​Meredith Farkas (she/her) is a faculty librarian at Portland Community College in Oregon, a perpetual beginner, a passionate union member, and a recovering workaholic. She has authored the blog Information Wants to be Free since 2004. Her research interests include slow librarianship, time, leadership, reflective practice, disability justice, antiracism, and collective care. Meredith has been in many different leadership and management roles throughout her career, but her favorite role is working with students and faculty as an instruction librarian.​