Join Us! Human Libraries and a Day of Dialogue: The Franklin & Marshall Experience, Dec 1 at 2 pm

Human Libraries and a Day of Dialogue: The Franklin & Marshall Experience

with Jennifer Buch and Meghan Kelly

December 1, 2017, 2 pm, Zoom Session

Online

Connect & Communicate Series

Register here!

Human Libraries are “designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can challenge stereotypes and prejudices through dialogue” (humanlibrary.org). On October 5th, 2016, Franklin & Marshall College hosted a Human Library in conjunction with F&M’s Day of Dialogue. The mission of Day of Dialogue is to create a space and time in which members of the F&M community could come together to explore and reinvent our community. Students, faculty, and staff volunteered to be the “books” in order to share their unique story with other members of the campus community who participated in the event as readers. It was our hope that by having a dialogue with a book, readers could challenge their own personal perceptions and further their sense of belonging within the F&M community. Learn about the planning, execution, and feedback received for this event.

Jennifer Buch is the Research Services Specialist at the Shadek-Fackenthal Library at Franklin & Marshall College. At the Shad Library, Jenn is the first contact in the Research Services and Interlibrary loan office, where she participates in research service, reference collection development and maintenance, social media, library marketing, and interlibrary loan. Ms. Buch received her undergraduate degree at Elizabethtown College and her Masters of Science in Library Science at Clarion University. In her spare time, you will find her volunteering at Warwick Little League in Lititz, PA, on their executive board as Information Officer & Marketing coordinator, entertaining her two crazy cats, traveling with her husband and son, or drinking coffee & reading!

Meghan Kelly is the Research & Emerging Technologies Librarian at Franklin & Marshall College. In addition to providing research services for students and serving as the liaison for a handful of departments on campus, she helps to maintain the library website, social media platforms, and their suite of Springshare products. Ms. Kelly received her MSLIS from the iSchool at Syracuse University.

Remember to register as we can allow only 50 people! Session will be recorded and made available via the CRD blog after the session is completed.