Introduction A couple months ago, we all found out that another library had employed another white nationalist— he’d spoken at…
Introducing CD #43, A Proposed Resolution Condemning White Supremacy and Fascism as Antithetical to Library Work
This afternoon at ALA Midwinter 2021, ALA Council will review and discuss a proposed resolution condemning white supremacy and fascism…
Breaking Into ALA
An Outsider’s Insider Guide These days, you might say ALA and I have a history. But not so long ago,…
More on Core
Hi again! To provide maximum transparency and help you make the right vote, here are the notes I made for…
Directly, Forthrightly, and with Care
Hey! I’m running for President-Elect of Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures because I think I’d do a good job. Do you…
Defending Lending
Here’s a post I shouldn’t have to write, folks, but libraries have every right to circulate materials. In non-library speak,…
Let’s Fix ALA.
By “Fix ALA” I don’t mean the conventional *cough, boring* way that I anticipate ALA will be simplified to continue…
Closing Remarks: CEILAM Cohort 2020
One of my very favorite things we do at River Campus Libraries is our Career Exploration In Libraries and Mentoring…
Fighting with Friends: On Manifesting a New Division
It’s a weird time to be talking about anything that isn’t the plague or the rise of fascism. I’m going to do it…
Turkey Timing
Due to the fact that it’s November, I’ve been communicating this phase of my career and my sense of readiness…