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  • Putting the U in unions: The power in a union is people.

    I started this post when I was in a membership meeting for my union local. I’ve been thinking unions a lot since there’s been a lot of energy in the air: The recent AFSCME/UPTE strike across UC, which received support from several other unions. I helped organize a demonstration for my union, which included a…

  • Radical Librarians Revisited: What’s next?

    [crass] flickr photo by RHiNO NEAL shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license Back in 2015 I wrote about being radical through our actions, not just or words. This week I was reminded of that post when somebody in a union setting referenced “radical” R. David Lankes and I quipped, “I guess crossing a picket line…

  • Conferences, professionalism, and all those unwritten rules

    Conference flickr photo by Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license Next week is the SLA 2018 conference and I’m already starting to worry about packing. What am I going to wear? What’s the weather going to be like. Do I need to wear a suit? Are any…

  • More on library worker solidarity: Librarians need to make amends.

    Two young children push a dolls carriage and carry signs in support of their parents’ strike. Their signs read “Strike!” and “I Need a Healthy Diet!” flickr photo by Kheel Center, Cornell University Library shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license Since I last wrote about library worker solidarity last month, something has really been…

  • Open Textbooks Playlist

    For those of you who saw Tara Robertson‘s presentation on open textbooks at Access 2015, “Can I actually use it?” Testing open textbooks for accessibility, that I provided a Creative Commons licensed musical augmentation for, and you want the full playlist — HERE YOU GO! Willbe, “Introduced Beats” Jared C. Blaogh, “Proven Groove” Wake, “Glytch…