I am not your hero
From St Jerome, to Bartleby, to the Bookmobile BadGirl we recognize how the expectations of the profession and competition within it and the ways we encounter crisis and scarcity make it more difficult for us to refuse, let alone have the difficult conversations we need to work through if we want to experience greater trust in community during abundance or crisis.
Patron saint of librarians? St Jerome or the Murderbot from All Systems Red? Do we even want or need a saint?
Blumenthal, Karl, Peggy Griesinger, Julia Kim, Shira Peltzman, and Vicky Steeves. 2020. “What’s Wrong with Digital Stewardship: Evaluating the Organization of Digital Preservation Programs from Practitioners’ Perspectives.” Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies 7 (1). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol7/iss1/13.
Explicate the Murderbot and leave behind the tragedy of bartleby, the satire of The Office and Parks and Rec? Move toward a respectful way to say "I prefer not to" , hear "No" reject constructed scarcity and recognize abundances. Discuss.
Quote from popowich mabye about the do more's and the reason for the cautions and then . . .
