About

Leslie Kuo describes herself on her website as "a librarian, a designer, a translator, and both a first and second generation immigrant". Currently she works at the Berlin-Pankow Public Library District. She is part of the management team and responsible for a programme on 'intercultural opening' (a term we discuss within the podcast). For her thesis, Kuo interviewed library staff with 'immigration background' in Berlin and analysed their experiences. Kuo is also a member of the International Federation of Libraries and Associations where she is the information coordinator of the section "Library Services to Multicultural Populations".  In our conversation we discussed different aspects of how to create a library which is open and accessible for as many people as possible, dissected terminology, gushed about Sara Ahmed's research and writing about 'diversity work', dove into the results of Kuo's research about marginalized library staff, spoke about libraries in different countries, and about which step could reduce the barrier to use a library significantly.You find a full reading list on Have You Read.