Fear and Politics: Today’s Climate in Academic Libraries
Abstract
Academic Library Workers in Conversation is a C&RL News series focused on elevating
the everyday conversations of library professionals. The wisdom of the watercooler
has long been heralded, but this series hopes to go further by minimizing barriers
to traditional publishing with an accessible format. Each of the topics in the series were
proposed by the authors and they were given space to explore. This conversation is about
the current political climate for academic libraries and how library workers can support
each other
the everyday conversations of library professionals. The wisdom of the watercooler
has long been heralded, but this series hopes to go further by minimizing barriers
to traditional publishing with an accessible format. Each of the topics in the series were
proposed by the authors and they were given space to explore. This conversation is about
the current political climate for academic libraries and how library workers can support
each other
References
US Department of Education, “U.S. Department of Education Directs Schools to
End Racial Preferences,” press release, February 15, 2025, https://www.ed.gov/about/news
/press-release/us-department-of-education-directs-schools-end-racial-preferences.
E. L. Carter, H.R. 1161 - Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025, introduced February
, 2025, https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1161/text.
S. Berenstain and J. Berenstain, The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble at School (Random
House Books for Young Readers, 1987).
Copyright Martin Garnar, Dustin Fife
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