February 15th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:
Learn more about the #librarians of the Black Caucus of the American #Library Association! bcala.org/
Black Caucus American Library Association offers opportunities to members to improve professions, libraries, and library services. Call us for more info.Black Caucus American Library Association
February 4th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight, #LibraryScience edition:
"Here are 13 pioneering Black American librarians, but this is only a fraction of the Black #librarians who have left a lasting legacy in librarianship."
bookriot.com/pioneering-black-…
Here are 13 pioneering Black American librarians, but this is only a fraction of the black librarians who have left a lasting legacy in librarianship.Katisha Smith (BOOK RIOT)
* "When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons' borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests.
* We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason."
#Libraries #Librarians #Rwsist #Politics #Anarchist
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Boosting this with alt-text because #librarians rule! 💪
I love the last panel. 😊
#Libraries #NoLimits #Books #Reading
Come work with me!
My library, which occupies the unceded land of the Kumeyaay, is hiring a Latin American and Indigenous Communities Archivist. The person in this position will "promote community partnerships and the shared stewardship of archival collections documenting Latin American and Indigenous communities on both sides of the US-Mexico border."
