Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Amanda Oliver The Title is Overdue : Reckoning with the Public Library Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 224. Category - Language Arts & Disciplines Product Description - "One part love letter, one part eulogy, Overdue tells the story of Americas public library system . . . Amanda Oliver proves herself a vibrant new literary voice . . . This is a book for all book lovers.Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth When Amanda Oliver began work as a school librarian, fueled by a lifelong love of books and a desire to help, she felt qualified for the job. What she learned was that librarians are expected to serve as mediators and mental-health-crisis support professionals, customer service reps and administrators of overdose treatment, fierce loyalists to institutionalized mythology and enforced silence, and arms of state surveillance. Based on firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, Overdue begins with Olivers first day at Northwest One, the DC Public Library branch where she would ultimately end her library career. Through her experience at this branch, Oliver highlights the national problems that have existed in libraries since they were founded, troublingly at odds with the common romanticization of the library as a shining beacon of equality: racism, segregation, and economic oppression. These fundamental American problems manifest today as police violence, the opioid epidemic, widespread inaccessibility of affordable housing, and a lack of mental health care nationwideall of which come to a head in public library spaces. Can public librarians continue to play the many roles they are tasked with Can American society sustain one of its most noble institutionsLibraries will not save us, but Oliver helps us imagine what might be possible if we stop expecting them to. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 167579192
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Title: Overdue Reckoning with the Public Library
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Book Title: Overdue : Reckoning with the Public Library
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Topic: Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Personal Memoirs
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2024
Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 16.6 Oz
Author: Amanda Oliver
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
