The In the loop talks are now available here. Start by listening to this talk by Lorna Hamilton-Brown. It is about knitting, and it has wider implications, but you will work this out. Lorna Hamilton-Brown makes this very clear.
Monday, February 25, 2019
make sure your local studies collection is inclusive - part 1
First go and have a look at this post I wrote last year.
The In the loop talks are now available here. Start by listening to this talk by Lorna Hamilton-Brown. It is about knitting, and it has wider implications, but you will work this out. Lorna Hamilton-Brown makes this very clear.
The In the loop talks are now available here. Start by listening to this talk by Lorna Hamilton-Brown. It is about knitting, and it has wider implications, but you will work this out. Lorna Hamilton-Brown makes this very clear.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
A few thoughts on the book : Progressive community action: critical theory and social justice in library and information science
Progressive Community Action: Critical Theory and Social Justice in Library and Information Science by Bharat MehraMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I read this because I was looking for existing work bringing together critical theory, social justice and libraries for a degree I am doing. I wanted to see the current state of writing in this area, and this book contributed very useful information. I had already read some other material by some of the contributors.
It is published by Library Juice Press. They do a great job bringing together complex ideas in a way which makes sense. I had to resort to buying my own copy because at present three libraries in Australia are listed as holding this title. My copy has post it notes and annotations as I needed to connect the ideas to help with my own planned research. One of the ideas which came through strongly was that libraries themselves can be a 'type of tool to further social justice' (p17).
Reading this was a good reminder that there is value in reading more theoretical material to help us understand the very practical work of libraries. This book helps explore assumptions, which is the point of critical theory.
This work provides many more writers to explore and also challenges the reader to apply critical theory to the library they work in.
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Friday, December 21, 2018
do you collect cartons for local studies?
Go and have a look at the Cartongraphy site. Fruit and vegetable boxes are a great way of recording changes in agriculture, and of relevance to local studies.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Toil Inntinn - bilingual local studies
An Lanntair has launched a 3 year arts-based ‘Dementia Friendly Community’ project in the Western Isles, in partnership with Life Changes Trust. The project will engage with people who are living with dementia and those in their circle of care, as well as reaching out to the wider Western Isles community, with the intention of building a bi-lingual dementia friendly community that reflects the specific needs of the place and its people (from An Lanntair https://dfclanntair.wordpress.com/about/).
You can read more about the grant here.
This seems an important project which used bilingual information as part of dementia care, but also as part of recording local studies information.
You can read more about the grant here.
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