{"id":8148,"date":"2018-11-26T03:11:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T03:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=8148"},"modified":"2018-11-26T03:11:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T03:11:54","slug":"call-for-proposals-open-doors-reaching-underserved-populations-online-conference-deadline-12-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-proposals-open-doors-reaching-underserved-populations-online-conference-deadline-12-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals&#8211;&#8220;Open Doors: Reaching Underserved Populations&#8221; Online Conference (Deadline 12\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services)<\/p>\n<p>As librarians, providing equitable access to all patrons should be a top priority. The patrons visiting our libraries should reflect the diversity of the communities we live in. Unfortunately, there are many populations that go under-served. How can we broaden our reach to better serve all our community?<br \/>\nJoin Amigos Library Services by submitting a presentation sharing your experiences providing services to commonly under-served populations. Our online conference will take place on Thursday, February 28.<br \/>\nSuggested topics include experiences providing equitable access and services in the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People with disabilities<\/li>\n<li>People of color<\/li>\n<li>LGBTQ community<\/li>\n<li>People experiencing poverty and\/or homelessness<\/li>\n<li>Non-English-speaking and\/or multilingual populations<\/li>\n<li>Rural, Native, and Tribal libraries<\/li>\n<li>Bookmobiles<\/li>\n<li>Illiteracy<\/li>\n<li>Older adults<\/li>\n<li>Active military and veterans<\/li>\n<li>Incarcerated populations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you can speak on one of these topics, or have another topic in mind, please submit your proposal here&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amigos.org\/node\/5419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/www.amigos.org\/node\/5419<\/a>&gt; by December 16, 2018. Don&#8217;t worry if you&#8217;ve never presented online. It&#8217;s easy, and we are happy to train you and will provide technical support during your presentation.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about this conference, contact Megan Bryant at bryant@amigos.org&lt;<a href=\"mailto:bryant@amigos.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">mailto:bryant@amigos.org<\/a>&gt; or 800-843-8482, ext. 2896.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) As librarians, providing equitable access to all patrons should be a top priority. The patrons visiting our libraries should reflect the diversity of the communities we live in. Unfortunately, there are many populations that go under-served. How can we broaden our reach to better serve all our community? Join&#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":[5,8,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","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\/8148","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=8148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}