Tag: progressive librarianship

Learning to Embrace the Tattooed Spinster: Examining the Stereotype of the Female Public Librarian and Exploring How Best to Harness Public Support for Libraries and Promote the Role of the Librarian in Light of Changes to the Profession in the Digital Age

Inspired, in part, by my reaction to a classmate’s tweet, highlighting the effectiveness of a recent campaign to raise funds for the Rhode Island Library Association, this paper…

Inclusion/Exclusion: Libraries and Race

Race remains one of the touchiest and most heated subjects of our culture, yet direct conversation on it can be rare. It may seem a problematic topic for…