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Good news! There is still time to submit to BCLA Perspectives: The Sustainability Issue! More info: bclaconnect.ca/perspectives/…
Didn't get a chance to submit your sustainability article to Perspectives? Good news--our call for submissions deadline has been extended to March 1!
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We're planning for 2020! What issues themes would you like to see? What kinds of stories do you like to read?
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And don’t forget to submit to the Miscellany Issue, pitches are due next week (stories Nov 15).
The final issue of 2019 is an open forum. What have you been working on, personally or as an institution? What’s on your mind? Tell us!
💡Got an idea to pitch? Email us by Nov 1
✍️Stories due Nov 15
🖥️Issue publishes first week of December
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You might have seen some buzz about it already... The Library Barriers Issue is here! Read about barriers imposed by institutions, felt by patrons, and experienced by library workers.
Check it out👉bclaconnect.ca/perspectives/…
It's almost time! We can't wait to share these local, personal, and yet often professionally universal stories with you.
Enjoy the long weekend and check back next week for the release of the Library Barriers issue.
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Final countdown to submit pitches for @bclaconnect Perspectives issue on Library Barriers. (Stories are then due August 15!)
Here's a 2018 story from Jorge Cardenas about Removing Social Barriers Between Libraries and Communities at @burnabypl #tbt
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Although we're dedicating an issue to library barriers, it's a topic we've certainly encountered before. #tbt 2016, @surreylibrary's shared their experience with strategies for reducing barriers as part of a the city's 2012 Poverty Reduction Plan.
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#Libraries should be gateways, not gatekeepers, and by providing new skills & perspectives, they can be gate openers too! But with calls for #censorship of #fakenews, how to prevent back-sliding? Read our blog post: bit.ly/2Z0Ebnf @IFLA_FAIFE #IntellectualFreedom20Years
ALT Libraries: Gatekeepers, Gateways or Gate-Openers? — From Prevention to Permission to Providing New Skills and Perspectives
helping patrons tackle information literacy barriers
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Wanda just celebrated her 100th birthday!! She's a customer of our Access Services branch. They remove barriers to library services for people with disabilities. If you know someone who could benefit, visit bit.ly/2XN8f4m #talkingbooks #centarians
An older story, but a consideration nonetheless. Overcoming physical space barriers are something libraries continue to work on. :: Barriers to accessibility at Calgary's new Central Library | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a…
Computer logins, library cards, printing fees, membership fees, worker attitudes... there are a lot of barriers around libraries. This thread (& responses!) highlights barriers and some alternatives to them, too
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Read on for a wonderful story of a patron overcoming multiple barriers in their life & the thoughtful library worker @nalinibattu who cheered them on!
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San Jose opened its first "bridge" library today in East San Jose. Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library hopes to ease geographic barriers for residents, whose next closest library is about 3 miles away. It also has the city's first library laptop checkout program.
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Wonderful to see that at Manchester Central Library, unlike the university libraries I'm used to, there are no gates or barriers and anyone can wander in and use it. Real, genuine public spaces like this must be protected
How are you rethinking the library in light of barriers?
What successes have patrons, employees, and communities had in breaking down barriers?
What lessons have been learned?
What barriers are on the horizon?
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Pitches due Aug 1:
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Barriers to working in the library profession, such as:
-precarious employment
-required education
- costs of schooling & unpaid internships/labour
-lack of understanding of library worker roles & responsibilities
-close-knit library systems
-saturated job markets