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Lightning Talk

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), first adopted in 2012, have worked in tandem with worldwide climate concerns to alter the way we approach the environment, poverty, gender inequality, hunger and worldwide trade.

This short lightning talk will describe the results from a retreat of eight librarians in the sciences and the social sciences on the topic of the UN Sustainability Development Goals. It will present the results of the retreat, including how liaison librarians across the disciplines can view their work from a global lens.

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Jul 10th, 3:00 PM Jul 10th, 3:10 PM

Liaison Librarians and the UN Sustainability Development Goals

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), first adopted in 2012, have worked in tandem with worldwide climate concerns to alter the way we approach the environment, poverty, gender inequality, hunger and worldwide trade.

This short lightning talk will describe the results from a retreat of eight librarians in the sciences and the social sciences on the topic of the UN Sustainability Development Goals. It will present the results of the retreat, including how liaison librarians across the disciplines can view their work from a global lens.