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Discussion of ‘King and King’ at Chapel Hill Library Draws Public and Media Interest |
The Chapel Hill Public Library hosted a community conversation and panel discussion about how diversity is taught to school-aged children featuring Omar Currie, former teacher at Efland-Cheeks Elementary School, reading the picture book King and King, on July 8. The event was the kick-off for Between the Lines, a new forum about current topics of interest. Panelists included Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, Brian Sturm, associate professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), and Kathleen Gallagher, a researcher on early care and education programs at UNC’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. Library Director (and SILS Distinguished Alumna) Susan Brown moderated the public talk. The event drew a large crowd and received local media coverage from ABC11, chapelboro.com, and The Herald-Sun among others.
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Upcoming Events |
- Diversity Summer Film Series 2015- July 17 & August 21, Undergraduate Library
- BitCurator Social Mixer at SAA - August 19, 7:30pm, Porcelli's Bistro, Cleveland
- SILS Alumni Reception at SAA - August 21,7:30pm, Westin Cleveland Downtown
- 2015 Henderson Lecture: “Part of Our Lives: A People’s History of the American Public Library” by Wayne Wiegand - September 14, 1:00pm, Carolina Club
- iPRES 2015 - November 2-6, Chapel Hill, NC
- CHIIR 2016 - March 13-17, 2016, Chapel Hill, NC. Paper and workshop proposal submissions due September 2015.
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The next edition of news@sils will be sent on Wednesday, August 19. If you have an event or news item you would like to have featured, be sure to submit it through the event form or in an email to kpearl@email.unc.edu by August 17.
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