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Wait a second, how many librarians are on this site?
I'm a librarian
I'm not a librarian, but I'm in library school/work in a library
I'm not a librarian, but I do work in info sciences (archivist, curator, etc)
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I have a really sweet coworker who just immigrated here from another country about a year ago. She came into work all excited the other day, saying “I heard some news on the radio that I think is good for you!”
She proceeded to tell me about the Florida law (HB 1467) requiring a certified media specialist to review books before they can enter school libraries and classrooms.
“More jobs for future librarians like you!” she said.
Sad to think this is how a lot of people probably see this law, and that many won’t bother to investigate further into how vague and harmful it really is for students (not to mention the teachers who could face a third-degree felony for violating the law).
I don’t know if this is an area of librarianship I really want to go into, but literacy has always been at the forefront of my academic/professional interests. That includes cultural literacy, which tends to fall under HB 1467′s broad language (re: theories that could lead to "student indoctrination”).
I’ve found myself thinking about the ways I could shape my librarian studies/career into something that involves combatting these and similar laws affecting our education system, but I’m still not 100% sure what that would look like--hoping to take Intro to Info Policy in the fall for some insight.
In the meantime, if anyone has any knowledge or experience regarding this topic, I would love to discuss it! I have a few friends in the K-12 teaching space but none on the librarian side, and they are dealing with enough already, unfortunately.
I went to the market on the new bike I bought for work 🥺
brb gonna get my library to acquire the entire lockwood & co series because apparently we don’t have any of the books????? more proof of how our YA section has been lacking (which i’m currently trying to fix)
Fellow librarians/library-enjoyers, which is the best Sci-Fi library/archive? Go based off of actual qualifications or vibes, whichever you prefer! 👍
Memory Alpha and/or Memory Prime (Star Trek)
The Library (Doctor Who)
Jedi Archives AKA Jedi Temple Library (Star Wars)
Hexagonal Library (“The Library of Babel” - Borges)
Unseen University Library (Discworld)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (H2G2)
CIC (“Snow Crash” - Stephenson) (aka you just want to see the results)
You missed one! (aka recs for my watchlist/TBR)
If I missed one of your favorites, please leave it in the tags/comments! I’m always looking for more depictions of libraries in fiction!
A teen navigates questions of grief, identity, and guilt in the wake of her sister’s mysterious disappearance in this breathtaking novel-...
reading this book that’s pretty good & grief-y if anyone is interested in grief-related stories~
This remains as one of favourite section.
Happy to be back for more Philosophy. 🙆🏻♀️📚
