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Since their institutional inception in the mid-nineteenth century, public libraries have developed with a civic mission to enable social change through the provision of publicly funded cultural spaces and resources for all. This purpose has been severely compromised in recent years, with mass library cuts, closures and an exponential rise in libraries being run by precarious volunteers.
In this talk, Alice Corble will draw on her ethnographic doctoral research and experience as a librarian and activist to explore the ways in which public and community libraries can be sites of resistance and solidarity within landscapes of austerity, inequality and injustice.
About the speaker
Alice Corble is Academic Services Supervisor, Learning and Teaching Support, University of Sussex Library.
To be a part of this online event, please email Dr Maren Elfert to receive the link.