Week 2: What Is Information?

New folks intros

• Pronouns
• Relationship to libraries
• Something that impacts how you exist in the world
• Smell you like

Everyone else: joy or gratitude

Until I'm fully in the QC systems and can log into the class LMS, I'm going to use this olde blog for class content. Maybe we'll even stick with it!

A lot of folks seem to have recently downloaded Signal to organize for Gaza, which is great. I'm here to offer some of my favorite Signal tips and tricks for people who are new to the app or even if you're old to it. (I'm not sure when I first downloaded it; the earliest I know that I used it was 2017. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) I'll provide these tips as if you just need to know they exist to figure out how to use them.

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The Montana State Library Commission, the governing body of the state library of Montana, and which has a history of homophobia, having voted down a primary colored logo because it too closely echoed the Pride flag, has now withdrawn from the American Library Association because ALA's current president, Emily Drabinski, tweeted that she's a Marxist les

The Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement is looking for contributors for our upcoming issue’s Idea Lab section (example). Idea Lab is practice-centered, is not peer-reviewed, and focuses on a theme selected by the editorial board. Public librarians, school librarians, and LIS graduate students are highly encouraged to contribute.

Dear LC:

It would surely be helpful to Congress to have Black feminism in their library.

Back when every one of my Democratic legislators voted for the USA PATRIOT Act, I switched my voter registration to Green or Independent, or "other." Several years later, I re-enrolled in the D party because primaries are important, in NYC, often more important than the general election for deciding who is going to serve the city (or be served by it). Therefore, and because I fucking hate Andrew Yang, I'm taking the 2021 primaries seriously--and sharing my votes with anyone who stumbles my way. I'll be happy to accept advice and corrections.