Many LIS students have shared their passions and desires to make a difference as a librarian, archivist, or any type of information professional.
Current LIS IUPUI student Kaitlin McLaughlin (who has given us permission to mention her!) has already found herself in the thick of a struggle that many of you are aware of –patron pressure to control what we have in our library collection. Here is an overview of the issue that you may already have read:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/24/michigan-library-defunded-gender-queer/ (Links to an external site.)
Kaitlin says to simply Google “defund Michigan library” in order to find out news from all angles. And there are angles, be aware.
No matter what side you are on, it may be interesting to read such news as an indication of how essential our profession is and how LIS professionals will be asked to (or forced to) defend our field and what we do.
You have a good reason to be proud of your current or future profession.
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