I thought I was beyond being surprised by the level of stupidity being reached by the US government.
Surprise!
libraries
In her last week as Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden worried about America losing access to its history. In an interview with GBH News, Hayden spoke about the country and the library's future. Hayden was fired by Trump last night. https://bit.ly/4k9ak5d #libraries #librarians
On the extremely low off-chance there are any archivists or trainee archivists in the UK here thinking about doing the Archive and Records Association's professional registration scheme, I've just passed the assessment for it and I'm hoping to be a mentor for somebody else's application. Happy to have a casual chat about it if you're not sure...https://www.archives.org.uk/ara-professional-development-programme
#archives #archivists #libraries #ARA #ArchivesAndRecordsAssociation #GLAM @archivistodon
every congress person who isn’t immediately saying “fuck no don’t clean out your desk, Trump has no more power to fire you than some drunk rando on the street does” re: Carla Hayden should be subjected to both primaries and gallic wildcat labor action.
#trump #librarian #nationalLibrarian #MAGA #LibraryOfCongress #labor #bossnapping #wildcatstrike #fascism #elonMusk #fascists #Nazi #CarlaHayden #libraries
My library lets you pick up vegetable and flower seeds for free every season so I stopped by and picked up some sunflower and yellow columbine seeds! #libraries
Less Dumb
Reading banned #books make you less dumb and more empathetic.
There’s more #education in #libraries than in schools.
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In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie talk about HTML customizations.
The video: https://zurl.co/5ZGlL
The blog: https://zurl.co/JeSDT
Last week's ByWater Question of the Week!!
The question is "What is counted as checkouts in Koha's item search?"
Read the answer: https://zurl.co/KiEoG
I am looking for recommendations* for fiction books authored by Indigenous people. It doesn't matter which country. Any genre of fiction is fine. Please boost?
*I am looking for personal recommendations, please don't just Google this for me.
#libraries #bookstodon #indigenous #firstnations #aboriginal
"A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking contracts and standing up to book and author challenges."
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There is more #education in #libraries than in schools.
https://inaniludibrio.com/2025/03/09/education-what-is-it-good-for/
https://genomic.social/@JPummil/114469936821014953
"States win a legal injunction against President Trump, pausing library funding cuts"
"A federal judge has halted President Trump's attempt to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services – the agency which provides federal funding to libraries and museums across the country."
#USpol #USpolitics #TrumpAdministration #Libraries #Museums
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5388902/library-funding-cuts-trump-injunction
Libraries are difficult to believe 😁
By: https://www.nathanwpyle.art/
@libraries @librarians @bookbubble @bookstodon @humour
#Library #LibraryMemes #Memes #Libraries #Librarians #Humor #Humour
#Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing
Hi #medlibs and others in academic #libraries
What are your collection development policies around books that contain medical misinformation and also are desired reading by your library users who are studying misinformation, political science, etc?
It never fails. I place a bunch of #library holds on #ebooks I want to read and sort my #ToBeRead list based on the wait times. Then something I'm really looking forward to from lower on the list suddenly becomes available weeks ahead of schedule.
Oh, no! Whatever shall I do?
Anyway, I just started #Oathbound!
Well, it's something anyway.
"Judge Grants IMLS a Temporary Reprieve in ‘ALA v. Sonderling’" #Libraries
We're thrilled to say that HAPI will soon be receiving IP address updates with details of changes via theIPregistry.org. The Hispanic American Periodicals Index is encouraging #libraries to register for FREE access to https://theIPregistry.org.
#Library #publisher #publishers #publishing
Spreading the word about the International Indigenous Librarians' Forum, which happens every two years and this year is in Toronto, 17–20 June (one day out in Scarborough, then the rest downtown). My #YorkU colleague Cora Coady is a co-chair.
All welcome. Free registration for Indigenous peoples who are students or workers on a reserve or Métis settlement.
My last post got more than 1k boosts! Thanks everyone! 👉 I decided to share one of my paid resources here on Mastodon for free so that everyone can have a look at my educational paper circuit projects and how my workshop kits look. Feel free to download and/or #retoot
These color-changing mushrooms are a fun party trick for grown-ups or an easy educational project for kids aged 7 and up.
And here is the super secret download link :-) https://www.voltpaperscissors.com/secretdownloads
One of Texas' most celebrated authors, author of the classic novel Lonesome Dove, is also one of the authors who could face #censorship under HB 3225. Chris Barton, vice president of the #Texas Institute of Letters, explains why we must oppose the latest batch of book ban bills ... https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislature-censorship-libraries/
#politics #USpol #news #TXlege #libraries #books #Bookstodon
We’re happy to say that @ProjectMUSE has signed up to receive IP address updates with details of verified changes via http://theIPregistry.org. Project MUSE will soon be implementing our APIs to automate the process.
#Library #libraries #publisher #publishers #publishing
Synth Library Portland is so rad.
You should become a member.
#pdx #Portland #Oregon #synthlibraryportland #pnw #synth #synthesizer #modular #music #pdxmusic #portlandmusic #library #libraries #sharing
In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie talk about holds on the staff side!
The video: https://zurl.co/goIk4
The blog: https://zurl.co/akenq