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This week, we welcome Cornell Winston (current President of the American Association of Law Libraries) and Jenny Silbiger (President‑Elect). Speaking from sunny San Diego and O‘ahu's courthouse halls, the duo joins the show to preview AALL's 2025 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon—and to talk candidly about the challenges and opportunities facing the legal‑information profession during a time of rapid technological and political flux.Cornell and Jenny explain why open communication has become a strategic imperative for AALL. Although board books have long been public, they are doubling down on proactive updates—through e‑briefings, “Know‑It‑AALL” newsletters, and 80‑plus committee channels—because members crave clarity when the profession feels under siege. Their message is simple: phone numbers and inboxes are open; no question is off‑limits. The leaders frame transparency not as a defensive posture, but as an invitation to pull every member into the conversation and decision‑making process.The discussion then turns to the vacant Government Relations role—often seen as AALL's front line in Washington. Cornell reassures listeners that, despite the hiring gap, advocacy has never left the stage: the Government Relations Committee partners with ALA and other allies, tracks executive‑order whiplash, and issues public statements on IMLS funding or Library of Congress appointments. While lobby dynamics have shifted since COVID‑era restrictions, AALL continues to file comments, weigh amicus briefs, and equip members to speak up in their own jurisdictions until the position is refilled.Next, the hosts probe changes to the volunteer pipeline. Under the new process, virtually every member who raises a hand gets a seat—whether on a jury, committee, or the coveted Annual Meeting Program Committee. Headquarters now monitors overlapping appointments to spread opportunities and ensure early‑career librarians experience the career‑shaping mentorship Greg once received from the late Bob Oakley. Jenny underscores that engagement options range from micro‑tasks to multi‑year leadership roles, accommodating both time‑pressed newcomers and seasoned veterans.Turning to the July 19‑22 conference itself, Cornell shares upbeat registration numbers, hotel tips, and—importantly—news of no late‑registration fee increase. Portland's light‑rail pass, tax‑free shopping, and Nike/Columbia/Adidas discounts sweeten the trip, but the intellectual draw is formidable: 65‑plus programs, four pre‑conference workshops, and a cross‑pollinated AI track that unites academic and private‑sector librarians. Keynote speaker Roosevelt Weeks, renowned for transforming Austin Public Library into a nationally acclaimed, radically welcoming space, will challenge attendees to double down on access and inclusion.Asked for their “biggest challenge” predictions, Jenny cites the breakneck pace of AI and the resulting imperative to preserve integrity in an era of deepfakes and data deluge. Cornell echoes the warning: librarians must remain society's trusted validators and proclaim that expertise without apology. As the gavel passes in Portland, Jenny's presidential agenda crystallizes around three goals—meeting members where they are, converting dialogue into strategic action, and leaving the profession stronger for the next generation. Whether you are a long‑time AALL stalwart or a first‑time volunteer, this episode is a reminder that the future of legal information will be shaped by those who show up, speak up, and keep the channels open.Listen on mobile platforms:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[Special Thanks to ⁠Legal Technology Hub⁠ for their sponsoring this episode.] Blue Sky: ⁠⁠@geeklawblog.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@marlgeb⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email: geekinreviewpodcast@gmail.comMusic: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerry David DeCicca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Transcript

We're talking with Kelly about the IMLS executive order and fallout.    Kelly on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/heykellyjensen.bsky.social  Literary Activism Newsletter: https://bookriot.com/newsletter/literary-activism/  Media mentioned https://mn.gov/mmb/budget/federal-investments/data-and-reporting/ https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-beach-moca-museum-of-contemporary-art-federal-grant-terminated/291-bbbaeb6f-6954-4f3a-ab6d-96d63b962619 May 11   IMLS stories https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.59257/gov.uscourts.rid.59257.64.0.pdf (May 21) https://bookriot.com/trump-seeks-stay-in-imls-injunction-sonderling-bashes-imls-employees-in-declaration/ (May 20) https://www.wordsandmoney.com/ala-urges-court-to-deny-dojs-motion-for-reconsideration-in-imls-case/ (May 14) https://bookriot.com/massive-victory-in-lawsuit-filed-against-trump-administrations-dismantling-of-imls/ (May 13) https://bookriot.com/the-latest-from-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services/ (May 6, 2025) https://bookriot.com/recent-attacks-on-libraries/ (Apr 15, 2025) https://bookriot.com/imls-gutted/  (Mar 31, 2025) Labor Lessons from the US South event: bit.ly/laborlessons  Live show tickets: https://bit.ly/librarypunklive25  Conference sticker fundraiser: https://ko-fi.com/s/8b9407ef58  Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG  Transcripts: https://pastecode.io/s/57rpgz05 (more disjointed than usual due to recording issue)

Dan and Monica recap all the latest updates on the IMLS funding situation, including important news from the Illinois State Library about the upcoming fiscal year. They also chat about the exciting new rebrand of Explore More Illinois, the current RAILS Board Election, and RAILS grant programs. Relevant Links: IMLS Advocacy Pulse Page Chicago Tribune Article 6/3 EMI Information Session RAILS Board Election RAILS Grants RAILS CE Archives

Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, the executive director of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill and, until recently, a member of the Institute of Museum and Library Services board, joins the editors to discuss the federal cuts that downsized IMLS. Due to the gutting of the IMLS budget, the Parrish has lost over $140,000 in federal funding that supported its education and Access Parrish programs, an initiative that creates artistic learning experiences for individuals with special needs, including those with Parkinson's disease.

"I don't remember Trump campaigning on the promise to cut local library funding, but there were warnings," says Ali Velshi on this episode of the Banned Book Club. He brings onto the show Jon Yaged, CEO of Macmillan Publishers to discuss the effects of book banning and the slashing of federal funding to the little-known federal agency, the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester recommend genre-defying mysteries, thrillers, and horror novels! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you'll love. Choose from receiving just the recommendations via email, or opt to have paperbacks or hardcovers delivered right to your door. Get started for only $18! News The American Library Association has sued the Trump administration for the gutting of IMLS. Attorneys general from 21 states have also filed a lawsuit EveryLibrary condemns the Trump administration's termination of IMLS grants as an attack on libraries, museums, and archives everywhere Tracking the Trump Administration's attacks on libraries Books Discussed This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir When No One is Looking by Alyssa Cole Himself by Jess Kidd The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Opal Watson: Private Eye by Brittany J. Thurman Coram House by Bailey Seybolt If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady Find Kendra on Instagram and BlueSky @kdwinchester and on TikTok @kendrawinchester And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan and Monica provide updates about the dismantling of IMLS, sharing new resources, events, and talking points that members should know about. They also discuss the new 2024 RAILS Annual Report and highlight the continuing education opportunities available to library workers in Illinois. Relevant Links: Letter from Secretary Giannoulias Partnership Joint Statement IMLS Advocacy Pulse Page 4/23 Advocating for Libraries event RAILS 2024 Annual Report RAILS Continuing Education 4/17 Disaster Preparedness CE 4/23 Self Censorship in School Libraries CE 4/24 Cataloging Graphic Novels CE

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has been around for nearly 30 years. It only has about 75 employees and the Trump administration wants to cut that in half. The move isn't sitting well with libraries who receive federal dollars via the IMLS. For why it's suing to restore the agency, the American Library Association's policy chief Alan Inouye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has been around for nearly 30 years. It only has about 75 employees and the Trump administration wants to cut that in half. The move isn't sitting well with libraries who receive federal dollars via the IMLS. For why it's suing to restore the agency, the American Library Association's policy chief Alan Inouye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump's cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services will impact hundreds of millions of dollars in grant-funded projects around the country. Crosby Kemper, a former director of the Kansas City Public Library who served as IMLS director for four years, worries the agency will be eliminated entirely.

Grace and Alvina talk about two different types of price: authentic pride and hubistric pride, and how that might apply to their work and lives. For the Fortune Cookie segment they discuss a recent executive order to defund libraries. Alvina tells Grace about the book BIG ENOUGH by Regina Linke. And, they end by sharing what they're grateful for. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. See info about Grace's new book "The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon": https://linktr.ee/gracelinauthor. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookfriendsforever_podcast/  

Welcome to No Shhh... It's the TRL Podcast. A library podcast where we talk about more than just books. Chris and Anna Lisa are joined by Washington State Librarian Sara Jones to discuss this episode's topic. Tune in to learn more about federal funding for libraries, including recent threats to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the impact of funding cuts, and how you can help.You can also listen to the episode on YouTube

The federal budget cuts just keep coming, and this time the axe is swinging at our nation's libraries and museums. In March, the Trump administration moved to gut the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Locally, IMLS has given grants and other funding to the Madison Public Library, Madison Children's Museum, Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Chazen Museum of Art, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, and MMoCA. To get a sense of how this funding cut will be felt — if it goes through — we caught up with Madison Public Library Director Tana Elias.  Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We're also on Instagram!  You can get more Madison news delivered right to your inbox by subscribing to the Madison Minutes morning newsletter.  Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads.  Learn more about the sponsors of this April 8th episode: Jones Dairy Farm Goodman Community Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a small federal agency few have heard of, but it has a large impact around the country. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries and the Trump administration has placed roughly 80 percent of IMLS staff on administrative leave. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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Institute sends $8 million annually to New York Local librarians are campaigning against a March 14 executive order issued by President Donald Trump that could cripple a New York agency that distributes state funds to local libraries. The Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, D.C., which has a $290 million budget, sends federal money to cultural institutions and state library associations, including $8 million annually that funds the New York Division of Library Development. The DLD is responsible for distributing state aid to public libraries - including $70 million annually to those outside New York City - through regional organizations like the Mid-Hudson Library System, whose 66 members include the Howland in Beacon, the Butterfield in Cold Spring and the Desmond-Fish in Garrison. The DLD also oversees $45 million in state funds distributed each year for library construction projects. The Mid-Hudson Library System, which is based in Poughkeepsie and has a $3.74 million budget, provides support services, programming grants and negotiates discounted group licenses from software, e-book and database providers. "The absence of DLD staff to facilitate aid programs that impact us is our largest, immediate concern," said Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, executive director of the Mid-Hudson system. "Severe delays in receiving our operating aid could deplete our reserve funds and compromise our ability to pay our bills." Along with shared resources, the Howland library expects to receive $8,200 in grants from MHLS in 2025; Desmond-Fish, $4,000; and Butterfield, $54,000 for an HVAC project. "We pushed to finish the project so as not to incur additional costs as we were told by contractors that prices were set to increase in April due to tariffs" implemented by Trump, said Joanna Reinhardt, the director at Butterfield. "This was prior to learning of the IMLS news; we may have held off had we known." There are 762 public libraries in New York. Gillian Murphy, the director at the Howland, feels that same sense or uncertainty. "Grant money may not come through or will come late because lack of staff," she said. "We have construction grants that we rely on and who knows what will happen to those." The IMLS, created by Congress in 1996, is one of seven small agencies named in Trump's executive order, titled Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy. It directs that the agencies be "eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law." The acting director of IMLS, Keith Sonderling, said on March 20 that he planned to "revitalize" the agency and "restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve our country's core values, promote American exceptionalism and cultivate love of country in future generations." The federal money sent to states by IMLS should be funded through October, Smith Aldrich said, but 60 of the agency's 70 employees have been placed on administrative leave, which "calls into question if this is happening. The Grants to States Program may need to be reauthorized this fall by Congress," which is a focus of lobbying. IMLS also distributes grants to museums. The Greater Hudson Heritage Network received $269,038 in 2024 to conserve 35 objects at 10 museums, including Maj. John Andre's flute at Boscobel in Philipstown. Catching Up with… The Howland Public Library (Beacon) The Julia L. Butterfield Library (Cold Spring) The Desmond-Fish Public Library (Garrison)

In this episode, Matt talks to Library Director Marie Lejeune and Patron Services Supervisor Katherine Parker from the Rochester Public Library about potential funding changes to IMLS and their impact on various services— including audiobooks, a service that is widely used in Rochester. In 2024 alone, 895 users accessed audiobooks, totaling nearly 13,000 checkouts. With digital resources like eBooks (8,202 checkouts) and magazines (2,502 checkouts) also in high demand, the conversation explores how potential funding changes could affect access to vital library services.

Seleccionar talento no es solo cubrir vacantes, es construir el futuro de lo público. Pero, ¿estamos realmente eligiendo a los mejores? Procesos lentos, normativas rígidas y una falta de adaptación a la realidad actual marcan el panorama. Hoy hablamos con Ángel Gil Blázquez, presidente de ANEXPAL y gerente del IMLS de Fuenlabrada, una voz clave en la modernización de la selección de personal en el sector público. En este episodio, exploramos qué falla, qué está cambiando y qué deberíamos hacer ya para atraer a los profesionales que nuestras administraciones necesitan. 🎙️ ¿Hacia dónde va la selección en la administración local? ¿Es posible innovar dentro del marco normativo? Arrancamos.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services, a small, independent federal agency, plans to examine as many museums in the U.S. as it can. It's National Museum Survey will launch in 2025. The agency recently completed a pilot effort to test its survey process. For details, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke with Laura Huerta Migus, Deputy Director for Museum Services at IMLS. And with with Matt Birnbaum, the agency's Director of Research and Evaluation.https://www.imls.gov/news/institute-museum-and-library-services-announces-plans-launch-national-museum-survey-early-2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services, a small, independent federal agency, plans to examine as many museums in the U.S. as it can. It's National Museum Survey will launch in 2025. The agency recently completed a pilot effort to test its survey process. For details, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke with Laura Huerta Migus, Deputy Director for Museum Services at IMLS. And with with Matt Birnbaum, the agency's Director of Research and Evaluation. https://www.imls.gov/news/institute-museum-and-library-services-announces-plans-launch-national-museum-survey-early-2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This program is part of a series of 12 supplemental curriculum webinars planned for the IMLS-funded Bridging Knowledge Scholarship program. Access the captioned version of this webcast at https://youtu.be/sje3pI2x2WE

In this episode our guests, Larra Clark, Deputy Director Public Library Association & ALA Public Policy & Advocacy and Natalie Ruppert, Manager, Career & Job Services Division at Kenton County (KY) Public Library, discuss PLA initiatives around workforce development including the concept of career navigators and new research examining the role U.S. public libraries play in supporting workforce and small business development. The research, conducted by Measures that Matter, an initiative of COSLA in cooperation with IMLS, provides an increased understanding of current library practices and how they intersect with existing workforce systems and identifies challenges to data collection and outcome measurement.

Jimmy Zavala is the Teaching & Learning Librarian for UCLA Library Special Collections. Prior to joining UCLA, Jimmy was the Project Coordinator Librarian for Transforming Knowledge, Transforming Libraries, a three-year IMLS-funded research project analyzing the intersection of Ethnic Studies and Community Archives at UC Irvine. He received his MLIS from UCLA and also holds a BA in Latin American Studies and an MA in History from California State University, Los Angeles.

Anna and Dan learn more about data visualization from library consultant, Linda Hofschire. In this episode we get to know Linda, and talk about strategies and tactics to make reports and strategic plans tell the library's story with attention grabbing graphs and imagery. Pro-tip for libraries: start taking and saving photos at library programs with good lighting, and then use these in your marketing and social posts. Linda Hofschire has more than 20 years of experience conducting social science research and evaluation and providing training in-person and online. She directs the Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL), an initiative funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to provide data and evaluation training for library staff. She is also the Instructional Designer for the IMLS-funded project Embedding Evaluation in Libraries, and the Training Coordinator for Infopeople, the training arm of the Califa Group. Linda serves as the chair of PLA's Measurement, Evaluation, and Assessment Committee, and was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2017. She has an MA and PhD in Mass Media from Michigan State University, and an MLIS from the University of Illinois. She is passionate about making data accessible and meaningful to users.

Join Bridging Knowledge Scholarship Advisory Board Member and Past-President of the American Indian Library Association, George Gottschalk, who shares reflections and trends within collections, acquisitions and technical services work in libraries. This program is part of the supplementary curriculum series for the IMLS-funded Bridging Knowledge Scholarship program at SJSU School of Information. Access the captioned version of this webcast at https://youtu.be/I1hLhUJwQ_o

Um mergulho no inferno das prisões e nas complexas relações de organizações criminosas que transformaram El Salvador em um dos países mais violentos do mundo. Esse é o panorama proposto pelo livro “Sin Salida” do fotógrafo britânico Tariq Zaidi. Durante dois anos, entre 2018 e 2020, o fotógrafo britânico Tariq Zaidi percorreu o submundo do crime registrando em imagens o retrato de uma sociedade dominada pelo medo e refém de uma disputa sangrenta e cruel entre gangues que espalham o terror por meio de ações de extrema brutalidade. As principais organizações criminosas do país, chamadas de “maras”, são Mara Salvatrucha (ou MS-13) et Barrio 18. Lançado em 2021 pela editora britânica Gost Books, o livro Sin Salida (Sem Saída) expõe as 69 fotos captadas nas várias viagens que Tariq Zaidi fez a El Salvador e traz textos com relatos e análises do que viu. O premiado fotógrafo, que já percorreu todas as regiões do planeta, Tariq Zaidi comenta nessa entrevista à RFI os motivos que o levaram a penetrar nesse universo e a denunciar a violência que, segundo ele, não tem equivalente em outros países, como Brasil e Venezuela.      A seguir, trechos da entrevista de Tariq Zaidi à RFI: RFI: Que razões o levaram a trabalhar e fotografar o tema da violência das gangs e seu impacto na sociedade de El Salvador? Tariq Zaidi: Tendo vivido na Venezuela, Brasil e Argentina por cerca de 4 anos e tendo viajado por quase em toda a América do Norte, Central e do Sul por quase 2 anos e meio, essas experiências tiveram um impacto visceral sobre mim. Quando o então presidente (Donald) Trump chamou as caravanas de migrantes da América Central de "criminosas", eu quis entender que tipo de vida essas pessoas estavam deixando para trás ... Eu queria mostrar ao mundo como El Salvador se tornou distópico, e como a extensão, escala e selvageria da violência é diferente de qualquer coisa que a maioria de nós já conheceu. Esta quebra das normas sociais exacerba a situação. Os jovens crescem em condições de guerra e são frequentemente socializados pelas gangues. Na MS-13, (a socialização) começa com uma surra de 13 segundos. Cito um exemplo particularmente horrível: um vídeo amplamente compartilhado mostrava um grupo de integrantes da gangue arrancando as mãos de uma vítima e depois brincando com os dedos, tudo isso enquanto riam histericamente. A onipresença da violência é devastadora para o desenvolvimento psicológico normal. Quando você fala com famílias que sofreram essa violência - assassinatos, desaparecimentos, extorsão, ameaças de morte – você entende que a maioria das pessoas vive seus dias com medo. Pode ser difícil para as pessoas que nunca visitaram o país entender o quanto as normas sociais se desintegraram. Em muitas cidades é impossível atravessar a rua devido às diferenças pelo controle do território das gangues, isolando totalmente bairros e ruas. Ao entrar em um novo bairro, os visitantes muitas vezes têm de sinalizar com faróis do carro ou baixar as janelas para indicar fidelidade à quadrilha que controla o local, ou para mostrar que teme a violência.     No livro você diz que “as falhas do Estado e a violência das gangues geraram uma situação em El Salvador que é única no mundo”. Por quê? Não há paralelo com outros países onde também há muita violência de gangues, como por exemplo o Brasil do PCC e outras organizações criminosas? Tariq Zaidi: O que faz a violência em El Salvador ser diferente de outros países como o Brasil, e o Haiti, entre outros países, por exemplo, é que o tipo de violência é mais brutal. As “maras” não matam apenas civis ou outros membros de gangues, elas mutilam, aleijam, para apavorar a sociedade. Elas também fazem parte da vida cotidiana de uma forma que as organizações terroristas muitas vezes não fazem. Elas extorquem e controlam bairros, e se escondem da vista de todos. Por isso, é tão difícil de combatê-las. Frequentemente, é difícil de saber quem é e quem não é membro de uma gangue. As estimativas do número de integrantes das maras em El Salvador variam, mas de acordo dados de 2015 do ministério da Defesa do país, sugerem que até 600.000 salvadorenhos, ou seja, quase 10% do total dos 6,4 milhões de habitantes do país, estão envolvidos com gangues, seja através da participação direta ou através da coerção e extorsão por parentes. A escala da violência também é excepcional. Em 13 dos 22 anos entre 1995 e 2017, El Salvador teve a maior taxa de assassinatos para um país que não estava em uma zona de guerra. Em 2015, a taxa de homicídios subiu de 6 para mais de 100 homicídios por 100.000 habitantes, bem acima dos países em segundo e terceiro lugar com índices altos, Honduras e Venezuela, ambos com taxas de homicídios de 56 homicídios por 100.000 residentes. O impacto desta violência, na minha opinião, paralisou a economia do país, a sociedade e o estado.     Suas imagens e o texto que acompanha o trabalho não deixam dúvidas de que se trata de um universo de violência extrema. Conte como você conseguiu entrar nas prisões e nas áreas perigosas dominadas pelas maras? Tariq Zaidi: Normalmente, eu trabalho sozinho ou com um fixer. Mas em El Salvador, porém, tive de trabalhar intensamente com inúmeras autoridades para ter acesso às prisões, à polícia, a centros e locais dos crimes. Tive muitas reuniões com funcionários do governo, e trabalhei com o Instituto de Medicina Legal. Também fiz contato com a força policial, FOCA (Joint Anti-Criminal Operation Force), STO (Tactical Operational Section) e serviços de emergência para atender ocorrências e ataques noturnos por ser um dos primeiros a chegar ao local do assassinato. Também trabalhei com a FGR (Procuradoria Geral da República). No terreno, em El Salvador, trabalhei com uma equipe administrativa totalmente equipada. A equipe me ajudou a conseguir acesso a muitos dos órgãos governamentais, funcionários e locais que mencionei. Você conseguiu visitar todas as 25 prisões de El Salvador? Tariq Zaidi: Foi difícil o acesso e levei quase 8 meses para obter permissão para entrar nas prisões. Eu pedi para visitar todas as gangues possíveis nas penitenciárias para homens e mulheres no país. Mas em 2018, só tive acesso a seis. Voltei em 2019, mas a permissão foi negada pois havia um bloqueio total à imprensa pelo gabinete da presidência. Em 2020, a permissão foi negada novamente, pois o bloqueio para a imprensa continuou e também por causa da Covid-19.     Para completar o panorama, você buscou o testemunho de pessoas que perderam familiares, vítimas das gangues salvadorenhas? Tariq Zaidi: Muitas vezes, esperei fora dos Institutos Médicos Legais para encontrar familiares que estavam de luto, como Suzy (nome fictício), que tinha acabado de identificar o corpo de seu filho Brian (nome fictício), de 25 anos. Ela me disse que seu filho tinha sido estrangulado por membros do Barrio 18 por não cumprir as missões que lhe haviam pedido. Ela estava, compreensivelmente muito perturbada, conversamos por um tempo e mantivemos contato. Alguns dias depois, ela me convidou para o velório. Outras vezes, acompanhei a polícia até a cena do crime e encontrei lá membros da família. Eu também fui a muitas cenas de crime, IMLs, velórios e funerais durante esse período que estive lá. Em algum momento você correu algum risco? Você foi ameaçado? Tariq Zaidi: Sim, a maior parte do tempo eu estava trabalhando lá. Por exemplo, fui convidado por Paul (nome alterado), o prefeito de um pequeno município fora de San Salvador, para ver o que ele estava fazendo para proteger sua comunidade contra as quadrilhas. A área onde ele vive é muito mais segura do que o resto do país. Ele tem uma equipe de pessoas que se armam, usam coletes à prova de balas e dirigem em áreas que sabem serem perigosas, procurando por membros de gangues para capturar ou matar. Quando cheguei na casa dele, ele me deu um colete à prova de balas e tentou me dar algum tipo de arma automática, um rifle, mas eu recusei. Entramos no carro e fizemos inspeções de segurança, perguntando às pessoas se elas tiveram algum problema com gangues. O prefeito então recebeu uma ligação de outro carro (de sua equipe) dizendo que tinham detectado atividade de gangues e para nos prepararmos para a ação. Estava muito escuro e nós estávamos em alta velocidade pelas estradas montanhosas, por volta das 2h da manhã. Os outros ocupantes no carro estavam armados. Paul tentou novamente que eu pegasse um revólver. Ele disse: "se nós entrarmos em um confronto, eles cortarão seus braços e pernas. Abaixe sua câmera e pegue esta arma". Eu lhe disse para colocar a pistola carregada nos meus pés e começamos a perseguir um suspeito. Mas depois, um carro na frente nos informou que os membros da quadrilha haviam fugido e que não conseguiríamos encontrá-los. “Isto é o que temos de fazer para manter nossa comunidade livre", disse Paul. Ele recebe com frequência ameaças de morte.   Por que escolheu o título “Sin Salida”? Tariq Zaidi: Acho que “Sin Salida” (Sem Saída) resume a situação em todo o país quando este trabalho foi feito, entre 2018 e 2020. Talvez o título também possa ser respondido olhando para a história da guerra de gangues de El Salvador. Para entender, temos que voltar à guerra civil que durou de 1979 a 1992. A guerra foi notória por sua violência brutal e violações dos direitos humanos. Ela deixou pelo menos 75.000 mortos, e milhares de desaparecidos. A guerra também deslocou até 20 por cento da população do país, e pelo menos 500.000 salvadorenhos fugiram para os Estados Unidos. É entre estes refugiados salvadorenhos que podemos rastrear as origens das duas principais gangues do país, MS-13 e Bairro 18. Ambas foram formadas em Los Angeles por adolescentes salvadorenhos que tentavam se proteger de outras gangues estabelecidas na cidade, mas muitos desses jovens foram parar na cadeia por crimes não violentos e se tornaram violentos na prisão. Ao sair das prisões, muitos destes salvadorenhos recorreram à violência, acabando por estabelecer os métodos e redes agora associados com a MS-13. Eles também aprenderam várias técnicas de extorsão, iniciando a "economia criminosa" do bando. Em contraste, o Barrio 18, foi formado nos anos 60 como a primeira gangue multirracial e multiétnica em Los Angeles. No entanto, durante a década de 1980 foi preenchida em sua maioria por refugiados salvadorenhos. As duas “maras” estavam em grande parte limitadas a Los Angeles até o final da guerra civil em El Salvador em 1992, mas isto mudou após um endurecimento das políticas de migração americanas em 1997. Muitos refugiados salvadorenhos foram enviados de volta a El Salvador, e estabeleceram filiais das gangues no país. O que Sin Salida representa para você e que impacto você espera que esse livro provoque nos leitores?  Tariq Zaidi: Minha esperança com este trabalho é amplificar as vozes dos salvadorenhos que lutam por direitos básicos, como segurança e uma vida mais segura para seus filhos e famílias. E para que as pessoas vejam com os próprios olhos e entendam que tipo de vida essas pessoas estão deixando para trás e por que tantas são forçadas a fugir e a juntar-se às caravanas em direção ao norte para o México ou para a fronteira com os Estados Unidos.  

This is the first in a series of episodes highlighting the LGBTQ+ exhibits at the Memphis Museum of Science & History (MoSH). These exhibits are made possible in large part thanks to a grant from the Institute of museum and library services (IMLS) and their presenting sponsor, FedEx. Our guests:Raka Nandi, MoSH Director of Exhibits and Collections - https://moshmemphis.com/Olivia Roman, MoSH Intern & creative director of Black MajesTEA Co-op - https://www.instagram.com/bmtco_op/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Patrick Grooms, MoSH Intern & Clarence Day Scholar at Rhodes College 

Erin Miller is the proud granddaughter of Elaine Danforth Harmon, a member of the Women Air-force Service Pilots (WASP) during WWII. Her grandmother's last request was to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC). After she died in April 2015, this request was denied by the US Army which runs ANC. Erin led a grassroots, social media, and direct lobbying campaign to fight the decision. This campaign was a success. On May 20, 2016, President Obama signed H.R. 4336, the bill introduced in Congress by Representative Martha McSally (AZ-2) in January 2016, which then became a law to officially recognize the service of WASP as eligible for ANC. The funeral was held on September 7, 2016, at ANC. This was followed by a family memorial service at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, where Erin, her mother Terry, her sister Tiffany, Air Force pilots Lt. Col. Caroline Jensen, and Maj. Heather Penney and Representative Martha McSally spoke to honor Elaine's life and service. Erin is a licensed attorney in Maryland. She has a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, a Master's in International Studies from the University of Leeds (UK), and a B.A. in History from the University of California, San Diego. Credits Written and curated by Sara Collini. Images and sources courtesy of the WASP Archive, The TWU Libraries' Woman's Collection, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas. National WASP WWII Museum, Portal to Texas History and IMLS. US Air Force Collection, Record Group 342, National Archives. Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Veterans History Project, Library of Congress. Jacqueline Cochran Collection, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, and Museum. US Air Force Official Website: https://www.af.mil/ Bibliography Cornelsen, Kathleen. “Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II: Exploring Military Aviation, Encountering Discrimination, and Exchanging Traditional Roles in Service to America.” Journal of Women's History 17.4 (2005): 111–119. Hodgson, Marion Stegeman. Winning My Wings: A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1996. Merryman, Molly. Clipped Wings: The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II. New York: New York University Press, 1998. Noggle, Anne. For God, Country, and the Thrill of It: Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II: Photographic Portraits and Text. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1990. Rickman, Sarah Byrn. Nancy Love and the WASP Ferry Pilots of World War II. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2008. Sage, Jenny. “Ladies of Lockbourne: Women Airforce Service Pilots and the Mighty B-17 Flying Fortress.” Ohio History 124 (2017): 5–27. Strebe, Amy Goodpaster. Flying for Her Country: the American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of World War II. Westport: Praeger Security International, 2007. Yellin, Emily. Our Mothers' War: American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II. New York: Free Press, 2004. #YouveGotMettle | #WASP | Nichol Malachowski --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mettle-of-honor/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mettle-of-honor/support

Join the Bridging Knowledge program staff and SJSU iSchool Student Services for an information session to learn more about this exciting IMLS-funded scholarship opportunity: Bridging Knowledge: Supporting Indigenous Scholars into the Field of Librarianship as well as the benefits of the 100% online ALA Accredited MLIS program at SJSU iSchool. Access the captioned version of this webcast at https://youtu.be/MpYXh4Pmoi4

Podcast producido y editado por Welmo E. Romero Joseph, Coordinador de MACEB para la temporada de podcasts de la Unidad Audiovisual La 18. En el año 2015, la Asamblea General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas declaró el Decenio Internacional para los Afrodescendientes. El decenio internacional de las personas afrodescendientes y negres reconoce que los derechos humanos de dicho grupo planetario deben promoverse y protegerse. Añade que aproximadamente 200 millones de personas que se identifican a sí mismos como descendientes de africanos viven en las Américas. Muchos millones más viven en otras partes del mundo, fuera del continente africano. Y entonces, ¿Qué significa ser Negre y Afrodescendiente en Puerto Rico? Aún sabiendo que no existen contestaciones fáciles y totales para preguntas complejas y en ocasiones, dolorosas, me lancé a conversar con la profesora de arte, crítica cultural, madre, abuela, amante del buen vivir y miembro de la Junta del MAC, Maria Elba Torres Muñoz. Este podcast es posible gracias a IMLS y a la Comisión Especial Conjunta de Fondos Legislativos para Impacto Comunitario y el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña.

Podcast producido y editado por Welmo E. Romero Joseph, Coordinador de MACEB para la temporada de podcasts de la Unidad Audiovisual La 18. Luego de 12 sesiones de talleres con participantes de La Fondita de Jesús Inc. e impartidos por la recurso Brenda Plumey Morales haciendo uso de la modalidad Teatro del Oprimido, dichos participantes crearon un programa de radio en el cual presentaban los derechos de las personas sin hogar, los protocolos y las acciones a tomar en cuenta, durante la activación de refugios en época de huracanes. Para complementar el programa de radio de lxs participantes, se entrevistaron 3 recursos que hablaron sobre los temas antes mencionados. Este podcast es posible gracias a IMLS y a la Comisión Especial Conjunta de Fondos Legislativos para Impacto Comunitario y el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña.

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is  Kelly Molson, MD of Rubber Cheese.Download our free ebook The Ultimate Guide to Doubling Your Visitor NumbersIf you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcastIf you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this episode.Competition ends August  27th 2021. The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Show references:https://museumofus.org/https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-haddan-88a7ba93/ James Haddan has been a resident of San Diego since 1998, and has worked in the museum field for almost two decades. As the Senior Director of Development and External Communications at the Museum of Us (formerly the San Diego Museum of Man), he is responsible for building a community of support for the institution. Recently, he and Museum CEO, Micah Parzen, led the effort to publicly launch the Museum’s new name, which embraces a more equitable and accessible identity dedicated to anti-racism and decolonizing work. Mr. Haddan holds both a Bachelor of Environmental Design and Master of Arts in Anthropology from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. His graduate work was associated with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and included underwater archaeology fieldwork at the 17th-century port city of Port Royal, Jamaica. Transcription:Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in or working with visitor attractions. I'm your host, Kelly Molson. Each episode, I speak with industry experts from the attractions world. In today's episode, I speak with James Haddan, Senior Director of Development and External Communications at the Museum of Us in San Diego. We discuss the multifaceted process of decolonization and the process of changing the museum's 40-year-old name. If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue.Kelly Molson: James, it is absolutely lovely to have you on the podcast today. Thank you for joining me. James Haddan: Well, thank you, Kelly, for having me. I'm really looking forward to our chat.Kelly Molson: So am I. But first, icebreaker questions, as always. James, I know that you're a regular listener to the podcast, so you kind of know what's in store for you. What talent would you most like to grow and develop?James Haddan: I would really like to improve my ability with languages. That's something that I've tried over time and have not been really very good at keeping up and someday, in retirement, I'd love to live abroad, and so I really feel like I don't want to be one of those Americans living in a country that refuses to speak any other language but English. And so, I'd like to work on that.Kelly Molson: Yeah. I always say.. Yeah. It's that Brit abroad. For us, I always call it that Brit abroad thing where you go, okay, well, I'm going to go and retire to Spain, but I'm never going to learn a single word of Spanish. I'm just going to speak English the whole time there, so yeah. It's not the right thing to do. What language? What have you tried, or what would you like to learn?James Haddan: So, I did kind of that requisite year or two of high school French in the United States, which I didn't really learn much of anything. In college, I studied German, and in my graduate program, we actually were required to be able to translate in a foreign language. So, I actually, for a period of time, could read German. It wasn't a conversational knowledge of the language, but I could translate it. The German has left me, basically. James Haddan: So what I've been working on now, and I just started it in the pandemic, and please don't ask me to show it off because I'm not ready for that. I'm trying to learn some Portuguese. I really love Portugal. But Portuguese, the pronunciation is really difficult for me. I don't find it natural at all. Kelly Molson: Okay. It's interesting you mention German, actually, because we did French and German at school. And you could choose which one you went on and did for your GCSEs. And I chose German because it was the easier language because it was quite masculine.James Haddan: Mm-hmm (affirmative).Kelly Molson: It felt more similar to the British language. James Haddan: Yes.Kelly Molson: And so I found it easier to say. And that's why I went with German. But it has left me as well. I've been on the Duolingo app. I started doing Duolingo and learning in Spanish in lockdown. And I've been really consistent, so I've done it every day. I think I'm on a 190 day streak at the moment.James Haddan: I am on 390 of a streak of Portuguese.Kelly Molson: Whoa. We should hook up on there. I'll find you.James Haddan: I have been amazed at myself, but it does make it easy. It's not a long period of time, and I do feel like it's okay for me to pick it up for 10 minutes and it's-Kelly Molson: Yeah. I love that. Oh good. Okay. Well, I will find you on there and we'll hook up and we'll spur each other on to learn our languages. Okay, next one. What's the worst movie that you've ever watched?James Haddan: I will say, it's the worst in some ways, but I love it. It's one of those movies that I love but it... It's that Flash Gordon that was done in the eighties, I think. Kelly Molson: Film.James Haddan: And I really love the movie, but it was.Kelly Molson: It's not aged well.James Haddan: Yeah. But I loved it. But I kind of loved hated it, yeah.Kelly Molson: So, that's one of those movies, it's so bad it's good.James Haddan: Yes.Kelly Molson: Yeah. I love Flash Gordon. I think that's a great film. I might, I need to watch that now. Okay. Next one. If you could be in the Guinness World of Records, what record-breaking feat would you attempt?James Haddan: Oh. That's really a tough one. It would have to do with travel. I think it would be places visited or something... I know that's really kind of tough to do, but I'm really obsessed with travel and so, it would be something having to do with travel.Kelly Molson: All right. That's cool. I was thinking of something eating for me.James Haddan: Well, and that was my kind of backup one, that I almost said, was around pasta. Because, but then I think of, oh, the process of eating it for those eating challenges always seems so awful, and it would probably make me not ever want to eat pasta again. And so, that's why I switched over, but I also had an initial urge to choose eating pasta, or some kind of Italian food.Kelly Molson: A couple of years ago, my agency, Rubber Cheese, we did a big year-long charity fundraiser, and one of the challenges that we did was to try and break the world record for eating a can of cheddar cheese Pringles in the fastest amount of time. And we did break the world record for that. Not myself, personally, I was dreadful at it, but I have never eaten a cheese Pringle ever since. Ruined cheese Pringles for me for life, so. All right, James. What is your unpopular opinion?James Haddan: So, my unpopular opinion, which will be more unpopular in the United States probably than in the UK is that our crispy bacon is an abomination. Our idea of taking streaky bacon and essentially nuking it until it's just a piece of ash is horrible. I just don't understand why we insist on doing that to bacon. It seems like such a bad thing to do for lovely pigs who gave their lives for this delicious meat and we just shouldn't do that to bacon.Kelly Molson: I'm with you. I don't understand that. The whole making it, it shouldn't be rock hard, should it? James Haddan: Yeah.Kelly Molson: That's not nice. James Haddan: Yeah. It shouldn't shatter when you go in to bite it. And so I find when I'm in England, I have a much better experience with bacon because they don't assume that I want it... Well, sometimes because if they hear me speak and know I'm American, assume that I want it that way, but. It's like no, just prepare it the way you would normally prepare it. Kelly Molson: All right. Come to the UK, it's all about the good bacon. James Haddan: Yes.Kelly Molson: Selling the UK well.James Haddan: A bacon sandwich in the Uk is a wonderful thing.Kelly Molson: Completely agree with you on that one, James. Right. Let's get into the good stuff.James Haddan: Okay.Kelly Molson: So, James, you are, currently, Senior Director of Development and External Communications at the Museum of US in San Diego. Tell us a little bit about your career. How did you get to that point?James Haddan: So, it's been a long and varied route. And so I'll try to do the CliffsNotes version of it. But I kind of wanted to start off by saying I was one of those students growing up that loved so many different things to study. I loved architecture, I loved art, I loved the built environment, I loved archaeology. And so I was one of those students, I couldn't quite figure out what I wanted to do when I went to college, but I felt like I needed to make a decision and I started right away with aerospace engineering and immediately in the first week or two of that, said, no, this isn't going to be a good idea. Changed my major very quickly to architecture. James Haddan: And so, I did a bachelor's degree in... I went to Texas A&M and their program was a four-year undergraduate degree called environmental design, which then moved to a master's degree in architecture. And, so I did and completed the four years Bachelor of Environmental Design degree and I really loved that degree. But at the end of it, I realized that I would be a very mediocre architect and the world didn't need another mediocre architect. And so I was at a crossroads, I didn't know what to do. I wasn't very employable with that degree and so, like many people will do, oh, I'll just get a master's degree. James Haddan: And I really loved archaeology. And so I decided I would get a Master's degree in Anthropology, specialisation in Archeology. Again, I'm sure my parents and family were like, that's not a great decision in the job field. And so, why are you doing that? But I followed my heart and I was glad that I did that and in my anthropology program, my archaeology program, I worked with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M, which is very famous, and did my fieldwork in Port Royal, Jamaica, which is a 17th century English port city that sank into what is now Kingston Harbour. And our program had been excavating there for about 10 years. So, really, very interesting work that I really loved doing. But I also, in that process, decided that a PhD and an academic life for me in archaeology or anthropology also wasn't really meant for me. James Haddan: And while I was doing my graduate work, I was invited to be a graduate assistant at an art gallery on campus. And the curator of the gallery wanted a graduate assistant who had really good research skills and also had good design skills. And he said "I would love an architecture student, but they just don't have time, and especially in their master's program, to work away from the studio. And I would love an anthropology student because they're really great at research, but they don't have any design background." So he kind of reached out to both departments. Well, both departments knew me and said oh, we have the unicorn for you.Kelly Molson: The perfect fit.James Haddan: The perfect fit. And so, I went over and I met with him and he was delighted and I started and that's where I started to realise that a role for myself in a museum was possible. That I had some really good skills that would work in the field. So that kind of lit the fire for me with the professional idea that I could work in museums. So, when I finished graduate school, I had moved to Phoenix to be with my partner, who had finished his graduate program a little earlier and already had a job. He was an engineer. He had a sensible job. James Haddan: And we moved to Phoenix and I was hired by the Arizona Historical Society to head an exhibits project that they were doing. They were opening a new museum. And I worked for them for about five and a half years and it was a really invaluable experience. I was very young and I didn't realize at the time the kind of amount of responsibility I was given. But people had just given me a lot to do and project manage and deal with grants and all kinds of things. Really, really gave me a great foundation to work in the museum field. Great job. James Haddan: I didn't really want to spend the rest of my life in Phoenix. And I had occasionally come to San Diego on holiday as many people in Phoenix do. It's hot in the desert and you drive six hours and you're by the seaside, and it's a very Mediterranean lovely climate. So I wanted to move to San Diego. So I just quit my job. I moved to San Diego. My partner, by that time, was my ex-partner. He had a spare room and he very graciously said you can stay with me rent-free. And so I loaded up, I moved to San Diego, and I got a job at the San Diego Natural History Museum as their Director of Membership. James Haddan: There's a long story about that, but I won't bore you about that. So, I was hired there and that was my first kind of work in the development realm. And my boss there, whose name was Anne Laden, and she was an amazing fundraiser and an amazing mentor. And she taught me so much. And I was there about four years and just kind of soaked in everything that she was doing. She was running this 30 million dollar capital campaign to build a new wing, and I just kind of soaked all of that up.James Haddan: I took a little detour after that. I decided I wanted to try something outside the nonprofit realm. I worked in healthcare for nine years, which taught me that I really wanted to be back in museums. And when I made that decision, the very day that I made the decision that I wanted to get back into the museum field, I started looking online for jobs. I looked at, what then was the San Diego Museum of Man, which is an anthropology museum, and that was my field of graduate study. And I had been to the museum but the kind of the old version of the museum wasn't very exciting for me. But I thought well, I'll see if they have a job. James Haddan: Well, they had a development manager job. And so I thought, I'll give it a try. I sent in my materials, and they called me right away and interviewed me. And in that studying up for the interview process, getting to know the museum actually before my interview, I realised that the museum was in a whole new direction from what it was. So suddenly, I was really excited and thought, oh, this will be a really wonderful place to work and I hope I get this job. And I got the job. And then, I've been at the museum since 2013, and my role has grown over time. And so, now I'm heading the department that I first started in. Kelly Molson: I love hearing how people's careers are so squiggly. James Haddan: Yes.Kelly Molson: There's a great podcast in the UK called Squiggly Careers. I think it's Helen Tupper that is the host of it. And it is fabulous. And it is all about these kinds of weird little directions that we take, that brings us to the perfect place. James Haddan: Yes.Kelly Molson: Now, this is what I want to talk about. So, you mentioned earlier that the museum was known as the San Diego Museum of Man. And I think that was, it had been named that for over 40 years-James Haddan: Yes.Kelly Molson: So it's a really long time. But now it's called the Museum of Us. What is it that prompted that change and how has this come about, that the museum has changed? Because there's quite a big story to this that I want to delve a little bit deeper into.James Haddan: Sure. So it's really interesting. We've done a bit of digging on the history of the name. First of all, the museum was founded in 1915 for the California Panama Exposition. We're located in Balboa Park, which was built for the Exposition. Its original name was not San Diego Museum of Man. It was a very kind of bland name, like California, San Diego Museum Association, or... I'm drawing a bit of a blank on that actually now. But in the forties, it became the Museum of Man and then, later on, San Diego was added to it too. So, it had that name for quite a bit of time and was very, that name, when you came to the museum, it was one of those anthropology museums that you expect to see of that time period. It was about ancient civilisations. Come see the exhibit on the Maya, come see an exhibit on ancient Egypt. James Haddan: Over time, and especially kind of beginning in the seventies, but you see it also in the eighties, there started to be a lot of kind of rumbling in the community about the name. And really, a lot of this was tied to kind of the Equal Right Amendment. Things that were going on at the same time in the United States about language and how our language tends to be very patriarchal and the use of man in that sense of it being humanity. It's really an old use of the word, which really wasn't used anymore in everyday speech. Academics might use it, but in everyday speech, it wasn't. James Haddan: And so, really in the late eighties, early nineties, there was even kind of petition drives that were submitted to the museum and said, "Please consider changing your name. We don't feel welcome with that name.Kelly Molson: Right.James Haddan: It sounds very patriarchal name, a very sexist name, and so please change it." And there were... Actually, the board considered it. At that time, there was a formal kind of membership that had to review those kinds of things. I think there was a vote that said, no, we're not going to change our name. But really, beginning in the nineties, there was a lot of talk about changing our name. And so that's when it really started. James Haddan: And so, in the last 10 years, when we really began changing what we do as a museum, which I think we'll probably talk about in a bit, we also really realised that that old name, the San Diego Museum of Man, didn't fit with what work the museum was doing now. There was really a brand disconnect.Kelly Molson: Okay. Cool. So, one of the things I want to talk about today, and I think it's a really interesting subject, but it's also quite a challenging subject to talk about and discuss about what, the changes that you've made. But it's about the decolonisation initiatives that you've run. Can you tell us when that started and what you've done to kind of facilitate that happening?James Haddan: Sure. Well, it's a very long process and it will be an ongoing process for decades. I mean, you don't decolonise a 100 plus year institution, and museums are, in many ways, deeply colonial structures, as institutions. So you just don't magically undo that. But I always look at, a turning point really for me in decolonising work was, we were talking about it, as I said, I've been here since 2013, and we were talking about it when I started. And I'm sure even before then. James Haddan: Our director came in 10 years ago, Micah Parzen. And so this has been an interest of his for a long time. But really in 2017, we submitted a grant request to IMLS, which is the Institute of Museum and Library Services in the United States. It's a government agency. And we submitted a very large grant to formally start decolonizing practices at the museum. So $300,000 plus grant, and we were awarded it. The review committee was really thrilled to see the museum really want to tackle this in a formal kind of way. And it was essentially a pilot project for us to start working with the Kumeyaay community. James Haddan: And the museum and San Diego, we're all located on Kumeyaay land. This whole land that was settled by Spanish and American settlers was the home of the Kumeyaay and continues to be the home of the Kumeyaay. And so there is a long history there. The cultural materials that we have, much of them are Kumeyaay materials. And so this grant really started that process for us to start building a relationship with the Kumeyaay community about the materials that we hold and to start really consulting with them in ways.James Haddan: And I'll talk, I'll really point to two pieces of really policy decisions that we made about the same time or as this process had gone. The first one was a policy on human remains, where the board formally decided that we would not exhibit human remains without the consent of descendant communities. So we pulled any human remains that we had on display. And so that was one of the first steps.James Haddan: The second step, which is even a bigger step, is called the colonial pathways policy. And what that, in a nutshell, it's a long policy, but what it does is it says that we will be consulting with descendant communities to see what materials that we should continue to hold. So, if materials came into our holdings through any kind of colonial path, we will return those to the descendant communities. And that's a big deal in the museum world. James Haddan: And so, those were some of the two key kinds of pieces of work. Now, since that time, the decolonizing efforts have expanded in every department, including my development department. We are finding ways to move forward in ways that embrace a decolonial paradigm to the work that we are doing. So, it's an ongoing process, but I really look to that IMLS grant as one of the first steps and then those two policy decisions that our board, and I can't kind of give enough kudos to our board for really taking a lead on that. And so, a lot of work had to be done building a board that was ready to make those kinds of decisions.Kelly Molson: How did you go about engaging with the community to do this? Because it's fabulous that those steps were taken. Absolutely the right thing to do. How do you then put that into practice? How do you engage with the community to understand what they want you to do? James Haddan: That's a great question. There are a lot of different layers to that. So, one of the key parts of that is to start having Indigenous and Native American people in the decision making positions on your staff. And so, for example, we have a Director of Decolonizing Initiatives, whose name is Brandie MacDonald and she's Choctaw and Chickasaw, and she's part of the four-member kind of senior executive team of the museum. So she is right in there with all the keys decisions being made at the museum.James Haddan: There's also a past history of the museum with the Kumeyaay community that wasn't a good one. I mean, the Kumeyaay community looked at the museum, rightly so, as an organisation that had their cultural patrimony and shouldn't have it and displayed it in ways that they weren't happy about. So, we needed to start truth-telling about that in the exhibits that we have and we also needed to apologise for that. James Haddan: And so our senior, our director, our deputy director, really our CEO and our Deputy Director went and have apologised for what we have done in the past and have really committed to changing those practices, but not surprisingly, those kinds of things are looked upon with a great deal of scepticism. So, it takes action to start building trust. And so, we're still building trust, but we've started. And we're making progress.Kelly Molson: That's wonderful. And like you say, it's not a quick fix, is it? It's something that going to progress and change over time. How granular do you look at those decisions that you're making now? In terms of, for instance, if there's a new exhibit that you'd like to showcase, do you consult with the community before that happens to make sure that they're happy for you to exhibit those artefacts? How detailed do you go? James Haddan: So that's really interesting because we've done a couple kind of pilots and tests, some kind of small work. For example, with our existing Kumeyaay exhibit, we were partially closed because of a seismic retrofit to our California tower, which is a very famous icon, and during that time, we had to close our Kumeyaay exhibit. And so we thought, this is a perfect time to kind of consult with the Kumeyaay community, which we were already doing, and at least ask what shouldn't be on display. What should we at least take off of display that you don't want us to? So, that gave us kind of the first taste of what do we do, and at least make this exhibit that is decades old less problematic. It still needs to change. James Haddan: But also during that process, and during this first IMLS grant, we were really working with the Kumeyaay and finding out, well, what did they want us to do next? What do they see this museum helping kind of elevate their voice? And they said you need a new Kumeyaay exhibit. You are not talking about us in the way that we want to be presented to the world, and not surprisingly, you don't know anything about us. You are white scholars who aren't Kumeyaay. James Haddan: And so, we just, in this last year, received a second grant from IMLS to actually work on the new Kumeyaay exhibit. And so we're really going to be trying to figure that out because it's that whole process because we want it to be a community-driven exhibit. We want the Kumeyaay community to tell us how their story should be told and to be a part of that. And not just consulting occasionally, but to be with it every step of the way. What's on display, what's on the design, where does it go in the exhibit, in the museum, all of those kinds of things. James Haddan: And so, when I say our decolonising work is a process, it's a process. And sometimes it's messy and we make mistakes. But we're trying to learn how to do it correctly. And so we're still in that process.Kelly Molson: And what's the reaction been from the Kumeyaay community? And then also, other communities that would visit the museum. How have people responded to the changes that you've made?James Haddan: So, I don't know and I wouldn't want to speak for the Kumeyaay on what their impression is of what our work is. From what I see with the partnerships that we've been building through our IMLS work, there's also NAGPRA work, which is another government type of work about the repatriation of ancestors and associated grave goods. It feels like trust is building and so I think that that means that, or is an indicator that there is some happiness about the work that's going. But I don't want to speak for them in any way. James Haddan: I will give one example that I feel shows, it really kind of impacted staff quite a bit. So, we had a visitor to the museum from the Maasai community, an ambassador from the Maasai community, and he was visiting and there was contact between our cultural resources staff and he wanted to come to see what we might have from his community. And so he can in and our staff pulled everything that we, as far as we knew, were Maasai materials. James Haddan: And the first question that we asked him was, should we have these? Should we even have these and should we be stewarding these for your community? And he said, "Yes, it's fine for you to have these. There's nothing that you have in your holdings here that you shouldn't have. But what you should be doing is caring for them differently."James Haddan: We use this very western, European sort of approach to stewarding materials. And so we wrap things in acid-free materials or sometimes different kinds of plastics, and I'm probably using the wrong terms, I'm not a conservator. But he said... And there was specifically a spear that he was looking at. And he said, "You really need to be rubbing this with lamb's fat, for example. And it's dead the way you're taking care of it. It can't live this way."James Haddan: And so, we started following the cultural care practices that he asked for us to do. And it's amazing how that spear changed. Suddenly, it shines in a different way. And it does feel like it's alive again. And so, from those kinds of reactions, it feels like we're on the right track and that we're doing the right thing morally.Kelly Molson: There's so many layers to that, isn't there?James Haddan: Mm-hmm (affirmative).Kelly Molson: When you start to engage with the community where these items have come from. You would never have known that at all about that artefact. James Haddan: Yeah.Kelly Molson: You would never, you wouldn't have read about that anywhere unless that man had told you about it. James Haddan: Yes.Kelly Molson: It's fascinating.James Haddan: And then it also means that I think that if we at some point in time, put that item on display, then also we have a contact who we can talk to and say, how should it be displayed? What story should we tell about this item? And then we can also feel good about it being on display and not feel like we are doing harm or causing trauma to a community by putting it on display.Kelly Molson: So how does this, if we just take a step back and go back to the name change, how have those things run in parallel with each other because they are intertwined, aren't they?James Haddan: They are very much intertwined. And I think we started kind of again, bringing up this idea of a name change two years, in 2018, we actually hired a firm to help us kind of start navigating the process around a name change. To have us kind of start testing names and all of those kinds of activities. We wanted to engage stakeholders with a name and no one was kind of sure what a name should, nobody had any name that just popped to their minds that seemed like a good one. James Haddan: But we knew we wanted to change our name. Also in those discussions, it was interesting because we were kind of told, don't change your name though, until your name, your name or your brand, until the experience in the museum is much different. You don't want there to be a disconnect between having a new name and then the visitor experience be very much different, not be very much different. James Haddan: And so in the back of our minds, we kept thinking, okay, well, at some point, we want to do this multimillion-dollar capital campaign and completely reimagine the visitor experience to the museum. And we had engaged this firm to help us start planning for that and had some really exciting plans around that. We still do. But it will cost a lot of money to make happen and that kind of capital campaign will take some years. We're not quite ready to do that yet. James Haddan: And so when we were thinking about changing our name, we kept thinking, okay, well, we've now gone out to the communities starting in 2018 saying we want to change our name but we're not quite ready to have a whole new visitor experience. How are we going to time this? This is really, this is hard to do and we, by that point in time, we had it kind of narrowed down to three names that we were thinking about. And then, the pandemic happened.James Haddan: Be honest, was part of the thing and I think, like many institutions, we started looking at ourselves and saying, how do we come out of this as a better version of ourselves? What can we learn from this time to make ourselves better? And we did a lot of self-examination and we realized that as an institution, we were already so much different than what we were 10 years ago, we were embracing and really doing all this decolonizing work. We have an exhibit called Race: Are We So Different? where we really tackle that whole idea about systemic racism and white privilege and all of those kinds of things. And that had become the centre point of our education programs. James Haddan: And so we're doing all this antiracism work. We were doing this decolonizing work. We were doing much more work in the social justice sphere. And we were doing, in the kind of traditional collecting of artefacts and showing artefacts from ancient civilizations. And that old name is associated with those old activities. Kelly Molson: Mm-hmm (affirmative).James Haddan: And we really realised that the old name didn't match what we were doing now. And it was causing a disconnect for people coming in. You come in with that old name and you start seeing, even though we still have some exhibits that are older, but we have new exhibits as well. So there's kind of a mixture. So there's a bit of a disconnect there. And we suddenly realised that no, we really needed to change our name. We had outgrown that old name. Or maybe that not the right word, but we weren't in the same place as that old name was. And we really needed to change the name to be in line with the work that we were doing now.Kelly Molson: Yeah. Even though, in the sense of the visitor experience, it hasn't changed that much in terms of how you walk around the building. James Haddan: Yeah.Kelly Molson: Actually, the initiatives that you have are so different from what they used to be-James Haddan: Yes.Kelly Molson: It was the right time to make that change. It's interesting, isn't it? That the pandemic has kind of, one of the positives of it is that it's given people a little bit of time to sit back and kind of be static and look at what's already been achieved up until this point.James Haddan: Yeah, and I think it also gave us permission... In our mind, we couldn't launch a new name without spending a huge amount of money and having everything, every sign redone, and every graphic, a whole new website, and all of those kinds of things. And so then when you think about well, oh, that's going to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, to make that a reality. James Haddan: Suddenly we realised during the pandemic, people are probably going to forgive us if we don't do it in that way right now. Kelly Molson: Yeah.James Haddan: And so, there's actually now, our team was much reduced because of the pandemic. And so, now, I oversee development and marketing and I think the staff had previously been say, eight, it depends how you count them. And now there's two of us. Kelly Molson: Gosh.James Haddan: So there's me and Kelsey Pickert, who is just the greatest partner to have, in crime, so to speak. And we made it happen. We worked with a wonderful graphic designer named Helen Good, who had worked with us in the past, when we had been kind of working with stakeholder groups about the museum and things. And we contracted with her and we figured out a way to launch a new name and new brand. It's a transitional brand right now because we wanted to kind of let the community get used to fact that the old name is going away. But we did the first round in six weeks. Kelly Molson: Wow.James Haddan: Yeah. The board voted to change the name at the end of June 2020. That's when they officially picked the new name. And we had graphics ready to go. We had hoped that we might be able to reopen in July, so we'd kind of given ourselves a July deadline to kind of launch it. And we were ready to go, but we weren't allowed to reopen at that period in time and so we just kind of waited for a bit. And then months went by, and we weren't sure when we were going to be able to reopen. And we weren't sure when should we announce the new name and we finally just decided to do it in August, even though we weren't reopened. James Haddan: So we announced the name on August 2. The new name and had a front-page local news story about it. It ended up being picked up all over the world. The story went all over the world, the name change. And so then we had a brief reopening in September with the new name.James Haddan: It's interesting because we just installed the permanent sign on the exterior of the building in December and when we posted that on social media, I think it suddenly sunk into many people that we were serious, that the name really changed. Because people, all of a sudden, you changed your name. Well, yes, months ago. Kelly Molson: I can't believe how much you achieved in such a short space of time. I'm laughing because having worked with cultural organisations before, we all know that things do take an awful lot of time to get signed off. So that's a massive achievement.James Haddan: Yeah.Kelly Molson: With a team of two and your graphic designer. So, yeah. Hats off to you. I'd like to ask, there will be, in the UK no doubt, and I know this podcast gets listened to all over the world, thank you, listeners, there'll be other museums that will be thinking about this or starting this process or trying to understand how they start this process. What would be your best advice to those museums that are considering going down this path? James Haddan: So, I think one obvious one is for it not to be performative. For people to really think it through and to make sure that they are doing internal changes within their organisation because if you haven't started that work internally, the external communities that you start working with can feel that. And understandably don't want to be a part of that kind of tokenised process of being a performative process. James Haddan: They really have to understand that this is something that you're committed too, that's why I mentioned our board and our CEO earlier. This is a leadership shift and change that we have. And there also needs to be changes in leadership. We have a board which is, and I don't have the percentages right in front of me, but I think it's around half of the people of colour and I think more women on the board than men. And we have Native Americans on staff.James Haddan: So you have to start making your institution reflective of your community if you expect to be able to have a conversation and work with the community that you need to work with. And I want to be really clear about saying we still have a lot of work to do in that. We're not where we want to be in that. But I think after a number of years now, at least people are seeing that we're committed to it and that we're making real structural changes. Kelly Molson: Thank you, James. I think this has been such an interesting discussion and I really respect how honest you've been about the process that you've gone through and the changes that you've made, so thank you.Kelly Molson: We always ask our guests about a book that they would recommend. Now it can be a book that you love, it can be a book that's helped shape your career in some way. What have you chosen for us today?James Haddan: So, I have chosen Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva. And I think it's a really brilliant book. And it's not a really long read and he writes in a way that really engaging and easy to digest. A lot of really kind of substantial ideas, but around philanthropy and the whole kind of nonprofit sector. And how the colonial paradigm is deeply embedded in that. And that to start making changes in other systems, we're going to have to start making changes there. James Haddan: And he really approaches it from idea of approaching it with an idea around Indigenous healing and how philanthropy, if it changes in certain ways, can be a part of the healing process. And I just think it's a really brilliantly written book and it's in a way that makes you think about those things differently but I think also doesn't scare you. It inspires you but doesn't scare you.James Haddan: I think a lot of these ideas are really scary for people because change can be scary. And so sometimes you need to read about it in ways where you realise that this sort of community healing is good for us all. When we help communities that have suffered and experienced trauma, it helps us all. Kelly Molson: Completely agree. What a perfect book for this podcast. As ever, listeners, if you would like to be with the chance of winning this book if you head over to our Twitter account, and you retweet this episode announcement with the comment, "I want James' book", then you will be in with a chance of winning it. Kelly Molson: James, before we go, I want to just go back, because there was a question that I wanted to ask that I completely missed off. You have reopened now in the US-James Haddan: Yes.Kelly Molson: Which is super exciting. It's really, it's so lovely to hear about positive reopening stories. What's next for the museum in terms of the initiatives that you have running?James Haddan: So our big initiative is really around, I mentioned that even my department, development and marketing, is embracing decolonising strategies. And so we have initiated this program called Membership on Us, which means for the price of a single-day admission, you have a membership to the museum for the rest of the year. James Haddan: And so, for the price of daily admission, you can come back as many times as you want over and over during the year. And we've done away with that traditional membership structure, which is very embedded in this idea of if you can pay more, you receive more benefits, you're treated differently at the museum, all of those kinds of things that are really antithetical to what the Museum of Us, which is about all of us, is about. And we want everyone to have a more equitable way of accessing the work that we do. James Haddan: And so we announced this new program just before we reopened, and we really think that it goes hand in hand with our new name, with the decolonizing work that we're doing and we're really super excited about it. And the response has already been really off the chart, really.Kelly Molson: Oh, that's really excellent to hear. That's really, really excellent to hear. James, thank you. I've really enjoyed this conversation. What I want to know though is next time you're in the UK, are you going to hit me up so that we can go for a bacon sandwich together? James Haddan: I definitely will. Kelly Molson: I'll introduce you to my favourite place to get a good cup of tea. James Haddan: I can't wait.Kelly Molson: James, thank you so much for coming on the podcast. It's been a pleasure. James Haddan: Thank you.Kelly Molson: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five-star review. It really helps us others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website, rubbercheese.com/podcast. 

Warwick Public Library is starting Warwick Radio Online, a podcast for the City of Warwick with news and stories about the city's people, businesses, and one-of-a-kind culture—and we're looking for people to help run the podcast, make episodes, and help others create episodes, too. You don't need to know how to make shows. We can teach you. All you need is a desire to connect with others and have fun. The Warwick Public Library studio includes microphones for up to four speakers, a 12-channel mixer, and an iMac to record and edit sound. The studio is also equipped with a mobile recorder to enable recording outside of the studio. Write to radio@warwicklibrary.org to let us know you're interested and to find out more. Warwick Radio Online is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services using funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. In April 2021, Barrington Public Library and Warwick Public Library received a $17,588 grant to build a recording studio at each library and record podcasts. * * * The Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS), an office within the Department of Administration, is the state library agency for Rhode Island. OLIS strengthens, connects and empowers libraries to advance knowledge, connect communities, and enrich the lives of all Rhode Islanders. The Library of Rhode Island (LORI) is a multi-type library network coordinated by OLIS to facilitate resource-sharing among libraries and expand opportunities for access to library materials by Rhode Island residents statewide. To learn more, visit OLIS and follow OLIS on Facebook and Twitter. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's libraries and museums. IMLS advances, supports, and empowers America's museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development. IMLS envisions a nation where museums and libraries work together to transform the lives of individuals and communities. To learn more, visit IMLS and follow IMLS on Facebook and Twitter.

In Episode 58, Call Number with American Libraries looks at library efforts to prevent COVID-19 contamination. First, American Libraries Editorial and Advertising Associate Carrie Smith speaks with OCLC's Sharon Streams, director of the REopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums (REALM) project. A collaboration between OCLC, IMLS, and science and technology development nonprofit Battelle Memorial Institute, REALM is studying how long the virus that causes COVID-19 survives on materials common to libraries, archives, and museums. Next, American Libraries Senior Editor and Call Number host Phil Morehart talks with Stephen Territo, head of library operations at Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire, Illinois, about how the library installed UV lights and enhanced HVAC filtration solutions in its air handling units to kill airborne pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2.

Welcome to Season 2, of In My Little Space! For the past two years this brand name has existed and I haven't achieved nearly anything I had wanted to. So, that ends today! As of this episode, IMLS is under construction and we're going to be revamping! So here's a little bit about what to expect. See you soon! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inmylittlespace/support

We talked IMLS data, EveryLibrary, Flies, distractions and that we are too damn old.

Playwright, actor, and activist Matthew-Lee Erlbach joins Half Hour to share insights from the ongoing advocacy movement, Be An #ArtsHero. In this conversation with ensemble member Audrey Francis, Erlbach relates data and stories about the vitality of the arts in American life, speaks to the struggle facing the Arts and Culture field during the COVID Crisis, and suggests how we can reshape our American society to place a higher value on art—and the workers who make art possible. Interview begins at 4:38Matthew-Lee Erlbach is a Co-Organizer of Be An #ArtsHero, a national labor movement of Arts Workers urging Congress for an extension of FPUC, a 100% COBRA subsidy, and the passage of the DAWN Act, the nation’s only comprehensive arts worker relief bill. Playwright credits include THE DOPPELGÄNGER (an international farce), starring Rainn Wilson and directed by Tina Landau (Steppenwolf); his solo-play HANDBOOK FOR AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY (Gym at Judson/Tony Speciale.); EAGER TO LOSE: A BURLESQUE FARCE IN RHYMING VERSE (Ars Nova/ Wes Grantom/Portia Krieger); SEX OF THE BABY (Access/Michelle Bossy); and his work has been developed/produced with The New Group, Steppenwolf, Vineyard, Ars Nova, MCC, Williamstown, NYTW, Gym at Judson the Orchard Project, and SPACE on Ryder Farm, among others. He has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Laurents/Hatcher Foundation, Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, Puffin Foundation, was a member of Ars Nova's Play Group, MVMNT Theatre’s Play Group, and is a HUMANITAS New Voices recipient. TV, credits include MASTERS OF SEX/Showtime, GYPSY/Netflix, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS/ Netflix, and WWE, MTV, and Nickelodeon. He is currently writing an UNTITLED FEATURE with Rainn Wilson and has TV projects set up with SONY, Killer Films, Cavalry, and Mermade/Merman; he is also the writer/director of HUMAN INTEREST which won “Best Digital Short Series” at SeriesFest. A proud graduate of the public school system from K-College, his civic work includes a writing program for single mothers transitioning out of homelessness and prison, building shelters with Habitat for Humanity, and working with labor on economic justice issues. BE AN #ARTS HERO is a national, non-partisan grassroots movement that emphasizes Arts & Culture’s contribution to the economy, urging Congress for immediate relief. We are a united, intersectional, sector-wide coalition calling for an extension of FPUC, a 100% COBRA subsidy, and the passage of the DAWN ACT, the only comprehensive arts worker relief bill which would authorize $43.85B to the NEA, NEH, IMLS, CPB, and SBA to make grants to the operators, employees, and artists of live venues, recording venues, cultural spaces, and related businesses to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on all Arts Workers across the national Arts Economy. Be An #ArtsHero has appeared on Morning Joe, TODAY, GMA, Late Night w/Seth Meyers and the viral Open Letter to the US Senate has been signed over 13K times by the leaders of every major Arts Org; Pulitzer, Oscar, Tony, and Emmy winners; and countless high-profile names across the Arts. More info at www.BeAnArtsHero.com. Learn more at steppenwolf.org.Want to get in touch? Email halfhour@steppenwolf.org. You can find a transcript of this podcast here:https://www.steppenwolf.org/globalassets/half-hour-podcast/half-hour-ep10-transcript.pdf

This week we are sharing this bonus episode to help libraries, especially school libraries, to gather and share information about reopening as safely as possible. There is not going to be a strategy to make it all perfectly safe for everyone; but there are steps to take to make it safer for staff and patrons. You can check out our show notes right here. All the links we discuss are here, and all the info we are sharing today, are collected here. We are still in the early stages of this global pandemic, so our understanding of what we should do is still evolving, and will keep evolving as we get better at all of this. We are sharing the best information we are finding right now, and encourage everyone to keep paying attention to updates from good science resources. A tip to keep in mind as we work through this: If you feel like you have to get mad about the guidance - remember that it's the virus we are all mad at. A virus is what is requiring us to wear masks, to socially isolate, and to have such disruption not just in our own lives but across the globe. It’s not an elected official, it’s not a principal or a school board. Nobody is doing this for the joy of wrecking everyone’s good time. This is the largest public health emergency in our lifetimes. And we all need to follow some guidance from health experts to get through this. We are going to talk about a couple of main topics: First: the Minnesota's Stay Safe Plan and the Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 School Year for Minnesota schools. And we are going to talk about science research from the REALM project from OCLC and the IMLS - international leaders in the library profession working to help us all. And we will work in some best practices we are seeing in libraries already, to keep things safe.

This week we are sharing this bonus episode to help libraries, especially school libraries, to gather and share information about reopening as safely as possible. There is not going to be a strategy to make it all perfectly safe for everyone; but there are steps to take to make it safer for staff and patrons. You can check out our show notes right here. All the links we discuss are here, and all the info we are sharing today, are collected here. We are still in the early stages of this global pandemic, so our understanding of what we should do is still evolving, and will keep evolving as we get better at all of this. We are sharing the best information we are finding right now, and encourage everyone to keep paying attention to updates from good science resources. A tip to keep in mind as we work through this: If you feel like you have to get mad about the guidance - remember that it's the virus we are all mad at. A virus is what is requiring us to wear masks, to socially isolate, and to have such disruption not just in our own lives but across the globe. It’s not an elected official, it’s not a principal or a school board. Nobody is doing this for the joy of wrecking everyone’s good time. This is the largest public health emergency in our lifetimes. And we all need to follow some guidance from health experts to get through this. We are going to talk about a couple of main topics: First: the Minnesota's Stay Safe Plan and the Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 School Year for Minnesota schools. And we are going to talk about science research from the REALM project from OCLC and the IMLS - international leaders in the library profession working to help us all. And we will work in some best practices we are seeing in libraries already, to keep things safe.

International Perspective for Today's Real Estate Professionals on the Rich Hart Show Christian Ross Managing Broker ENGEL & VÖLKERS ATLANTA Christian Ross is one of Atlanta's most respected and recognized top-selling brokers whose success has flourished into an international client base expanding through Europe, South America, Israel, Canada, the Middle East and Australia. The former Senior Vice President and Managing Broker for a tech-based real estate brokerage, Christian is the Managing Broker for Engel & Völkers Atlanta. In this role, she serves and enhances the learning opportunities for the Shop's Advisors as well as the buyer and seller experience for clients. For over 15 years, Christian has been a go-to advocate and resource in her industry. She is currently the 2020 President for the Southeast Atlanta Council of FIABCI – The International Real Estate Federation and has served as a Vice President for the Atlanta Realtors Association and member of the Board of Directors. She is a graduate of the inaugural class of Atlanta's BeltLine University and Past President of the Women's Council of Realtors' Atlanta Network, past Board of Directors Member for the Midtown Neighbors Association and has served on numerous committees for the Atlanta Realtors Association including Government Affairs and Young Professionals Network in addition to leading as Chair for the Habitat for Humanity and Communications/PR Committees. Christian is also a highly sought after media personality who is called upon for her interpretation and opinion of market changes and trends as well as lifestyle conversations on work, relationships, travel and more. She has been featured in Forbes, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Simply Buckhead; heard on NPR; seen on CBS-46 and 11Alive's Atlanta & Company, and has been showcased on episodes of HGTV's House Hunters. Web:  www.evatlanta.com Web: http://christianross.evatlanta.com Mail to: christian.ross@evatlanta.com Hugh Gilliam co-owned a national transportation company, created a land development business, and worked as a general contractor in residential and commercial construction for over two decades. Also, he co-founded an international distribution company and successfully negotiated and contracted with 135 sales representatives in the United States, Canada, France, Brazil, Japan, and the Netherlands. Today Mr. Gilliam is affiliated with DOORWAYS INTERNATIONAL REALTOR Alliance | Atlanta Communities RE Brokerage, where he handles commercial and residential transactions plus managing marketing programs and lead generation systems for a select group of REALTORS within his Alliance. He is an excellent negotiator, enjoys serving his clients, and works tirelessly to meet all challenges. He is also co-founder of the luxury digital magazine, DOORWAYS INTERNATIONAL powered by RealtyHive, which serves as a platform for Brokers and Buyers throughout 70 countries. http://www.HughGilliam.com Hugh@HughGilliam.com (770) 714-7961 Topic: The International World of Real Estate and the impact for today's Real Estate Professional with the Tools and Resources coming to you from Atlanta... International Gateway of Real Estate TOPIC BULLETS: Global Exposure of Real Estate / How to see a whole new world of opportunity… $77.9 Bn – Dollar volume of foreign buyer residential purchases during April 2018–March 2019 (36% decrease from $121 billion during April 2017–March 2018) Georgia alone: 86 Counties out of 159 are already conducting International trade... Vacation, Investment, Service and Tourism Hartsfield International Airport, Port of Savannah, Mountains & Shores GETTING INVOLVED... Networking/ Prospecting, Tools & Resources, Listing Property & Buyer Engagement, Education- CIPS, FIABCI, IMLS, Money Corp. / Councils & Chapters/ 70th Congress / Memberships & Contributing Country's, Agent Broker Platform and what this means for today's active professional in the I...

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Host Sarah Nicolas is joined in each episode by a Guest Co-Host and at least one Special Guest. They talk about all aspects of the book publishing industry, including its intersections with other media and libraries. This episode of PubTalk Live features guests live from the 2020 Coastal Magic Convention, including Jeff Adams, Victoria Sue, Tawdra Kandle, Kiernan Kelly, Shaila Patel, and Bru Baker. Jeff Adams https://www.jeffandwill.com/ https://twitter.com/WriterJeffAdams Victoria Sue http://www.victoriasue.com/ Tawdra Kandle http://tawdrakandle.com https://www.instagram.com/tawdra/ Kiernan Kelly www.KiernanKelly.com www.DakotaChase.com https://www.facebook.com/kiernan.kelly Shaila Patel https://www.shailapatelauthor.com/ Bru Baker www.bru-baker.com Your Host, Sarah Nicolas: www.sarahnicolas.com @sarah_nicolas on Twitter @presidentSarah on Instagram Become a PubTalk Live patron: https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive Subscribe via email: http://eepurl.com/gE3ahb Originally broadcast at: https://youtu.be/PKB7hUbNReU Thank you to my Patreon podcast sponsors Brenda Drake, Jae Lynn, and reframecons.wordpress.com PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com. --News-- Bookshop.org: https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-books-biblioracle-0119-20200115-hgr7kzbtcfcsfhktb7t6oxhvb4-story.html Trump and IMLS: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/82390-in-2021-budget-proposal-trump-once-again-seeks-to-end-federal-library-funding.html RWA Board resigns: https://www.rwa.org/Online/About/Governance_Folder/Motion_to_Hold_a_Special_Election.aspx BookExpo Children's Book & Author Breakfast: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/82458-judy-blume-to-headline-bookexpo-s-2020-children-s-book-author-breakfast.html Audible Captions case settlement: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/82415-judge-denies-bid-to-seal-settlement-in-audible-captions-case.html LA Times Book Prizes: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-02-19/los-angeles-times-book-prizes-2019-finalists

On this episode Atlus and LS talk about what the POG State means. They also discuss the changes in the new season of the game, the upcoming LCK Spring 2020 season, and share their Top 5  team predictions.

Friday, November 8, 2019 This session will provide helpful insights and tips to the MCN community about IMLS’s funding focus on digitization, digital platforms, applications and professional development. Information shared will help the sector focus on gaps, potential partnerships, opportunities and challenges. Case studies of awarded grant projects around the themes of learning, community and collections will further enlighten attendees about lessons learned. The session will be chaired and moderated by Paula Gangopadhyay, Deputy Director of the Office of Museum Service who brings years of visionary leadership and experience around leveraging assets and providing greater access to digital museum resources. Session Type60-Minute Session (Professional Forum or Hands-on Demonstration) TrackStrategy Key Outcomes After attending the session participants will be able to learn about: o New funding opportunities offered by IMLS for digital projects o Case studies of few successful projects and lessons learned o Idea generation for future projects that can address some of the sector gaps and forge new collaborations Speakers Session Leader : Paula Gangopadhyay, Deputy Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Co-Presenter : Wendy Derjue-Holzer, Education Director, Harvard Museums of Science and Culture Co-Presenter : Jessica York, Deputy Director and Chief Advancement Officer, Mingei International Museum

Thursday, November 7, 2019 Museums for Digital Learning (MDL) is a special initiative funded by the IMLS with the goal of building the capacity of museums to connect K-12 teachers and students with digitized collections and related resources. During this two-year pilot project, the technology team at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, the education teams of The Field Museum and History Colorado , and a cohort of K-12 educators are collaborating to build a shared platform with a pilot suite of educational resources that will make it possible for museums of varied types and sizes to leverage their existing digital collections and media in the creation of open educational resources. In this session, representatives from IMLS, Newfields, TFM, and HC will provide an overview of the MDL project. This will include not just a demonstration of the in-development pilot platform, but also a discussion of the methods employed by the museum partners to foster meaningful communication and collaboration with a team of educators from around the country. As co-creators, the educators have played a crucial role in shaping both the platform and an initial collection of educational resources. Come to this session to learn about how your museum can potentially get involved! Session Type60-Minute Session (Professional Forum or Hands-on Demonstration) TrackExperience Chatham House RuleNo Key Outcomes After attending this session, participants will have in-depth knowledge of the model for cross-sector communication and collaboration employed by the MDL partner museums to foster meaningful interfacing with a cohort of K-12 educators during the 2-year pilot project. Following a demonstration of the pilot platform and an initial collection of educational resources created in the platform, participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback to inform continued development of the pilot platform and materials. Attendees will also learn about how they and their institutions can participate in the pilot phase of MDL as additional museum partners, creating and publishing digital educational resources that feature museum collections. Speakers Session Leader : Patrick Cavanagh, Manager of Technology Development and Implementation, Newfields Co-Presenter : Paula Gangopadhyay, Deputy Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Co-Presenter : Carla Lents, Learning Resource Coordinator, Field Museum of Natural History Co-Presenter : Stuart Alter, Principal, The Getty

The McMillan Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids is one of 15 libraries in the country that is a finalist for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. It is also only the second library in Wisconsin to ever be nominated and the smallest! Find out more as Shauna talks with McMillan director Andy Barnett.

IMLS 23 - Ten Minutes of Compassion Ten Minute Truth #1 - Compassion assumes some discomfort Ten Minute Truth #2 - Compassion includes the "and" of truth and mercy What about discipline and truth? Psalm 119:77 -Let your mercy come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight. Ten Minute Truth #3 - compassion includes a “but” Nehemiah 9:16-19a  Ten Minute Truth #4 – love them anyway We are going to need it ourselves Mark 6 Matthew 9 heidigoehmann.com or ilovemyshepherd.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/ilovemyshepherd Facebook - @ilovemyshepherd Twitter -  @heidigoehmann Instagram - @heidigoehmann Snapchat - @heidiadventures ESV Bible translation - Copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved.

Toni Reece interviews Bronwen Gamble about Reading Public Library becoming 1 of 29 Finalists vying for the Institute for Museum and Library Service Award. Did you know that there are 16,500 libraries in the U.S. and The Reading Public Library is one of 29 Finalists!!!! Bronwen shares the reasons why and the journey of becoming a nominee! There are 10 winners announced on May 1, 2018!!! Stay tuned!

IMLS 48 — Ten Minutes of Honor Cultural differences to consider - honor and shame  - performance reward   Ten Minute Truth #1 - Biblically, honor impacts more than just the individual. -  connected across generations -  community impact of actions   Ten Minute Truth #2 - Honor is related to what we will and will not compromise. Number 22:15-21 What do we trade the Truth of God for in this world? - as individuals, as churches, as church bodies - quick to judge individual sins, but corporate sin and honor are also related - OT concept of prostitution beyond sexual sin, but connected with giving ourselves and our hearts away to    Ten Minute Truth #3 - Jesus turns honor on its head. Luke 10:25-37 - reaching out in love for our neighbor when it looks like dishonor - honor will probably look different from the way the world expects it Luke 15:11-32 - we are always invited back, God honors us   Ten Minute Truth #4 - Jesus is the only one who is righteous and truly honorable.   ilovemyshepherd.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd0fe9BbadMkIZwWx-esd-g Facebook - @ilovemyshepherd Twitter -  @ilovemyshepherd Instagram - @ilovemyshepherdministries   ESV Bible translation - Copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved.  

 :arrow: :arrow: Bringing the Platform of Global Real Estate to your Finger Tips on the Rich Hart Show Dr. Dan Nussbaum Originally from Long Beach NY, Dan was young when his parents passed away, and he lived in 17 places in 9 years while putting himself through college and graduate school with the help of academic scholarships. Dan finished college when he was 20 before going to the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, and then practiced in Philadelphia for 22 years before deciding to move to California and begin a second career as a licensed investment adviser. As he always had an interest in real estate, Dan decided to also become a licensed California real estate broker and created successful local agencies in Los Angeles. After being contacted from outside the USA about promoting new home developments into the Los Angeles market, Dan became fascinated with the idea of creating The International MLS [IMLS] as an affordable way to bring together agents, brokers, developers, associations, buyers, sellers, and property listings all together into one global marketplace. Dan's vision has been to have all of the listings shared on agent and broker sites all over the world via The IMLS searches, giving agents and brokers the tools to succeed in a competitive global marketplace, with the goal of putting the power of the real estate industry back into the hands of the agents and brokers. As someone who is a licensed broker himself, it is Dan's mission to protect agents so that there will be no advertising of other agents on a personal agent members listing page, that if it is your listing,.. it is your lead, and that there will be no For Sale By Owner listings on The IMLS along with everything posted on The IMLS 10 point Pledge. Dan relocated with The IMLS from Los Angeles to Boca Raton, Florida July 2015. When not working on The IMLS, Dan can be found running, skiing, playing tennis or golf, and maintains an actively engaged life in the Miami-Palm Beach area. Dr. Bruce Salzinger Rich Hart (L) Bruce Salzinger (R) An active Doctor of Chiropractic at Chiropractic Healthcare of Buckhead on Pharr Road for 25+ years.  In 2008 Dan came up with a novel concept and vision of the international real estate market and it just made sense to me.  I learned the business best I could and the opportunities it offered.  Having participated nationally and internationally at several real estate shows it confirmed we not only have something unique but extremely valuable to all. My resume below indicates the last 25 of years of chiropractic achievements.  My children have decided to pursue other careers.  I hope to continue helping to launch The IMLS and eventually devote full time to building this vision worldwide. 1970 Graduated Long Beach High School, NY with sports participation on the golf, swim and track teams. 1974 Graduated University of Connecticut, Storrs CT, B.S. Degree with sports participation on the Alpine Downhill Ski Racing and Cross Country teams. Active in karate and judo clubs. 1972-1973 International Business Studies Program, American College of Switzerland, Leysin Switzerland with sports participation on the Alpine Downhill Ski Racing Team and Cross Country Teams. In 1974 Dr. Salzinger experienced a serious skiing related injury. After 3 months of traditional drug and physical therapy treatments for a herniated disc and bilateral severe sciatica he was scheduled for a low back surgery. Fortunately a good friend who was going to New York Chiropractic College at the time suggested he come in for a consultation and exam as "I could always go ahead with the surgery". The explanation of my condition from the chiropractic perspective just made sense. I proceeded with a regimen of regular subluxation based chiropractic adjustments and the rest is so to speak, history. 1974-1989  V.P. National Bolt & Nut Co. Inc. and  V.P. 1125 Myrtle Realty Corp. 1993 Graduated Life Chiropractic College, Marietta,

Hacking China: Shenzhen, Shanzhai & the maker movement. Silvia Lindtner is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan in the School of Information. Silvia’s research and teaching interests include transnational networks of innovation and entrepreneurship culture, DIY (do it yourself) making and hacking, science and technology studies in China, and Internet and digital cultures. She is currently writing a book on the culture and politics of “making” and transnational entrepreneurship in urban China. Her research has been awarded support from the US National Science Foundation, IMLS, Intel Labs, Google Anita Borg, and the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation. Her work has appeared at ACM SIGCHI, ACM CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing), ST&HV (Science Technology & Human Values), Games & Culture, China Information, and other venues. Together with Professor Anna Greenspan and David Li, Lindtner co co-directs the China-based Research Initiative Hacked Matter, dedicated to critically investigating processes of technology innovation, urban redesign, and maker-manufacturing cultures in China.

21st-Century Skills, a concept embraced by the national education and business communities, is the latest trend effecting K-16 and lifelong learning; yet historical organizations have been slow to embrace this concept. This session will introduce participants to 21st-Century Skills, demonstrate examples of how it is beginning to be conceptualized and used, and report on resources available through IMLS to support such endeavors. Download at: http://resource.aaslh.org/view/addressing-21st-century-skills-in-historical-organization/

‘Twas the last podcast of 2014 and on this episode of Digital Campus, Amanda, Tom, Dan, and Stephen discussed their “Cheers and Jeers” for the year (with RRCHNM Digital History Fellow Amanda Regan filling in for Mills).  MLA, IMLS, FCC, and the lack of a government shutdown won the praise of the group, but Twitter could […]

George begins with the genealogical news: ▪       FamilySearch and The Generations Network, Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com, today announced an agreement that provides free access of Ancestry.com to patrons of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and the 13 largest regional family history centers effective today. ▪       Ancestry.com added 340.2M new names last week, including digitized and indexed newspapers from 10 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces, more than 4,5 new BMD records, and updated the British Telcom U.K. telephone directories with more than 71M new names. ▪       Ancestry.com also unveiled its new Learning Center at its U.S. Web site this week. It is now a multimedia experience with video tutorials and multiple new sub-screens with well-organized content. ▪       The California Genealogical Society and Library celebrates 110 years with an all-day seminar by nationally-recognized “Photo Detective? Maureen A. Taylor. Ms. Taylor's lectures will focus on identifying and dating old photographs, preserving family photos, and identifying immigrant clues in photos. More information is available at http://www.calgensoc.org. ▪       The Denver Public Library has just received an IMLS grant of $778K to digitize historical materials in its collection relating to Denver and its historical neighborhoods, and will partner with other regional libraries. Read all about this project at http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/content/view/2148/2/. The Guys share listener e-mail and commentary about: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps; professional looking “homemade? tombstones using pure White Portland Cement and metal molds – and an example of the result can be accessed here; a suggestion to look further into the new Ancestry.com U.S. Passport Applications database for more than just the front/back of the application – often lots more information and photographs are included; filing systems are discussed; and a listener in Germany listens while driving the autobahn!Drew discusses Macintosh operating systems and browsers, and then recaps new Macworld (http://www.macworld.com/) reviews of four genealogy programs: Reunion 9.04 from Leister Productions (http://www.leisterpro.com); MacFamilyTree 4.4 from Only Mac Software (http://www.onlymac.de) ; Heredis 10.2 from DSD Concept (http://www.myheredis.fr); and iFamily for Tiger 2.2 by KS Wilson & Associates (http://ifamilyfortiger.com).George discusses a compilation book published by Ancestry.com in 2002 titled French-Canadian Resources, an excellent resource for those with French-Canadian ancestors.  The Guys wish everyone a very Happy Holiday Season!