Library Journal Movers & Shakers 2025

This comics exhibit at Love Library at SDSU was curated by Pamela Jackson.

Pamela giving us a tour of her exhibit.

I am excited to congratulate Pamela Jackson for being selected as a 2025 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. This award is given annually to a group of librarian leaders.

Pamela is a Comic Arts Librarian (before I met her, I didn't know that was a job!) at San Diego State University (SDSU). I met her last summer when she led a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) teacher institute I attended called "Using Comics to Teach Social Justice." 

I was so impressed by Jackson's work and by her leadership during the institute that I decided to nominate her for a Mover & Shaker award. In my application, I described her as a "comics evangelist" and that phrase is used in her profile on the Library Journal website. 

​In addition, SDSU celebrated Pam and her work in this fabulous article.

And double bonus: One of our guest speakers at the NEH institute has also been named to this year's class of Movers & Shakers: Moni Barrette. Barrette is also a librarian with expertise in the world of comics. You can read all about her work here.

Thank you, Library Journal, for recognizing librarians and spotlighting them so we can all benefit from their knowledge and work. 

I hope you will take time to read about more of the 2025 Movers & Shakers. Their stories are inspiring.