Dr Jane Garner
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Dr Jane Garner
@drjanegarner.bsky.social
Academic at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Researching the role of libraries in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable communities, particularly people living in prisons and people experiencing homelessness.
April 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Reposted by Dr Jane Garner
New article from @drjanegarner.bsky.social - Public Libraries and People Experiencing Homelessness: The Experiences and Attitudes of Library Users. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Public Libraries and People Experiencing Homelessness: The Experiences and Attitudes of Library Users
Public libraries serve as critical social infrastructure, yet the dynamics of interactions between diverse user groups within these spaces remain underexplored. Through a mixed-methods survey condu...
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March 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I’m looking forward to presenting at this one! Thanks for asking me @larkollektive.bsky.social
Librarians 📣
Join in this special #LARK webinar event looking at library practice-based research:
Connections and Collaborations in Public Libraries: LIS Research with @kayoddone.bsky.social & @drjanegarner.bsky.social
lark.alia.org.au/event/webina...
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#Libraries #Research
March 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I was lucky enough to walk through some of the #JamesCookUniversity campus in Townsville, Queensland today. Many if the trees were planted by Eddie Mabo when he was a groundsman there. He did a beautiful job.
March 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Our latest Surviving the Stacks podcast is available. This episode looks at measurement of outcome s to demonstrate impact of #library programs. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Surviving The Stacks Podcast
Society & Culture Podcast · 6 Episodes · Updated Monthly
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December 3, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Back in October I presented at a conference about the role of books, libraries and reading in mitigating the harm caused by prisons. I have now recorded part of that presentation and you can watch it here (12:40 minutes): youtu.be/wyrAJf_IJso?... #prisonlibraries #prisonreform #prisoneducation
Mitigating harm in prisons: the provision of books, libraries and reading
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December 19, 2023 at 7:08 AM
How’s this for an opening sentence to a book: “During the next several years I intend to work on an epilogue to the Industrial Age“. Does anyone know this book? #academicreading
December 11, 2023 at 8:11 AM
This afternoon I am working on a presentation describing a research project I am leading that will explore the relationship between custodial staff education levels and the attitudes of these staff toward prisoner education. Ask me if you want to know more! #academicwriting
December 11, 2023 at 2:57 AM
@thesiswhisperer.bsky.social Three things on your to do list? I’m curious. The three most urgent, three quickest to complete, three that have been on the list for longest? Something else? How do you choose? #onthereg
December 9, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Reposted by Dr Jane Garner
WOW. This letter from a parent of a young reader to Chilliwack teacher-librarians is amazing.

#EduSky #FreedomToRead #LetFreedomRead
Fellow Teacher-Librarians in my school district are very pleased to have received this email of love and respect for our inclusive practices:
November 8, 2023 at 9:06 PM