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August 24, 2015 × littlefreelibraries

Little Free Library in Madison, Wisconsin. Photo by Mike DeVries.

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Kali Jaye writes: “In 2019, the World Health Organization recognized burnout as an occupational phenomenon, describing it as ‘a condition resulting from chronic workplace stress that hasn’t been successfully managed.’ Burnout is what’s happening when you’re exhausted even though you sat at a desk all day, you’re starting to hate your job, and you’re wondering what’s wrong with you and why you can’t just get it together. So how can we, as individuals and organizations, best prevent and respond to burnout? The opposite of burnout, according to [psychology researcher Christina] Maslach and colleagues, is engagement.”

Scholarly Kitchen, Jan. 27; World Health Organization, May 28, 2019
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Ann Baillie writes: “As youth librarians, we want our services to be accessible to all our patrons. We use visual schedules in our programs and provide patrons with access to accessible technology. Our websites should be accessible, too. Depending on how your library controls its website, you may even have a built-in accessibility checker to make sure each webpage meets accessibility standards. If you upload PDFs to your library’s website, such as a programming brochure or book lists, here are some tips to make your PDF accessible.”

ALSC Blog, Jan. 24
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Leigh Reagan Smith writes: “On January 9, the Teton County (Wyo.) Library Board voted unanimously to adopt a book sanctuary resolution and to sign a Declaration of Democracy, two measures being taken by libraries across the country to preserve and foster intellectual freedom and its role in democracy, according to the Board. The resolution references Article 1, Section 20 of the Wyoming Constitution, which states in part that ‘every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects.’”

Buckrail (Jackson Hole, Wyo.), Jan. 21
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Alexandra Boris writes: “A leisure reading collection within academic libraries may be tended with care or fall by the wayside when resources are needed elsewhere. It can be overwhelming to find oneself responsible for a collection that has not been the priority. This case study will discuss how a relatively stagnant leisure reading collection was revived to engage users with library spaces and collections. While such a task can seem challenging at the beginning, intentional selection, care, and marketing can increase the accessibility, visibility, and usability of the collection.”

The Journal of Creative Library Practice, Jan. 25
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Deborah Caldwell-Stone writes: “US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the law enforcement division of the Department for Homeland Security. ICE must operate in accordance with the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the laws of the US. When ICE agents make inquiries about library patrons, state laws and library policies concerning the privacy and confidentiality of library patron records still apply, including provisions that require law enforcement agents to present a court-issued subpoena, court order, or warrant to obtain patron information.”

Intellectual Freedom Blog, Jan. 24
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Anna Tingley writes: “Two documentaries premiering at Sundance this weekend are set thousands of miles apart—in Nairobi, Kenya and Texas, respectively—but at the heart of their stories is the same thesis: the importance of libraries to any healthy democracy. Kim Snyder’s The Librarians follows a group of librarians who have resisted book bans in Texas, Florida, Iowa and beyond. The urgency of the Sarah Jessica Parker-produced documentary is underscored by another film on the lineup: Maia Lekow and Christopher King’s How to Build a Library, which follows two Kenyan women’s mission to restore a public library in the country’s capital, Nairobi, and transform the formerly whites-only library into a cultural hub that reflects the contemporary, youthful, creative metropolis that exists today.”

Variety, Jan. 26
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Meg Tapia writes: “[Australian] laws governing organized crime are effective because they focus on patterns and networks, not necessarily the commodities criminal syndicates trade in. Laws treating disinformation similarly would focus on scale, coordinated inauthentic behavior, financial patterns, and systematic manipulation for profit or influence, not content or controlling platform access. This would target orchestrated disinformation infrastructure while preserving freedom of expression. The approach would allow governments, social media companies and their cyber allies to better tackle disinformation networks and actors.”

The Strategist, Jan. 20

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