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Robin Brown wrote a new post, Being There, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 2 weeks, 6 days ago

A couple months before my library opened last summer I began having muscle spasms in my lower back doing chores in the kitchen at the end of the day. I began to improve when my library opened. I felt better when I […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, A new stage in my disability, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 5 months ago

I guess the story begins with overall muscle weakness. As I have said before, the inactivity of the pandemic was not good for my back. I became hunched over. There have been a series of problems this y […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, Deep memories, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 6 months, 1 week ago

This article really rocked me this morning:
With a Baby on the Way, It Was Time to Embrace My Disability

To those who don’t know, I am a “recovering parent.” My child is 26 and we are very proud of them, they […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, It is good to go to work, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 6 months, 3 weeks ago

My journey to my Library is mind boggling. Most of the first mile is on foot. 2 train systems. Then about a half mile to campus. Getting up from my office desk to go to the bathroom, and do public service. When […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, Is this a disability issue?, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 9 months, 4 weeks ago

Greetings from the mid-summer. Given that travel is now possible, many of my friends and colleagues are traveling to the Caribbean or Europe, or wherever. This has reminded me that my spouse and I are not […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, Anti-racist pedagogy, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 1 month ago

I want to really recommend this Ted talk on the consciousness gap in education:
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOrgf3wTUbo

When I saw it I was reminded of my deep commitment to anti-racism. I be […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, Our book is out!!, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 2 months ago

I am delighted and very grateful to announce that our book “Seeking to understand: a journey into disabilities studies and libraries” is now available for sale. I continue to be grateful for the remarkable journey […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, A new book from Adam Grant., on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 2 months ago

Grant, Adam (2021). Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You don’t Know. Viking.
When I picked this up I thought it was going to be about fake news. It’s not about figuring out whether information is reliable. […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, Now public higher education is really important., on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 2 months ago

This article was recently highlighted by the New York Times, so it’s possible that some of you have seen it already.

It’s interesting reading. They consider how our economy is going to change as we emerge from […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, Now is an important moment, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 2 months ago

I have already said that I think we should all be contacting our representatives regarding HR 40, the bill for studying the creation of structure to provide reparations for the descendants of enslaved […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, Musical Chairs, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 3 months ago

One of the lens through which I look at life, as a person with a life time mobility disability, is musical chairs. I believe that game fosters competition and getting your own needs met, regardless of the […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, Observations on attending a virtual conference, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 3 months ago

Attending Library conferences over the years has truly enriched my life. When I was an active mother, it was a holiday. In 2015 I brought T with me to San Francisco and we had a lovely time. In New Orl […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, Reflections from my bubble, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 3 months ago

Since I began to shelter in place last March, the Daily Walk has been a thing. First I overdid it and ended up with tendonitis in my right shoulder. But it continues to be a thing, gently done. In the last […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, To mark a new era, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 3 months ago

Darity Jr, William A., and A. Kirsten Mullen. From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century. UNC Press Books, 2020.

Like everybody else I have been pondering what I want to […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, What I read as an ebook, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 4 months ago

A hold that I placed through nypl.orverdrive.com quite a while ago popped up on my ipad yesterday. I have spent the time since then glued to Intimations by Zadie Smith. Caused me to realize how comfortable it is […]

Robin Brown commented on the post, The importance of public libraries (and paper again), on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 4 months ago

I also have a copy of
Wiegand, Shirley A., and Wayne A. Wiegand. The desegregation of public libraries in the Jim Crow south: Civil rights and local activism. LSU Press, 2018.
I went to a presentation by Wayne […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, The importance of public libraries (and paper again), on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 4 months ago

Wiegand, Wayne A. Part of our lives: A people’s history of the American public library. Oxford University Press, 2015.

One of the articles I read recently really recommended Wayne Wiegand’s histor […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, What's missing, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 4 months ago

What’s Missing
I have taken this virus very seriously because I do not tolerate any respiratory infections easily. This may be due to CP. Early on in the pandemic I found a document from the CDC that listed CP as […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, The Heroes of the 21st Century, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 4 months ago

My reference desk has gone very quiet. During the intersession there are just a couple of us around, so I try to help by sitting with the chat interface open. If I try to multitask to much I will miss the […]

Robin Brown wrote a new post, In honor of Veteran's Day, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian 1 year, 5 months ago

I postponed writing this because I had a really busy week. I knew that I wanted to write about this story, but I didn’t realize that it connected with Veteran’s Day until I reopened it. So, I’m late, but I h […]

Robin Brown

Head of Public Services for the BMCC Library