#Library science

[cozyhestia]

I've been taking a Young Adult Materials class this semester for my masters this semester! The joy I've had dedicating time to reading fun books for class has been carrying me through the last few weeks!

[mydirtyvalentine]

pretty normal podcast listening experience i think,

[nerd-brarian]

A nice librarian gave me this and I really like it.

[archeracy]

“Kids and teens have no third spaces these days!!!”

Before you go to Starbucks or other corporations who want to co-opt the term “third place” and make you become more consumerist, consider:

Are you making full, effective use of your public library?

This is especially true if you live in a big city. I know going to a store or mall is the most tempting third place. But go to the library. Find out what the library has available to you. I live in a major metropolitan area, and my local library offers books, e-books, and audiobooks to library card-holders, but also: sewing machines, 3D printers, recording studio space, individual study space, group study space, an auditorium hall, and conference rooms! Not to mention a website where you can use your library login to log in to ADDITIONAL websites that teach you valuable skills or crafts, or read research journals for free!

If you don’t live in a densely populated area and your local library has less of those things, you better go there and start asking about it. Because librarians WANT you to use their services. They WANT to stock up the library with loads of books and services, but they need the foot traffic and continued requesting to get the ball rolling.

You can also ask about donating things to the library! My library, despite its numerous riches, does not have a laminator. But I guarantee you if someone donated it, they would be eager to let people know they can use it. If you have a tool or machine you don’t use, find out if a library would make better use of it!

[thefearofcod]

Had a bad idea: books organized by Dewey classification but the numerals are arranged alphabetically

[refulgently-transcendental]

Bachelors degree: *purchases an expensive and large standing desk to do homework at*

Masters degree: couch

[shitacademicswrite]

[uwmspeccoll]

It’s Feral Friday!  

Today we’re highlighting another gem from our zine selection, Decolonizing Library Science by Archivist (and former, long-time UWM Special Collections Graduate Intern) Keahi Ka’iwalani Adolpho. Created on the eve of the 2016 edition of Milwaukee Zine Fest while they were a student in the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) graduate program at UW-Milwaukee, this zine offers up a compelling reflection on Adolpho’s personal experience as a “non-binary, queer, hapa (mixed Native Hawaiian)” academic and a glimpse into their early research and critiques concerning MLIS graduate education and the field of Library Science as a whole.  

Decolonizing Library Science underlines the importance of rigorous internal critique in the interest of creating truly inclusive institutions and serves as a great example of the power of unregulated, independently, and accessibly produced publications like zines to provide a platform for underrepresented voices and perspectives. And we love the shoutout to the treasures of the Little Free Libraries in the Riverwest neighborhood of Milwaukee at the end!

In addition to their work in Archives and Special Collections, Adolpho is currently a member of the Homosaurus editorial board and co-edited Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries, which was published by Library Juice Press in 2023. They also co-created the Diversity Residency Toolkit as part of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Residency Interest Group. Their research interests include trans and gender diverse inclusion in libraries and archives, reparative and ethical metadata, and diversity residencies.  

--Ana, Special Collections Graduate Intern

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

have a meme from grad school that i don't remember making

[paintedpigeon1]

Are you an adult with ADHD and/or autism?

I’m currently doing a Master's dissertation about how to improve access to public library services for adults with ADHD and/or autism, and I need your input!

If you are over 18, have ADHD and/or autism (edit for clarity: no matter where you live), and would like to help with this, please fill in the survey below by midnight on 8 August 2024.

For more information please contact me on ruth.collard-stayte@city.ac.uk

Even if you're not eligible, please share this post so I can receive as many responses as possible!

(Also you don't want to disappoint the cute brain on the flyer do you?)

[conservethis]

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[septemberfruits]

Dirty Pop and Foundations of Library Science this Wednesday.

[minilibrarian]

Read this before bed the other night and loved loved loved it 🤍

[andaustinbutler]

love a supportive boyfriend <3

[californiastatelibrary]

California State Library School, class of 1919. These 10 women are studying on the fourth floor of the State Capitol building, which also housed the State Library until the Stanley Mosk Library and Courts building was finished in 1928.

[impossibleobservationkryptonite]

What can libraries do for you? I have so many resources I’m gonna share with you rn. Get wrecked. I’m back on my soap box y’all. Just ignore me if you want, or if you want can just get the tldr with the bolder stuff again!

1. If you still want to read books or listen to them, but you don’t want to come in and talk to anyone (I mean valid.) Libby!!! It works the same way as checking out physical copies of the books; just now as audiobooks and ebooks.

2. Are you currently screaming at your paper that you’re supposed to be writing? But it doesn’t have enough sources. Pls. All library websites have LISTS of different websites (they are reputable) that you can use to do research. (Or you can come chill and look at physical materials for your research too.)

3. Materials: we have so much stuff we will just give you for free. I handed out so much glitter, markers, paper to some patrons who were working on a final project that they could just have and work on. I have so much paint. Please use it so we can buy newer paint.

4. Free WiFi: sometimes you don’t even have to leave your car (or go inside) for that. (Message me and I’ll tell you my story of sitting in my car for an hour just outside of a library so I could check my grades and email professors because I was in a town that kept bouncing my phone to Canada.)

5. Email bb: again if you don'twant to come in but want book recs because for whatever reason: you can usually email the library with something called your next read. And a librarian will send you back book suggestions. (I also recc’ed a mbmbam podcast to someone)

6. Warming/cooling centers: if it’s hot/cold and you have nowhere else to go? Come chill with us. I have multiple patrons at my library who will be there for the full 12 hours that we’re open. It means that you’re using a space that your taxes paid for. And you can get out of the disgusting heat and frigid weather.