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Privilege Walk "The exercise was designed to help students to recognise and unpack different sorts of privilege within society." Desired outcomes for the activity This section summarises the knowledge, understanding, or skills that students are expected to acquire by the end of the activity. The goal of the Privilege Walk was to acknowledge that not everyone is starting their academic career from the same place. The exercise was designed to help students to recognise and unpack different sorts of privilege within society. Thoughts on Publishing in 2008 by Kathleen T. Horning, Merri V. Lindgren, Tessa Michaelson, and Megan Schliesman by Kathleen T. Horning, Merri V. Lindgren, Tessa Michaelson, and Megan Schliesman © 2009 Cooperative Children's Book Center This essay originally appeared in CCBC Choices 2009 Read essays from other years.

The official blog of the Young Adult Library Services Association Greetings, YALSA members and interested parties! The first month of the journey of this year’s presidential theme, Striving for Equity Using YALSA’s Teen Services Competencies for Library Staff is nearly over, and soon we will be looking at equity issues through the lens of each of the ten competencies. But before we move into August, I want to express appreciation to the many members and others who recently have taken the time to talk to me about what YALSA means to them, how YALSA could help them in their day job, and how fulfilling working with teens can be.

On Libraries, Rhetoric, Poetry, History, & Moral Philosophy In the words of Jim Anchower, I know it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya. For the past three years I’ve been trying to put my best library-related stuff into my Library Journal column, and the pressure of trying to come up with interesting stuff every month wore me out some. Since February I’ve been out of the rotation for the Peer to Peer Review column, and for the last three months have used the time I might have spent thinking about and writing that column reading philosophy and the occasional mystery novel. The publication of a blog post about avoiding library burnout from Letters to a Young Librarian gave me the incentive to write a bit about what I’ve been reading. The past few years I’ve been reading a lot about Stoicism, both the existing writings of the Stoics themselves–Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius–as well as a number of secondary books on Stoicism (I’ve included a selection at the end for anyone interested in further reading). 6) Cultivate apatheia.

Conducting a privilege walk This "privilege walk" exercise helps participants develop awareness of themselves, which can improve how they relate to others. In this way, it invites people to think about ways inclusivity can create positive changes in their organizations. Facilitation steps Step 1. Gleason Public Library - Long Range Plan In February 2010 the Gleason Public Library Board of Trustees began the process of developing a new long-range plan. A planning committee of community and library representatives was formed to guide the process with priorities and vision concepts. Following this, staff met to add their input, and a survey was developed that was widely available to residents. It was a comprehensive survey, hitting on current services (collections, staff, hours, programs) as well as future priorities.

Library of Congress Blog This post is based on an article from the November–December 2016 issue of LCM, the Library of Congress Magazine. Carleton Watkins captured this view of Yosemite’s Mirror Lake while most of the country was engaged in the Civil War. National parks are among the nation’s most cherished natural resources. The National Park Service, a bureau of the U.S. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack' and 'Some Notes for Facilitators' White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Downloadable PDF © 1989 Peggy McIntosh