-
Rie posted an update in the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months agohttp://us.reachout.com/reachoutreads
ReachoutReads is a website for teens that recommends YA lit for life’s tough situations, and hosts author chats so readers can discuss the books and meet other folk going through what they’re going through. I don’t see anything queer yet, but I’d be surprised if it wasn’t there by the end of the month…
-
Missy posted an update in the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months agofrom the kslis-listserv, reposted w/o permission (on my own initiative, bc i think it’s important. In regards to conservative members ofour listerv – i will alert the author & remove this post if requested): “It’s unfortunate for the collections you may be maintaining in the future that you think that “fairness” and “balance” mean never…[Read more]
-
Kent State SLIS listserv; Jennifer Casteen is the author of this post.
-
We had a token Republic Roman Catholic dad in one of my classes, and he pulled a lot of BUT WHAT ABOUT US and my classmates gentle reminded him that it wasn’t all about him, and that tailoring curriculum and classroom libraries to every parents’ set of morals was a slippery slope to accepting the parents who think interracial marriage is immoral….
-
that’s what i love about working in the public library. it’s not always comfortable, but we serve the entire community. there’s something extremely democratic & patriotic about that, i feel. there are lines that won’t be crossed, however, like the infamous ”flat earth” conundrum from my slis class, birther literature, and eugenics materials t…[Read more]
-
-
-
hello joined the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months ago -
Missy posted an update in the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 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/
-
-
Rie posted an update in the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 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!
-
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.
-
teen librarian at a public library. ask away, y’all. :)
-
What’s a typical day like?
-
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]
-
there’s so many other things, too. outreach events/visiting schools, coordinating speakers/programs, creating pathfinders, bookmarks, surveys, etc.
-
-
-
-
-
Cary joined the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months ago -
Missy posted an update in the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months ago“The Public Library Manifesto: why public libraries matter, and how we can save them.” http://bit.ly/ivEtfm
-
Have you read This Book is Overdue?
-
i have not. do tell.
-
-
“the public library is a singularly american invention” – really now?
-
maybe the author means circulating libraries available to the public at large (communities), as opposed to private or subscription models.
-
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
-
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]
-
-
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]
-
-
-
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]
-
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
-
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
-
I don’t know much about Carnegie, but that makes him sound like Robin Hood.
-
there is an argument to be made that he exploited his workers, though he was outspoken about worker’s rights.
-
-
-
-
-
magdalene joined the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months ago -
Daphne joined the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months ago -
Kristy77 joined the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months ago -
Mfred joined the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months ago -
Missy posted an update in the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 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.
-
romana joined the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months ago -
Rie posted an update in the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months agoNYC lesbrarians: I’ve heard good things about Queery’s events http://www.facebook.com/Qbrarians
-
kaye posted an update in the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months agoEven though it’s from a few months ago, I recommend reading/sharing this blog entry. It’s a response by librarian Emily Lloyd to the teen suicides and the It Gets Better Project: http://shelfcheck.blogspot.com/2010/10/being-visibly-queer-friendly-please.html
-
Good link, Kaye! There was a bit in the ALA book on working with LGBTQ teenagers about the pros and cons of wearing something that signifies being queer or queer allied–I’m on the fence myself. It’s a really wonderful show of solidarity, but I wonder if it could come off the same as wearing a campaign button; if we’re meant to be custodians of…[Read more]
-
Hmm. I guess it all comes down to the horrible question of how to let everyone know you’re there to support their information needs without making some of the patron base feel alienated.
Of course, with societal norms, making patrons feel comfortable sharing their information needs doesn’t work 100% — apparently books about sex and sexuality…[Read more]
-
i want to share some feelings with y’all. i feel like this is a safe place. in 2008, a teenager that i knew killed himself. i believe he was gay. i have no evidence of that other than my experience working with teens and my brief interactions with him. no one, not even his sister, who i’ve become quite close to in a mentor/teen relationship, knows…[Read more]
-
Missy, I’m so sorry that you lost a young patron. A parochial school that I worked with lost a particularly beloved priest to suicide, and I suspected the same reasons you did. The question of “why?” from the students (still coming years later, when I was their librarian) was one of the most difficult things I’ve had to answer.
I agree with…[Read more]
-
:) thanks, Rie. i’ll have to look into getting a unicorn hat for our next cosplay day. *makes plans*
…and yes, i believe that we can be ourselves without giving up who we are, especially when who we are offers a role model or a positive example to our community. i’ve had many patrons glance at the bracelet, but not comment on it. they are…[Read more]
-
i’m also sorry that you experienced the loss of a friend/ community member. :(
-
-
Wow, Missy, I’m sorry that your community experienced that, and it’s great that you’re making a difference in his sister’s life.
That’s a good way to look at the symbols debate, although I’m sure that a lot of people wearing religious symbols and other things may not see them as making a personal-political statement — it sounds like a great way…[Read more]
-
thanks, kaye. i’ve had a lot of time to consider what i would do if anyone confronted me about it. i made the decision when i officially came out to my friends and family several years ago. to quote Rosemary Kirsten’s Steerswoman’s novels (highly recommended) “if they ask, i will answer.” i’m never gonna lie about being gay again. i had enough of…[Read more]
-
-
-
-
-
Rie posted an update in the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months agoDon’t trust the one Amazon review–this is an excellent bio of one of the big names of lesbrarianism and the mother of queer studies: http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Variant-Woman-Jeanette-Howard/dp/0786718226 (All the academia is interspersed with her torrid love affairs, so there are #feelings in abundance)
-
Rie posted an update in the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months agoHi all! I’d like to share some of my favorite lesbrarian bloggers:
http://lesbrary.wordpress.com/ Danika! The original! (I think she’s a member here.)
http://annajcook.blogspot.com/ Anna! Smart, compassionate, with a fine appreciate for fandom
http://somebodysautobiography.wordpress.com/ Kate! (My good friend IRL, who actually worked with…[Read more]
-
thank you!
-
One night, I went to Kathleen Hanna’s office to troubleshoot their WordPress blog with Kate.
We may or may not have run around the office giggling and touching everything. I may or may not have touched the original Riot Grrl cabinet.
-
-
Wow, these are great! I’ve added the first to my Google Reader and am looking forward to checking out the other links.
-
-
Jaye joined the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months ago -
silvercake posted an update in the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months agoI’m in my fifth year of working in libraries! Always at the bottom of the ladder, though. Right now I’m a page in the Youth Services department of my local public library (where I basically grew up lol). I’d love to get an MLS if it didn’t seem like such a sketchy career move :/
-
it’s solid once you get into it (in my experience of seven years), and as long as you’re willing to go where the job is (i moved several states away). i also think once you have the degree it’s applicable to so many jobs and in so many types of employment (federal/local/state govt, schools, companies, law firms, hospitals, etc.). information wil…[Read more]
-
well i have been told i’m doomed to go to library school haha. i might look into it, once i’m over the trauma of undergrad. i know a professional magazine i saw recently had an article with some really depressing stats on recent grads’ job searches. but one of our branch libraries has also had constant turnover since october because of people…[Read more]
-
-
-
silvercake joined the group
Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months ago - Load More
it’s still a great link for an underserved population! thanks for sharing.