Ep 5 - Community-Led Libraries with Jorge Cardenas

What is community-led work in and for libraries? We got to sit down with Jorge Cardenas in Allison’s home to talk about what it means to work in libraries with a community-led focus. Jorge is a community librarian and currently manages Burnaby Public Library’s McGill branch. He is also an instructor at the University of British Columbia, where he co-taught the Community-Led Libraries class with Christie Menzo, and is now teaching it solo for the 2019-2020 academic year. Some resources mentioned in the episode: > Community-Led Libraries Toolkit: https://www.vpl.ca/sites/vpl/public/Community-Led-Libraries-Toolkit.pdf? > Public Library Leaders program, organized by the Canadian Urban Library Council: http://www.culc.ca/projects/plleaders/ Jorge can be reached at: > Twitter: @libliothecary > Email: jorge [dot] cardenas [at] ubc [dot] ca The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic. Read along with the transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dRf7o8hTo1ZOhxLu8ZFWbclUPAy4X2nfqzqbYVpFyWo/edit?usp=sharing 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

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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.