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Tag: ALA

June 30, 2025 by Edith Campbell

ALA Annual is All But Done

For many of us, ALA Annual is a place, both physical and social, where we come for a particular experience. To move foreward, we have to consider how did this place get to be what it is? And, what dominant forces are maintained here?

June 16, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Annual is Next Week!

The work we do as librarians has become incredibly political, so please do use opportunities at Annual to engage, get more informed, and to build community.

April 1, 2025 by Edith Campbell

89 Days Remaining

feel a loss for what libraries can do in communities that are already poorly funded. I feel an attack on an institution that provides information and supports literacy, two cornerstones of any democracy. I feel an attack on our democracy.

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January 21, 2025 by Edith Campbell

 I do hate that I’ll miss the panel discussing the latest edition of The Handbook of Black Librarianship. I have a chapter in it that contextualizes the contributions of Black librarians in the field of youth literature.

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