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PLA Blog: queering the library
This post was originally written for the PLA Blog. ALA holds the copyright to this text; it is reproduced here with permission. [Please note: throughout this post, I'll be using "queer" to refer very...
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PLA Blog: serving pregnant or parenting teens
This post was originally written for the PLA Blog. ALA holds the copyright to this text; it is reproduced here with permission. I’m not sure what it is, but I seem to really enjoy the early morning...
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Miscellany: cakes, a calendar, a storefront library, and more
Graduation photos are starting to show up on Facebook; one of my classmates’ cake included a bookcart, and fellow SLIS-Indy alumna and Oath-swearer Shellie had a cake at her graduation party that was...
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Miscellany: InfoLadies, what makes a library, MCCSC librarians saved, and videos
Whew! Life is finally starting to settle down again after the move. I have so much to talk about! Let’s start with some miscellaneous things that have happened recently. Near the end of May, Cory...
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Women in American librarianship and valuing women’s work
I recently finished reading the updated edition of THE STORY OF LIBRARIES: FROM THE INVENTION OF WRITING TO THE COMPUTER AGE (Continuum, 2009) by Fred Lerner. It exists in this weird intersection...
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A different kind of mobile library: on bookmobiles
Bookmobiles have come up in a number of conversations I’ve had recently, so I thought I’d share some thoughts and links. Jane Hu wrote a piece earlier this summer for the Awl called “Booktorrent! The...
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Body Positivity and Fat Acceptance in Contemporary YA Fiction @ YALSA’s 2010...
I attended the 2010 YA Lit Symposium in Albuquerque. This post is a summary of one of the preconferences that I attended. Check out other posts tagged yalsalit2010 for more session recaps. My second...
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Beyond Good Intentions and Chicken Soup: YA Lit and Disability Diversity: How...
I attended the 2010 YA Lit Symposium in Albuquerque. This post is a summary of one of the sessions that I attended. Check out other posts tagged yalsalit2010 for more session recaps. The second session...
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The New Gay Teen, Disability in Graphic Novels, and Diversity in Historical...
I attended the 2010 YA Lit Symposium in Albuquerque. This post is a summary of three of the sessions that I attended. Check out other posts tagged yalsalit2010 for more session recaps. My notes for the...
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Save the CT state library plus thoughts from the 2011 Connecticut Library...
Update: the state library may be safe, but the details aren’t settled yet. As I write this post, Connecticut is facing the elimination of funding for its state library. While the mission of the state...
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