Libraries are under attack—and so are library workers

Libraries are increasingly being targeted by local and state legislators and protestors trying to ban books and block LGBTQ content. How is that affecting the people who work in them? Scratch nearly any kind of story—political, social, economic, cultural, and so on—and you’ll find a labor story. No matter what’s happening, whether it’s an environmental disaster, an art opening, or a contentious school board meeting, it’s taking place in someone’s workplace, involves the fruits of someone’s labor, or someone is being called in to clean up afterward. Public libraries are no exception, and Republicans’ current headline-grabbing obsession with what goes on inside them is very much a labor issue.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2023-04-14 03:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Book Riot | 2022-02-09 11:45:00 UTC ]
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[ Book Riot | 2024-01-05 11:40:00 UTC ]
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Canadian Libraries Respond to 'Globe and Mail' Essay Attacking Public Libraries

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Book Riot | 2023-07-31 10:30:00 UTC ]
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Why putting social workers in public libraries could help Montrealers in crisis

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[ CBC | 2023-07-10 08:00:00 UTC ]
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[ HuffPost | 2023-04-28 09:45:11 UTC ]
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UK publishers donate 10,000 books to restock Mosul library after ISIS attack

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Library Campaign attacks CMS Arts Council report

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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