Online/Virtual Event
Tuesday, May 21st 2024 from 4:00pm
to 5:00pm
See a recording of this webinar here.
As a form of conversation, reference interviews are uniquely positioned to facilitate relationship building, collaboration, and community care. This can be especially salient in academic settings where productivity, efficiency, and achievements are built into the community’s expectations. In this webinar, Tricia Clarke, PhD, explores the relevance of personal narratives as part of the academic reference interview.
By embracing practices that view academic reference interviews and research appointments as more than mere transactions, librarians can create spaces for patrons to share personal narratives, which fosters a sense of belonging and well-being among students, faculty, and staff and helps to encourage healthy interpersonal relationships among librarians and patrons.
Viewers will gain:
- Insight into the power of personal narratives
- An understanding of the transformative potential of encouraging personal narratives
- during reference interviews and research appointments
- A look at best practices which can contribute to building a more inclusive and
supportive learning environment in the academic landscape
About our presenter:
Tricia Clarke is the Community College Engagement Librarian at the University of the District of Columbia, a historically Black land-grant university and the only public university in Washington, DC. She has loved libraries throughout her entire adulthood and much of her childhood, which was spent growing up on the English-speaking Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago. She has a doctorate in Folklore and her research and professional interests include cultural heritage, community engagement, and supporting and contributing to diverse and inclusive communities. She is passionate about fostering literacy and cultivating a rich cultural learning environment.