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Lesbrarians 12 years, 6 months agoi replied to an article, but โlesbrariansโ said that no one had updated it for daysโฆso iโm posting hereโฆbecause i think the topic is important. please share your thoughts.
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 6 months agoNYC lesbrarians: I’ve heard good things about Queery’s events http://www.facebook.com/Qbrarians
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Next party is June 11th at Stonewall!
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 6 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
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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:) 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]
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i’m also sorry that you experienced the loss of a friend/ community member. :(
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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]
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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]
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 6 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)
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 6 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]
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thank you!
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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.
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Wow, these are great! I’ve added the first to my Google Reader and am looking forward to checking out the other links.
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 6 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 :/
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itโs 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 itโs 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]
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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]
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 6 months agoIf I didn’t hate university so much I’d probably get a librarian degree of some sort. As it is I’m the resident information maven in town. Also BOOOOOOOOOOOOKS ZOMG
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books books books books. now see, that just SOUNDS cool.
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I can’t speak for Australian university programs, but all of my papers have been very technical or experience based, and library theory is more like educational theory or business theory–we’re dealing with real people and real books, so we’re writing about how to best organize information and serve peoples’ needs. No time for postmodernism there. :D
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practical papers, melikey, because there’s a chance the info comes in useful to somebody. hmm *ponders*
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