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Mapping Racism, Charting Change: A Regional Approach to Incorporating the Striving Towards Anti-Racism (STAR) in LIS Model
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/9003/
Published: April 16, 2025 15:00
Focusing on anti-racism efforts within library and information science, this reflective essay applies our recently introduced Striving Towards Anti-Racism (STAR) model (Cooke and Williams, forthcoming) to examine geographies of racism in the United States.…
Thank You for Your Service to the American Public: A Perspective from a Fired Federal Worker
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/9010/
Published: April 16, 2025 15:00
From its outset, the Trump administration has haphazardly decimated federal agencies and institutions, creating chaos, fear, and confusion among federal employees. Securing a federal job is no small feat. It requires time, effort, skill, luck, and the…
Seven Mantras of Information Wisdom and Political Acumen for American Libraries in the Aftermath of the 2024 Presidential Election
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/9005/
Published: April 16, 2025 15:00
In the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, actions of political advocacy in predominant networks of American libraries need to go beyond traditional roles and responsibil-ities that we witnessed historically and in contemporary society. Such an…
Recognizing and Resisting Censorship in Online Safety Bills: A Framework for Libraries
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/9008/
Published: April 16, 2025 15:00
This paper explores historical and contemporary efforts to regulate internet content under the rationale of keeping kids safe online, with a particular focus on the implications for libraries and intellectual freedom. Using the Children’s Internet…
Safeguarding Libraries, Schools, and Communities from Political Threats: A Strategic Framework for Engagement, Advocacy, and Sustainable Organizing
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/9002/
Published: April 16, 2025 15:00
This white paper presents a three-step framework to counter escalating political threats to libraries, schools, and community organizations. These institutions face unprecedented challenges, including funding cuts, book bans, and censorship, all intended…
Upholding Trust in Library Partnerships with Immigrants: Reflections on the Impact of Trump 2024
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/9015/
Published: April 16, 2025 15:00
Trump’s 2024 election win simultaneously disrupts, contradicts, and reifies what we know about immigrants. This article describes how anti-immigrant political leaders capitalize on the practice of polarizing and marginalizing immigrants. The return of a…
Clarifying Intellectual Freedom, Neutrality, and Professional Expertise to Better Defend Libraries from Books Bans, Disinformation, and Defunding
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/9032/
Published: April 16, 2025 15:00
When the Library Bill of Rights was adopted in 1939, it represented a significant departure from the many professional goals and ideals articulated when the American Library Association had been founded in 1876. In creating new professional ideals of…
Dear Professors: Teaching Archiving in Times of Continued Uncertainty and Unrest
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/8965/
Published: April 16, 2025 15:00
This opinion piece is written in response to Ricky Punzalan’s “Dear Students: Becoming an Archivist in Times of Uncertainty and Unrest” and in the wake of Trump’s second nomination as the US president in 2024. This piece pushes against the idea that…
Fight if You Can Win. Otherwise, Negotiate.
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/8986/
Published: April 16, 2025 15:00
This article addresses the possibility of avoiding the negative consequences often resulting from progressive public library defeats in disputes over maintaining or establishing inclusive collections and services. Such unfortunate realities, usually in…
A Love Letter to Libraries in Our Darkest Hour: An Introduction to a Special Issue of The Political Librarian, “The 2024 Election and the Future of Libraries”
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/9018/
Published: April 16, 2025 15:00
Values. A set of universalizing concepts that were once so much a given in that it nearly felt provincial to discuss them within librarianship; of course, we all supported access, inclusion, and the freedom to read; of course, the American public “ just…