Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg
DESCRIPTION
Unfortunately, the dire future predictions of crises due to environment and climate change, disease, poverty, and social justice are today’s realities. This new normal requires communities, individuals, and governments to cope right now while also looking ahead to plan for and create the necessary infrastructure and processes (conceptually and physically) to deal with future emergency situations.
Starting this, our second season, we have a huge change to the Libraries Lead podcast. In the last episode (#11) of the first season, Beth Patin, assistant professor at the Syracuse University iSchool joined us. She was fantastic, mind blowing, amazing. The conversation was electric; It sizzled. Beth added so much that it was clear that she needed to be part of every episode. And here she is—a permanent tri-host of the podcast. In this episode, we question the reality and nature of an emerging new normal in education on all levels as well as in other human services workplaces such as healthcare, medicine, and libraries.
Listen in to a frank and sometimes scary conversation relevant to everyday people just trying to get by, government and public service officials responsible for dealing with crises, and of course, library & information staff and institutions who provide essential in services and resources.
REFERENCES & RESOURCES
WAZZUP
Special Library Association: John Cotton Dana Award Winner – Jill Hurst-Wahl
https://www.sla.org/about-sla/media-room/press-releases/slas-2021-awards-recipients-hail-from-three-continents/
https://ischool.syr.edu/ischool-professor-emerita-receives-slas-john-cotton-dana-award
MAIN TOPIC: A NEW NORMAL IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES?
Beth Patin https://ischool.syr.edu/beth-patin/
Patin, B. (Oct 22, 2020). “What is essential?: Understanding community resilience and public libraries in the United States during disasters.” Proceedings of the Association of Information Science and Technology, 57:1 e269. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.269
Craig, Angela. “‘Whatever the Need!’ Says Angela Craig” Libraries Lead in the New Normal podcast, Episode 7, May 12, 2021, https://www.acechicagoevents.com/libraries-lead-episode-7
Cutter, Susan L. and Christina Finch (Feb 19, 2008). “Temporal and spatial changes in social vulnerability to natural hazards,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (NAS), 105 (7) 2301-2306. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0710375105
Geiger, A.W. (August 30, 2017). “Most Americans – especially Millennials – say libraries can help them find reliable, trustworthy information,” PEW Research Center, http://pewrsr.ch/2iIzMof
Raine, Lee (April 8, 2018) The Information Needs of Citizens: Where Libraries Fit In,” PEW Research Center, presentation slides from the Public Library Association 2018 meeting, https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/04/09/the-information-needs-of-citizens-where-libraries-fit-in/
Solnit, R. (2009). A paradise built in hell: The extraordinary communities that arise in disasters. New York: Viking.
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. (2010). The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2nd ed. edition). Random House Publishing Group.
Wikipedia contributors. (2021, June 23). Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:54, October 25, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stafford_Disaster_Relief_and_Emergency_Assistance_Act&oldid=1030052150
AWESOME LIBRARY THINGY:
Dempsey, Lorcan (Jun 18, 2016). “Libraries and the Curse of Knowledge,” https://www.lorcandempsey.net/orweblog/libraries-and-the-curse-of-knowledge/
Savvaki, Efthymios, also listed as Nikoleta Savvaki (11 July 2021). “The Public Library of Veria managed to “deliver” 10 thousand books in the pandemic!” Vogue magazine, Greece. https://vogue-gr.translate.goog/viewpoint/i-dimosia-vivliothiki-tis-veroias-katafere-na-kanei-delivery-10-chiliades-vivlia-mesa-stin-pandimia/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=nui
Donila, Mike (July 16, 2021) “Help for emergency rent assistance,” Knox TN Today https://www.knoxtntoday.com/help-for-emergency-rent-assistance
Russell, Melanie Vásquez (July 13, 2021) “Knox County Public Library offers rental assistance information sessions,” WATE TV 6, ABC https://www.wate.com/news/local-news/knox-county-public-library-offers-rental-assistance-information-sessions
Barnett, Jessica (Jul 13, 2021) “Tails and tales abound at Ardmore Public Library,” The News Courier (Athens and Limestone County, TN) https://www.enewscourier.com/news/local_news/tails-and-tales-abound-at-ardmore-public-library/article_f081979c-e36a-11eb-b3b0-8f859e3e71bf.html
Kowarski, Ilana. (June 21, 2021) “Library Science and How to Become a Librarian” US News & World Report. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/what-library-science-is-and-how-to-become-a-librarian