Psst. Their are librarians who are also Moms and caregivers. Librarians not agreeing with your impractical take on libraries doesn't mean they are anti-Mom.
Actually a librarian can help you if you have a question like this one: where can my kid burn off energy indoors and for free? If you ask your local librarian they most likely would be able to point out local options already there!
#AskYourLibrarian
I am once again begging the city to open indoor playgrounds at public libraries. My child needs somewhere to burn off energy without getting frostbite, and all the private indoor trampoline parks and such are SO expensive.
I actually hate libraries with indoor playground equipment for my kids. I don't want to monitor anything they might have access to climb while I am browsing. They absolutely can and will climb it and may fall. I do love soft play areas, tables with toys, games, puppets, though
So my big news is I am 18 weeks pregnant and expecting a baby boy in early December!
I'll re-announce when I get a good ultrasound in 2 weeks <3 So excited for the wee one to have a sibling
2 years ago ALA did a 100% virtual conference. And did it well. It can and has been done and think of who wouldn't be left behind. Who could participate. Not hybrid with limited access, but 100% online
@TracyStoller
@becca_starr
Yes. They are being conscious of what they do not know and the person they are going to insult is STEALING their garbage can lids. So no sympathy
I want to acknowledge that when someone is racist on here to someone else they aren't only harming the one person. That would be bad enough. But it harms so many others too who see it. It doesn't matter how many followers someone has, there is no excuse for racism
Why do so many library jobs require people to lift 40 lbs? What is it we are moving that is this weight?
I don't have the energy to look right now - but I see these in tons of job ads and ableist job ads
Holy CATS! We got an extension! We can stay until June of 2021. I will still be on the job hunt but
#ByeByeBudapest
is thankfully put off. We have a home and we can be safe here - PHEW!
It was a long night and a long day - yesterday my Granma passed away. She is my last grandparent who was alive and I am feeling so lucky she got to meet and hold my 2 littles <3 Miss you Granma <3 I am sure I will talk more later but just wanted to let people know
Everyone coming back from
#ALAAC22
in DC, whether you feel sick or not needs to immediately test THEN test again after 5 days back. Lots of people reporting they came home and now have COVID, and this is a reminder that you can be asymptomatic and spreading it too- so test
If you are interviewing job candidates in person at Library conferences right now you are actively seeking to block access for disabled job candidates and those who are high risk or live with high risk people. This is an ongoing pandemic and you are choosing to exclude them
Everyone making plans to go irl to ALA and no thought to our disabled and immunocompromised colleagues, and those with kids under 5 and/or who live with those who cannot be vaccinated. It will truly be ala-left-behind-on-purpose
Thread on noticing how people do NOT care for others now that schools & libraries are dropping mask requirements
If you go to work & don't wear a mask just unfollow me. I don't want to know anyone who doesn't care about the immunocompromised or those of us with kids under 5
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2 years ago I did a series of interviews on non-library jobs for LIS (library and information science) workers, including librarians
Check them ALL out if you need ideas on often better paying careers outside
#LibraryJobs
ie:
#LISJobs
I can't be the only white librarian who didn't have good experiences with librarians growing up but who still went into the field because it was a step up economically. I still have bad experiences as a patron.
One of the least generous trends on here this week is qualifying Who deserves student loan forgiveness. Everyone deserves it because it's a horrible system.
Stop qualifying it by degree/job field
So angry about what happened to the victims of Drunkest Librarian (he is unrelated to the podcast btw) & how common this is in libraries. Nearly all (but not all) the events shared with me in my time in libraries have had white, male, married men doing the damage. We aren't safe
When I take my kids to libraries I like them to explore & browse books, games, or go to storytimes. Sometimes they have carpets with planets on them or the ABCs & we can talk about that. I want some aspect of literacy to be their connection to that space. They go to parks already
There is a massive divide happening in my industry between white people and everybody else and I'm sure that's not exclusive to Hollywood. All BIPOC suddenly see who is racist and unsafe and it includes the people trying to ignore what's happening in Palestine.
It is exhausting as someone looking for a job in HR or LIS to see (still see, as I have been seeing these for 10+ years doing INALJ) so many physical requirements like standing and lifting that are not necessary to actually do the jobs :/ and never mentions of accommodations
Libraries are for literacy & life-long learning. Community building happens in libraries, too. Staff curate collections, do programming & help you answer almost any question you have.
AND libraries & their staff are being attacked from budget cuts to book bans. Listen to us
Someone created a fake account to call me a clout chaser for calling out someone being racist because it was attacking someone while they are down
Under no circumstances is racist language excusable. If someone uses it when they are down it is language they feel entitled to
I want to acknowledge that when someone is racist on here to someone else they aren't only harming the one person. That would be bad enough. But it harms so many others too who see it. It doesn't matter how many followers someone has, there is no excuse for racism
@FredTJoseph
Thank you for your story! I had 4 out of my 5 miscarriages in Louisiana and the best Doctors a few years back, whose hands would now be tied. Abortion is healthcare and commonly needed <3
Will be doing INALJ jobs late tonight but off to the NICU to snuggle the bestest, freshest newbie who just needs his Blood glucose monitored. Happy he made it safely into the world <3
Unless it is open, where I can find lots of new people and orgs to follow, I am not interested. That is part of what gives Tw*tter value for me. It allows me to interact with people working at all levels in multiple fields and learn from them. I don't want smaller pod/rooms
We need a LOT more full time library jobs! But we also need PT jobs. Not everyone has the ability or desire for full time work, even those with advanced degrees. We need more of both (especially for PT we need more benefited positions).
Johannes Ullah Khan turned 1 month old yesterday & he couldn't be any sweeter, softer or more curious. He loves our voices & is mesmerized by lights, windows & especially Grandma & Grandpa's Christmas tree. We can't wait to watch him grow & explore with his big brother <3
Why do you want to take your kids to a library, specifically?
There are so many good reasons but introducing them to life-long learning spaces especially with a literacy focus is key. Libraries serve multiple purposes but that is one thing you can rely on and they have books <3
Today my littlest one turned 20 weeks old and we could not have asked for a better little person, so happy and surprised to see us every day, so excited to watch his brother dance for hours on end. Johannes, you rock, baby kid!
A lot of the denialism about white suprem*cists working within libr*ries is by white liberals who have allowed themselves to view the same types of people within their own communities as people worth debating/trying to convince to change and not as the danger they truly are
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I have nearly 200 mutuals on here following @/SStegemeyer who just called a Black LIS person on here uppity. Which is racist. And their racist ass is doubling down
I said something then blocked but white folks who know them, go get them. This is not ok
6 years ago today
@Fobettarh
's Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves was published in
@libraryleadpipe
& it is worth a read for everyone working in institutions that are "considered inherently good... and therefore beyond critique."
.
My series of interviews about non-library jobs for library workers launches next week (intro on Mon & 1st interview Tues) and I already have nearly 3 weeks of interviews to share and more to come!
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12 years ago today
"hoping our new venture I Need A Library Job leads to many new jobs! One week down..."
We've helped tens of thousands find their jobs in these past 12 years. Many found jobs outside-the-usual and wouldn't have found them otherwise!
Even if until now you've not been wearing masks at work/school/shopping/indoors today is a new day and you can start. Sit down with your families etc tonight and talk about why it is critical to restart. You can't fix what you did in the past...
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I do believe not every job in LIS should require a physical component. That is ableist. There are tons that should require them. There are tons that shouldn't. Disabled people should be easily able to find employment in libraries
#LibraryJobs
#LISJobs
I don't actually want to be in a smaller, tighter community on another platform w/ a bunch of people that share the same *whatever* with me. That has never been the value of this hell site anyway. Leaving for locked pastures elsewhere isn't a growth space. It's a replicating one
I wish we highlighted that Dolly Parton's Imagination Library requires a county level sponsor in order to get those free books mailed to kids. Our county only got a sponsor last year so for over 4 yrs my oldest wasn't eligible
In the past 1/2 week we sold our small hovel in Budapest, flew unvaccinated (due to no fault of our own) back to the U.S. w/ 2 scared & sad kiddos, landed after an eventful flight, then drove 6+ hrs home, settled in our temp summer rental place while I job hunt & I am EXHAUSTED
So few folk in LIS (library & information science) and GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) spaces still wearing masks indoors to protect themselves & others.
I don't know what the next leadership era in our fields will look like, but it isn't coming from these folk
2 years ago today in New Orleans I took a pregnancy test and it was positive! My 6th pregnancy and only one where I had a baby, my sweet wee Chappell who turns 17 months tomorrow
A lot of you have COVID right now but because no-one is testing, and everyone is out and about working/playing/shopping maskless you are spreading this and getting others sick. Best bet if you can't/won't test is to at the very least WEAR MASKS AROUND OTHERS
Wearing a well fitted, proper mask as an attendee or presenter at
#alaac23
is a great and easy way to make the conference safer for everyone.
There is always tomorrow, and a chance to start doing the right thing (again).
Poverty and literacy are not directly linked in our field. Many of us have Masters degrees and have poverty level wages. That would be a very interesting session and address an aspect of poverty our field is not working on fixing
“Without literacy, there is no equity.” Federico Salas-Isnardi, Director, Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy in Houston, at Going to the Root: Libraries, Adult Literacies, and the Interruption of Generational Poverty panel at
#ALAAC23
I didn't get my most coveted thing for my birthday (sleep) but at 7 am my morning tot did an excited dance at the foot of my bed as I sang him Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and the toddler crawled up and asked me to write words on his erase board and as far as we know we are OK <3
The number of librarians I know personally or who I follow over on Twitter who have had people come to them for help, THEN tell them that they are 'on their way to go get COVID tested' is stunning.
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There is a really big difference between growing up poor and middle class and I think a lot of folks who grow up middle class think they understand poverty perspectives. And it's frustrating to see
Today is the last day I am 44 (it's after midnight here). Tuesday I turn 45 and it is my 17th marriage anniversary. And I have no plans, which is how I like it, no pressure birthdays. 6 years ago was the first birthday I spent here in Budapest <3 and glad to be here again
I have nearly 200 mutuals on here following @/SStegemeyer who just called a Black LIS person on here uppity. Which is racist. And their racist ass is doubling down
I said something then blocked but white folks who know them, go get them. This is not ok
Re my RTs & IFLA - yep it is a very Eurocentric org & needed to go elsewhere. Yep they did not need to choose a very unsafe country for LGBTQ+ & more. The Global South is huge. Care should have been taken and NONE was. This is not the first org to not care about their communities
I know ALA is looking for a new Executive Director but did we ever find out why they told us the last person was leaving with only 24 hrs notice? Does anyone know that can share? Because that's info people who may want to be members deserve an answer to ...
We have a 3 year old! We spent the day exactly how he likes, playing, singing, at the park for a little while then home where he most loves to be <3 with his alphabets - bestest Big kid I have ever known. Love you so much sweetheart <3
A miscarriage is a naturally occuring abortion. Your body is already having one, so denying someone further medical assistance to complete the abortion is so so evil. I cannot think of another term.
What a long, cruel system we live in
I want to add U.S. Librarians tend to universalize the LIS experience and it is very different in other countries, even ones we *feel are similar - it isn't. The U.K. libraries are being mass closed down and demolished. I stand in solidarity with them <3
My first library job was with Waltham Forest Libraries so it feels even sadder to see the council demolish Wood Street Library to build luxury flats and solidarity to
@NancyTaaffe
and others for fighting to try and stop this civic vandalism ✊️🤬
#savelibraries
People are acting like there were 3 full years of lockdowns that just suddenly ended, but my FB memories keep showing me it really was only a semi-lockdown from March-May 2020 and then everyone went back to close to normal, did wear masks or wore bad ones incorrectly & gathered,
I am seeing way too many low paying
#LISJobs
&
#LibraryJobs
lately but what has been getting on my nerves the most lately is how many times I see
#jobs
in the $39,000-$39,999 range. Why not bump it up to $40k & look less cheap? Jobs aren't sales items and this looks and is bad!
Rough week last week so finally getting the jobs up. My Grandma, my only living grandparent, found out she has an additional type of cancer and it is aggressive. Can't be with her and just feeling sad and hoping she does well with the chemo and pain meds <3
I don't want to join any LIS membership org that hides their jobs behind a paywall for members only. Ever. In this economy, with how hard people have it if you think
#LibraryJobs
are something only those who pay you should have access to then you aren't an org for me
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Moving into working on the
#LibraryJobs
&
#LISJobs
mode and sharing those on here, but first, someone who is almost 4 just made his very first paratha (with assistance) and he is very proud <3
My Aunt Marilyn just passed away today. She had just turned 90 & was in a nursing home temporarily healing from a fall when she tested positive for this coronavirus. Despite being asymptomatic mostly she passed away.
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My husband told me long ago that what U.S. folk lack is mercy for others. We are consumed with the self and our things/having more things and have no pity or care for the plights of others. And when we do stand up for the underdogs we are actually taking on risk. No mercy, smh
The fact that so many LIS (library and information science) leaders and keynotes are so up front about wanting in person only conferences is directly linked to how little support our leaders have given during this ongoing pandemic to staff that need to wfh for safety
It is official, we are coming back to the U.S. May 28. And while we are so happy to be able to see family, we are actually quite stressed and sad.
We will be leaving behind almost everything we've accumulated here in Budapest over 5 years, granted we didn't buy much ...
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One of the biggest contradictions in LIS & related fields is that we talk a LOT about how work needs to be work & not family / friendship centered, then we make conferencing & the friendships formed irl a significant way to gain prestige/access to career advancement. We reward it
Public library staff are members of the community, and if you are considering reopening without addressing their concerns then you are not truly thinking of your community.
It is so very hard to be part of a field that will advocate strongly against the destruction of libraries & cultural heritage sites, as they should, re: genocide but KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT about the deaths of people.
We seem to want the records of people's lives not the people
Please understand how unaware and gross asking people where they want to travel now that this is almost over is. It isn't almost over, and is raging in a lot of countries. Oh wait, you don't care as you feel safe. I thought so :/
There's a weird thing online where people think everyone who is staying home is privileged, w/ wfh flexibility & $$$. And ignore that lots of people who've been staying home have lost so much-income, relationships, access, there are lots of poor folks home too. And disabled folk
It feels really uncomfortable to see in person only (not hybrid) conferences happening in LIS again, while not everyone has access to attending safely because not all people (under 5 yo) in households can be vaccinated yet.
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I don't think U.S. folks realize how dangerous and on the cusp you all still are, vaccinated or not. Especially how many are not. Especially as numbers continue to rise. I get wanting things to start to resume, but ...
waves from Europe (no listened/listens)
Just saw a tweet about a session at a conference that claimed you can't network online :/ Same conference people have not been wearing masks and mention of these being post-COVID time. Yikes all around