Change the Subject: Documentary Screening and Town Hall

"A documentary about libraries, labels, and activism," Change the Subject (2019) is a film that follows a group of Dartmouth students whose singular effort at confronting anti-immigrant sentiment in their library catalog took them all the way from Baker-Berry Library to the halls of Congress. Change the Subject shows how an instance of campus activism entered the national spotlight, and how a Library of Congress subject heading became a flashpoint in the immigration debate on Capitol Hill.

This special event is hosted by the Columbia University Libraries.
Organizing committee: Nicky Agate, Alex Gil, Matt Haugen, Sócrates Silva, and Melanie Wacker

Friday, November 22, 2019

1-2:30 pm: Screening and Q&A with filmmakers

Open to the Columbia community and public, with RSVP:

https://events.columbia.edu/go/changethesubject  

Northwest Corner Building Room 501

3-4:30 pm: Professional Town Hall

Panel and Discussion; reception to follow, 4:30-5:30 pm

Open to all CUL staff and staff from other libraries, with RSVP:

https://events.columbia.edu/go/libraryactivism  

Butler Library, Room 523