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[Email from the Oregon Library Association Awards Chair.  Big congratulations and shout out to Marci Ramiro-Jenkins!]   Hello Oregon Library Community! As chair of the Oregon Library Association's  Awards  Committee, I am delighted to widely announce the recipients of the following  awards which were announced at the  OLA  Conference on Friday, April 23.  Presidents’  Award  (conferred by President Kate Lasky and Past-President Elaine Hirsch):  Marci Ramiro-Jenkins    Oregon Library Employee of the year:   Lauren Calbreath Oregon Library Supporter of the year: Barbara Wright EDI Achievement Award (Inaugural award !): Max Macias Oregon Librarian of the year: Librarians and Staff of the State Library of Oregon Children Services Division's Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award : Tehlor Kay Mejia Public Library Division's Pearl Award : Lanel Jackson Congratulations on this well deserved recognition! OLA Awards Committee: El...

  [Please share widely!] Please join us! Greetings Friends! We hope you and yours are safe and well. Hinchas Press and Librarians with Spines presents another stimulating session to help you through the pandemic! Please join us in an engaging conversation about ethnographies, scholarship, identity, books, culture and more! Librarians with Spines editors, Yago Cura and Max Macias, Librarians with Spines Designer/Art Director Autumn Anglin Interview Judy Lee and Melissa Cardenas-Dow about their amazing work.   Judy and Melissa wrote an amazing chapter in Librarians with Spines Vol. 2 called: LWS2 - Remembering Consciousness is Power: Working to Center Academic Library Outreach in the Service of Social Justice, Asian and Pacific Islander American Ethnic Visibility, and Coalition-Building December 7th, 2020 10am PST on Zoom! Please register for free here: https://www. librarianswithspines.com/post/ remembering-consciousness-is- power-an-ethnographic-session- with-judy-lee-and-meli...

 [ Please share widely!] Librarians with Spines and Hinchas Press recognizes that the BIPOC and other oppressed library workers might be feeling stressed about the election, quarantine, the economy or other aspects that are the result of the times we are experiencing.  We wish to offer support, empathy and strength to library workers and others who may feel the need for such support by providing a space for YOU!   If you are not a bigot,  you are hereby invited to our Election Day and Post Election Day support sessions. So, please join Librarians with Spines and Hinchas Press for a special Election Day Support session from 3-5 pm PST. You can just come and talk, lurk, cry, give support, laugh, sing, or anything else you might want to do that is supportive and positive. Session 1  Here are the meeting details: When Tue Nov 3, 2020 3pm – 5pm  Pacific Time - Los Angeles Joining info Join Zoom Meeting portlandcc.zoom.us/j/ 99553357818...   (ID: 9...

[Please share widely!]  Please join us for another outstanding Librarians with Spines author showcase! This time we are doing something completely different! Librarians with spines editors, Max Macias and Yago Cura, along with designer extraordinaire Autumn Anglin will be interviewed by the Auraria Technical Services Division reading group!   The reading group has been reading Librarians with Spines Vol. 1 and will be sure to have some great questions for Autumn, Max and Yago.   The event takes place on Thursday, October 29th 2020 at 12pm PST.   Potential topics covered: Book publishing Editing Writing LIS And more  Audience: LIS students Library workers Librarians BIPOC LIS students/Librarians/library workers/information professionals People interested in publishing Information professionals in general Others

  [Please share widely!] Greetings! Librarians with Spines is proud to bring you another outstanding author showcase recording! Dr. Miguel Juarez, Rebecca Hankins and Jina Duvernay (Librarians with Spines authors) interviewed Anthony Bishop and Kael Moffat (Librarians with Spines authors) on 8/24/2020. Topics discussed: Whiteness in LIS Ethnographies Recruitment of BIPOC into LIS careers Many other LIS topics relevant to students, librarians, library workers and others. Here is the link! https://www. librarianswithspines.com/post/ librarians-with-spines-author- showcase-3-1 Respectfully, 

I am so proud to announce that Librarians With Spines: Information Agitators In An Age Of Stagnation (or Vol. 1), is now available in an E-book format. The e-book can be found on Amazon, and is responsively formatted, so you can control the font size, etc. with your e-reader. HINCHAS Press is working hard to bring you Vol. 02 in an E-book format by this fall and we plan on publishing Vol. 03 as a print and E-book format together. If you are interested in submitting an abstract or an idea for a chapter in the next book, or as an author on a blog post here, please email Max at librarianswithspines@gmail.com . Librarians With Spines E-book

Yago Cura--co-editor and publisher talks a bit about why you should Librarians with Spines Vol. 2 now!

We are proud to announce the publication of our new book.  Published by Hinchas Press, edited by Yago Cura and Max Macias, designed by Autumn Anglin.  This book is comprised of 6 great chapters of varied Library/Information Science topics.  Our authors are amazing and the content is unlike any other you will find out there. Librarians with Spines Vol. 2 is now available here . Here is the content of the book! Here is what people are saying about the book! Intended audience: LIS Instructors LIS students Academic Librarians Public Librarians Outreach Librarians BIPOC Librarians  Librarians in general Educators who are interested in libraries Everyone

[I was just informed this 'review' was taken down by Amazon because of racism.] A recent Amazon.com reviewer of the book I co-edited--Librarians With Spines--took the opportunity to degrade me in public and to even try to humiliate be because I don't speak Spanish. I'm publishing this hear because this is a perfect example of of librarians of color are harassed by anonymous flamers. By stellabooon October 19, 2017 This is an unnecessary book. I am a MLS librarian with years of experience. I cry for my profession when new librarians trip over themselves trying to out-radicalize each other. Trust me: ALL librarians believe in intellectual freedom and collection development policies that promote alternative views. That is as old as libraries. Max Macias, the editor, is considered a kind of joke we tolerate in Oregon. A POC quien no habla Espanol. I welcome new library minds that push our profession forward. Unless you are truly radicalized and want ...

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PRESS RELEASE:

This is your chance to be part of a unique publishing endeavor. Yago S. Cura and Max Macias are co-editing a book of essays written by specifically invited librarians who we feel have some of the best minds in the world. We need help with funds for publishing. Please consider giving what you can to help us create this one of a kind work. We plan on continuing with a series of unique, forward-thinking and courageous librarian works from outstanding minds in the Information world. My name is Max Macias and my Co-editor is Yago Cura. We are seeking help publishing an invitational anthology of radical essays written by exceptional librarians, many of whom are also librarians of color. All funds will be used for publishing and promotional costs. We are projecting to publish this anthology of essays by May, 2017. Few books have been written about how information and culture impact the creation of knowledge. Even fewer books critique how oppression is bolstered and enhanced by cultura...