North Bay Librarian Gains Social Media Fame, National Recognition for Spreading 'Library Joy'
A 33-year-old librarian in Solano County has gained TikTok and Instagram notoriety for his cheerful videos about 'library kids' and the pleasures of books.
Mychal Threets, the supervising librarian at the Fairfield Civic Center Library, has garnered media attention for filling a social media niche as a small-town librarian. [ more ]
Mychal Threets Wants Everyone to Experience Library Joy'
However relevant the stereotypical, silence-enforcing librarian remains in the popular imagination, Mychal Threets wants to dispel any lingering notion of the library as a dry, humorless place, lorded over by rigid pedants.
The US librarian who sued book ban harassers: I decided to fight back'
Librarian Amanda Jones faced defamation and attacks for fighting book banning, leading to a lawsuit and a memoir to support librarians facing similar challenges. [ more ]