January 2018

Note from Alicia: If you have not had a chance to check out Max Macias' blog, lowriderlibrarian.blogspot.com I recommend it. He is one of the most fierce, authentic and outspoken advocates speaking up against white privilege in libraries. He also edited an amazing book Librarians With Spines: Information Agitators In An Age Of Stagnation which I highly recommend. We need these voices in our movement to become Trauma Informed so that we can move to places of authenticity and safety in our...

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http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/ "Vocational awe describes the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries as institutions are inherently good, sacred notions, and therefore beyond critique. I argue that the concept of vocational awe directly correlates to problems within librarianship like burnout and low salary. This article aims to describe the phenomenon and its effects on...