02134cam a2200325 i 4500 553653987 TxAuBib 20220517120000.0 220310s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u oc2022000521 9781641605311 HRD 28.99 1641605316 HRD 28.99 TxAuBib rda Oliver, Amanda. Overdue [BOOK] : reckoning with the public library / Amanda Oliver. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2022] xiv, 210 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-201) and index. Becoming. Northwest one ; Omnium lux civium ; So, what do you do? ; The library from "l" -- Empathy. Can you help me? ; Cold mercy ; For whom ; Burning out -- Reckoning. An education ; Libraries will (not) save us ; Multiphrenia ; The future of the American public library. Who are libraries for, how have they evolved, and why do they fill so many roles in our society today? Based on firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, Overdue begins with Oliver's first day at an "unusual" branch: Northwest One. Using her experience at this branch allows Oliver to highlight the national problems that have existed in libraries since they were founded: racism, segregation, and class inequalities. These age-old problems have evolved into police violence, the opioid epidemic, rampant houselessness, and lack of mental health care nationwide—all of which come to a head in public library spaces. Provided by publisher. 20220517. Oliver, Amanda. Public libraries Political aspects. Public libraries Social aspects. Public libraries United States. Public librarians Biography.