Updated 2/24/2016 to include the chat questions!
Hello, friends of the Unified Library Scene!
Next Wednesday evening (2/24) at 8pm Eastern, I'm hosting a #libleadgender chat on building a more inclusive space in which to have the conversation about the intersection of gender and library leadership.
If you are interested in getting more information about the #libleadgender movement, you can start with this excellent article by Michelle Millet and Jessica Olin. You can follow it up with this blog post by Jessica. And, finally, you can search the hashtag on Twitter.
I hope you'll consider joining the chat on Wednesday evening. If you have questions that you'd like to ask--anonymously or otherwise--let me know!
Stay positive,
Erin
PS: The questions!
1. Gendered expectations for leaders is one version of performance. How else do we ask our leaders to perform?
2. How do you think the idea of "cultural fit" perpetuates bias within libraries? What do we look for when we consider "fit?"
3. How can we dismantle bias in our own organization without placing diversity work on the shoulders of our marginalized coworkers?
4. How could libraries give LIS students the opportunity to interrogate bias during a practicum experience?
5. (Submitted question!) What do you envision to be the difference between a feminist library and a library numerically dominated by women?
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Friday, February 19, 2016
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Housekeeping (06/24/2015)
A couple of random things...
Thing #1:
Rachel is organizing a learning community. The Librarianship and Critical Theory Learning Community will organize its learning around various themes, the first one of which is Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies.
If critical theory and learning in community are your jam, indicate your interest via this online form.
I won't write more about this in case Rachel decides to blog about it.
Thing #2:
I'm headed to ALA Annual in San Francisco tomorrow. I am always a bundle of nerves the day before I travel and today is no exception.
If you're San Francisco-bound, I'd love to say hello. The best way to find me is to send me a friendly 'Where are you?' tweet. I'm @erinaleach.
A couple of programs I'm looking forward to:
Telling your story: why technical services matters:
http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29756
Cataloging and Classification Interest Group (featuring Emily Drabinski and Amber Billey talking about gender and RDA):
http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29207
And a couple of programs I'm involved in:
ACRL Undergraduate Library Section's Mid-Level Manager Discussion Group (I'm co-presenting with Michelle Millet on strategies to engage disengaged and difficult staff):
http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29407
Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group (I'm the IG Chair):
http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29217
If you're ALA Annual-bound, what are you excited about? What programs have I missed?
Stay positive,
Erin
Thing #1:
Rachel is organizing a learning community. The Librarianship and Critical Theory Learning Community will organize its learning around various themes, the first one of which is Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies.
If critical theory and learning in community are your jam, indicate your interest via this online form.
I won't write more about this in case Rachel decides to blog about it.
Thing #2:
I'm headed to ALA Annual in San Francisco tomorrow. I am always a bundle of nerves the day before I travel and today is no exception.
If you're San Francisco-bound, I'd love to say hello. The best way to find me is to send me a friendly 'Where are you?' tweet. I'm @erinaleach.
A couple of programs I'm looking forward to:
Telling your story: why technical services matters:
http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29756
Cataloging and Classification Interest Group (featuring Emily Drabinski and Amber Billey talking about gender and RDA):
http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29207
And a couple of programs I'm involved in:
ACRL Undergraduate Library Section's Mid-Level Manager Discussion Group (I'm co-presenting with Michelle Millet on strategies to engage disengaged and difficult staff):
http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29407
Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group (I'm the IG Chair):
http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29217
If you're ALA Annual-bound, what are you excited about? What programs have I missed?
Stay positive,
Erin
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
A positive jam
"We gotta start it off with a positive jam"--The Hold Steady
In July, I wrote a blog post for Jessica Olin's Letters to a Young Librarian. In it, I suggested that public services and technical services folks work together to build a better library. And, in a play on a line from a song by The Hold Steady, I called for the building of a Unified Library Scene.
For me, the Unified Library Scene is about technical services and public services people working together and moving past stereotypes. But maybe it looks different for you. There's a lot of places where we create silos or turn the otherness of our colleagues into something to be feared or disdained rather than celebrated.
I am grateful that Jessica gave me the platform to write something that resonated with people and sparked in me an interest to keep the conversation going. I hope you'll be willing to join me on this adventure. I hope you'll tell me what the Unified Library Scene means to you and what you're doing to build it. You'll be hearing from my partner-in-crime, Rachel Fleming, soon. And I hope you'll join us in the comments and in writing guest posts.
My hope is that we leave Librarianship a better, more inclusive place than we found it. So let's start it with a positive jam.
Stay positive,
Erin
In July, I wrote a blog post for Jessica Olin's Letters to a Young Librarian. In it, I suggested that public services and technical services folks work together to build a better library. And, in a play on a line from a song by The Hold Steady, I called for the building of a Unified Library Scene.
For me, the Unified Library Scene is about technical services and public services people working together and moving past stereotypes. But maybe it looks different for you. There's a lot of places where we create silos or turn the otherness of our colleagues into something to be feared or disdained rather than celebrated.
I am grateful that Jessica gave me the platform to write something that resonated with people and sparked in me an interest to keep the conversation going. I hope you'll be willing to join me on this adventure. I hope you'll tell me what the Unified Library Scene means to you and what you're doing to build it. You'll be hearing from my partner-in-crime, Rachel Fleming, soon. And I hope you'll join us in the comments and in writing guest posts.
My hope is that we leave Librarianship a better, more inclusive place than we found it. So let's start it with a positive jam.
Stay positive,
Erin
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