{"id":13732,"date":"2021-07-24T00:48:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T00:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=13732"},"modified":"2021-07-24T00:48:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T00:48:41","slug":"registration-open-for-free-august-12-virtual-conference-cataloging-queer-library-issues-a-symposium-to-honor-walt-cat-walker-currently-limited-to-500-attendees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/registration-open-for-free-august-12-virtual-conference-cataloging-queer-library-issues-a-symposium-to-honor-walt-cat-walker-currently-limited-to-500-attendees\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration Open for Free August 12 Virtual Conference &#8220;Cataloging Queer Library Issues: A symposium to honor Walt &#8216;Cat&#8217; Walker&#8221; (Currently Limited to 500 Attendees)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(via John Jackson, Loyola Marymount University)<\/p>\n<p>The registration for the <strong>Thursday, August 12<\/strong>, virtual symposium &#8220;Cataloging Queer Library Issues: A symposium to honor Walt &#8216;Cat&#8217; Walker&#8221; is now open. Registration is free, but space is limited to 500 virtual guests (a live streaming option will be available if we reach our max capacity).<\/p>\n<p>To register, please go <a href=\"https:\/\/lmula.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_2puifxg3Tw2qPBFuJcHxQw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. For information about the event, including speakers, presentations, and the schedule, please go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.lmu.edu\/queercat\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conference website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This virtual event will highlight various aspects of queer librarianship, including programs, projects, outreach, and initiatives, from areas of academic library and archives work. It will include a <a href=\"https:\/\/librarynews.lmu.edu\/2021\/06\/announcing-our-keynote-speaker-shawnta-smith-cruz-cataloging-queer-library-issues-symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keynote by Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz<\/a>, presentations by representatives from some of the projects that Walt Walker contributed to during his time with us (ONE Archives, Rainbow Round Table, and Homosaurus), and solicited lightning round presentations.<\/p>\n<p>Walt, better known to friends as &#8220;Cat&#8221;, passed away in June 2020. Walt was a catalog librarian and an activist, a long-time Head of Cataloging at Loyola Marymount University, a notable member of ALA&#8217;s Rainbow Roundtable and of OLAC, and an editorial board member for the Homosaurus. In hosting this symposium, we hope to honor these aspects and areas of Walt&#8217;s life and work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via John Jackson, Loyola Marymount University) The registration for the Thursday, August 12, virtual symposium &#8220;Cataloging Queer Library Issues: A symposium to honor Walt &#8216;Cat&#8217; Walker&#8221; is now open. Registration is free, but space is limited to 500 virtual guests (a live streaming option will be available if we reach our max capacity). To register,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences-and-meetings-non-hsli","category-webinars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}