Episode 13 (Dec 2021): Politics R Us?

December 16, 2021

Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg

Description

Aughhh! The po·lit·i·ci·za·tion of everything! We don’t seem to be able to escape increasing polarization and the division into rival groups identified by politics and worldviews as well as the demonization of the other side. Is this the new normal? Even for libraries and public service? Is everything to be defined or viewed through a political lens? through a political identity? What is the politicization of everything – its nature and scope – and what are the implications?

References & Resources

Wazzup?

About Dr. Rachel Clarke’s True Value Project: https://ischool.syr.edu/uncovering-invisible-labor-with-the-true-value-project/

True Value Calculator (How much is your library trip worth?) : https://truevalue.ischool.syr.edu/calculator/

Main Topic: The Politicization of Everything

Barry, J. M. (2020). The great influenza: The story of the deadliest pandemic in history. https://www.worldcat.org/title/great-influenza-the-story-of-the-deadliest-pandemic-in-history/oclc/1190658250&referer=brief_results

Lopez, Brian (Oct 26, 2021) “Texas House committee to investigate school districts’ books on race and sexuality,” The Texas Tribune, https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/26/texas-school-books-race-sexuality/

Texas Library Association (TLA) (Oct 26, 2021)The Freedom to Read is a Right and Must be Protected. Approved statement by the TLA Executive Board https://txla.org/news/the-freedom-to-read-is-a-right-and-must-be-protected/

Gardner, Abby. (July 20, 2021) “A Complete Breakdown of the J.K. Rowling Transgender-Comments Controversy,” Glamour Magazine.
https://www.glamour.com/story/a-complete-breakdown-of-the-jk-rowling-transgender-comments-controversy

Patin, Beth (October 7, 2021). “The Ethics of Epistemic Justice: Addressing Epistemicide through Social Justice in LIS,” The Sister Thea Bowman Lecture Series on Social Justice in Library and Information Science, Department of Library and Information Science, The Catholic University of America. https://lis.catholic.edu/news-events/social-justice-lecture.html video: https://youtu.be/0DBcm5K1In8

Awesome Library Thingy

Jones, Hannah et al ( Aug 31, 2021) “Huntsville-Madison County Public Library launches music streaming platform,” WHNT News 19, Huntsville, AL WHNT.com News 19 https://whnt.com/news/huntsville/huntsville-madison-county-public-library-launches-music-streaming-platform/

Toronto Public Library (April 2020) “Toronto Public Library works with Toronto food banks to extend access during COVID-19,” TPL News Release, https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/news_releases/2020/04/toronto-public-library-works-with-toronto-food-banks-to-extend-access-during-covid-19.html

Toronto Public Library (Nov 19, 2021) “Covid-19 Impacts,” What’s On at the Library https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/programming/our-reopening-plan.html

New Jersey Bills on school libraries – S3500/S3464:

https://www.saveschoollibrarians.org/njasl_infolitbill_2021

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp?BillNumber=S3464

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S3500/3464_I1.PDF

EveryLibrary:
www.EveryLibrary.org
www.SaveSchoolLibrarians.org

Filed under: Dr. Beth Patin, Dr. Dave Lankes, Dr. Mike Eisenberg, Season 1