Library workers: does your library train you on what to do if law enforcement comes in and asks for someone’s borrowing history? Or they ask you to tell them the name of someone who has a certain book checked out? If not, the time to be demanding that training is now.

#protectlibraryworkers

So proud of us! @cwuafscme.bsky.social #librarylabor #protectlibraryworkers

Any library unions out there talking about or working on negotiating contract language to protect workers from the potential for AI-related job obsolescence or reductions in force? Please share! I’d love to hear about it.

#skybraries #skybrarians #protectlibraryworkers

Hi @lisanandy @RhonddaBryant @DcmsLibraries remember when Library Workers were classed as ‘key/critical workers’ during the pandemic?
Hasn’t protected them from cuts has it 😷
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#savelibraries

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And shout out to every librarian who is doing all this (and more) on their shoestring budget while being underpaid, overworked, sexually harassed, abused, called a groomer, and threatened. We don’t want to be heroes. We just want to be safe, respected, and paid enough to live

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I wish I was surprised, but I am not.

#academicchatter #libraries #academiclibraries #protectlibraryworkers

More stories about Library Workers being threatened, abused and assaulted, this isn’t a new thing but it’s definitely getting worse.
Cuts, short-staffing, poor management, colocation and socio-economic pressures have put library staff at greater risk.
#protectlibraryworkers

Many library buildings don’t have fully functioning heating systems but are still designated as community ‘warm spaces’ BUT Library Workers shouldn’t be working in temperatures below 16c - if you are contact your union rep.
#warmspaces
#libraries
#protectlibraryworkers

More cuts in Devon, Newham, Hackney etc which will all end up with a poorer service but what’s rarely discussed is the physical & psychological effect on library workers who are dealing with redundancies, restructurings & the erosion of their profession.
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I posted this mini thread in response to another thread, but I think it’s important enough that it should be its own post (the original thread makes a lot of great points. So read it, too!)

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But posting fake/misleading information like this only harms front line library staff, who now risk being demonized by the very public they’re trying to help.

#protectlibraryworkers #skybrarians

I hope all the library directors who have been saying for years that it’s “smart” to run libraries more like private corporations are paying attention. They are only working towards the privatization and destruction of their own industry.

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If you are a resident of South Dakota who supports libraries and library workers, this is your chance to act on it. Contact your reps. Attend sessions where this bill is being discussed to protest. Raise hell. Let them know you won’t let them take your libraries away.

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Let librarians serve communities safely by letting them stay home.

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