Rebecca Hranj
@bindbrarian.bsky.social
Academic Librarian, Instructional Designer, bookbinder, paper marbler, book historian, teaching artist, snuggler of polar bears.
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The 702,250 residents of DC pay the highest federal taxes, fight in wars, and die for their country.
It is long past time for us to have the same representation that Americans in every other state have.
Thank you Congresswoman Norton for continuing to lead our fight for #DCStatehood.
It is long past time for us to have the same representation that Americans in every other state have.
Thank you Congresswoman Norton for continuing to lead our fight for #DCStatehood.
January 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The 702,250 residents of DC pay the highest federal taxes, fight in wars, and die for their country.
It is long past time for us to have the same representation that Americans in every other state have.
Thank you Congresswoman Norton for continuing to lead our fight for #DCStatehood.
It is long past time for us to have the same representation that Americans in every other state have.
Thank you Congresswoman Norton for continuing to lead our fight for #DCStatehood.
There are legitimate uses of AI. THIS. IS. NOT. IT. STOP.
Nope. Absolutely the fuck not. www.reuters.com/legal/transa...
December 11, 2024 at 11:28 PM
There are legitimate uses of AI. THIS. IS. NOT. IT. STOP.
Heartbreaking. A chat service does not make up for a dedicated librarian. Sigh.
NASA is closing its Libraries, including at HQ and multiple centers, "with at least 5 librarians losing their positions:"
December 4, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Heartbreaking. A chat service does not make up for a dedicated librarian. Sigh.
And this is why librarians with masters degrees are so poorly paid. Sorry I need food and shelter, I guess? 🤷🏻♀️
It only requires money if the people doing it demand money. And if they demand money they’re not scientists or educators, at least not ones that should be involved with the project I’m speaking of.
December 3, 2024 at 5:17 PM
And this is why librarians with masters degrees are so poorly paid. Sorry I need food and shelter, I guess? 🤷🏻♀️
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
November 27, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
“At the heart of the problem is a lack of money, infrastructure and expertise to archive digital resources.”
I think there’s plenty of expertise—just no money to pay the experts a living wage.
I think there’s plenty of expertise—just no money to pay the experts a living wage.
My work features prominently in a Nature editorial today. Great to see digital preservation being taken seriously.
"Millions of research articles are absent from major digital archives. This worrying finding, [...] was laid bare in a study by Martin Eve" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Millions of research articles are absent from major digital archives. This worrying finding, [...] was laid bare in a study by Martin Eve" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Act now to stop millions of research papers from disappearing
Digital preservation is not keeping up with the growth of scholarly knowledge. Recognizing its causes is the first step to securing records everywhere for future generations.
www.nature.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:11 PM
“At the heart of the problem is a lack of money, infrastructure and expertise to archive digital resources.”
I think there’s plenty of expertise—just no money to pay the experts a living wage.
I think there’s plenty of expertise—just no money to pay the experts a living wage.
Just wowed a patron with my kickass reference skillz. #brag
a woman wearing a denim jacket is making a funny face with #schitts creek written on the bottom
Alt: a woman wearing a denim jacket is making a funny face with #schitts creek written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Just wowed a patron with my kickass reference skillz. #brag
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November 25, 2024 at 9:59 AM
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The Lost Medieval Library Found in a Romanian Church https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/lost-medieval-library-found-romanian-church/ #medievalsky #booksky #historysky
The Lost Medieval Library Found in a Romanian Church - Medievalists.net
Hidden away for centuries in a Transylvanian church tower, a forgotten medieval library has come to light, revealing treasures as old as the 9th century. This extraordinary discovery of manuscripts,…
www.medievalists.net
November 23, 2024 at 5:08 PM
The Lost Medieval Library Found in a Romanian Church https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/lost-medieval-library-found-romanian-church/ #medievalsky #booksky #historysky
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HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
November 15, 2024 at 8:21 PM
HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
I had to recycle a lot of new books at the public library because they were falling apart after 1-3 checkouts.
Have you purchased a weirdly low-quality paperback book lately? This may be why. https://buff.ly/3YQi2cK
November 15, 2024 at 5:53 PM
I had to recycle a lot of new books at the public library because they were falling apart after 1-3 checkouts.
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The arms of an octopus used by a reader/owner of this manuscript to mark parts they thought were important or of interest
- 2nd half of the 14th century, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085
- 2nd half of the 14th century, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085
November 11, 2024 at 5:43 AM
The arms of an octopus used by a reader/owner of this manuscript to mark parts they thought were important or of interest
- 2nd half of the 14th century, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085
- 2nd half of the 14th century, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085
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The Onion should buy Elsevier next
November 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM
The Onion should buy Elsevier next
Hello, yet another social media platform. I’m here for the nerds. Here’s a pretty book I made:
November 14, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Hello, yet another social media platform. I’m here for the nerds. Here’s a pretty book I made: