LibRev(olution)

We're a community of library workers who believe change in our field is needed to support workers. Contact us: [email protected]. #librev #protectlibraryworkers

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

Hi, we're #librev! You might remember us from our conference in May 2020. To learn more about us and join our community check out https://t.co/fVoD4IcNB5.

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

Unsurprisingly, the library’s PR rep has nothing but good things to say about the NYPL admin’s COVID response. Remember when de Blasio threatened to cut funding for systems closing due to worker safety concerns at the very start of the pandemic?

[New York Post Metro @nypmetro]

NY Public Library workers rip system's handling of COVID in scathing online missive https://t.co/FyXurukAGx

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

@TrattenRabbit @ghostofrobesy @warmaiden I think we’ve got to say goodbye and good luck here, hon. We’re on a different set of tracks and that’s probably for the best. 😘

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

We were asked to post this letter from Concerned Workers of the NYPL, who’ve been unable to get media or union attention to their concerns. The situation is appalling.

“New York Public Library Workers Speak Up About Mounting COVID-19 Fears” by @lib_rev

https://t.co/HcY5DHwcsk

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

@TrattenRabbit @ghostofrobesy @warmaiden Have you spent any time looking into the enormous amount of outreach library workers have done during the last year and a half? The cheap tech they acquired, the wifi systems they cobbled together, the meals & phone assistance & info they provided? I guess none of that counts?

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

@JentoInfinity 😍

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

Re: some of the reaction to the NYPL post, it seems there’s plenty out there who “want to get back to normal” and see workers agitating for safer conditions—which, of course, would stymie the spread of the Delta variant—as a threat to that. Ignore them and #ProtectLibraryWorkers

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@angrybklynmom @feuerfay Do you serve the public in your job? Or do you just sit around on Twitter casting aspersions on & insulting those who actually do?

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

@angrybklynmom @feuerfay Gotta love a reply guy accusing public servants who spend virtually every day—in a country with next to no social safety net—helping underserved patrons about “not wanting to be exposed to homeless people.”

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

@angrybklynmom @charlot79848103 What I can’t imagine is lashing out at library workers (and teachers, apparently) for wanting safer working conditions as the pandemic we’ve been in enters its most contagious stage. But you do you, I guess?

[✨ A ✨ @harpweaving]

@angrybklynmom @NYC_essentialSW @MagpieLibrarian @lib_rev Most libraries have been open for many months. Throughout this pandemic library workers, many of whom are underpaid and underemployed, have been ignored in safety measures and exploited. They were not prioritized in vaccine rollouts.

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

@NYC_essentialSW @harpweaving @MagpieLibrarian People who don’t work in libraries sure seem to enjoy persisting with some of the most uninformed opinions about what working in libraries is like 👍

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

@Lawlorbrendans What knowledge and experience do you have about the nature of working in a public library setting?

[Srrrrrahh @SarahiousBlack]

Library workers are over-worked, under-paid, gaslit, guilt-tripped, and manipulated in the name of public service. There is very very little recognition for the work we do. #ProtectLibraryWorkers #NLWD21

[LibRev(olution) @lib_rev]

April 6 is National Library Workers Day. On that day, we want to hear what workers have experienced during the pandemic in their workplace. If you're a library worker, tweet about your experience using #NLWD21. Your voice deserves to be heard. #ProtectLibraryWorkers #librev