sexual harassment of library workers

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75th chat, Thursday January 12: sexual harassment of library workers
6pm Pacific / 7pm Mountain / 8pm Central / 9pm Eastern

Moderated by @overcastallen, @RobinDesmeules, @CharissaAPowell, @dejah_thoris
Storify (pdf, html) by @publibchat

This joint chat was presented in partnership with @publibchat (a new chat dedicated to topics pertaining to public libraries). Thank you to the moderators and the librarians behind publibchat for making this chat happen!

Suggested readings:

Discussion questions:

  • Q1. What measures are in place your work to protect you? Support you? Are they adequate?
  • Q2. Are incidences of sexual harassment openly discussed at your work? What would you like to change?
  • Q3. If/when you raised a concern, how was it handled?
  • Q4. How do you support your colleagues?