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Organizing arts and culture workers at Andrew Carnegie’s library

John Fea   |  April 23, 2022

In a brilliant essay at The Baffler, Daisy Pitkin, a union organizer and writer from Pittsburgh, weaves the story of Andrew Carnegie, the Johnstown Flood, and the recent unionization of workers at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. It is worth...

Rick Warren’s library

John Fea   |  April 13, 2022

Rick Warren, the pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California and the author of The Purpose Driven Life, has quite the library. He made so much money on his books that he now claims he gives away 90% of...

Woke librarians?

John Fea   |  February 25, 2022

Should librarians be politically neutral? Stanley Kurtz of the Ethics and Public Policy Center thinks they should be. Here is a taste of his New York Times op-ed, “The Battle for the Soul of the Library“: What in the world...

What is the story behind this home library?

John Fea   |  January 15, 2022

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The battle for the public library

John Fea   |  July 15, 2021

It looks like some conservatives are running for local library boards so they can remove books on race and racism from the stacks. And conservatives complain about something called “cancel culture.” Wow. This is what fearful people do. Here is...

I miss browsing in the library

John Fea   |  July 2, 2021

I am really excited for my colleagues at the Messiah University’s Murray Library as they launch their new “discovery” system called Primo this week. I can’t weight to dig in. I have benefited immensely from Murray Library’s e-book collection, interlibrary...

Help! I can’t find the book I need in my home library

John Fea   |  June 22, 2021

It’s around here somewhere. Or wait, maybe it’s at the office. Do I drive to campus or just see if I can find the excerpt I need online? Yes, I know there are cataloging programs for this, but I just...

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