Professional Service and Presentations

1. Professional Service

I am an active member of professional associations. In my current roles, I am a member of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and the Association of Library and Information Science Educators (ALISE). I also belong to Special Interest Groups in both associations, and I serve as volunteer in the Severn-Pratt Award Committee. I attended the past two conferences of ALISE (2022 and 2023), I co-presented with Dr. Adkins and the team that I work with as a GRA on library programs for children with disabilities, and I plan on submitting a poster for 2024.

As a doctoral student member of ALISE, I have participated in several meetings of the Special Interest Groups (SIG). I benefitted greatly from the Innovative Pedagogies SIG work, as well as from the Pedagogy Chats presented in partnership with ALISE. I am learning a lot regarding LIS education, and I look forward to contributing some of my work in the future.

I have been a member of the American Library Association (ALA) since 2009, including several of its divisions. I was an ALA Spectrum Scholar while I was a student in the MLIS program, but one of the most impactful ways I was involved in the association was as ALA Emerging Leader in 2012. That appointment allowed me to work with the leadership of REFORMA to create a website and repository of resources for one of their programs, Noche de Cuentos. This work opened the doors of REFORMA’s scope of services, and it impacted my interests in serving Latino communities.

Through serving in REFORMA and later also in the Joint Council of Librarians of Color (JCLC) I connected with professionals from all the associations of librarians of color, which helped me in my research on services to diverse populations and the issues related to social justice. I am currently studying leadership aspects of the work of these associations, in the context of social movements.

Below is a list of all the memberships, appointments, and projects I was involved in:

Memberships

ALISE: Association for Library and Information Science Education
ASIS&T: Association for Information Science & Technology
ALA: American Library Association / ALSC / EMIERT
REFORMA: National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos & the Spanish-speaking
FLA: Florida Library Association

Conference Attendance (most recent – past 2 years)

AASL 2023 – Tampa, FL
ALISE 2023 – Milwaukee, WS
ALA Annual Conference 2023 – Chicago, IL
JCLC IV Joint Conference of Librarians of Color 2022/23- St. Petersburg, FL
ALISE 2022 – Pittsburgh, PA
ALA Annual Conference 2022 – Washington DC

Current Service:

ALISE Severn-Pratt Faculty Innovation Award, Committee member, 2023-2024
CAMBIO Center (University of Missouri) – Cambio Center Fellow, 2022-2024
ALSC/REFORMA Pura Belpré Award – Cultural Competence Consultant, 2022-2024
MU / SISLT – Faculty Search Committee – Fall 2023

Past service:

REFORMA de Florida: Chapter President 2021-2022 /Vision 2020 Task Force /Recording Secretary 2012
Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute (SSLLI): Mentor 2015-16 & 2022-23
JCLC (IV Joint Conference of Librarians of Color) – Planning, Logistics, and Local Arrangements Committee, 2021-2022.
ALSC Charlemae Rollins President’s Program Planning Committee Co-Chair with Sandra Ríos Balderrama, 2022 ALA Annual Conference.
FALSC (Florida Academic Library Services Consortium) – LASC Secretary 2020-2023.
State College of Florida – Diversity and Multicultural Awareness Committee 2015-2022.
REFORMA: Public Relations Committee Chair (2013-14) / CAYASC (Children and Young Adults Services Committee) member / REFORMA Store Task Force (2013)

Book Awards Judging Committees:

2020-2021 The Walter Dean Myers Award – We Need Diverse Books Chair (2022) and Member (2021) Judging Committee
2017-2018: Pura Belpré Award – ALSC/REFORMA (ALA Youth Media Awards) Chair
2015-2017: Florida Teens Read (FAME) Selection Committee Judge
2013-2014: Pura Belpré Award – ALSC/REFORMA (ALA Youth Media Awards) Member

2. Professional Presentations

I enjoy doing presentations at professional conferences, because I learn a lot from collaborating and discussing with peers. As part of my doctorate program, I have presented at the ALISE 2023 Conference with the team of researchers that I work as a GRA, with Dr. Denice Adkins. With my other GRA team, led by Dr. Hyerim Cho, we submitted a presentation to the iConference taking place in Spring 2024.

Attending and presenting at conferences like ALISE help inform my research, because I get to interact with the scholars in the field, hearing their findings first-hand and being able to ask questions. Many of the scholars who I cite in my studies are available in Conferences to share additional information and create a true scholarly community.

Previously, I presented at national, regional, and state conferences such as ALA, AASL, JCLC, and FLA, among others. I also was invited to be the “Alice G. Smith Lecturer” at the University of South Florida. Below is a detailed list of recent presentations and those prior to my doctorate program.

Spring 2024:

Panel: Pun, R., Long, A. K., & Aronson, K. (February 22, 2024). Engaging with DEIA Topics: From Diverse BookFinder to the National Associations of Librarians of Color. Florida Library Association’s DEIA Committee Webinar. https://www.flalib.org/deia-webinar-engaging-with-edia-topics
Short paper: Cho, H., Adkins, D., Santos, D. da S., Long, A. K. (April 2024). Platform, visuals, and sound: Webtoon’s immersive romance reading engagement. iConference 2024, Changchun, China (Virtual). iSchools. https://www.ischools.org/iconference

Fall 2023:

Panel: DeFusco, K., Dorilio, D. Long, A. K. & Taylor, N. G. (October 21, 2023). Collection development in restrictive environments: Navigating state and local challenges. AASL National Conference, Tampa, FL.
Panel: Cahill, M., Long, B. S., Adkins, D., & Long, A. K. (October 3, 2023). The right approach means everything: Overcoming research challenges in relation to disability access. Paper presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education Conference, Milwaukee, WI.
Guest lecturer: Central Philippine University – Library and Information Science School. Iloilo, Philippines. (Virtual)

Previous presentations:

Poster Session: “Partners for Action: A Library-Museum Collaboration for Local Black History” – IV Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) – February 10, 2023.
Invited speaker (Pláticas de Educación): “Prepárate” College Board Conference, NYC. April 6, 2022. “Latinx Young Adult Literature & Student Success”
Lecturer: Alice G. Smith Lecture “Changing the Face of Librarianship: REFORMA and Library Services to Latino Communities” Lucia M. Gonzalez and Alicia K. Long. School of Information, University of South Florida, December 16, 2021.
Lightning Talk: “Pura Lectura: 25 Years of Latinx Literature for Youth” Florida Library Association (FLA) Annual Conference 2021. May 12, 2021.
Session: “Whose Stories? Whose Voices? Diversity in Our Libraries’ Youth Collections”. Suncoast Information Specialists. October 24, 2019.
Invited Speaker: “Cronitecas: Bibliotecas académicas en Estados Unidos.” ABGRA: Association of Graduated Librarians in Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. June 2018.
Webinar Presenter: “Collaboration: Academic and School Librarians Working Together” Florida Libraries Association. April 27, 2017.
Panel: “Pura Belpré Award 20th Anniversary” Panel. Margarita Engle, Rafael López, Sandra Ríos Balderrama, Josie Bustos, and Alicia K. Long. Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children Literature, California State-Fresno, California. September 15, 2016.
Panel: “Slimming Down: Why Not Feed Your Need to Weed?” Panel. J. Born, V. Boulos, A. K. Long, & Y. Zhang. Panhandle Library Network Mini Conference, September 9, 2016 & Florida Library Association (FLA) Conference, March 2, 2016. Daytona Beach, FL.
Preconference Workshop: “Caldecotts, Newberys, Belprés, – Oh My! All About Book Award Selection Committees” Florida Media in Education (FAME) Annual Conference, October 21, 2015.
Webinar: “¿Sí o no? Facts & Myths About Library Services to Latinos” Florida Library Association (FLA). October 20, 2015.
Panel: “FLA Annual Conference Recap: Leading the reinstatement of REFORMA de Florida” Suncoast Information Specialists, John Germany Library, Tampa, FL. June, 2011.
Panel: “Access for All: Best Practices for Libraries Serving Immigrant Communities” Panel. L. González, A. Davis, I. Castro, and A. Long. FLA 2011 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL. May 4, 2011.