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Organizing Ideas

Organizing Ideas

By Organizing Ideas Podcast

Because libraries and archives are never neutral.

Taking a closer look at the relationships between organizing information and community organizing. We talk to information professionals, activists, and other insightful folks who have thoughts about what we mean when we say, “knowledge is power”. Hosted by two new librarians figuring things out as we go. We are based on the unceded and ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
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Ep 9 - Rare Books and Manuscripts Section 2019 Conference

Organizing IdeasNov 15, 2019

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Ep 35 - Belonging, Safety, and Police Presence in Libraries with Stacy Collins - part 2

Ep 35 - Belonging, Safety, and Police Presence in Libraries with Stacy Collins - part 2

In this two-part interview, we chat with Stacy Collins, Research & Instruction Librarian at Simmons University in Boston, about police in libraries, as well as the role of policing in the forms of social work and librarianship. Timestamps: • 0:00 - 1:24 Intro • 1:24 - 5:56 Why police shouldn’t be in libraries • 5:56 - 9:56 How to talk about police and security in your workplace • 9:56 - 15:35 Social workers and private security in libraries • 15:35 - 21:05 Final thoughts on liberation, oppression, and complicity Follow Stacy on Twitter @DarkLiterata Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yyykj645 The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic (https://www.andrealukic.com/). You can reach us at: • Email: organizingideaspod [at] gmail [dot] com • Twitter: @OrganizingPod • Website: https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com/
Jan 15, 202121:05
Ep 34 - Anti-Oppression and Research Guides with Stacy Collins - part 1

Ep 34 - Anti-Oppression and Research Guides with Stacy Collins - part 1

In this two-part interview, we chat with Stacy Collins, Research & Instruction Librarian at Simmons University in Boston, about the Anti-Oppression LibGuide that she’s created, and how anti-oppression is intertwined with children’s literature. Timestamps: • 0:00 - 1:43 Intro • 1:43 - 5:39 How did you get into librarianship? • 5:39 - 11:51 What is anti-oppression, and what’s a LibGuide? • 11:51 - 17:00 Inspiration for the Anti-Oppression LibGuide? • 17:00 - 21:46 Challenges and highlights • 21:46 - 28:38 Harassment and backlash • 28:38 - 39:12 Change and future plans • 39:12 - 46:40 How does anti-oppression inform your work? • 46:40 - 56:10 Anti-oppression and children’s literature Follow Stacy on Twitter @DarkLiterata Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/y43pk2oa The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic (https://www.andrealukic.com/). You can reach us at: • Email: organizingideaspod [at] gmail [dot] com • Twitter: @OrganizingPod • Website: https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com/
Jan 08, 202156:11
Ep 33 - 2020 Reading in Review with Karen and Allison
Dec 25, 202051:03
Ep 32 - Precarious Work and Knowledge Mobilization with Ted Lee and Ean Henninger at Keeping it ReAL

Ep 32 - Precarious Work and Knowledge Mobilization with Ted Lee and Ean Henninger at Keeping it ReAL

We welcome back our guests Ted Lee and Ean Henninger from Episode 3 of the podcast to talk about precarious work and knowledge mobilization. We discuss questions and qualms we have about knowledge mobilization, how precarious work makes knowledge mobilization difficult, the power of union organizing, and how COVID-19 has affected precarity! This episode was recorded live as part of the 2020 Keeping it ReAL conference.

Follow Ean (@rhymewithzinger) and Ted (@teioh) on Twitter!

Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/y3e5sxw6

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic.

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Dec 11, 202001:20:49
Ep 31 - Library Power Structures with Baharak Yousefi
Oct 30, 202043:14
Ep 30 - Witnessing and Reconsidering Personal Archives with Clara Giménez-Delgado
Oct 16, 202045:23
Ep 29 - Anti-Fascist Librarianship with Lena Gluck
Oct 02, 202059:05
Ep 28 - Season 3 and Back to School
Sep 24, 202030:27
Ep 27 - Black Women Artists, Archives, and Futurity with Sierra King
Aug 26, 202050:40
Ep 26 - Books and Feelings in the Time of COVID-19
May 08, 202041:03
Ep 25 - Community-Led Teen Librarianship with Ariel Caldwell
May 01, 202001:10:41
Ep 24 - Libraries, "Democracy", and Intellectual Freedom with Sam Popowich
Apr 20, 202001:02:49
Ep 23 - How are you feeling? COVID-19 Call for Contributions
Apr 05, 202002:21
Ep 22 - Grassroots Libraries and Care in Community (Pre-BCLA Chat) with Y Vy Truong, Rachel Lau, and Avi Grundner
Apr 03, 202053:10
Ep 21 - (Elementary) Teacher Librarianship and Inquiry-Based Learning with Elaine Su
Mar 13, 202039:57
Ep 20 - Libraries and Disabilities with Jessica Schomberg
Feb 28, 202054:24
Ep 19 - (Web) Archives and Black Culture with Zakiya Collier
Feb 18, 202054:37
Ep 18 - Public History with Krista McCracken
Jan 31, 202034:29
Ep 17 - Digital Privacy, Information Literacy, and the Library Freedom Institute with Symphony Bruce
Jan 25, 202046:09
Ep 16 - Archival Theory Through Participation, Solidarity, and Social Justice with Lara Maestro

Ep 16 - Archival Theory Through Participation, Solidarity, and Social Justice with Lara Maestro

Lara Maestro talks about knowledge-keeping practices and living archives in the Philippines from her thesis, “Alternative Becomings, Alternative Belongings: Cordillera Case Studies of Records in Context,” and the values and framework that guided her work, which include participation, solidarity, and social justice.

You can check out more of Lara’s community organizing work at Sulong at UBC on their Instagram and Facebook pages.

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic.

Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/s7ul7sl

You can reach us at:

• Email: organizingideaspod [at] gmail [dot] com
• Twitter: @OrganizingPod
• Website: https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com/

Jan 17, 202058:23
Ep 15 - Catalyzing a Community Led Future at the Free Library of Philadelphia with Andrea Lemoins
Jan 10, 202051:58
Ep 14 - Navigation, Resistance, and Rebellion with Sarah Dupont and Amy Perreault

Ep 14 - Navigation, Resistance, and Rebellion with Sarah Dupont and Amy Perreault

In this episode we sit down with two amazing Métis librarians and information professionals at the University of British Columbia. Sarah Dupont is the Head of Xwi7xwa Library, and Amy Perreault is Senior Strategist for Indigenous Initiatives at the Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology (CTLT). Sarah and Amy talk about Indigenous engagement, the importance of elders and finding community, and some of the projects that they’re working on.

Some links to things mentioned (more in the transcript):

• UBC Indigenous strategic plan: https://aboriginal.ubc.ca/indigenous-strategic-plan/
• UBC library strategic framework: https://about.library.ubc.ca/about-us/strategic-framework/
• TRC calls to action: http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf
• MMIWG report: https://mmiwg-ffada.ca/
• UNDRIP: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples.html
• FNCC: https://slais.ubc.ca/programs/specializations/fncc/
• Indigitization: http://www.indigitization.ca/
• Indigenous Foundations: https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/home/
• Xwi7xwa Library Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xwi7xwa
• Xwi7xwa Library Twitter: https://twitter.com/Xwi7xwaLibrary
• Sarah’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/dupontsarah
• Indigitzation Twitter: https://twitter.com/indigitization

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic.

Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/t33duyv

You can reach us at:

• Email: organizingideaspod [at] gmail [dot] com
• Twitter: @OrganizingPod
• Website: https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com/


Jan 03, 202046:27
Ep 13 - Recap and Looking Forward to 2020 (ft. voice messages)
Dec 13, 201934:32
Ep 12 - 2019 Reading Highlights with Allison and Karen
Dec 06, 201939:26
Ep 11 - Trans Inclusivity in Libraries and Research with Shelby Miller
Nov 29, 201934:26
Ep 10 - TPL and Transphobia (round 2) with Niko Stratis

Ep 10 - TPL and Transphobia (round 2) with Niko Stratis

Allison chats with Niko Stratis, who has been heavily involved in responding to Meghan Murphy’s event at Toronto Public Library, about this event, the impact it has had on trans people, how libraries might rethink “intellectual freedom” if we’re committed to being trans inclusive, and the failures of media coverage of the event. Read their piece, “Someone Tell The Media That Trans Folks Were At The Meghan Murphy Protests, Too” and check out their Twitter feed to learn more about their work. 

Read the transcript here

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic. You can reach us at:
> Email: organizingideaspod [at] gmail [dot] com
> Twitter: @OrganizingPod@organizingpod
> Website: https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com/

Nov 22, 201930:00
Ep 9 - Rare Books and Manuscripts Section 2019 Conference
Nov 15, 201925:55
Ep 8 - Queer and Radical Knowledge Organization with Avi Grundner

Ep 8 - Queer and Radical Knowledge Organization with Avi Grundner

This episode we got to sit down with Avi Grundner, a MLIS/MAS student at UBC who is working on a Queer Subject Heading Thesaurus for Out on the Shelves Library. We talk about queer and radical knowledge organization and the power of seeing yourself represented in these systems.  Read along with the transcript here. The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic. People and resources mentioned this episode: Avi Grundner and Out on the Shelves Emily Drabinski’s article Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction Out on the Shelves Tag Cloud Out on the Shelves Catalogue Out on the Shelves Classification System LOC cataloguer Netanel Ganin An Archive of Our Own Wrangling Guidelines Library of Congress Subject Headings, including Two-Spirit People and Gender Non-Conforming People (we also recommend Xwi7xwa Library’s guide on Two-Spirit & Indigenous Queer Studies) Academic resources Avi recommends: Drabinski, E. (2013). Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction. The Library Quarterly, 83(2), 94-111. doi:10.1086/669547 Bates, J., & Rowley, J. (2011). Social reproduction and exclusion in subject indexing. Journal of Documentation, 67(3), 431-448. doi:10.1108/00220411111124532 Mai, J. E. (2011). Folksonomies and the New Order: Authority in the Digital Disorder. Knowledge Organization, 38(2). You can reach us at: Email: organizingideaspod [at] gmail [dot] com Twitter: @OrganizingPod Website: https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com/
Nov 08, 201946:05
Ep 7 - Public Programming and Professionalization with Y Vy Truong
Nov 01, 201952:49
Ep 6 - Toronto Public Library and Transphobia

Ep 6 - Toronto Public Library and Transphobia

In the wake of Toronto Public Library’s room booking to Meghan Murphy, we sit down to talk with Alicia Elliott, an incredible Tuscarora author from Six Nations of the Grand River, and one of the original signatories on a petition called “Stop Hate Speech from Being Spread at the Toronto Public Library.” This episode also includes statements from a number of trans community members and library workers about the impacts of this event, including Niko Stratis, John Fink, and Leanna Jantzi

Numerous resources and folks to follow if you’d like to learn more about this situation are linked in the episode transcript. Read along here. 

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic. You can reach us at:

> Email: organizingideaspod@gmail.com

> Twitter: @OrganizingPod

> Website: https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com/

Oct 25, 201947:19
Ep 5 - Community-Led Libraries with Jorge Cardenas

Ep 5 - Community-Led Libraries with Jorge Cardenas

What is community-led work in and for libraries? We got to sit down with Jorge Cardenas in Allison’s home to talk about what it means to work in libraries with a community-led focus. Jorge is a community librarian and currently manages Burnaby Public Library’s McGill branch. He is also an instructor at the University of British Columbia, where he co-taught the Community-Led Libraries class with Christie Menzo, and is now teaching it solo for the 2019-2020 academic year. Some resources mentioned in the episode: > Community-Led Libraries Toolkit: https://www.vpl.ca/sites/vpl/public/Community-Led-Libraries-Toolkit.pdf? > Public Library Leaders program, organized by the Canadian Urban Library Council: http://www.culc.ca/projects/plleaders/ Jorge can be reached at: > Twitter: @libliothecary > Email: jorge [dot] cardenas [at] ubc [dot] ca The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic. Read along with the transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dRf7o8hTo1ZOhxLu8ZFWbclUPAy4X2nfqzqbYVpFyWo/edit?usp=sharing You can reach us at: > Email: organizingideaspod [at] gmail [dot] com > Twitter: @OrganizingPod > Website: https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com/
Oct 21, 201953:21
Ep 4 - Invitation to Contribute

Ep 4 - Invitation to Contribute

We are preparing an episode in response to Toronto Public Library’s recent room booking to Meghan Murphy, a well-known transphobic speaker. We would like to include the voices and perspectives of more trans people to hear how trans people are thinking and feeling about this room booking and similar events elsewhere. If you would like to leave us a voice message to include in the episode, please visit anchor.fm/organizing-ideas and click on "Send a Voice Message." You can also email us a written message that we can read for the episode at organizingideaspod@gmail.com. You are welcome to include your name or to remain anonymous. We hope to gather all these messages by Wednesday October 23rd by the end of the day so that we can have this episode up by Friday the 25th. In the meantime, we send our love, rage, and solidarity. Take care. Read the full transcript of this mini-episode here. As always, you can reach us at: > Email: organizingideaspod [at] gmail [dot] com > Twitter: @OrganizingPod > Website: https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com/
Oct 20, 201901:46
Ep 3 - Precarious Work with Ean Henninger and Ted Lee

Ep 3 - Precarious Work with Ean Henninger and Ted Lee

In this episode we got to sit down with Ean Henninger and Ted Lee to talk about precarity in the library, archival, and information field. It’s a fascinating conversation, ranging from the challenges of addressing the lack of diversity in LIS to the mental and physical toll of precarious work, to the inevitable question: how do we dismantle capitalism!? Read along with the transcript. Resources > Follow Ean on Twitter: @rhymewithzinger; @LISprecarity > Follow Ted on Twitter: @teioh > Isabell Lorey’s book “The State of Insecurity” > SAA19 Archivist Salary Transparency Open Spreadsheet (updated October 2019) > Ted’s tweet about the postmodern condition and his thread about precarity and capitalism > April Hathcock’s twitter and her article “White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS" > LIS Precarity’s research page  > Alaniz, D. (2019). Reflections on temporary appointments and innovation/diversity culture in libraries and archives.  > Bacevic, J. (2019). Knowing Neoliberalism. Social Epistemology 33(4), 380-392. > Henninger, E., Brons, A., Riley, C., & Yin, C. (2019). Perceptions and experiences of precarious employment in Canadian libraries: An exploratory study. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 14(2). Fact checking! > The City of Burnaby’s $1 billion surplus that Allison mentions isn’t a surplus, it’s a reserve fund.  > From Matthew Battles’ Library: An Unquiet History: Dewey developed a serious cough after being caught in a fire and doctors thought he wouldn’t live long, so he became obsessed with efficiency. “In superficial retrospect, the decision [to admit women to the School of Library Economy at Columbia] looks like a pioneer move in women’s rights. But as his biographer Wiegand points out, Dewey actually used the admittance of women to the college to the same end he used their hiring in the library: to define the profession down. Women were already socially subordinate to the men who filled faculty roles; for Dewey, this subordination nicely mirrored the professional subordination of librarians to professors and other experts—a subordination he deemed necessary to the efficient workings of the library.” (144) The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic. You can reach us at: > Email: organizingideaspod [at] gmail [dot] com > Twitter: @OrganizingPod > Website: https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com
Oct 11, 201958:14
Ep 2 - Library School and Student Government with Victoria Gomez
Sep 29, 201946:56
Ep 1 - Intro
Sep 26, 201923:21