Announcements
JW culture corner is done — it’s small but it is complete
Updates to the Diversity calendar
AR has email Eric Bledsoe, but has not heard back. Will call him.
She uses veterans administration calendar, Kentucky University calendar, and a Pagan calendar from the UK for events and puts them on the calendar in order
It’s set up to show events for the current month – there’s also options to see other months/years
AR will figure out how to convert it into an RSS feed in order to have it feed into the UT calendar
October 16th LGBT Program update
TM — Hodges, Mary E. Greer room at 1pm, we will host the LGBT speakers
The main program is in the evening so the earlier portion of the day will be filler
Let’s Talk about It program – will last no more than 1 hour including Q and A
Opportunity to work with the LGBT commission AND do a Let’s Talk about It program
Writer’s in the library will have a reception/book signing in the library right before 1pm
RW or someone from the LGBT committee will introduce the speakers And we only need to make sure things are running smoothly
Be sure the room is set up for a powerpoint
authors are involved in a digital initiative, so we’ll be looking at some of their work
Our in-house CMN department will provide publicity to the Beacon, New Sentinel, Radio Station, and around campus
We won’t have to worry about food – writers in the library people will do refreshments. They will provide it, though we may need to help them set up.
Films
Priscilla of the Desert
Brokeback mountain
If these walls could talk
Discussion for November and December projects, including ideas for the next culture corner
November Ideas
Last year native Americans month – co-sponsored with an up and coming group, put on a film series and did a poster campaign.
TB – we should do a poster campaign again
LR – (WHICH GROUP?)students had their first meeting recently and want to have another film series
Also planning Elder’s Day celebration in late October (pow wow drum, dancers, beadwork in the amphitheater – Joyce Dugan is invited to speak
AR could they have a demonstration in November?
If they do smudging?, it must be done outside of the library for fire safety reasons
JW – Consensus for films for native American month again?
TB – We can do something else for our culture corner and still help with the series
We will promote outside of the library – send publicity to departments and organizations that would be interested in such a program
The students in the group can select the films, and we will work with LR on publicity coordination advertised on the Diversity page.
AR – @ TN, Campus CMN, and TN will be notified. The series will be advertised on the Diversity webpage
December ideas
December is Universal Human Rights Month
JW – Disability as a matter of family
3 speakers from the college of Nursing
Talked about mental and/or physical disabilities that people often encounter
Watched a film RE these disabilities and had a discussion (some personal experience was discussed)
12/3 – international day of disabled persons
Disability month is October – do we want to do anything in November?
AM — We should focus on LGBT, save disability for another month or year
JW – JR suggested doing intercultural holidays. We did religions of the world over the summer, could do more. JR also suggested programming on people of Scots and Irish descent
TM – we could do more disability stuff
AM – we could do human rights and cover disabilities as a subset
If we had money, we could bring in leaders in the human rights field
If we don’t, we can bring in a local human rights person (Beverly Watts, TN Human Rights commission)
AM can have her staff attend the programming and is connected with Beverly Watts
Gender issues in the workplace (equal pay) could address this without being overtly political
LR – Offer employees credit for HR – 128 to bolster numbers and promote attendance?
TM – we can probably do this. TM will get forms and look into this possibility
The people that attend can fill out the forms and we can get the forms to the office
We can advertise that it’s for recognized credit (if we can prove that it’s a worthwhile lecture or interactive program)
Will immediate notice to Beverly be enough time for her to be able to do this?
JW – we can schedule her for a different month – we’re not bound by the calendar
AM – Beverly could tell us about some opportunities to talk about some issues we might have missed, punch through any “groupthink” that we might be experiencing
JW – will there be an honorarium (payment for travel, etc for her attendance)?
AM – as a state employee, she might not be able to accept it.
AM – she could be paid to conduct staff training
We will be flexible about dates – we’ll see when she’s available. AM will contact her
TM – We’ll see if it’d be possible for her to attend one of our meetings at 1pm on a Thursday
JW – If that doesn’t work, we can have her come by whenever she can and we will adjust
AM – we could also cover hidden disabilities (hard of hearing, mental, etc)
The disabled students are aware of the accommodations in place. This would be beneficial to librarians and those offering service.
AR – are there any courses that would benefit from attendance?
AM – deafness program, vocational rehab, etc – also someone in her office that teaches HR courses RE hidden disabilities. In house expertise!
JW – Human rights in December, Disabilities in the spring?
Group is in consensus here – focus!
TM – we could have AM’s colleague come in spring, then have a student panel in support of this (so students have a vested interest in attendance)
AM – Disability services, OID, audiology – we’ve got resources on campus, so we could set up a good panel.
AR – April for disabilities? January for the panel (weather notwithstanding)
JW - Kind of far away
TB – if we can’t get Beverly for December, we can do disabilities since we’ve an idea formed…
Culture Corner?
TM – This should reflect some of our programming
We should go by some of the ideas we’ve formed
Culture corners can last multiple months or even a semester
TB – rather than letting the current one stay up for a couple more months, we can change it for human rights and leave it up for a bit – LGBT can fit into this
Next culture corner planning in November, done in December
Other Topics
Jeff French will provide his truck and help with the Trunk or Treat and Angel Tree
Truck or Treat – for people with disabilities. Last year, fraternities handled this and we weren’t in the loop for it.
AM – giving kids with disabilities candy may not be a good idea. Maybe toys, but we need to make sure that these won’t break
AM – Jim Harris is over Greek system and could clue us in. JW will contact him.
We wouldn’t be in charge of this, just sponsoring treats/truck for the program.
AM – Circle park (where this is held) may not be a very accessible point for impaired children
Difficult to drop people off (curb cut is steep)
9/25/08 – next meeting is in 150