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Volunteers open-training-mixer day – Sun 15th April at 3pm

Serena — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:09:33 +0000

we are going to start at 3pm with a little introduction about the library, on where we are and where we are going which I think will be useful to everyone.

we are then going to proceed with general instructions for volunteers, housekeeping and general procedures.

Cathy from the collection group will be there to explain where we are with the cataloguing project and explain what needs to be done next,
while I will be there to talk about other roles available and projects we would like to start working on.

After all this hard work, we can all sit down and have a chat – for this I would invite all of you to bring a snack and/or a drink to share for our mixer at the end of the day

BE THERE!

or contact us on volunteer[at]feministlibrary[dot]com to arrange another date!

Million Women Rise with the Feminist Library (3rd March)

Serena — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:46:11 +0000

Once again the library will join Million Women Rise for a fantastic day of marching and chanting across central London, rallying in Trafalgar Square (where we are also having a stall, so a chance for you to come by and say hello!) and possibly some good partying later on in central London.

We would love nothing more than to have you march with us under the now famous vintage red banner – so if you would like to march with us, come and meet us in front of Selfridges, at the corner of Oxford Street and Orchard Street at 12.30 on Saturday 3rd March (map).

Volunteers wanted for the Collections team!

admin — Sun, 22 May 2011 19:30:19 +0000

Are you a library/archives student looking for experience in a radical library setting, or a part-

time or retired librarian who is keen to use your skills to help us with lots of exciting

projects?

The Feminist Library has survived for most of its 35 years due to committed

volunteers. We house an amazing collection of second wave material which we want

to preserve while continuing to collect contemporary material, and we have created a

firm activist standing in the current feminist community. Come along and be part of

it.

We need help with completing the task of getting the collection onto our online

catalogue, and with sorting duplicates and donations, including a recent large bequest

from a leading academic in the gender and education field.

We are particularly looking for people with experience of the following, but all levels

of interest are most welcome:

Classification schemes and cataloguing
Archive experience
Knowledge of secondhand/rare books
Stock management
IT website/blog archiving skills

Please contact us at collections@feministlibrary.co.uk with a brief outline of your experience and interest.

If you are interested in meeting us and trying your hand at a bit of cataloguing, we will be having a Cataloguing Day at the library soon – register your interest by emailing us at collections@feministlibrary.co.uk

WOMEN, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE CUTS

Sophie — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:20:16 +0000

Thursday 26th May 2011 6-9 p.m. The library will be open from 2 p.m.

A meeting to hear what is happening and plan action

Feminist Library, 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7XW

On hearing about the threatened closure of the History Dept at London Met, where Lucy Bland, one of this country’s most respected feminist historians, works, we at the Feminist Library started thinking that there ought to be a concerted feminist outcry about what is happening in our universities. It’s about more than Women’s Studies. It’s about the fact that the Humanities in general, which are studied by more women than men, are under particular attack, it’s about older women returning to study, it’s about a woman lecturer being threatened with redundancy because she was on maternity leave when the axe started falling in her university, and she too teaches a subject, not Humanities, where most of her students are women, and of course it’s also about racism and classism and all the other ways that women get systematically dumped on, both within academia and without.

At the meeting we will hear about the many problems women are facing in Higher Education from a number of different perspectives.

Speakers will include:

Lucy Bland (London Metropolitan University), Patrizia di Bello (Birkbeck, University of London), Women Against the Cuts, UKUncut, Women’s Budget Group, women student activists, and others to be confirmed.

This will be followed by an exchange of ideas about actions we can take and alliances we can make. Please spread this information around your networks. Everyone is welcome.

The library will be open from 2pm on Thursday – do come and look around before the meeting.

The Feminist Library hopes to hold further meetings on how the cuts affect women in different areas, e.g. health, school education, disability, housing, social services. If you have other ideas or would like to contribute in any way, please contact us at admin@feministlibrary.co.uk or 020 7261 0879. Unfortunately, we have restricted disabled access, so please also contact us to see how we can help.

www.feministlibrary.co.uk

Tues 12 April: Upstairs at the Library: a singing workshop with Womensong

admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:15:13 +0000

The second event in the “Upstairs at the Library” series will be an evening of music with the amazing ladies of Womensong.

The night will be divided between show and workshop, in the first part the choir will sing some feminist songs and in the second part there will be a more interactive part of the evening where we can all get to learn the songs.

There will also be food and you’ll be able to share the evening with amazing people, with the added bonus of the opportunity to visit the Library and get a copy of our amazing newsletter. If you have missed the fun of the Birthday Benefit, you can still pick up a programme and buy one of the limited edition tote bags.

entry on donation (suggested £3) – please RSVP here and invite all your friends

Please note that there are 9 steps up from the entrance, and then a lift to the upper floors. Please contact us on events@feministlibrary.co.uk for more precise info.

Please follow @feministlibrary on Twitter to get a live commentary of this event.

Weds 20th April: Filament Magazine presents “Where are the women who photograph men?”

admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:55:03 +0000

Women are increasingly found leading the field in all types of photography, from war coverage to Page 3, but why have so few women even dabbled with photographing men as erotic subjects? Suraya Sidhu Singh,editor of Filament explores some of the reasons usually given for this phenomenon. Four photographers working in this area – Migle Backovaite, Alex Brew, Jacqueline Dunkley-Insight and Victoria Gugenheim display and speak about their work. This event is suitable for adults only.

Entryon donation, suggested £3. Please visit Facebook for more details.

Please note that there are 9 steps up from the entrance, and then a lift to the upper floors. Please contact us on events@feministlibrary.co.uk for more precise info.

Please follow @feministlibrary on Twitter to get a live commentary of this event.

Upstairs at the Library

admin — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:04:15 +0000

A brand new series of events at the Feminist Library starts off with an evening of feminist music curated by Acton Bell

here is the line up with times

7.30 Doors Open

8.00 Acton Bell
www.myspace.com/actonbelle
Singer and guitarist playing Merseybeat songs & ’60s hits

8.25 Portia Winters
www.myspace.com/portiawinters
Experimental songs with voice, guitar and electrics

8.40 Kat Austen
www.katausten.com
www.myspace.com/katausten/

9.05 Interval

9.20 Helen McCookerybook
www.myspace.com/helenmccookerybook
Artist, blogger, book author and musician she’s been defined a posh female Chuck Berry

9.45 Elizabeth Carola
old protest songs with audience participation!

and to top it all off

“The Kitchen Quartet”, London’s all-female barbershop extravaganza!

There will also be food and you’ll be able to share the evening with amazing people, with the added bonus of the opportunity to visit the Library and get a copy of our amazing newsletter

entry on donation (suggested £3) – please RSVP here and invite all your friends

for any enquiry please email us on events@feministlibrary.co.uk

Celebrating 35 years of archiving and activism

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:38:45 +0000

It has been 35 years since the Feminist Library was founded as a humble shelf of books seeking to preserve the (often ephemeral) literature of the women’s liberation movement, and we’re having a birthday party to celebrate this landmark anniversary on Saturday 19th February at the Round Chapel, Powerscroft Road, London E5 0PU. Check out our line-up and beautiful flyer designed by Charlotte Read!

Join us at the Round Chapel from 7pm to find music, comedy, drinks, cakes, dancing and, of course, lots of good people.

The venue is fully accessible. We will be running a licensed bar, with cakes too.

Friendly feminist people of all ages and genders welcome.

RSVP to our Facebook event and invite your friends!

Volunteers! We need you for our benefit in February!

admin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:48:46 +0000

We are busy organising a big party on 19 February 2011 at the Round Chapel in Hackney to celebrate the Library’s 35th Anniversary. Lots of volunteer positions have become available for feminists with the right skills and a commitment to helping the library.

Here is a list of available positions:

artist liaison – to take care of the acts
stage crew – to help the stage manager
stalls manager – to organise the booking & setting up of stalls, and assist stall holders
stalls crew – to cover the Library’s stall and help the stalls’ manager
drinks manager – to take care of the bar: stocking up and making sure we don’t run out of drinks
bar staff – to cover the bar
raffle manager – to organise the raffle and source prizes
stewards – to help with setting up the venue and during the event
ticket manager/door staff – to organise ticket sales, wristbands and cover the door at the event

If any of these roles sound like something you could be interested in, email us on volunteer@feministlibrary.co.uk or come in to the Library to discuss the event and the available positions in more detail. Feel free to pass this on to your friends and help us spread the word.

Upstairs at the Feminist Library: Bring-and-Buy Winter Book Sale

admin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:08:35 +0000

Are your bookshelves full to breaking point? Do you want to give friends something more interesting than a set of celebrity perfumes this festive season? Come to our Bring-and-Buy Book and Bric-a-Brac sale on Saturday 18th December! Join us for a cup of tea, a mince pie and the most radical shopping event of the s

eason. The Feminist Library will be open during the day too, so you can browse the collection before or after you shop.

Where? Upstairs at The Feminist Library

When? Saturday 18th December 12-5 p.m.

What else? Get here by 2pm for a tour of the library for researchers, potential volunteers and anyone else with an interest in feminism.

Bring unwanted books and good quality bric-a-brac.

Buy cheap books, our fabulous Feminist Library tote bags, and more!

Keep checking the website for the latest news and details of our regular opening times.

You can also RSVP on Facebook and take this chance to join our group or “Like” our Page