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OrganizingLIS<p>Brookline library faces high staff turnover amid allegations of 'toxic' workplace</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://brookline.news/brookline-library-faces-high-staff-turnover-amid-allegations-of-toxic-workplace/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brookline.news/brookline-libra</span><span class="invisible">ry-faces-high-staff-turnover-amid-allegations-of-toxic-workplace/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/BrooklineMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrooklineMA</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/BrooklinePublicLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrooklinePublicLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryUnions</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>As libraries become public stages for social problems—homelessness, drug use, mental health—the people who work there are burning out</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/well/mind/librarian-trauma-homeless-drugs-mental-illness.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/10/31/well/mi</span><span class="invisible">nd/librarian-trauma-homeless-drugs-mental-illness.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryUnions</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/UrbanLibrariansUnite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanLibrariansUnite</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/UrbanLibrarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanLibrarians</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/UrbanLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkerSupportNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkerSupportNetwork</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>Coming spring 2025: Organize Your Library! Developing the Collective Power of Library Workers</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://alastore.ala.org/oryrlib" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alastore.ala.org/oryrlib</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryUnions</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/AngeloMoreno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AngeloMoreno</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/KellyMcElroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KellyMcElroy</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/MeredithKahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeredithKahn</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/EmilyDrabinski" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilyDrabinski</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ALA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALA</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/AmericanLibraryAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanLibraryAssociation</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>"This summer the administration of Western Illinois University undertook radical action: it eliminated every one of its nine (9) professional librarians. When current contracts expire on May 14 (2025), Western will no longer employ a practicing academic librarian. … Join us in urging WIU to reverse this disastrous decision!"</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://savewiulibrarians.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">savewiulibrarians.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WesternIllinoisUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternIllinoisUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WesternIllinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternIllinois</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WIU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WIU</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>Sending a big shush to governments that say they can't pay library workers a living wage</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/sending-a-big-shush-to-governments-that-say-they-cant-pay-library-workers-a-living-wage/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-fil</span><span class="invisible">e/sending-a-big-shush-to-governments-that-say-they-cant-pay-library-workers-a-living-wage/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/HalifaxPublicLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HalifaxPublicLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/HalifaxPublicLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HalifaxPublicLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryUnions</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/UnionStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnionStrike</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/CanadaLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaLibraries</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>Western Illinois University is laying off all nine of its library faculty—eight of them tenured or on the tenure track—as part of wider efforts to offset a $22 million budget deficit driven by rising operational costs and a 21 percent enrollment drop since fall 2019</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/business/cost-cutting/2024/08/20/library-faculty-eliminated-western-illinois-university" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">insidehighered.com/news/busine</span><span class="invisible">ss/cost-cutting/2024/08/20/library-faculty-eliminated-western-illinois-university</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WesternIllinoisUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternIllinoisUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WesternIllinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternIllinois</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WIU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WIU</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WesternIllinoisUniversityLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternIllinoisUniversityLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>On Thursday, August 1st, join Run For Something and For The People: A Leftist Library Project to get the inside scoop on how public libraries function as political institutions, and learn how you can make a difference in strengthening and expanding them</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/runforsomething/event/641777/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mobilize.us/runforsomething/ev</span><span class="invisible">ent/641777/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/PublicLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/RunForSomething" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RunForSomething</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ForThePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForThePeople</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/InvestInLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvestInLibraries</span></a><br><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/FreedomToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomToRead</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/BannedBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedBooks</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>Cuyahoga County Public Library staff has voted to strike next month if the union and library can't reach a new contract agreement</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.ideastream.org/economy/2024-06-24/cuyahoga-county-public-library-staff-union-votes-to-strike-as-wages-remain-an-issue" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ideastream.org/economy/2024-06</span><span class="invisible">-24/cuyahoga-county-public-library-staff-union-votes-to-strike-as-wages-remain-an-issue</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/CuyahogaCountyPublicLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CuyahogaCountyPublicLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/CuyahogaCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CuyahogaCounty</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/OhioLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OhioLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/OhioUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OhioUnions</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>The ALA Allied Professional Association's (ALA-APA) Salaries and Status of Library Workers (SSLW) committee invites you to join them for two sessions:<br>• 5/1: Empowering Library Workers: Navigating Unionization in Challenging Environments<br>• 5/8: What Comes after Unionization: Effective Engagement with Library Workers</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2024/04/ala-apa-salaries-and-status-library-workers-committee-host-two-webinars" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ala.org/news/member-news/2024/</span><span class="invisible">04/ala-apa-salaries-and-status-library-workers-committee-host-two-webinars</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ALA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALA</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ALAAPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALAAPA</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LIbraryUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIbraryUnions</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>This week, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/librarypunk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>librarypunk</span></a></span> is joined by Derya of the WPEA to talk about the Fort Vancouver Regional Library and the library staff represented by the union fighting for a living wage</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.librarypunk.gay/e/125-fvrl-and-wpea-union/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">librarypunk.gay/e/125-fvrl-and</span><span class="invisible">-wpea-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryPunk</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WPEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WPEA</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WashingtonPublicEmployeesAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPublicEmployeesAssociation</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/FortVancouverRegionalLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FortVancouverRegionalLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryUnions</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>Librarians lock Autauga-Prattville Public Library in protest after director fired by board</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://bookriot.com/librarians-lock-autauga-prattville-public-library-in-protest-after-director-fired-by-board/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/librarians-lock-a</span><span class="invisible">utauga-prattville-public-library-in-protest-after-director-fired-by-board/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/AutaugaPrattvillePublicLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutaugaPrattvillePublicLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/BookChallenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChallenges</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/BannedBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedBooks</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LetFreedomRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetFreedomRead</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/FreeTheBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTheBooks</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryBoards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryBoards</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>Library employees at Smith College moved to form a union Friday, the latest in a wave of labor organizing on college campuses in New England</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/11/business/smith-college-library-union/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bostonglobe.com/2024/03/11/bus</span><span class="invisible">iness/smith-college-library-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryUnions</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LISPrecarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LISPrecarity</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/SmithCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmithCollege</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/SmithCollegeLibrariesWorkersUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmithCollegeLibrariesWorkersUnion</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/SCLWU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCLWU</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/OPEIU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPEIU</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/OPEIULocal153" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPEIULocal153</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Northampton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Northampton</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2024/02/west-virginia-house-passes-bill-allowing-prosecution-of-librarians/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsandsentinel.com/news/local</span><span class="invisible">-news/2024/02/west-virginia-house-passes-bill-allowing-prosecution-of-librarians/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestVirginia</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/HouseBill4654" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseBill4654</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WVHB4654" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WVHB4654</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>New in C&amp;RL News: "The Library is NOT for Everyone (Yet): Disability, Accommodations, and Working in Libraries"</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/26204/34145" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnew</span><span class="invisible">s/article/view/26204/34145</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Accomodation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accomodation</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ACRL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACRL</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>Upcoming <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryFreedomProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryFreedomProject</span></a> webinar:</p><p>Labor Organizing in Libraries<br>February 28 at 7:00PM ET</p><p>With Kelly McElroy and Meredith Kahn, attendees will brainstorm talking unions to skeptical colleagues and discuss strategies to combat disinformation</p><p>Registration: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuce-sqjMrHNK1orEld9-EQ94kd0Uv4dit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist</span><span class="invisible">er/tZcuce-sqjMrHNK1orEld9-EQ94kd0Uv4dit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryUnions</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>Durham County Library workers ask the public to join them and demand their employer:<br>- Hire more library staff before expanding hours<br>- Guarantee library workers a day off<br>- Listen to library workers and provide the support they need to serve the community</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/durham-library-workers-need-your-help" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">actionnetwork.org/letters/durh</span><span class="invisible">am-library-workers-need-your-help</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/DurhamCountyLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DurhamCountyLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/DurhamLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DurhamLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLabor</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/UELocal150" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UELocal150</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/NorthCarolinaPublicServiceWorkersUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolinaPublicServiceWorkersUnion</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>After being fired for opposing book censorship, three librarians have filed workplace discrimination claims with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/librarians-turn-civil-rights-agency-oppose-book-bans-firings-rcna124161" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/l</span><span class="invisible">ibrarians-turn-civil-rights-agency-oppose-book-bans-firings-rcna124161</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/EEOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EEOC</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/PublicLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/DefendLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/NoBookBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoBookBans</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/FreedomToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomToRead</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ReadBannedBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadBannedBooks</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/DeathPanel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathPanel</span></a> speaks with <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/MariameKaba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MariameKaba</span></a> and <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/MelissaGiraGrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MelissaGiraGrant</span></a> about the importance of understanding the library as a site of political contestation and a rare expression of the commons in contemporary US life, and how left organizers are fighting back against right wing attacks on public space</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/taking-back-the-library-w-mariame-kaba-melissa-gira-grant-110923" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">soundcloud.com/deathpanel/taki</span><span class="invisible">ng-back-the-library-w-mariame-kaba-melissa-gira-grant-110923</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/PublicLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/DefendLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/NoBookBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoBookBans</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/FreedomToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomToRead</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ReadBannedBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadBannedBooks</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>"The Library Patrons Union is an explicitly leftist, community-run union of Hennepin County Library patrons, organizing for more just public libraries."</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://librarypatronsunion.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">librarypatronsunion.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryPatronsUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryPatronsUnion</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/HennepinCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HennepinCounty</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/HennepinCountyLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HennepinCountyLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/PublicLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLibraries</span></a></p>
OrganizingLIS<p>"Staffing (73%) was named as the top challenge limiting program and service offerings" –2022 Public Library Services for Strong Communities Report</p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/PublicLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ProtectLibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectLibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austerity</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/staffing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>staffing</span></a></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.ala.org/pla/sites/ala.org.pla/files/content/data/PLA_Services_Survey_Report_2023.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ala.org/pla/sites/ala.org.pla/</span><span class="invisible">files/content/data/PLA_Services_Survey_Report_2023.pdf</span></a></p>
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