Andy The Librarian
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Advocacy and Immigration (no take-backs this time?)
“Library advocacy for immigrants is increasingly dependent on the U.S. Congress to reform a broken and unfair immigration system.” (Jones Jr., 2020) We’re back for another folks, so strap in. I’m currently in a library as I write this, and can confirm that they are awesome (as if you didn’t know that already). As I’m…
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I’m back with a vengeance
Hello friends and colleagues. I just got back from a great trip overseas. (unfortunately i didn’t get to see any libraries but I had fun! ) Now its back to the grind. We are currently on schedule with a collection maintenance project at my college. The two weeks I missed could have been used to…
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The Frontline of Freedom
“From January to August 2022, the American Library Association (ALA) logged 681 attempts to ban or restrict access to 1,651 unique titles—the highest number of challenges since ALA began tracking them.” (Peet, 2023) We’re here. The big one. Book Bans. They stink, we hate them, and they’re ugly. In my professional experience previously I had…
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Farewell to the Public Library
The library is my favorite gym, I can exercise my imagination there. In the Beginning, Library God created the stacks and cataloging and the Graphic Novel section was without form and void and barren shelves were upon the face of the aisle. At least, that’s how I imagine it happened. The real library guy in…
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Hello to my newest colleague
Hello. Salutations. Hola. Ni Hao. Namaste. My name is Andy. Its good to meet you. It feels like we’re old friends having a chance moment passing by. How are you? I hope you’re well. Me? I’m currently navigating the pressures of early career information science. The tedium of staying abreast of trends, technology, techniques and…
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