Organizing Ideas

We talk with Ariel Caldwell, a Teen Services Librarian at Vancouver Public Library, about teen librarianship, community-led work, juggling 5 calendars, using improv to navigate power dynamics, intergenerational programming, and creating fun!

You can reach Ariel at ariel.caldwell [at] vpl [dot] ca.

Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yckbpmzh

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic (https://www.andrealukic.com/).

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In anticipation of the (now cancelled) British Columbia Library Association 2020 conference on “Libraries, Democracy, and Action,” Sam Popowich, author of Confronting the Democratic Discourse of Librarianship: A Marxist Approach, talks about intellectual freedom and what democracy means in libraries.

Follow Sam on Twitter @redlibrarian 

Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/ya9gkmwg

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic (https://www.andrealukic.com/).

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Hey folks - we hope this mini episode finds you as well as can be considering the current circumstances. We are putting together an episode COVID-19 and invite you to share your thoughts with us in a short audio clip! Find the full details about how to contribute by listening to the episode or reading the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/wzeduor

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic (https://www.andrealukic.com/).

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** This episode was recorded on March 12, 2020 before UBC Library, where we were recording, was closed to the public, and we were all encouraged to stay home and physically distance from one another. **

In preparation for the now-cancelled British Columbia Library Association (BCLA) 2020 conference, Karen sat down with Y Vy Truong, Rachel Lau, and Avi Grundner to talk about expectations and ideas for their discussion panel, titled “Collections in Social Movements: Grassroots Libraries in Marginalized Communities.”

Our guests:

• Y Vy Truong - @YVyTruong / @josspaperlib

Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/u69ug9q

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic (https://www.andrealukic.com/).

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• Email: organizingideaspod [at] gmail [dot] com

Throw out the whole book! In this episode we chat with Elaine Su, an elementary school teacher librarian and advocate for youth voices, about inquiry-based learning and education practices and reform—and what she means by throwing the whole book out.

We chat with Jessica Schomberg about disability frameworks, intersectionality, cataloguing, relationships, solidarity, prioritizing people over productivity, unions, and their new book, co-authored with Wendy Highby, coming out in April: “Beyond Accommodation: Creating an Inclusive Workplace for Disabled Library Workers.”

Follow Jessica on Twitter @schomj

Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/rrgfs5o

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic (https://www.andrealukic.com/).

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We hop on Skype to chat with Zakiya Collier from the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture about her work web archiving (which is not what Gmail does), the Hashtag Syllabus Movement, critical archival studies, and “fugitive discernment”.

Follow Zakiya on Twitter @ZZcollier

Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/u84dvwo

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic (https://www.andrealukic.com/).

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We chat with Krista McCracken about public history, colonialism and archives, how slooooowww archives are to change (and why there’s so much resistance to challenging power structures!), and embroidery as a form of feminist resistance.

Check out Krista’s blog and follow them on Twitter @KristaMcCracken.

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic.

Read along with the transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1frHtDAYAnv8fmrrzYu1e1tYhKIcmsKHwT7tchZjn7Lg/edit?usp=sharing 

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Symphony Bruce, Resident Librarian at American University Library, shares her experience with the Library Freedom Institute, and talks to us about information literacy, digital privacy and safety, and how information is empowerment.

Follow Symphony on Twitter @curlsinthelib

Read along with the transcript (links to resources included): https://tinyurl.com/t4znf6f

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic (https://www.andrealukic.com/).

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Lara Maestro talks about knowledge-keeping practices and living archives in the Philippines from her thesis, “Alternative Becomings, Alternative Belongings: Cordillera Case Studies of Records in Context,” and the values and framework that guided her work, which include participation, solidarity, and social justice.