Brookline library faces high staff turnover amid allegations of 'toxic' workplace - Brookline.News

For almost four years, Macy Davis worked as a children’s librarian at the Brookline library’s main branch in Brookline Village. When she resigned in late August to take another position, she became one of the 21 full-time and 28 part-time employees who have left the Public Library of Brookline since 2022. The library employed 65… Read More »Brookline library faces high staff turnover amid allegations of ‘toxic’ workplace …

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Love Is Not Enough: How We Can Strengthen & Expand Public Libraries · Run for Something

Most public libraries are governed by elected and appointed officials on library boards. And even if you love your public library, odds are you might be in the dark about how your local library board functions, and who makes decisions about what books are on the shelves (or not). On Thursday, August 1st, Join Run For Something and For The People: A Leftist Library Project to get the inside scoop on how public libraries function as political institutions, and learn how you can make a difference in strengthening and expanding them. You’ll leave with specific actions, toolkits, and resources you can use right away to make a difference in the face of book bans, censorship, privatization, and loss of funding. We’ll be joined by RFS endorsed candidates who are currently serving on library boards, other elected and appointed members of library boards from many different types of communities, as well as current candidates and folks seeking appointments for a panel discussion followed by a Q&A. This session is ideal for anyone who’s interested in seeking a seat on their local library board, as well as for folks at other levels of state and local government who care about the vital role libraries play in our communities. So channel your inner Summer Reading kid and join us! RFS' mission is to recruit and support diverse, progressive Democrats age 40 and under, running for the first or second time in local and state races. Every single year. You can learn more about our endorsement here: https://runforsomething.net/run/candidate-endorsement-process/ Accessibility: RFS provides automated closed captioning via Zoom and will have an ASL interpreter for this event. Have accessibility requests or questions? Reply to your registration email to share them with us.

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ALA-APA Salaries and Status of Library Workers Committee to Host Two Webinars

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