A librarian talks about books, writing, and library life
America, this is why we can't have nice things. "Hide the Pride" is a new initiative where right-wing Christians will check out LGBTQ materials from the library pride displays and won't return them until the library agrees to remove any materials that support the LGBTQ community from their collection. That has another name. Oh, what [...]
Libraries are constantly changing at their core in order to maintain their missions of upholding literacy, providing access to free information, and supporting community growth. Libraries aren't just books anymore. Technologies are changing, and with that, libraries constantly need to keep up in order to stay relevant. A new innovative idea that has been circling [...]
To accurately discuss the topic of systemic racism without bias towards any specific ethnic demographic within a gatekeeper community such as libraries, it should be noted that I am writing from a place of privilege as a white American female working in the field of library science. I recognize my privilege and offer this post [...]
An article published by The Atlantic performed a study which looked at how active young readers are in comparison with those over thirty. The study also looked at the rate these age ranges go to their local libraries. The results showed that millennials do more reading than those over thirty, but don't go to the [...]
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