dsg.neu.edu/research/design-for-diversity/participate/ =20 Follow us on Twitter at @Des4Div or contact the grant team at = DesignForDiversity@northeastern.edu. =20 ------- Joan K. Lippincott, Ph.D. Associate Executive Director Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202-296-5098 202-872-0886 (Fax) joan@cni.org www.cni.org --Apple-Mail=_D161BE77-ED25-4480-8970-517FAC7A3C23 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii The Digital Scholarship Group = at Northeastern University is pleased to announce an IMLS-funded = national forum on "Design for Diversity": a public conversation that = focuses on constructing a collaborative pedagogical toolkit to encourage = inclusive and ethical practices in information sciences and system = design. 
This IMLS grant will support a series of public = events and working meetings on the ways in which information systems = embody and reinforce cultural norms, and ask how we can design systems = that account for diverse cultural materials and ways of knowing. The end = results will be a teaching and learning toolkit for cultural heritage = practitioners in systems design which will better inform both future = work and the education and professional development of new = practitioners.
We envision this toolkit combating problems of = colonizing, appropriating, silencing, and marginalizing; we are counting = on your participation and involvement. It = is essential to the success of this project that we = partner with participants with a broad range of experience and = backgrounds, to help us think through these complex questions of design = and pedagogy from many different = perspectives.
We are especially interested in partners who = are practicing cultural heritage systems design, = whether in a formal organization or not: we seek activists, community = organizers, and other grassroots collectors of history as well as = librarians, archivists, scholars, and curators. We seek to involve the = many different kinds of people undertaking information systems design, = from activities like cataloging, building metadata schema, and creating = automated re-use policies to building databases, designing web = interfaces, and more.
The first in-person event will be = held October 16-17, 2017 at Northeastern University in = Boston. To learn about ways that you can participate and sign = up for our email list, visit our website:Follow us on Twitter at 

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