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  • ‘Diversity,’ feminized work, and other truth bombs at ACRL 2017

    Our profession is steeped in a murky racial and gendered history. When Roxane Gay came on stage, the first thing she said to us was “man, there’s a lot of white people in this room.” And, she’s right. Librarianship has been feminized and white ever since Melvil Dewey. You remember, the Dewey decimal system guy?…

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  • [De]construction of the Reference Desk

    I have often wondered where the reference librarian was when I needed them.  Haven’t you?  It seems whenever you need help, it’s after hours, or the librarian is in a meeting (shock!).  But, recently, I came across an article that functions as a model for any library that may be thinking of getting rid of…

  • What does a librarian do, exactly?

    This has been a question my family has been asking me for quite some time now.  And frankly, I am not sure what to tell them.  Through my first semester at Clarion University of Pennsylvania’s MLS program, I have found that librarians do EVERYTHING. It seems that our work is never done.  It could be…