• About the Project
  • About Emerging Leaders
  • About the Team

  • Special thanks to:
    Dan Wellman
    Jason Ledakowich
    Randall Starks
    Jenny Levine
    Connie Paul

    • Michael Spelman

    Childhood ambition: to be an archaeologist

    Now I am: an anarchist

    First job: caddy

    Proudest moment: looking back over my shoulder and watching my twin brother being born.

    Biggest challenge: trying to find ways of advocating for meaningful institutional change as librarian in a non-managerial position.

    Inspiration: collectives

    Currently reading: High Maintenance Machine. It’s my favorite webcomic right now.

    My favorite book of all time: Moby Dick; or, The Whale (the University of California reprint of the Arion Press folio limited edition)

    Most surprising thing about being a librarian: U163.B38 1982 or PZ7.W8185685Cl 2002x

    I love being a librarian because: I serve such a broad community. I have the opportunity to interact with an incredibly diverse patron base working at an urban public library.