Guest post: #LIULockout
Pirates, here’s a guest post from our comrade Emily Drabinski, a librarian & faculty member at LIU Brooklyn here in NYC. The LIU Brooklyn faculty, who are unionized, have been … Continue reading
Jason Hammond Update
Y’all! Prisoner supporter extraordinaire @allshiny tells us that friend of the library Jason Hammond (twin brother of Jeremy Hammond) finally got out of Cook County Jail last night! The motion to reduced the … Continue reading
Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire, or, Copyright Shitfuckery
Last week I ran into Lopi LaRoe, a dear comrade, on May Day. Lopi is a fabulous artist here in New York and has done a lot of beautiful work … Continue reading
From the Comments
Because I think it’s important enough — The Luddbrarian linked to NYC Antifa’s blog (“…an autonomous blog that is trying through different media…[to] help to build, defend, educate and create an … Continue reading
Odds & Ends: mostly about Bluestockings
First of all, the monthly Radical Librarian Book Club at Bluestockings would normally be this weekend; it is being skipped this month, so the next meeting will be Sunday, May … Continue reading
Librarianship Quote of the Day
This is from my dear friend, the Libromancer’s Apprentice: “As it turns out, taint punching will get me to threaten banning patrons from the library for any further disturbance.” I’m … Continue reading
Book Review/Preview: The Riot Grrrl Collection
Hey, remember a couple weeks ago when I posted about the Riot Grrrl Collection at NYU? And how Feminist Press is putting a book out in May? Turns out I … Continue reading
#ulcon13 Was Pretty Awesome!
Hi, librarians! I went to the Urban Librarians Conference on Friday! It was awesome! And not just because I took a day off work to attend! I hope there are … Continue reading
Got $?
Right, so I know librarians — or leftists, for that matter (and leftist librarians especially) — are not the most flush of demographics, but I also know that some of … Continue reading
This Sunday: Radical Librarians Book Club at Bluestockings
Reminder, friends, this Sunday, March 17, at 2PM is the monthly meeting of the Radical Librarians Book Club at Bluestockings, located at 172 Allen St. in Manhattan. From their website: … Continue reading
A Couple Quick Notes
Good AROTE, all. I’ve two things for you this morning. First, registration is open for the first annual Urban Librarians Conference is on April 5, at the Brooklyn Public Library’s main … Continue reading
Allies
My fellow captain and I had some face time (no, not that thing that you can do with iPhones) recently, and, in between talking about what the hell we’re doing … Continue reading
Friends of the LibrarianShipwreck
Librarians aren’t paid very well these days, so many of us in NYC live way out in Brooklyn or Queens even if our jobs are in Manhattan. And, maybe it’s … Continue reading
Friends of the Librarian-Shipwreck
Ahoy! I spent the weekend in the lovely state of New Jersey, nerding it up at Wicked Faire (where I picked up a pair of TARDIS-blue-colored book earrings!) with various … Continue reading
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