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148 - Censorship is a Drag feat. Jason and Jordan

This week we’re talking with the editors of the new book Censorship is a Drag. We talk about putting yourself on the line, personal and professional risks, and reacting to the latest administration’s onslaught against queer people. 

Order Censorship is a Drag here: https://litwinbooks.com/books/censorship-is-a-drag/

Media mentioned

The Joy of Gay Sex: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-joy-of-gay-sex-charles-silversteinfelice-picano 

Sara Ahmed’s works

The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sara-ahmed/the-feminist-killjoy-handbook/9781541603752/?lens=seal-press 

Bri Watson join Homosaurus call: https://bsky.app/profile/brimwats.com/post/3lkvvyv4szk2w

Form for Homosaurus: https://forms.gle/tADEnq9qPYk3e5eE6 

Fairhope Public Library story: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/alabama-fairhope-public-library-book-bans 

Indigenous metadata projects to look into:

Maori: https://natlib.govt.nz/librarians/nga-upoko-tukutuku

Others: https://guides.library.ubc.ca/Indiglibrarianship/knowledgeorganizations 

Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/r8istne2

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147 - Patmos Public Library with Josh from TWOAPW

We’re talking with Josh from TWOAPW about Patmos Public Library, his personal connections to it, and the issues around public library funding and censorship of LGTBQ materials. 

https://www.worstpossible.world/ 

https://www.twitch.tv/traditional_scrench 

TWOAPW Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kp7xkxfutoinhqeg3sfswghd

Media Mentioned

Segment: https://www.kcrg.com/2025/02/25/bill-ban-obscene-material-iowa-libraries-advances/ 

Why it’s called the Patmos library: https://hudsedfound.org/what-we-do/engage-alumni/marvinandjunepatmos.html 

Whose Children Are They: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18559276/ 

Reporting from the time of the initial removal vote: 

• https://www.metrotimes.com/news/conservative-michigan-town-defunds-library-over-lgbtq-book-30736450
• https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/upset-over-lgbtq-books-michigan-town-defunds-its-library-tax-vote 
• https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/politics/jamestown-township-library-close-failed-millage-lgbtq/69-021f241b-611c-4856-bd7f-0994f967e714
• Go Fund Me set up: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-patmos-library-for-2023

Reporting on the failure of the second vote:

• https://www.mlive.com/politics/2022/11/patmos-library-millage-fails-again-following-controversy-over-lgbtq-books.html
• MLA statement after second vote: https://www.milibraries.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1375:statement-on-patmos-library-millage---news---michigan-library-association&catid=44:news-advocacy&Itemid=311

Funding approved: 

• https://lanthorn.com/101674/news/allendale/jamestown-library-funding-approved-after-multi-year-content-disagreements/
• https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/politics/michigan-politics/millage-vote-fund-jamestown-township-patmos-library-fails-ottawa-county/69-8102ff6f-1944-4246-a967-c2b3dc3a119e 

MLive documentary on banning books in Michigan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x043zuGWgMA

Another Michigan library: https://bookriot.com/alpena-public-library/ 

Porn hunters in Canada: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6656855 

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Transcripts: https://pastecode.io/s/ybvo6u1t 

146 - Overdose community response in libraries feat. Samantha and Nicole

We’re talking with Nicole of Brave Co-op about their overdose sensors, and Samantha of Guelph Public Library. Trigger warning: death by overdose is mentioned several times

Media mentioned

https://www.brave.coop/about

Welcoming Streets Guelph: https://guelphchc.ca/welcoming-streets/

Hope House Guelph: https://www.hopehouseguelph.ca/

Facts on Narcan and fent test strips in Texas: https://www.trs.texas.gov/Pages/healthcare-news-202301_Fentanyl_Facts.aspx 

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Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/j4gauhdc 

145 - Queer Liberation Library with Avi and Amber

We're talking with QLL about who they are and what they do!

Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/queerliblib 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/queerliblib/?hl=en 

Bsky https://bsky.app/profile/queerliblib.bsky.social 

Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@queerliblib 

Media mentioned

https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/queer-liberation-library-offers-free-lgbtq-books-response-wave-school-rcna156463

https://xtramagazine.com/culture/books/queer-libraries-book-bans-activism-255227

https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_sp/68/ 

https://www.gaycity.org/library-information/

Donate: https://givebutter.com/J9nhcW 

Preorder The Emperor of Gladness (% of pre-order proceeds go to QLL): https://sites.prh.com/emperor-of-gladness/preorder/

 

144 - BIBFRAME must die

It’s in the title. 

Media mentioned

BIBFRAME Must Die,Jeff Edmunds https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/resources/fc19faee-70b9-44b3-9346-18e40a2cd990

BIBFRAME Must Die, Part II: the Official RDA Toolkit, JEFF EDMUNDS https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/resources/40be29ce-4342-475f-b380-d8ed065b3643

BIBFRAME Must Die, Part III: A Brief History of the Future of Cataloging https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/resources/6100de9a-5f6f-400f-90ea-fe517d16152d 

“Missing the MARC: Utilization of MARC fields in the search process.” https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1314&context=lib_pubs 

Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/ssabs0oo 

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143 - Peer Mentoring (PeMento) and Your Growing Career feat. Rachel

We’re talking with Rachel about peer mentoring, networking, friend groups, and how we’re navigating the online social space. What experiences do we have with peers, how is engagement changing after COVID? 

Media mentioned

“They didn’t teach this in Library School” Against The Grain 30, no. 6 (2019) https://issuu.com/against-the-grain/docs/atg_v30-6 

https://pemento.org/

Descriptive presentation at Charleston 2022 https://youtu.be/_mkHudh_LAg?si=gSril-1fQa9Ue344)

Amplifying Historically Marginalized Voices Through Open Pedagogy in Rethinking Institutional Repositories p.219

Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/g1wgo1nk

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142 - Library publishing and NISO feat. Mike Nason

This week we have Mike Nason on to talk about open scholarship, publishing, Crossref, NISO, and decentralized publishing futures. Also Jay airs his grievances against Dublin Core.

https://bsky.app/profile/ahemnason.bsky.social

Media referenced

Better Practices in Journal Metadata https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/metadata-practices/en/

(NISO) JAV Revision + Draft https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/jav-revision

PIDs and Open Infrastructure Deck https://slides.com/ahemnason/pids-osi-2024 

Identifying Metadata Quality Issues Across Cultures (preprint) https://osf.io/6fykh 

Mike’s https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5527-8489 

Getting Found, Staying Found: https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/getting-found-staying-found/en/

 

Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/k67htspf 

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141 - Library Futures feat. Jennie Rose Halperin

We’re talking about Library Futures! All of them! All at once! CDL, ebook contracts, opera, genAI, and some surprisingly deep Jennie-lore. 

https://www.libraryfutures.net/who-we-are

 

https://bsky.app/profile/littlewow.bsky.social 

https://bsky.app/profile/libraryfutures.bsky.social 

Media mentioned

The End of Ownership https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262535243/the-end-of-ownership/ 

UC AI-generated course: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comparative-literature-zrinka-stahuljak-artificial-intelligence?taid=6755debeb8836e000133c355 

New Research Report: OER in Public Libraries: https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/new-research-report-oer-in-public-libraries 

Hoopla content issues: https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/hooplas-content-problem 

Storm Center (1956) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049800/ 

Library Futures ebook legislation: https://www.libraryfutures.net/library-futures-ebooks-policy-paper

How to Read a Contract: https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/how-to-read-a-contract 

Library Freedom Project vendor scorecard: https://libraryfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Library-Freedom-Vendor-Scorecard-110719.pdf

Authors Alliance - Developing a public interest training commons of books: https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/12/05/developing-a-public-interest-training-commons-of-books/ 

I think AI should leave: https://violetbfox.info/against-ai/ 

Justin’s word list: https://pastecode.io/s/s3kq4kzo 

 

More from Library Futures

https://cats.libraryfutures.net/

https://www.cilip.org.uk/news/685877/US-Election---the-risk-for-libraries.htm 

https://syllabus.pirate.care/topic/piratecareintroduction/

https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/were-still-fighting-for-fair-use

https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2020/the-library-commons/

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262542333/the-promise-of-access/

https://www.libraryfutures.net/oer

https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/how-much-does-obamas-summer-reading-list-cost-your-library

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/an-app-called-libby-and-the-surprisingly-big-business-of-library-e-books

CATS! from Library Futures https://cats.libraryfutures.net

Vintage banger: https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2014/who-are-you-empowering/

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4184946

 

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Transcripts: https://pastecode.io/s/ri7ufg9o 

140 - Metadata Related to Indigenous Peoples of the Americas feat. Katherine and Brandon

This week we’re interviewing Brandon and Katherine on metadata related to indigenous issues, but we of course stray into many other topics. 

Katherine: https://linktr.ee/katwitzig 

Brandon: bcastle [at] umass [dot] edu

Media mentioned

https://open.spotify.com/show/0ZtaU2XZlPEhmIW1OV7k8O

PCC Task Group Charge: https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/taskgroup/Metadata-Related-to-Indigenous-Peoples-Americas-TG-charge.pdf 

Preliminary Report (PCC Task Group for Metadata Related to Indigenous Peoples of the Americas): https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/taskgroup/Metadata-Related-to-Indigenous-Peoples-Americas-TG-preliminary-report.pdf 

Short article on our work in Descriptive Notes (blog of Society of American Archivists): https://saadescription.wordpress.com/2024/05/20/taking-on-the-challenge-pccs-metadata-justice-work-for-indigenous-communities/ 

https://www.landgrabu.org/ 

https://localcontexts.org/ 

https://localcontexts.org/labels/traditional-knowledge-labels/ 

https://ailanet.org/ 

Transcripts:https://pastecode.io/s/ck3tz6ym

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139 - How library workers can provide community support during a Trump presidency

What can library workers actually do within their institutional limitations? 

Media mentioned

https://www.404media.co/leaked-documents-show-what-phones-secretive-tech-graykey-can-unlock-2/

https://www.blackrosefed.org/anarchists-in-the-labor-movement-4/ 

https://github.com/rechelon/zine_library 

https://www.digitalrightsbytes.org/

https://ssd.eff.org/

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Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/3h472fne