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to all the garbage library leadership I’ve loathed before
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Continue reading →: to all the garbage library leadership I’ve loathed beforeTo 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…
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Calling in Librarianship: A Manifesto
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Continue reading →: Calling in Librarianship: A ManifestoWhat 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…
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reasons I despise banned books week
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Continue reading →: reasons I despise banned books weekBBW 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…
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Us, Too.
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Continue reading →: 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…
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I Can’t Even: Ages and Adult Programs
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Continue reading →: I Can’t Even: Ages and Adult ProgramsLibrary 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…
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Librarianship, friends, is not cool
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Continue reading →: Librarianship, friends, is not coolLibrarianship, 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…
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Outreach in a Time of Uprising
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Continue reading →: Outreach in a Time of UprisingMy 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…
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The Emotional Labor of Librarianship
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Continue reading →: The Emotional Labor of LibrarianshipLibrarianship isn’t what you might call a physically demanding profession. Youth librarians do exert quite a bit of energy–I regularly hit 6000 steps during a day of book talks, and if I’m not sweating at the end of my toddler time then I feel like I’ve failed as a presenter–but compared…
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Management According to Hamilton: Thomas Jefferson
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Continue reading →: Management According to Hamilton: Thomas Jefferson“What’d I Miss?” If you manage a Thomas Jefferson, you have a star employee who always convinces you to send them to the best conferences and networking opportunities. They reflect well on your organization, though, so you don’t mind sending them everywhere all the time. When a Jefferson is actually…
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We Live in a World of Bad Text
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Continue reading →: We Live in a World of Bad TextObamacare vs The Affordable Care Act Fake news versus propaganda . . . (one more) Alt–right versus white supremacist ripped from the womb vs late term abortion * * * There is power in names, in language, in how we describe things and what we call them. When female authors write under male…
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I’m Julie
I’ve worked with children and their families for over twenty years. I’m a storyteller, librarian, musician, and advocate. I’m passionate about early childhood education, inclusion, and ethical leadership. These are my stories.
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