I would like to take a moment to thank each and every one of you. You have contributed deeply to my story, and I am so grateful for that. Let us also remember the meaning of today, and who has been neglected in the process.
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So may you have a blessed, wonderful and peaceful holiday. May your story be a page-turner, and may you feel the love, respect and gratitude of the Information Activist Librarian.
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A friend of mine shared this video from Pixar
This video is amazing, inspiring and instills hope in those who struggle with feeling alone, isolated and hated. I am in a profession that has openly accepted and welcomed our GLBTQ brothers and sisters. This video has totally gone viral, with over 34,000 Facebook shares and 8,000 retweets. Now if libraries would start making videos like these. We need to let our voice rise up and be heard.
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What somebody calls a “library patron” usually informs the world what someone’s philosophical and worldview of libraries are. I have gone back and forth between using the term patron and the term user. I don’t like the term customer because of its business (and profit) connotations. However, in a recent talk from R. David Lankes, I learned that a BRILLIANT librarian decided to settle the debate by asking “patrons” what they wanted to be called. They answered member.
Member!
Member. They believe so because they pay dues (taxes), when they come to the library they receive a member library card, they have privileges, they don’t have privileges etc… Member implies ownership, a co-equal with other members and the staff.
How cool is that! Not only did some genius decide to ask member’s what they want to be called, but think about what membership means. You don’t want to be a customer, but you do want to be a member. What a powerful statement. I am a member of suchandsuch library.
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