Long-term impacts of silencing
Long ago—so long ago that the Loon had to waddle to the library to confirm some details—the Loon’s Boring Alter Ego did an interview that was published in a book.…
Read moreSilencing, librarianship, and gender: the “drown them out” tactic
The Loon should have mentioned the “drown them out” silencing tactic much earlier. Her feeble excuse for not doing so is that she is a loud, tactless, interrupty bird who…
Read moreARL: Please eliminate silencing potential from SPEC surveys.
The Association of Research Libraries does a long-running series of themed membership surveys called “ARL SPEC kits,” sort of a where-are-we-now zeitgeist assessment. In the Loon’s experience, ARL member libraries…
Read moreSilencing, librarianship, and gender: missing voices
The Loon deleted a paragraph from a post last week. She did not keep a backup. Because search engines and the Wayback Machine are pointed away from Gavia Libraria, chances…
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