{"id":22,"date":"2021-04-14T14:46:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T14:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2022-03-07T16:31:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T16:31:04","slug":"join-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Women &amp; Gender Studies Section (WGSS) of the Association of College &amp; Research Libraries was formed to discuss, promote, and support women and gender studies collections and services in academic and research libraries.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WGSS welcomes new members and their ideas. We offer many opportunities for you to get involved in committee work, program planning, and professional exchange. WGSS meetings take place at each ALA Annual Conference. All interested people are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Post to our ALA Connect discussion list at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:ALA-ACRL-WGSS@ConnectedCommunity.org\" target=\"_blank\">ALA-ACRL-WGSS@ConnectedCommunity.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\">Recent Posts<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/incoming-wgss-officers-2\/\">Incoming WGSS Officers<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-04-18T17:01:13+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 18, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Congratulations to our incoming WGSS Officers for 2023-2024 Kari Weaver, Chair Esther Medina De Le\u00f3n, Vice-Chair Renee Kiner, Secretary Nadia M. Orozco-Sahi, Member-at-Large<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/womens-history-month-2023-celebrating-women-who-tell-our-stories\/\">Women&#8217;s History Month 2023 &#8212; Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-03-21T00:02:18+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 21, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The theme for this year&#8217;s Women&#8217;s History Month LibGuide is &#8220;Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,&#8221;\u00a0focusing on the many ways that women have been passing\u00a0on our heritage&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/womens-history-month-2023-celebrating-women-who-tell-our-stories\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Women&#8217;s History Month 2023 &#8212; Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/research-posters-at-annual-2\/\">Research Posters at Annual<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-07-09T20:21:35+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">July 9, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The following 4 posters were exhibited as part of the WGSS poster session at ALA Annual 2022. To read the abstracts and see the posters, go to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/research-posters-at-annual-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Research Posters at Annual<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/deia-resources-in-wgs-collecting\/\">DEIA Resources for WGS Collecting<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-05-21T22:49:39+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 21, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The WGSS Collections Committee is working on a project to create a toolkit for DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) and collecting in Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/deia-resources-in-wgs-collecting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DEIA Resources for WGS Collecting<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wgss-guidelines-for-womens-and-gender-studies-information-literacy-published\/\">WGSS Guidelines for Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies Information Literacy Published<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-02-13T16:59:25+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 13, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The Companion Document to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education: Women\u2019s and Gender Studies is now available on the ACRL website. Drawing on key&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wgss-guidelines-for-womens-and-gender-studies-information-literacy-published\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WGSS Guidelines for Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies Information Literacy Published<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/collections-committee-publishes-oa-and-oer-libguide-for-wgss\/\">Collections Committee Publishes OA and OER LibGuide for WGSS<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-05-12T18:45:34+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 12, 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I am very happy to report that the Collections Committee has published a freely accessible LibGuide, hosted by ACRL, containing OA and OER resources in Women&#8217;s and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/collections-committee-publishes-oa-and-oer-libguide-for-wgss\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Collections Committee Publishes OA and OER LibGuide for WGSS<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/jane-nichols-wins-wgss-career-achievement-award\/\">Jane Nichols Wins WGSS Career Achievement Award<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-04-14T16:07:51+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 14, 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Jane Nichols, associate professor and head of the teaching and engagement department at Oregon State University, has won the WGSS Award for Career Achievement in Women and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/jane-nichols-wins-wgss-career-achievement-award\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jane Nichols Wins WGSS Career Achievement Award<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/nicola-andrews-wins-wgss-significant-achievement-award\/\">Nicola Andrews wins WGSS Significant Achievement Award<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-04-14T16:05:09+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 14, 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Nicola Andrews,&nbsp;instruction and first year experience librarian at the University of San Francisco has won the 2021 Significant Achievement in Women and Gender Studies Librarianship Award for&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/nicola-andrews-wins-wgss-significant-achievement-award\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nicola Andrews wins WGSS Significant Achievement Award<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wgss-l-transitioning-to-ala-connect-discussion-list\/\">WGSS-L Transitioning to ALA Connect Discussion List<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-04-14T15:30:21+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 14, 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">ALA is shifting all SYMPA discussion lists to ALA Connect by May 1, 2021. This will allow our section to better manage conversations, ensure access and help&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wgss-l-transitioning-to-ala-connect-discussion-list\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WGSS-L Transitioning to ALA Connect Discussion List<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Women &amp; Gender Studies Section (WGSS) of the Association of College &amp; Research Libraries was formed to discuss, promote, and support women and gender studies collections and services in academic and research libraries. WGSS welcomes new members and their ideas. We offer many opportunities for you to get involved in committee work, program planning,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Join Us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496,"href":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/wgss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}