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Shabbat Shalom everyone!
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 4 months agoThe disgraceful interrogation of L.A. school librarians
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0513-tobar-20110513,0,3002882.column-
Right on the tale of Big Brother meets school lunch: http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/05/foucault-and-bentham-walk-into-an-elementary-school-cafeteria/
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 4 months agoWho has feelings about a Lesbrarian ask/tell thread? Folks post their field or area of study (if you’re a student), other folk ask them questions. I’ll start!
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Hi, I’m an archivist for a UN entity I refer to as (Clap Clap) NGO. If you are American, you probably collected quarters for us at Halloween.
I’m also finishing up my MLS, where my concentration is in children and youth services.
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teen librarian at a public library. ask away, y’all. :)
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What’s a typical day like?
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i get up, i get dressed…oh, you mean at work! :) i divide my day between ordering books, reading professional literature, maintaining the teenspace at my particular location (i’m coordinator for all eight branches, but get to play at one), and if i have a program that evening, i get set up for it.
right now we’re getting set for summer…[Read more]
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there’s so many other things, too. outreach events/visiting schools, coordinating speakers/programs, creating pathfinders, bookmarks, surveys, etc.
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 4 months ago“The Public Library Manifesto: why public libraries matter, and how we can save them.” http://bit.ly/ivEtfm
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Have you read This Book is Overdue?
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i have not. do tell.
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“the public library is a singularly american invention” – really now?
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maybe the author means circulating libraries available to the public at large (communities), as opposed to private or subscription models.
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I still find it hard to believe that *that* specific idea is originally American, given that we’ve had some form of publishing and knowledge exchange since the days of papyrus. o_O
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true, but were the materials available to the people? in certain ancient societies (thinking Egypt here) the scribes had access, and the upper class, if they could read. books were collected/stolen and added to the collection and not allowed to circulate.
that said, i think that the author is being hyperbolic, esp. since there’s no reference for…[Read more]
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Seems like the author is thinking of the current conception of public libraries as document repository, educational center and community hub–which is about a hundred years old, give or take. A lot of the pioneers of that movement were American, but not all–there are so many different library models that my job at (Clap Clap) NGO works with…[Read more]
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Considering the oldest library in North America wasn’t even USian…it was founded in Mexico by a bishop who kicked out the Jesuits out of town and made their confiscated books available to all readers.
Unfortunately the history of libraries in North America is going to be tied up with the history of colonialization pretty much uniformly, though…[Read more]
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it was an interesting day in my mlis class at kent state university (ohio) when we discussed the carnegies. i always thought of andrew carnegie as a philanthropist who donated money for the lovely library i got to grow up in as a child. my fellow students from pennsylvania enlighted us all to his robber baron reality. #conundrum
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Melville Dewey used to make women put their bust size on their job applications. Apparently everyone in the history of our field was kinda a dick. :D
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I don’t know much about Carnegie, but that makes him sound like Robin Hood.
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there is an argument to be made that he exploited his workers, though he was outspoken about worker’s rights.
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 4 months agoi replied to an article, but ”lesbrarians” said that no one had updated it for days…so i’m posting here…because i think the topic is important. please share your thoughts.
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Second thought: Who else freaked out when Lea Michelle did her Britney Spears number #holyfuck
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I’m a Stein. Just a Stein. The overreaching Jewish suffix, but by itself. I have problems, one of which is how to explain to my friends that gefilte fish is delicious. “It’s a fish loaf, ew!” “Okay meatloaf rocks, right?” “Yes, but it’s a fish loaf, ew!”
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 4 months agoNYC lesbrarians: I’ve heard good things about Queery’s events http://www.facebook.com/Qbrarians
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