This Kikuyu translation comes from a librarian named Joan in Massachusetts. She had reached out to a group of librarians to see if anyone could help translate LAFE into Kikuyu. Through them she was put in contact with an African languages specialist who asked a native speaker of Kikuyu for a translation. Whew!
Thank you to everyone involved in making these Kikuyu signs possible!
It’s Arabic’s turn to get a set of signs with help from Hewaida Elbadry:
I thought of possibly trying to just sort of publish this post and say nothing about how it’s a year old!!!!! But yeah. You can tell that I decided against that. Instead, I’m highlighting this fact, shrugging my shoulders, and reframing it so that I can embrace it and be all “YEAAAAH!!! FINALLY GETTIN’ IT…
Kristi, a Library Media Specialist in Kansas, reached out to me with the Sinhalese translation of Libraries Are For Everyone. If anyone out there can translate this using the Sinhala alphabet, then I’ll happily add a set of those signs to this post. Thank you so very much, Kristi!!!
It’s the most magical time of the year when public libraries are apparently beholden to be part of holiday celebrations. Fun times for some.
Laurie Alvandian, a librarian living in Armenia, reached out and shared the Armenian translation with me. Thank you, Laurie!!!
A lot has been going on in Nebraska and the US involving censorship of all sorts. Especially in the library-world. And as a white cisgender heteronormative LGBTQ+ ally – I am angry. And as a library worker – I am angry. And I’m someone who has struggled with being verbally abusive throughout my life. If…
