Libraries are dynamic institutions. A library without staff is not a library, but a building with some static collections in it. Library workers make libraries! They do all of the work to manage & build resources, provide services to connect people to what they seek, maintain infrastructures! ๐๐
So many of these people spent YEARS telling people that things that political organizers said would happen would not happen due to 'precedent', norms, collegiality, etc and they were fucking wrong 100%.
just got a reply all email from someone that just said โNoโ after someone tasked something to them and i canโt stop laughing
Hey friends, if you thought this preprint was important work, you should send me an email about it so I can quote in my tenure packet ๐ฅฒ
Hey ChemSky - we've been working on this report about the experiences of trans graduate students in chemistry for three years and I'm so proud of it ๐ฅฒ๐ฅฒ @stemxicaned.bsky.social @queeridinium.bsky.social doi.org/10.26434/che...
Transgender, nonbinary, two spirit, and gender-expansive students are marginalized in higher education and have significantly different college experiences than their cisgender peers. Through in-depth...
An easy way to support your public library is to make use of itโeven if only to visit. We keep (anonymized) statistics not only on circulation totals but on attendance & visits and even on patron-staff interactions. Big numbers please trustees and municipal/county administrators. ๐
It is so weird that the people that grew up reading Flowers in the Attic in elementary school are the ones driving book bans in schools and libraries. ๐
That includes children, who are patrons with all the rights and privileges thereof, includingโradicallyโprivacy. Last week I overheard a coworker explain to a young patronโs caregiver that only *the patron* could ask a librarian to list their checked-out items. Libraries give kids civic standing. ๐
Students, and parents, employers and professors: take note. โThe better writer you are, the greater your chance of getting rejected, because you won't use keywords." www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/o...
