Joseph N. Anderson
ππ¦ππ©π¦π¬π±π₯π’π ππ―π¦π³π°Β·ππ―π¬Β·ππ³ππ©π¦π π Logan Library Assistant Director & Adult Nonfiction Librarian
π Shoshone land / northern Utah, US β°
Iβm a humanist librarian advocating for people-centred libraries: free (priceless and liberated) information and literacy, life-long education, communication and dialogue, kindness, community, historical perspective and progressive thinking, egalitarianism and democracy, diversity, honesty and accountability, privacy, ecological concern, and conclusions/decisions/policies based on evidence and empathy.
My professional specialities include maintaining adult non-fiction collections (the Dewey classes, reference, local history, and educational video), customer service, research, working with Friends groups, and defending intellectual freedom. I'm an active member of the Utah Library Association and the Cache Valley Library Association, which I helped establish a decade ago.
A lifelong Anglophile, I enjoy reading medieval English history, The Guardian, and random articles from Wikipedia's England portal; watching Sky News, Mr. Bean, and adaptations of Brit lit; listening to the sounds of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Britpop, and the British post-punk revival; cheering Dorchester Town FC, the Three Lions, and the Lionesses; observing Westminster politics; and driving a Mini Cooper. I'm happily married to Amy, an exceptional counsellor at Logan High School (linkedin.com/in/amy-anderson-61a27780), and together we have five wonderful children who attend middle school through to university.
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