A few thoughts on The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a reading group you do not want to be a member of. While their true crime discussions are interesting (this is not the reason to avoid this group) the members face sexism at home, and do not think about their behaviour as potentially racist. A new man come to town and proves a disruptive force for families as the husbands befriend him. It is interesting seeing how the reading group changes over time - but keep in mind this is a tale of horror and is, at times, very disturbing reading. It is also a tale of readers bonding over books with implications for what is regarded as acceptable reading. I have also read Horrorstör which provides other interesting angles for horror.

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A few thoughts on Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (and there are mobile libraries)

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This near future Western is pacy and punchy. There are Librarians, and the capital matters, but don’t make assumptions about them. Not making assumptions is key to much in this piece.

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How are you documenting the pandemic? a post for #GLAMBlogClub about forever

How are you documenting the pandemic?  If you have been working on site at a library have you photographed it?  Did you photograph moving the furniture to fit other staff in?  Did you photograph what the click and collect looks like?  Did you photograph the new spray screens, the supplies cupboard?  There are records which can can be kept forever (with decent digital preservation).

Plus while you weren't going out much, did you photograph the occasional times you did?  

I hope that you are staying safe, and that the opening up of your libraries has gone/will go well.

looking at partnerships for #GLAMblogClub

As we continue in lock down, with people working from home or from closed libraries, or various other combinations of work, means this sign serves as a prompt to us, to change, and to think about different ways to do things.


 We are experiencing service changes, and we need to continue to plan for service changes as we are likely to continue at a distance from one another for a while, even when more of us may lose our jobs during this time.  The example shown below is a recent partnership.

Recently, Monash CEO Dr Andi Diamond had the idea that Libraries could supply reading material to Meals on Wheels clients in Monash while Stage 3 restrictions were in place in Victoria.

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— Monash Libraries (@MonashLibraries) April 23, 2020

Thanks to an alert from Rachel for this. 

What new partnerships is your library involved in or is considering?