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04455cam a2200649 i 4500 001 5BE7755803A611EEB259A17C353FDB2A 003 SILO 005 20230605083913 008 211005t20222022ilu b 001 0deng d 010 $a 2021948373 020 $a 1641605316 020 $a 9781641605311 035 $a (OCoLC)1257021208 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OEM $d WIQ $d ILC $d GO3 $d CGB $d ORX $d CPL $d UKMGB $d MTG $d LEB $d KQX $d TXSCH $d FHP $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a Z731 $b .O55 2022 082 04 $a 027.4/73 $2 23 100 1 $a Oliver, Amanda $c (Librarian), $e author. 245 10 $a Overdue : $b reckoning with the public library / $c Amanda Oliver. 246 30 $a Reckoning with the public library 264 1 $a Chicago, Illinois : $b Chicago Review Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xiv, 210 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Becoming. Northwest One -- Omnium lux civium -- So, what do you do? -- The library from "L" -- Empathy. Can you help me? -- Cold mercy -- For whom -- Burning out -- Reckoning. An education -- Libraries will (not) save us -- Multiphrenia -- The future of the American public library. 520 $a "When Amanda Oliver began work as a school librarian, fueled by a lifelong love of books and a desire to help, she felt qualified for the job. What she learned was that librarians are expected to serve as mediators and mental-health-crisis support professionals, customer service reps and administrators of overdose treatment, fierce loyalists to institutionalized mythology and enforced silence, and arms of state surveillance. Based on firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, Overdue begins with Oliver's first day at Northwest One, the DC Public Library branch where she would ultimately end her library career. Through her experience at this branch, Oliver highlights the national problems that have existed in libraries since they were founded, troublingly at odds with the common romanticization of the library as a shining beacon of equality: racism, segregation, and economic oppression. These fundamental American problems manifest today as police violence, the opioid epidemic, widespread inaccessibility of affordable housing, and a lack of mental health care nationwide--all of which come to a head in public library spaces. Can public librarians continue to play the many roles they are tasked with? Can American society sustain one of its most noble institutions? Libraries will not save us, but Oliver helps us imagine what might be possible if we stop expecting them to"-- $c Publisher. 650 0 $a Public libraries $z United States. 650 0 $a Public libraries $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Public libraries $x Social aspects $z United States. 600 10 $a Oliver, Amanda $c (Librarian) 650 0 $a Public librarians $z United States $v Biography. 650 6 $a BibliotheÌcaires de bibliotheÌques publiques $v Biographies. 650 6 $a BibliotheÌques publiques $x Aspect social. 650 6 $a BibliotheÌques publiques $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a BibliotheÌcaires de bibliotheÌques publiques $z EÌtats-Unis $v Biographies. 650 6 $a BibliotheÌques publiques $x Aspect social $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Public librarians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01082635 650 7 $a Public libraries. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01082640 650 7 $a Public libraries $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01082702 650 7 $a Public libraries $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01082739 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a Librarians $v Biography. $2 sears 650 7 $a Public libraries $x Political aspects. $2 sears 650 7 $a Public libraries. $2 sears 650 7 $a Public libraries $z United States. $2 sears 655 0 $a Biography. 655 2 $a Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Informational works. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l GPPC641 $d 20230605084919.0 $n 3 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5BE7755803A611EEB259A17C353FDB2A 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search