Ep 35 - Belonging, Safety, and Police Presence in Libraries with Stacy Collins - part 2

In this two-part interview, we chat with Stacy Collins, Research & Instruction Librarian at Simmons University in Boston, about police in libraries, as well as the role of policing in the forms of social work and librarianship. Timestamps: • 0:00 - 1:24 Intro • 1:24 - 5:56 Why police shouldn’t be in libraries • 5:56 - 9:56 How to talk about police and security in your workplace • 9:56 - 15:35 Social workers and private security in libraries • 15:35 - 21:05 Final thoughts on liberation, oppression, and complicity Follow Stacy on Twitter @DarkLiterata Read along with the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yyykj645 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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/organizing-ideas/message

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Because libraries and archives are never neutral. Taking a closer look at the relationships between organizing information and community organizing. We talk to information professionals, activists, and other insightful folks who have thoughts about what we mean when we say, “knowledge is power”. Hosted by two new librarians figuring things out as we go. We are based on the unceded and ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.