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Celebrating the Librarians of SFF | Tor.com
By Stubby the Rocket, Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:00am 32 comments 7 Favorites [+] Across fantasy and science fiction (with the occasional stop in horror), there are any number of amazing fictional libraries we’d love to visit—especially to meet up with the guardians of the stacks! After all, what’s a fantasy story without an awe-inspiring…
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The September 11, 2001 Web Archive: Twenty Years Later | Library of Congress | The Signal
Published September 22, 2021, by Carlyn Osborn Today’s guest post is from Tracee Haupt, a Digital Collection Specialist in the Digital Content Management section at the Library of Congress. On the twentieth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, I asked four individuals who were part of the creation of the September 11, 2001 Web…
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How Librarians Can Fight QAnon – The Atlantic
As “Do the research” becomes a rallying cry for conspiracy theorists, classical information literacy is not enough. Link and alert thanks to: Library Link of the Day http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/ (archive, rss, subscribe options) Source: How Librarians Can Fight QAnon – The Atlantic
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NEA – Read Across America
Open Your Books! NEA Celebrates Read Across America Day “Celebrate a Nation of Diverse Readers” on March 1 WASHINGTON – February 26, 2019 – “Meet Lilly Ann Granderson, a woman born into slavery who secretly teaches hundreds of other enslaved people to read. Or Julián, a young boy who dresses himself as a mermaid, using…
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A Love Letter to the People Who Build the Internet Archive | Internet Archive Blogs
“When you visit a public library, you get to meet the librarians and others who build and care for those collections. You know there are people who empty the garbage cans, who put back the borrowed books, who maintain the computers, and who determine what ends up on the shelf.” “A digital library, on the…
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Bringing Wikipedia into the Library | American Libraries Magazine
Editor’s Note: I disagree with this article. The site, and its keepers, and the tools used, are not friendly for librarians or most others. It is dominated by those who turn away criticism, replace materials without reason, and seek to keep out those who don’t follow them. The hierarchy of the old guard keeps out…
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A Day in the Life of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Librarian
It’s not all finding secret notes from Keith Richards… but some of it is. Source: A Day in the Life of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Librarian
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The Radical Reference Librarians Who Use Info to Challenge Authority – Atlas Obscura
An unshushable social movement is afoot. Source: The Radical Reference Librarians Who Use Info to Challenge Authority – Atlas Obscura
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Librarians: Knowledge Curators for Our Communities | Sojourners
Librarians are on the front lines of the information explosion. Source: Librarians: Knowledge Curators for Our Communities | Sojourners
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Librarians, ‘hactivists’ gather to secure federal data – Houston Chronicle
“On Saturday, about 100 librarians, academics, coders and socially minded “hactivists” showed up at Rice’s Fondren Library in an effort to protect the federal data that Yeung and other scientists rely on to do their jobs.” Source: Librarians, ‘hactivists’ gather to secure federal data – Houston Chronicle
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Access and Resistance | American Libraries Magazine
Now more than ever we need to ensure that what we do in our libraries is consistent with our professional values, especially those around access. Source: Access and Resistance | American Libraries Magazine
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‘Not Sitting Quietly Anymore’: How Librarians Are Fighting Trump | Broadly
“In a political climate where truth is dismissed, it can be difficult to figure out where politics end and moral, or even professional, imperatives begin.” Though some people may think the job involves more shushing than rallying, many librarians consider “making America read again” to be a radical political proposition. Source: ‘Not Sitting Quietly Anymore’:…
