Alycia
@alyciaicyla.bsky.social
(Ah-lee-sha) librarian @ CUNY, she/they
I can’t complain but sometimes I still do
I can’t complain but sometimes I still do
CUNY job alert: University Dean for Libraries and Information Resources hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psc/erecruit...
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
CUNY job alert: University Dean for Libraries and Information Resources hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psc/erecruit...
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Please donate to help Ron McGuire, “the people’s lawyer,” who fought for so many #CUNY students and needs our help now
I know these are really tough times for many, but if you have any cash to spare for Ron McGuire, lifelong social justice advocate, veteran of the CUNY student movement in the 60s, pro bono attorney for generations of student activists, it would be so appreciated.
gofund.me/57aef830f
gofund.me/57aef830f
Donate to Fundraiser for People's Lawyer Ron McGuire, organized by Ronald McGuire
Linda Clarke, Sandra Barros and Orlando Green are co-organizers of this fund… Ronald McGuire needs your support for Fundraiser for People's Lawyer Ron McGuire
gofund.me
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Please donate to help Ron McGuire, “the people’s lawyer,” who fought for so many #CUNY students and needs our help now
Part time adjunct librarian opportunity at the GC: gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2025/09/22/n...
Now Hiring! Adjunct Open Educational Resources Librarian - Graduate Center Library Blog
The Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center seeks an Adjunct Open Educational Resources (OER) Librarian to assist with the Open Knowledge Fellowship, an intensive training program for doctoral student...
gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu
September 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Part time adjunct librarian opportunity at the GC: gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2025/09/22/n...
I read something where Maggie Smith asked could you imagine never having read Clarice Lispector? So I made a note. an event that touches on her work this semester reminded me, and now I have done my part to get her major works ordered, some of which were not held across our system #adayswork
September 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I read something where Maggie Smith asked could you imagine never having read Clarice Lispector? So I made a note. an event that touches on her work this semester reminded me, and now I have done my part to get her major works ordered, some of which were not held across our system #adayswork
Just got 143 new part time CUNY workers to join our union this week with the help of some very dedicated colleagues. 💕
August 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Just got 143 new part time CUNY workers to join our union this week with the help of some very dedicated colleagues. 💕
Is taking time off during the summer the academic librarian version of “sleep when the baby sleeps”?
July 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Is taking time off during the summer the academic librarian version of “sleep when the baby sleeps”?
CUNY libraries job posting, please share! The University Director of Collections and Metadata Strategy works across our university on our shared collections and more: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... PSC CUNY represented title, greatest urban university in the world!
Jobs | City University of New York
cuny.jobs
July 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
CUNY libraries job posting, please share! The University Director of Collections and Metadata Strategy works across our university on our shared collections and more: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... PSC CUNY represented title, greatest urban university in the world!
new fiscal year, same blitzkreig of incomprehensibility
July 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
new fiscal year, same blitzkreig of incomprehensibility
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Congratulations to @jamiem and the @mayfirst community for this beautiful report on getting out of the Google ecosystem! https://mayfirst.coop/en/post/2025/cutting-the-cord/
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mayfirst.coop
May 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Congratulations to @jamiem and the @mayfirst community for this beautiful report on getting out of the Google ecosystem! https://mayfirst.coop/en/post/2025/cutting-the-cord/
Clarivate showing CUNY how to use features of analytics today, how to compare our library to other libraries. All of this depends on Alma monopoly in the field, and the compression of our metadata, financial info and usage/circ all belong to same system. Nothing creepy about any of this.
April 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Clarivate showing CUNY how to use features of analytics today, how to compare our library to other libraries. All of this depends on Alma monopoly in the field, and the compression of our metadata, financial info and usage/circ all belong to same system. Nothing creepy about any of this.
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This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
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Reading about Mahmoud Khalil has had me thinking about another student in upper Manhattan with the last name Khalil. Reem and her family were taken into ICE custody with zero cause, and students at City College got very loud about it. Student activists were instrumental to their release.
We are in scary times, but we’ve been through this before.
In 2002, City College student Reem Kalil and her family were detained by the INS for nearly three months after being questioned by the FBI on suspicion of vague ties to terrorism.
In 2002, City College student Reem Kalil and her family were detained by the INS for nearly three months after being questioned by the FBI on suspicion of vague ties to terrorism.
The Messenger: Spring 2002 · Publications
digital-archives.ccny.cuny.edu
March 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Reading about Mahmoud Khalil has had me thinking about another student in upper Manhattan with the last name Khalil. Reem and her family were taken into ICE custody with zero cause, and students at City College got very loud about it. Student activists were instrumental to their release.
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We're thrilled to be publishing Garrett Felber's 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦 (coming May 6). Preorder your copy now and we'll send a free copy to an incarcerated reader! www.akpress.org/a-continuous... (2/2)
March 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We're thrilled to be publishing Garrett Felber's 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦 (coming May 6). Preorder your copy now and we'll send a free copy to an incarcerated reader! www.akpress.org/a-continuous... (2/2)
The thing keeping me going lately is helping folks where periodicals themselves are part of their studies. So much fun to help track things down and simply hear about these publications.
March 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The thing keeping me going lately is helping folks where periodicals themselves are part of their studies. So much fun to help track things down and simply hear about these publications.
Would rather not have been right in all those warnings, but begging vendors now for a stable marketplace of books is not the answer.
February 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Would rather not have been right in all those warnings, but begging vendors now for a stable marketplace of books is not the answer.
It’s late but I remember being new to cuny and doing presentations warning about ebook licensing and more exp librarians were like “it’s all shit but what choice do we have” and that giving up still motivates me
February 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It’s late but I remember being new to cuny and doing presentations warning about ebook licensing and more exp librarians were like “it’s all shit but what choice do we have” and that giving up still motivates me
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Clarivate is a research market/business intelligence company that does some library stuff on the side. We're not their primary clients. Read "Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information" by @sarahlamdan.bsky.social. www.sup.org/books/law/da....
February 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Clarivate is a research market/business intelligence company that does some library stuff on the side. We're not their primary clients. Read "Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information" by @sarahlamdan.bsky.social. www.sup.org/books/law/da....
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Clarivate/Proquest isn’t allowing comments in this town hall about their decision to not allow perpetual access, but librarians are finding way to make their feelings known. A sea of thumbs down!
February 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Clarivate/Proquest isn’t allowing comments in this town hall about their decision to not allow perpetual access, but librarians are finding way to make their feelings known. A sea of thumbs down!
@roxanneshirazi.bsky.social contextualizes and explains while I just run around screaming (again)
Clarivate held a webinar today for librarians about their move to cease selling individual ebooks and stop all print book services.
Alt text: An image with lots of sky and a person standing on a cliff, with Clarivate logo and text that says: “Unpacking our recent announcement: Here to support you”
Alt text: An image with lots of sky and a person standing on a cliff, with Clarivate logo and text that says: “Unpacking our recent announcement: Here to support you”
February 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
@roxanneshirazi.bsky.social contextualizes and explains while I just run around screaming (again)
Furthermore, think of all the tax dollars blown on every state funded librarian like me having to even explain that email to each other, let alone the rest of the fallout to come this year.
Since this is just my Clarivate complaining space now: as much as I personally could be a "told you so" person about the ebooks I also have trained everyone to use OASIS, have so much internal documentation that relies on that system, so much of acquisitions and eresources is starting over again :(
February 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Furthermore, think of all the tax dollars blown on every state funded librarian like me having to even explain that email to each other, let alone the rest of the fallout to come this year.
Since this is just my Clarivate complaining space now: as much as I personally could be a "told you so" person about the ebooks I also have trained everyone to use OASIS, have so much internal documentation that relies on that system, so much of acquisitions and eresources is starting over again :(
February 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Since this is just my Clarivate complaining space now: as much as I personally could be a "told you so" person about the ebooks I also have trained everyone to use OASIS, have so much internal documentation that relies on that system, so much of acquisitions and eresources is starting over again :(
I used to make jokes about how our vendor told me the history of Coutts/Ingram as part of a larger shipping conglomerate. Now there's bookshop dot org and Clarivate will no longer do that shipping into libraries, and AI can manage... waves hand
Keep mulling that our library work lives are managed by for-profit corps. Relieved I resisted devoting SIX WEEKS to training to use one of their new systems to order books given the corp decided it's no longer profitable to sell individual books. But sad for my colleagues and their time.
February 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I used to make jokes about how our vendor told me the history of Coutts/Ingram as part of a larger shipping conglomerate. Now there's bookshop dot org and Clarivate will no longer do that shipping into libraries, and AI can manage... waves hand
The experience of being on a call where clearly someone unmuted was sitting next to a large library paper cutter in use seems provided an oddly fitting soundtrack to these end times.
February 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The experience of being on a call where clearly someone unmuted was sitting next to a large library paper cutter in use seems provided an oddly fitting soundtrack to these end times.
Keep mulling that our library work lives are managed by for-profit corps. Relieved I resisted devoting SIX WEEKS to training to use one of their new systems to order books given the corp decided it's no longer profitable to sell individual books. But sad for my colleagues and their time.
February 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Keep mulling that our library work lives are managed by for-profit corps. Relieved I resisted devoting SIX WEEKS to training to use one of their new systems to order books given the corp decided it's no longer profitable to sell individual books. But sad for my colleagues and their time.