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Libraries Week - Wednesday. Powerful. Seditious. Pioneering. Meet the librarian breaking the rules.
Libraries Week - Wednesday. Powerful. Seditious. Pioneering. Meet the librarian breaking the rules.
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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Oct 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Powerful. Seditious. Pioneering. Not adjectives you would usually associate with librarianship, John Pateman is a passionate believer in creating needs-based libraries and why libraries are about so much more than books.John Pateman has worked in the library system for 44 years, working his way up from a library assistant at Bromley Library in 1978 to Chief Librarian of Thunder Bay Public Library in Canada. Along the way he has picked up awards but also criticism for calling out racism and discrimination. I started by asking about his move to Canada…
Released:
Oct 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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