Afleveringen
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Apologies listeners for the delay between episodes. Your hosts are getting back into the swing of things and temporarily misplaced a recording that should have gone out last week.
However, before we release that episode, we decided to sit down for a discussion of the newly released accusations against author Neil Gaiman and the effect this news has on libraries. We also discuss the state of social media, especially TikTok, and how we move forward.
Show notes:
https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-allegations-controversy-amanda-palmer-sandman-madoc.html
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It's been a hot minute, but Jeeves and Wooster have made their return to discuss the looming danger of Project 2025 ,what it means for libraries and librarianship, and how the rebooted podcast is going to shift in order to understand and combat what lies ahead. Please pardon the dust and hiccups as your hosts get back into the swing of things.
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Jeeves and Wooster take a moment to address their recent absence and use this opportunity to have a discussion on mental health, the impact its had on themselves and the field, and the importance of advocating for yourself and taking a step back to ask yourself how you're doing.
The world is a challenging and ever changing place right now. Emotions are running high all over, so for this episode, libraries take the backseat for honest conversation about the impacts recent events have caused and the possible light at the end of the tunnel.
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In a Librarians Anonymous first, Jeeves and Wooster record an episode in person, discussing their joint trip to the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo! Our hosts discuss all the cool and nerdy goodness they came across at the first major post-quarantine convention, and since this is a library themed podcast, how what they saw and learned can be applied to a library setting.
Plenty of nerding out, community love, and awestruck appreciation can be heard as Jeeves & Wooster share their excitement with our listeners.
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S2E03 - "Let the Kids Read," with special guest, "Stef."
Meeting called to order! This month, Jeeves & Wooster talk to "Stef," a youth services librarian who works with all ages, about programming for the pandemic, book challenges, and getting kids "the right book at the right time."
"At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for the better. It's an enormous force for good. As parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can read to them, talk to them about what they're reading, and make time for this by turning off the television set ourselves. Libraries are a critical tool to help parents do this."
-Barack Obama
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Happy Halloween! It's an abbreviated episode from Jeeves & Wooster about their favorite Halloween memories from working in the library including stories, costumes, patron objections to the holiday and a spirited debate about haunted libraries. Listen to the end to hear your intrepid hosts favorite horror films and spooky literature.
Quote: The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we've come to need Halloween. â Paula Guran
Films Mentioned:
The Evil Dead (1981) The Evil Dead 2 (1987) Army of Darkness (1992) Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) The Wickerman (1973) The Horror of Dracula (1958) Sleepy Hollow (1999) Fright Night (2011)Books Mentioned:
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett Devil in the White City by Erik Larson The Five by Hallie Rubenhold -
We are BACK for Season 2 of Librarians Anonymous! After summer hiatus, we are ready to return with stories and discussions from the behind the scenes world of librarianship starting with the tough topic of "vocational awe." Here to talk to us this week is "BiblioBurro," a librarian and instructor who is deeply invested in solving the problem of vocational awe with individual solutions like "slow librarianship," and trauma informed services, and systemic advocacy like collective action and accountability. Tune in for a fantastic conversation!
The featured library that Jeeves & Wooster want to draw your attention to this month is the CSUSM's "Brew-chive" in San Diego: https://archives.csusm.edu/brewchive/
This month's quote:
"Vocational awe is f*cking toxic and we as librarians need to stop spreading this rhetoric that libraries are this beacon of democracy and critical thinking. Libraries are just buildings. It is the people who do the work. And we need to treat these people well. You canât eat on passion. You canât pay rent on passion. It is not a sustainable source of income, and we need to stop treating vocational awe as the only way to be a librarian." -Fobazi Ettarh
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Jeeves & Wooster are gearing up for Summer Reading Programs and a stretch of interviews and recordings for Season 2 of The Librarians Anonymous Podcast! Join them for a short episode where they cover their favorite memories of summer reading, the Pizza Hut Bookit! Program, Summer Reading Prizes, and what they will be reading this summer. Stay tuned for Season 2 after a short break in regular episode releases and thanks for listening!
âOne benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.â - Jeanette Walls
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Sshhhh! Do you hear that? For their tenth episode, Jeeves & Wooster are breaking their silence on the subject of whether libraries should be quiet. With the help of a community survey, your hosts find out what librarians really think about this long standing stereotype of libraries as silent shrines to studious studies. Stories and opinions from the anonymous librarians are read and discussed in detail. If you're not actively involved in the world of libraries, some of the responses discuss might just surprise you.
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"Libraries are not just for reading in, but for sociable thinking, exploring, exchanging ideas and falling in love. They were never silent. Technology will not change that, for even in the starchiest heyday of Victorian self-improvement, libraries were intended to be meeting places of the mind, recreational as well as educational."
-British author and historian Ben McIntyre.
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Episode 9: The Best Dressed Law Librarian in the West!
In this session of Librarianâs Anonymous, Jeeves and Wooster welcome, âZsa-Zsa,â who is an attorney, law school user services librarian, and style/fashion expert. Zsa-Zsa walks them through the basics of law-librarianship, intellectual property, and providing access to law students before taking them to CLASS on the subject of fashion, loving and respecting your appearance, and the basics of building your own personal style. This episode also features Librarians Anonymousâ very first segment called, âRate that Librarian Lookâ where Zsa-Zsa breaks down the fashion statements of Rupert Giles, Zelda Schiff, Evelyn Carnahan, Dr. Barbara Gordon, and Mary from Party Girl. DO NOT miss this episode and enjoy the unique brilliance of this librarian!
Rate the Librarian Look Yourself: https://twitter.com/librariansanon1/status/1394724818726105092
More information about 17 U.S. Code § 108 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108
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This meeting of Librarians Anonymous is now in session! Join us as we delve into the personal experience of a librarian who came to the profession after serving in the United States Armed Forces. This 3rd generation librarian, who has chosen the alias, "Conan the Librarian" talks to us about their time in the army as a soldier and translator, their new profession as an online learning librarian, and some thoughts about the state of our society and the need to break down the barriers of toxic masculinity, patriarchy, and white supremacy as it exists in both worlds.
This episode's quote:
âWhy do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.â
â Terry Pratchett
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Mummies, Lady Di, and moldy maps oh my! It's our 7th episode and we have an incredibly exciting guest this week. "Honey Baby" (she/her) is an archivist and special collections librarian who is passionate and knowledgeable about her work. Listen to find out how mummies smell, how to organize Princess Diana's dresses, and the shocking story behind our guest's alias which prompted our first explicit tag on this episode!
Show Note: We strive to provide an anonymous outlet, but sometimes our guest share more than they mean to in their enthusiasm in telling their stories. It would feel inauthentic if we stopped the interview to redo a response, so we've done a bit of editing magic to maintain anonymity. You might hear Jeeves & Wooster periodically shouting "redacted" throughout the episode.
Quote: âAt itâs best preservation engages the past in a conversation with the present over a mutual concern for the future.â - William Murtaugh
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After tackling the tough talk of the pandemic in the last episode, Jeeves and Wooster offer up a look at one of the more fun and unusual departments in a library: outreach! That's right, we're talking Bookmobiles this time. Our hosts are joined by Hazel, an outreach librarian and bookmobile driver to discuss varied topics from what it means to bring the library to the community, the strange interactions that can occur when reaching out to the public in this manner, breaking stereotypes, and all the while doing so behind the wheel of a big ol'truck.
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It's been a year since the Coronavirus pandemic started and what a year it has been! Jeeves and Wooster share how they have been affected by the continuing pandemic and how it has or hasn't changed their views on the role of librarianship during lockdown. In addition to their personal stories, a community survey of library workers has provided multiple viewpoints about the effects on the field. For better or worse, COVID-19 has altered how we as a society interact, share information, and help others. Are there silver linings to be found?
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This episode takes a look at the growing trend of board games and gaming programs in a library setting. Jeeves and Wooster have polled the library community for their top picks for board games, video games, and TTRPGs and will share those results. Your hosts are also joined by Rebecca Strang, a librarian and gamer extraordinaire, who discusses how she approaches incorporating her love of gaming into her work as a librarian, community builder, and educator. This is a fun topic with plenty to discuss and joke about.
This episode also features a special guest appearance by Franklin the cat and the following recommendations from Rebecca:
The Wandering Dragon in Plainfield, IL Extra Life Charities Legacy of Dragonholt Wingspan Mansions of Madness 2e Dungeons & Dragons 5e Fantastiqa Thunderstone Detroit: Become HumanRead/Listen more from the amazing Rebecca at: https://toplayishuman.com/
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It's February and love is in the air! Jeeves and Wooster talk romance, love, and heartbreak in the stack and interview "Rin," a reference librarian, who got married amongst the shelves of her former library. In addition to the interview, your hosts also discuss some welcomed and unwelcomed romantic gestures within library settings through some listener submitted stories. A few personal stories and reminiscences about their own loves and Valentine-adjacent memories round out the episode.
(One quick note, due to the circumstances of doing an interview from 3 separate locations in this time of quarantine, our guest's audio comes off fairly quiet at the start, but it does improve. We hope to remedy this issue in future episodes.)
Our guest chose the pseudonym "Rin," from "The Murderbot Diaries" series by Martha Wells: https://www.goodreads.com/series/191900-the-murderbot-diaries
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For their second episode, Jeeves and Wooster take a deep dive into the questions "just what a library is" and "what is it that librarians do?" Thanks to the help of their friends in the library community, they've come up with a plethora of answers to these questions as well as their takes on these responses. They share their thoughts on common misconceptions, outdated stereotypes, and speak openly about how to move past those dusty, old ideas.
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This is the inaugural meeting, or should we say episode of Librarians Anonymous. Your hosts, Jeeves and Wooster, are opening the door to what really goes on behind the scenes at your local library. This podcast creates a safe space for librarians to share their bizarre, crazy, and unbelievable tales of librarianship while maintaining privacy for themselves and their patrons.
Reach out to let us know what you think or if you would like to share your stories to possibly be featured on the show at [email protected]
About the shows music:
Kathryn Rose is a folk musician and recording artist from the Pacific Northwest. She livestreams Celtic music every Friday at 7 pm Pacific Time on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kathrynrosefolk. Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kathrynfolk. Her debut album, Origins, can be streamed and purchased here: http://kathrynrose.hearnow.com/. For more information, visit http://kathrynrosefolk.com/. Kathryn Rose also hosts the Celtic Music Hour on 92.7 KOCF, Mondays from 6-7 pm Pacific. For more details, visit http://celticmusichour.wordpress.com/.
