Hi, Miss Julie

Hi, Miss Julie

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  • The Freedom to Be Totally Ignorant

    The Freedom to Be Totally Ignorant

    “I’m not afraid anymore so go for it.” — Jane Elliot The Oprah episode above aired in 1992. Jane Elliott first did her blue eyes/brown eyes experiment the day after MLK was assassinated. (Note, that transcript contains offensive racial terms.) (If you’re not familiar, in brief, Jane did a lesson in prejudice with her class…

    Miss Julie

    December 10, 2022
    be the best you can be, censorship, classic picture books, ethics, kidlit, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library workers, OPINIONS!, personal experience, politics, professional development, queer, school libraries, schools, storytime, teens, toddlers
    advocacy, books, librarian, libraries, literature, youth services
  • Teens, Trauma, and the Future of Libraries

    Imagine if a library closed its doors from 3-5 p.m. every day, which just happens to be when the Senior Center across the street lets out for leisure time, and heading to the library was a popular activity. Now those seniors need to go somewhere else during that time. Imagine if a library decided that…

    Miss Julie

    November 30, 2022
    be the best you can be, ethics, information literacy, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, management, OPINIONS!, personal experience
    advocacy, community, librarian, libraries, youth services
  • Nice White Librarians

    Nice White Librarians

    Much like neutrality, niceness* is a quality that I believe causes more harm than good, in almost every situation, but especially in workplaces, and especially libraries. Librarianship is rife with nice white lady librarians. They dominate the profession and thereby the professional culture. And boy, few things are more terrible than a nice white lady…

    Miss Julie

    July 10, 2022
    random
    advocacy, librarian, libraries, racism, whiteness, youth services
  • to all the garbage library leadership I’ve loathed before

    to all the garbage library leadership I’ve loathed before

    To the male manager who told me I needed to work two nights when everyone else only worked one because I was “single and had no one to go home to”; To the same male manager who cited my musical ability as a pro when I was hired, but then wrote on my performance evaluation…

    Miss Julie

    July 24, 2020
    be the best you can be, censorship, Librarians, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library school vs. real libraries, library workers, management, management, personal experience
  • Calling in Librarianship: A Manifesto

    Calling in Librarianship: A Manifesto

    What is calling in? To state it simply, it’s a much nicer way of calling people out: Much like calling out, calling in aims to get the person to change their problematic behavior. The primary difference between calling in and calling out is that calling in is done with a little more compassion and patience. EveryDay Feminism I’m…

    Miss Julie

    June 20, 2020
    random
    diversity, ethics, inclusion, leadership, librarians, libraries
  • reasons I despise banned books week

    BBW is already widely used internet lingo, and it ain’t about books. Why are we promoting something we’re against (banning books) instead of promoting something we are FOR (the freedom to read)? It confuses library users. I’m sure nearly every library worker has a story about someone seeing a “banned books” display and saying something…

    Miss Julie

    September 6, 2018
    censorship, ethics, Librarians, libraries now!, OPINIONS!, politics, queer, school libraries, schools
    banned books week, censorship, intellectual freedom
  • Us, Too.

    On being complicit. As a Youth Services Librarian, I sometimes have opportunities to mingle with those in the publishing community, including the authors and illustrators of books. I’ll meet them at signings or events at conferences, or from booking an author visit to my library and community, or from an excited phone call to tell…

    Miss Julie

    April 22, 2018
    books, ethics, kidlit, kids, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, OPINIONS!, personal experience, politics, publishing, reader's advisory, reading, school libraries, teens, ya lit
    #metoo, libraries, library, literature, weneeddiversebooks
  • I Can’t Even: Ages and Adult Programs

    I Can’t Even: Ages and Adult Programs

    Library programmers, for the love of Ranganathan, DON’T DO THIS. Here’s why: It is exclusionary as hell. I’m almost forty. I don’t see my interest in graphic novels and horror disappearing on my fortieth birthday. But apparently the library thinks I shouldn’t want to attend programs like this if I’m forty, which, delicate flower as…

    Miss Julie

    March 19, 2018
    be the best you can be, events, Librarians, libraries now!, marketing, OPINIONS!, personal experience, programming
    libraries, millennials, programs
  • Librarianship, friends, is not cool

    Librarianship, friends, is not cool

    Librarianship, friends, is not cool. We must not say so. But I will say so. It’s kind of my thing. Librarianship is not cool. Librarians are not cool. Libraries are not cool. Libraries are for nerds, and dorks, and outcasts, who want to dig deep into a subject and hardly come up for air. Libraries…

    Miss Julie

    February 5, 2018
    be the best you can be, libraries now!, OPINIONS!, random, weirdnesss for the sake of weirdness
    librarians, libraries, nerds, work
  • Outreach in a Time of Uprising

    My first job out of college was working as a preschool teaching assistant in a state funded preschool program. Children in this program were “at-risk”, meaning they were growing up in poverty, or with only one parent, or with parents who didn’t speak English. An essential part of our work were home visits, where my…

    Miss Julie

    August 16, 2017
    babies, families, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library spaces, library workers, OPINIONS!, outreach, personal experience, politics, professional development, programming, reader's advisory, schools
    community, libraries, library, outreach
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About the Blog

Julie has worked with families for over twenty years and in libraries for sixteen. These are her stories.

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