Diversity & User Experience (DUX) Community Calls

Schedule and Access

September and October Community Calls will continue last year’s schedule of the Third Wednesday of the month from 1pm to 2pm (Pacific). The full series schedule for 2025/2026 will be finalized after group recruitment completes in late September.

Login information is included at the top of the agenda, which is linked below with recordings, transcripts, and chat logs. Contact Amy Coughenour if you missed the login information, or contact Elizabeth Duell if you would like to be added to the DUX Discussion List to receive the agendas and other program information.

The DUX Community Engagement Standing Group encourages all Alliance member staff to attend our community calls, especially if your work includes user experience; accessibility; diversity, equity, and inclusion; reference and instruction; liaisonship; or other areas of library work where you directly assist, support, and engage with users.

Topics and Questions

If you have a question to ask or an issue to bring up with the community, contact Amy Coughenour or use the Anonymous Ask form!

Agendas and Recordings

Beginning with January 2022, DUX Community Calls use a running agenda format for the academic year, with the newest meeting consistently at the top of the document. This offers easy context and searchability.

September 2025 to June 2026

FY2026 Running Agenda

  • September 17, 2025 –
    • Central Staff Updates
    • DUX Groups Recruitment Status
    • Upcoming DUX Activities (Year in Context)
    • Feedback Conversation #1 – DUX Community Calls
    • Feedback Conversation #2 – DUX Program Days

October 2024 to June 2025

FY2025 Running Agenda

  • June 25, 2025 – Recording (30:10, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
    • Accessibility Standing Group Updates (ASG members)
      Ren Thomas, The Evergreen State College; Michele Burke, Chemeketa Community College; Curt Pavia, Western Washington University; Sammi Strawser, University of Oregon; Ilona Tsutsui, University of Oregon, School of Law
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Standing Group Updates (DEISG members)
      Lizzie Aubrey, Southern Oregon University; Maureen Barney, Linfield University; Steven Bingo, Eastern Washington University; Janet Calderon, Reed College; Justyne Triest, Pacific University; Jazper Windsor, University of Washington
  • May 21, 2025 – Recording (53:17, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
    • User Experience Standing Group Updates (UXSG members)
      Leah Cover, The Evergreen State College; Tom Dodson, Southern Oregon University; Darla Garcia, Linfield University; Emily Pearson, Whitman College; Amanda Pirog, University of Washington; Christy Scott, Walla Walla University; Kathleen Veldhuisen, Chemeketa Community College
      • UX Sampler Sessions
      • Straw Poll (via Zoom poll): What would you like to see from the UX Standing Group next year?
    • DUX Community Engagement Standing Group Updates (DCESG members)
      Pamela Martin, University of Idaho; Michelle Desilets, Portland State University; Jackie Holodak, Oregon Institute of Technology; Alex Kim, University of Washington; Ella Padden, University of Oregon; Taylor Ralph, Oregon State University; Jen Saulnier Lange, Washington State University; Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, Portland Community College
      • Future DUX Check-Ins will be June 11 (2pm) and July 8 (2pm). Watch the DUX discussion list for updates.
    • DUX Program Review/Updates
  • April 23, 2025 – Recording (56:59, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
  • March 19, 2025
  • February 19, 2025 – Recording (41:55, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
    • Central Staff Updates (Alliance Advocacy Framework, brief updates on behalf of the three other DUX standing groups)
    • Collaborative Peer Review for Learning Objects
      • LibGuides: Michelle Desilets, Elsa Loftis, and Billy Nee (Portland State University)
      • A-Z List: Elaine Goff (Oregon State University)
  • January 17, 2025 – Recording (53:25, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
    • Central Staff Updates (Alliance group recruitment, DEI upcoming training, Helmer Award, Ex Libris Primo webinars)
    • Primo Instruction: Complementary Perspectives
      • Leah Cover (The Evergreen State College)
      • Pamela Martin (University of Idaho)
      • Community conversation – questions, thoughts, and feedback
  • December 18, 2024 – Recording (52:16, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
    • Central Staff Updates (ADA Title II supporting documents, Helmer Award)
    • DUX Town Hall
      • Current status of DCESG’s conversations to plan these calls
      • Trends, User Behaviors, Experiences, & Questions
        • Searching
        • Primo
      • Community Interactions
  • November 20, 2024 – Recording (54:07, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
    • Central Staff Updates (community spaces, Helmer Award, Primo items)
    • AI in Practice (Exploring AI Research Assistants)
      • Kate Wimer, George Fox University
      • Taylor Ralph, Oregon State University
  • October 16, 2024 – Recording (50:15, YouTube), Automated Transcript, Chat Log
    • Central Staff Updates (SCTS Days, Ex Libris – October 2 outage, Ex Libris – webinars)
    • Introductions from DUX Standing Groups: ASG, DEISG, DCESG, and UXSG
    • DUX Program upcoming Year in Context (Google Slides)
    • Feedback Conversations
      • What are you excited about doing this year? What are you curious about?
      • What challenges could you use help with?
      • What DUX-related topics would you like to discuss this year? (Zoom poll)
      • How would you like us to engage with you during DUX Community Calls? (Zoom poll)

Previous Years