Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
Public univ prof/librarian, mom, advocate. Trying to improve Iowa from the inside. I geek: open education, libraries, social justice, & homemade freezer meals.
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I'm so glad you get that! <3
Fantastic, inspiring session. Thank you, especially for presenting while you are on leave (I hope that was fully by choice).
If you have an internal job search candidate, they shouldn't be sent the other candidates' CVs and information. Just a basic privacy and search integrity thing, IMO.
My spouse just got a recruitment email from an employer where he's applied 61 times. Oof...
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Feb 27
The evidence he provided me actually supported MY position, not his. I pointed that out & he didn't like me very much for that, apparently. I can't believe people like that run our state.
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Rep Holt once emailed me, in an exchange about Iowa's mask mandate ban during the height of the pandemic, "You have a true dictator's heart, with a moral compass to match." We've never met. He seems very good at judging people he doesn't even know. And any "evidence" he might provide is crap.
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER) & Textbook Equity: Textbook Equity Basics
Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER) & Textbook Equity: Textbook Equity Basics
guides.lib.uni.edu
Good news alert (we all need that right now)! UNI instructors saved our students more than $884,000 in textbook costs in 2024, an 81% increase from 2023. Keep it up, y'all! Leveling the playing field, one free textbook at a time. #TextbookEquity #OER guides.lib.uni.edu/oer
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Ida Bae Wells
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Leaders: Patriot Front's hate has 'no place' in Iowa after white supremacists' march
Leaders from across the political spectrum condemned Patriot Front, after the white supremacist group marched Saturday in Des Moines' East Village.
www.desmoinesregister.com
Let's juxtapose that my Iowa hometown canceled an African American Read-In because administrators believed it ran afoul of Trump's anti-diversity e.o. and the state's "divisive concepts" law. A few days later white supremacists freely marched in the capitol. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Feb 20
I've been past that partnership thing for a while now. But I don't do collections work so I have no need to fake it & play nice. LOL
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Absolutely BONKERS announcement from ProQuest/Clarivate this morning. Our entire acquisitions strategy is being upended with this change. Fewer choices for content providers, fewer options for digital ownership, further erosion of the first sale doctrine, and MONOPOLIES ARE BAD FOR LIBRARIES!!!
Can basically no longer include library ebooks in our textbook affordability strategy, which I'm sure is part of the point. Sigh...
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Iowa Impacts: Federal Funding/Staffing Cuts or Policies
This form collects information about the practical impacts on IOWA of federal funding & staffing cuts occuring during the Trump administration beginning in January 2025. Please submit only those impacts with which you have first-hand knowledge and/or a credible source. Spam and inaccuracies will be deleted. To view submitted responses, see: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F6_Jwb_Vz0LccJ5bSt7g30880lfdm4vuTT4lJoTCfVA/edit?usp=sharing
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Use the form since that is creating a list. Thanks for helping! bit.ly/iowaimpacts
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Definitely add it!
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Iowa Impacts: Federal Funding/Staffing Cuts or Policies
This form collects information about the practical impacts on IOWA of federal funding & staffing cuts occuring during the Trump administration beginning in January 2025. Please submit only those impac...
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Iowans! Report verified *Iowa-specific* impacts of federal staffing/budget cuts & policy changes. I can't do much but I can organize information. bit.ly/iowaimpacts
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Wendolyn Vermeer
@edanathered.bsky.social
· Feb 18
Absolutely BONKERS announcement from ProQuest/Clarivate this morning. Our entire acquisitions strategy is being upended with this change. Fewer choices for content providers, fewer options for digital ownership, further erosion of the first sale doctrine, and MONOPOLIES ARE BAD FOR LIBRARIES!!!
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Jan 27
I did like the "book bans are real" statement overall though. Stronger than they usually are maybe?
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Jan 25
Thanks Holly! I keep forgetting that hashtag. LOL
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Jan 25
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Jan 23
I will not practice anticipatory compliance. Does my job title have a DEI word in it that makes some people shudder? Yes. Am I changing it? Not unless forced. Honestly, if someone has a problem with making college textbooks affordable & available to all, they can shove it.
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Jan 23
I was asked to write an Op Ed piece by @resprofnews.bsky.social on universities cancelling journal Big Deals:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
I was keen to stress that at least some of any savings must be used to support new, fairer models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
I was keen to stress that at least some of any savings must be used to support new, fairer models
End of big deals is a chance to build a better publishing system - Research Professional News
Don’t waste a crisis—invest in more open and equitable business models, says David Prosser
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
@profmattdecarlo.bsky.social This is succinct & timely!
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Jan 22
#Library colleagues, where is a good place to search for academic library *paraprofessional* positions that are 100% remote? @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social JobList doesn't seem to have a "remote" filter, nor does the @arlnews.bsky.social job list, unless I've missed something.
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David Prosser
@davidprosser.bsky.social
· Jan 22
End of big deals is a chance to build a better publishing system - Research Professional News
Don’t waste a crisis—invest in more open and equitable business models, says David Prosser
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
I was asked to write an Op Ed piece by @resprofnews.bsky.social on universities cancelling journal Big Deals:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
I was keen to stress that at least some of any savings must be used to support new, fairer models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
I was keen to stress that at least some of any savings must be used to support new, fairer models
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Jan 21
My 6yo got $1 for the first one and whatever change we can scrounge up for the others so far! LOL
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Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Jan 14
And most importantly, what is the practical, action-focused solution for a competent, accomplished candidate in this position?
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Jan 14
Would your answer be the same if the candidate has applied for 180+ jobs, mostly #RemoteWork, in more than 30 states?
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Jan 14
If a #POC has applied for more than 60 jobs at one employer (a major local one so it's hard to ignore in the #JobSearch), does it say more about the candidate or the organization?
Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
· Jan 10
A Textbook Equity Student Advisory Board
Engaging college students in advocacy related to open educational resources (OER) is an important way to raise awareness and encourage OER adoption on campuses in higher education. The student perspec...
www.iastatedigitalpress.com
New article! "A Textbook Equity Student Advisory Board" has been published in the new issue of the Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education. Lead author, Karlee Colby, is a UNI alum and U of Iowa PhD student. #OER #TextbookEquity www.iastatedigitalpress.com/joerhe/artic...
Bonus points if tips are specific to #BIPOC individuals.
Drop your favorite #JobSearch strategies here. Skip anything obvious. TIA!
Working on a manuscript and recalling a 1991 gem I'm citing: One article noted childcare responsibilities [for faculty] as a barrier to scheduling teaching observations, listing it alongside hockey practice and nail appointments as “excuses [that] sprout like tropical undergrowth”. Reactions please!