Kirsten MacQuarrie on a purple and yellow background with a quote.
#WomenInLibraries: we are ending our series with our amazing editor of ‘Feminist Librarianship’, Kirsten MacQuarrie. Additionally, MacQuarrie is the founder of WINspiration, which seeks to support Scotland’s female library workers.
Amina Shah on a yellow and purple background. Image credit: Neil Hanna (https://media.nls.uk/resources/nls-amina-shah-005)
#WomenInLibraries: Aminah Shah is the first female National Librarian of Scotland after 25 years of experience across the library and cultural sector in Scotland. She advocates for the power of libraries to empower individuals and connect communities.
Dorothy Porter on a yellow and purple background. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.
#WomenInLibraries: Dorothy Porter, a librarian, curator and decolonisation pioneer. Challenging the racial bias of the Dewey Decimal System, she created a new classification system and grew the Moorland-Spingarn Research Centre.
Alison Nolan reading a book on a yellow and purple background. Photo credit from The Bookseller.
#WomenInLibraries: Alison Nolan is the CEO of the Scottish Library and Information Council. She was named 'Scotland’s Library and Information Professional of the Year 2024’ for leading a strategic approach to supporting health and wellbeing through focused library programming.
Portrait of Mary Letitia Jones on a yellow and purple background. Photo credit: the collection of the Los Angeles Public Library
#WomenInLibraries: Mary Jones was fired from her role as Los Angeles City Librarian to be replaced by a man, leading to the Great Library War of 1905, marked by protests and public outrage. Sexism prevailed and she moved on to become Bryn Mawr College Librarian.
Black and white photo of Carla Hayden on a purple and yellow background. Photo credit: Under Creative Commons, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in the Library's Main Reading Room, September 1, 2020. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
#WomenInLibraries: Dr Carla Hayden is the first African American and the first woman to be appointed as Librarian of Congress. She focused on modernising and digitising the institution and rendering books accessible. A former ALA president, she advocated for the Spectrum Scholarship Program.
Image credit: Belle da Costa Greene in the West Room of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library, ca. 1948–50 Reproduction of a photographic print Center for Italian Renaissance Studies; Bernard and Mary Berenson Papers, Personal Photographs, Box 12, Folder 38."
#WomenInLibraries: Belle da Costa Greene played an instrumental role in building the collection of rare books and manuscripts of the Morgan Library, shaping the private collection into a public resource. Born to black parents, Greene spent her professional career passing for white.
Portrait of Moira Burgess, a librarian and writer, against a yellow and purple background. Image Credit: https://libcat.csglasgow.org/web/arena/burgess with image copyright Margaret Renton
#WomenInLibraries: Moira Burgess was a Scottish writer, editor and librarian. She compiled and edited a collection of books and essays that showcased the contributions of Scottish writers.
Black and white portrait of Mary Allan Ronnie, New Zealand's first female National Librarian, with text highlighting her pioneering role. Image from https://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/eulogy-for-mary-ronnie-1926-2023
#WomenInLibraries: Mary Allan Ronnie was New Zealand’s first female National Librarian, which also made her the first woman in the world to head a national library.
Maria T. Accardi with a quote highlighting her feminist contributions to academic librarianship. Image credit: https://mariataccardi.com
#WomenInLibraries: Maria T. Accardi is a librarian and editor of The Feminist Reference Desk, an exploration of how academic librarians might rethink key concepts and services from a feminist perspective.
A photo of Leah Higgins on a yellow and purple background with a quote.
Introducing our #WomenInLibraries series, where we celebrate prominent women of the library sector. From decolonisation pioneers to leaders, this month we highlight the important role women play in libraries. Starting with Leah Higgins, a GLAM rising star and feminist youth activist.
One hundred years ago, a pioneering librarian opened a new flagship for the pioneering Cleveland Public Library.
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