Episode 21 (Jan 2023) Higher Education: Please Come to Your Senses!!

Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg

Description

The three of us are proud academics. While we come from very different backgrounds, we are all examples of the power of higher education to change lives. Furthermore, each of us has dedicated our lives to “paying it forward” through teaching, mentoring, research, and professional practice.

 However, things seem different now on campuses. The promise and fulfillment of learning, growth, and opportunity for students seems to be pushed aside by an insatiable institutional, self-serving striving for status and money as well as an over-emphasis among students and families on jobs and financial benefits. We question these priorities and wonder if it’s possible to rededicate and redirect the academy back to more balanced goals for students, society, and the institutions themselves.

References & Resources

Wazzup?

Division of Library and Information Services, Florida (Dec 7, 2022). “2022 Annual Florida Public Library Directors Meeting In-Person and Virtual,” https://dos.myflorida.com/library-archives/library-development/education/directors/

“Pack Horse Library Project,” Wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_Horse_Library_Project

“Pack Horse Librarian Photo Collection,” Archives and Records Management, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. https://kdla.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_13c26173-560f-4670-9430-eda552871e0a/

Richardson, Kim Michele (2019). Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, Sourcebooks Landmark. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07LGD67ZZ?ref_=k4w_ss_details_rh

Ayokaproductions (accessed Jan 2023) “Biblioburro- The donkey library,” YouTube https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjRnqiRuYv8AhUhkWoFHXNbBE8QtwJ6BAgVEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwuTswmx9TQU&usg=AOvVaw3gUYrF1cEPaGaCzj_pC1x9

Hamilton, Masha (2007) “Camel Library,”  O, The Oprah Magazine,  https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/the-camel-library/all

The Consortium for School Networking – CoSN (accessed Jan 2023) https://www.cosn.org/

Main Topic

Patin, Beth and Melinda Sebastian, Jieun Yeon, Danielle Bertolini, Alexandra Grimm. (April 7, 2021). “Interrupting epistemicide: A practical framework for naming, identifying, and ending epistemic injustice in the information professions,” Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST), https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24479  or https://experts.syr.edu/en/publications/interrupting-epistemicide-a-practical-framework-for-naming-identi

Patin, Beth and Melinda Sebastian (Nov 2021). “Ep-i-what? Using The Force to Understand Epistemicide,” https://informationmatters.org/2021/11/ep-i-what-using-the-force-to-understand-epistemicide/

Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. Gonzalez and Angela P. Harris, ed. (2021). Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia. Utah State University Press. https://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/2338-presumed-incompetent

Orchid.org (2023) “What is my ORCID iD and how should I use it? – ORCID”  https://support.orcid.org/hc/en-us/articles/360006897334-What-is-my-ORCID-iD-and-how-should-I-use-it-

Bunch, Will (2022). After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics―and How to Fix It, William Morrow. https://worldcat.org/title/1308411829  

Awesome Library Thingy

Syracuse Airport Authority (2022). “SYR Unveils Children’s Library with OCPL,” https://syrairport.org/syr-unveils-childrens-library-with-ocpl/

Marshall, Callihan Marshall (Nov 21, 2022) “Syracuse Reading Runway,” Newschannel 9, WSYR, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Xg6XzyMok

Albanese, Andrew Richard (Dec 16, 2022). “PW’s 2022 People of the Year: The Defenders,” Publishers Weekly,  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/91155-pw-s-people-of-the-year-the-defenders.html?fbclid=IwAR09uWxv35hm_mVJGoq-tUNTP0FSbq4GZWK7iNCBwqp_11xZJdR0SMHcOik

Hixenbaugh, Mike and Jeremy Schwartz (Dec 20, 2022). “A Texas superintendent ordered school librarians to remove LGBTQ books. Now the federal government is investigating. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-investigation-school-library-books-texas-rcna61087

LaGrone, Katie (Jun 03, 2022). “After historic year of book challengers, FL’s prolific book challengers explain why they’re doing it. Challengers include parents, retirees with no children,” WFTS – ABC News Tampa, Florida https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/after-historic-year-of-book-challengers-fls-prolific-book-challengers-explain-why-theyre-doing-it

DaRos, Danielle ( December 8, 2022). “Who is behind Florida’s school book challenges?” CBS 12 West Palm Beach FL https://cbs12.com/news/local/i-team-florida-school-book-challenges-ban-libraries-sex-gender-stop-woke-act-parental-rights-in-education-law-florida

Filed under: Dr. Beth Patin, Dr. Dave Lankes, Dr. Mike Eisenberg, Season 3