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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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From the Desk: Library Basics handout
On this edition of From the Desk, I want to share a Library Basics handout that I’ve created using Adobe Illustrator. A lot of my job, aside from teaching information literacy sessions, involves designing handouts, signage, and other promotional materials for library events and services. I consider myself a self-taught designer, garnering lots of advice…
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Haenn Family Visit
New babies bring family visits, and luckily this weekend we got to host Jason’s side of the family– finally! Wren was chipper as ever and loved meeting her little cousins, while Ava was thrilled to play mini-hostess. Everyone (i.e. Jason’s twin brother, sister-in-law, 2 nephews, niece, dad, and dad’s girl friend) rolled in Friday night to…
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High Five for Friday
Woohoo–It’s finally Friday, and I feel like I’ve had a really productive week, which is going to make this weekend that much sweeter. Here’s a look at some of my top moments this week: 1. Jason’s family is coming to visit us from Pennsylvania TODAY! We’ve been living in Texas now for 2 years, and this…
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Library Marketing & Outreach- Texas Style
There is a new ACRL interest group called Library Marketing and Outreach (ACRL_LMAO), formed at ALA in Vegas by Virginia Alexander and Adam Haigh. I was lucky enough to get in touch with them to volunteer as a Texas representative and I’m excited to get some of these marketing meet-ups going. If you’re in Texas, you…
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On motherhood and academic librarianship
I have 2 beautiful girls. At home, they expect me to play with them and cuddle them, and while I do that (I love to do that)- I am also thinking about the next thing I need to write, the next deadline for that upcoming book chapter, or what I could be doing to keep…
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