Ep 34 - Anti-Oppression and Research Guides with Stacy Collins - part 1

Organizing Ideas

In this two-part interview, we chat with Stacy Collins, Research & Instruction Librarian at Simmons University in Boston, about the Anti-Oppression LibGuide that she’s created, and how anti-oppression is intertwined with children’s literature. Timestamps: • 0:00 - 1:43 Intro • 1:43 - 5:39 How did you get into librarianship? • 5:39 - 11:51 What is anti-oppression, and what’s a LibGuide? • 11:51 - 17:00 Inspiration for the Anti-Oppression LibGuide? • 17:00 - 21:46 Challenges and highlights • 21:46 - 28:38 Harassment and backlash • 28:38 - 39:12 Change and future plans • 39:12 - 46:40 How does anti-oppression inform your work? • 46:40 - 56:10 Anti-oppression and children’s literature Follow Stacy on Twitter @DarkLiterata Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/y43pk2oa The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic (https://www.andrealukic.com/). You can reach us at: • Email: organizingideaspod [at] gmail [dot] com • Twitter: @OrganizingPod • Website: https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/organizing-ideas/message