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Can we play? Building opportunities for student activism and engagement and why it matters. Ka-Ming Pang and Jo Norwood MA Information Studies University of Brighton

Can we play? by Jo Norwood and ka Ming Pang

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Page 1: Can we play? by Jo Norwood and ka Ming Pang

Can we play? Building opportunities for student activism and

engagement and why it matters.

Ka-Ming Pang and Jo NorwoodMA Information StudiesUniversity of Brighton

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We live in challenging

times.

LIS students have a vested interest in the

profession.

They need totake the

opportunity to engage and be more active.

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Advocacy and engagementat the University of Brighton

MA Information Studies.

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Advocacy and activism

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Engagement

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What has been done to engage the class

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Class survey on activism and engagement

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Small data sample is not useful for formulating meaningful statistics.

Writing questionnaires is hard, but ooh look, written comments!

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RESULTS!

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We are not clones!

Image sourced from Flickr Commons: Adactio

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Reasons for joining CILIP:

•Cheap for students.

•Good for employability.

•Keeps students up to date with library related information.

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Reasons for not joining CILIP:

• Expensive for students.

• Doesn't benefit them as students.

• Perceived lack of political activity.

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“CILIP is supposed to join information

workers together to have a collective

voice, but I haven’t seen evidence of that. I don’t see organised

political activity during the current crisis in

our industry, or anything of use.”

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Two thirds of students are active. They were involved in:

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Conclusions and Action Points

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Building an effective communication strategy: Use as

many tools as possible!

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CILIP needs to reach out to students:

•Connect earlier with students.

•Relate sessions to relevant events. •Promote their advocacy work better.

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Political activity needs to be fed back into the class

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Stronger networks = Stronger voice

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Thanks for listening

Ka-Ming Pang (@AgentK23)

Jo Norwood (@DreamingEntity)

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Images• Slide two: The Last Judgement: Hieronymus Bosch• Slide Four: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5189335153/• Slide five:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/3326203787/• Slide nine:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/galt-museum/4112917355/sizes/o/in/photostream/• Slide ten: http://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/2856121959/• Slide thirteen: image created by anonymous member of internet group –

“Anonymous”• Slide fifteen: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/5190623320/• Slide nineteen: Chinese propaganda poster• Hand drawn images by Jo and Ka-Ming