When: Friday April 13, from 10-10:50 am
Where: Leu 117
What: "Social Movement and Libraries: From Tahrir Square to Occupy Wall Street"
Convo Category: Academic Lecture
2011 was a year of social movements, bringing change and upheaval all over the world, from the Middle East and North Africa to the United States. The Arab Spring, and particularly the Egyptian Revolution, are considered by some to have been successful as a result of protesters' use of technology and social networking tools. There are many ways to support a social movement, and the efficient and effective sharing of information is one of them. Libraries, librarians, and other information professionals have been essential participants in both promoting and preserving these movements. The Occupy Wall Street protestors developed The People's Library to support the movement. Librarians in Egypt continually work to save the artifacts of the revolution, from photographs to flyers to oral histories. This presentation celebrating National Library Week will discuss the different ways that the creating, sharing, and preserving information has played an important role in the recent social movements. Speaker Amanda Click worked at The American University in Cairo (AUC) as a Librarian and experienced the Arab Spring firsthand. Currently she is a PhD student and ELIME-21 Fellow in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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