Sleet is in the forecast here in Boston, but the tulips are breaking ground and this Saturday is our community garden orientation … so spring must be here! How do the rhythms of your library change as we move from winter into summer? Here at the MHS, we’re seeing a slow-down of academically-affiliated researchers as the final weeks of the semester pull people back to their campuses. In May and June, they will return at a trickle and gradually turn to a flood as summer research fellows and other travelers make their way through our doors. We are also gearing up to launch our electronic patron registration and request processing system, AEON, which goes live on May 21st. It’s been several years in development and we’re excited to finally be going live!
This week in the world of labor and libraries …
The first CFP for the Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies is out! Does it have your name on it?
What are the economic barriers to seeking mental health care? It’s not just affordable providers!
“There is, if you can believe it, a hierarchy of humanities Schadenfreude.”
Is there the little-studied sub genre: a hierarchy of historians?
“Haha, that guy thought you were the receptionist!” Did he? My, what a hilarious turn of events.
Elizabeth Warren (MA-D) has added student loan debt to the financial issues she’s rabble-rousing about.
She’s also making social security cool.
The bottom-up power of labor organizing.
There’s been a lot of comment around the Columbia School of Journalism’s audit of the Rolling Stone campus rape story. I particularly appreciated Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig’s analysis.
Fair Use Week apparently happened back in February. Know your creative rights & responsibilities!
What have you been reading and learning from this past week?
Amiable Archivists' Salon 