STEM Librarians South 2023

Prior to commencing the conference, the hosts will present the following code of conduct expectations. While STEM Librarians South is not an organized entity, we (the hosts) expect the community present at our conference to agree to basic forms of respect.

• listening as much as you speak, and remembering that colleagues may have expertise you are unaware of; 
• encouraging and yielding the floor to those whose viewpoints may be under-represented in a group; 
• using welcoming language, for instance by using an individual’s stated pronouns and favoring gender-neutral collective nouns (“people,” not “guys”); 

Harassing behavior may relate to: age; appearance or body size; employment or military status; ethnicity; gender identity or expression; individual lifestyles; marital status; national origin; physical or cognitive ability; political affiliation; sexual orientation; race; or religion. .

Harassment can include unwelcome or offensive verbal or written comments or nonverbal expressions, used in person or online, in private or in public. Examples of harassment can include: use of sexual and/or discriminatory images in public spaces (including online); deliberate intimidation; stalking; trolling; harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events; bullying behavior; unwelcome sexual attention; or refusal to use a person's correct pronouns.

What to Do

The hosts of the meeting are Jessica Simpson and Dianna Morganti, and will be present throughout. Alert one or both of them through the Zoom Chat interface to any violations. The hosts will review, confer with each other and other members of the ad hoc STEM Librarians South steering committee if needed, and expel any violators from Zoom.

The above guidelines have been adapted from the Digital Library Foundation Code of Conduct, made available under the a CC-BY-NC 4.0, under which we license this adaptation as well.