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Academic Librarian | @LibParlor co-founder & editor | I love information and I am fascinated by how we learn from it. she/her/hers 🌈 Views are my own.
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🧵 “Democracy demands wisdom and vision in its citizens.” Happy 60th anniversary to the NEH and our sister agency, the National Endowment for the Arts!

We have been beaten down and bruised, but still we persist (albeit under the direction of seriously questionable leadership). (1/3)
West Virginia Congressman Ken Hechler shakes hands with President Lyndon Johnson on September 29, 1965, at the Rose Garden signing ceremony for legislation creating the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. Courtesy of West Virginia Humanities
September 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Introducing LibParlor Community Workshops

https://libparlor.com/2025/09/26/introducing-libparlor-community-workshops/
September 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
cheinbach32.bsky.social
Had a great time chatting with Hannah and Stephanie for this podcast episode about research agendas!
libparlor.bsky.social The Librarian Parlor @libparlor.bsky.social · Sep 26
LibParlor recently chatted with the great folks at Library Table Talk and our episode is out now! We discuss our journeys into LIS research, research agendas, and how LibParlor Online Learning can support LIS researchers!

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Library Table Talk - 08 - Research agendas
Listen to Episode 08: Research agendas with LibParlor Release date: September 23, 2025. Length: 53:28 minutes. In which we talk with Nimisha Bhat, Hailley Fargo, Chelsea Heinbach, and Amber Sewell of ...
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September 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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It’s wonderful that this video from Milwaukee’s Public Library system features a nod to a book on Prince, because he loved libraries. In 2001, he donated $12k to save the Louisville Free Public Library’s Western Branch — the first to serve Black patrons. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
A check from Prince’s Love 4 One Another Charities to the Louisville Free Public Library for $12,000, dated September 15, 2001.
August 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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It’s Monarch migration time! How the heck can they fly for thousands of miles? It seems impossible. (Drinking from some Common Milkweed)

#InverteFest #invertebrates #NativePlants 🌿
An orange and black butterfly drinks from a cluster of light pink flowers.
August 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download!

California (by county/area)
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area (DMV)
Massachusetts
North Carolina Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland, OR
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State

Please share!
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Hand holding small black and white hand lettered zine titled "How to Report ICE and Help Keep Our Neighbors Safe" hand holding open zine. Pages read: "S Size of group, A Actions/Activity, L Location, U Uniforms/Clothes, T Time/Date, E Equipment
August 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Today's post covers Chelsea's experience using LibParlor Research Community Bingo at UNLV Libraries! It was a great opportunity to identify strengths and potential collaborators in our community!

https://libparlor.com/2025/07/11/libparlors-research-community-bingo-my-experience-at-unlv/
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July 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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The LibParlor Podcast: Summer Call!

The LibParlor Podcast seeks scholarship to feature on a future episode.
The LibParlor Podcast: Summer Call!
The LibParlor Podcast seeks scholarship to feature on a future episode.
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June 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Check out the first post in our persona series, providing starter packs to using our online research skills curriculum! Today's starter pack is for department heads & managers who mentor library workers and junior faculty: libparlor.com/2025/06/13/l...
LibParlor Online Learning Personas: The Department Head
A starter pack for department heads mentoring junior faculty and direct reports starting on their research journey.
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June 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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We're recruiting - apply to be on LibParlor's Editorial Team! libparlor.com/2025/06/20/a...
Apply to be on LibParlor’s Editorial Team!
The Librarian Parlor (aka LibParlor) is recruiting new Editorial Team members!
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June 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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So many former government employees are still doing their work even now that they're not in government. They're still researching, helping connect people to services, and trying to serve the public somehow.

This is how much they care.

These people, your people, are the embodiment of #altCitizen
May 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Authors ❤️ libraries and library readers.

Ebook contracts that exploit or just simply cut out libraries are so troubling if you care about libraries preserving your work or helping the the public to discover it. So glad to see CT take this bold move and we hope other states will follow.
infodocket.bsky.social infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · May 15
Statement: "Connecticut #Libraries Applaud State House and Senate Passage of E-Book Legislation, Urge Governor Lamont’s Signature" www.infodocket.com/2025/05/15/s... #ebooks #publishing
May 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Last night a number of news outlets reported that President Trump had fired the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden.

You may be wondering, how does the President have the authority to remove the Librarian of Congress from her post? Is this legal?

More here: www.authorsalliance.org/2025/05/09/c...
Carla Hayden removed as Librarian of Congress and what this could mean for authors
From the latest issue of the Libray of Congress magazine Last night a number of news outlets reported that President Trump had fired the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. This is very unfortunat…
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May 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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As an elder millennial, I could trade my lifetime of tax contributions to the NEH for one month of Netflix and have just enough left over to get some avocado toast if I split it with two other people
Line graph titled "What's my share of NEH appropriations" with a caption: "Between its founding in 1965 and fiscal year 2024, the National Endowment for the Humanities received congressional appropriations totaling $7.37 billion. NEH used this funding to support thousands of individuals and cultural organizations - both directly through various grant programs and indirectly through funds disbursed by the 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils. Beyond these appropriations, grantees raised millions of dollars more from non-federal donors as part of grant matching requirements. To put NEH appropriations in perspective, this chart shows cumulative annual per capita contribution to NEH by age, that is, the total dollar amount the average taxpayer has given to NEH over their lifetime. A few relevant purchases are helpfully included to show what a person could have bought instead, had they kept their personal NEH contribution for themselves..." The x-axis ranges from 0 to 59 years old. The y-axis ranges from $0 to $30. At three ages, items that could have instead been purchased with an individual's lifetime NEH contribution are shown. At 13 years, an egg is plotted on the line with a dollar amount of $6.41 and the caption reads, "Just in time to feed a growth spurt, a person at 13 years old has contributed enough to NEH that they could instead purchase one dozen eggs ($6.23/dozen)." At 36 years, a popcorn bucket is plotted with a dollar amount of $18.20 and the caption reads, "Millennials who are at least 36 years old could exchange their nearly four decades worth of NEH support for a one month subscription to Netflix ($17.99/month)." At 50 years, a gasoline pump is plotted with the dollar amount of $26.00 and the caption reads, "Those 50 years old or older - who have been contributing to the agency for nearly its entire existence - could instead have saved that money to purchase about a half tank of gas (8 gallons at $3.23/gallon)."
April 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
cheinbach32.bsky.social
Does anyone know of a resource that maps the various organizations and institutions involved with research in the US? Thinking this might be good for community and coalition building in the near future.
April 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Ran into a demonstration of indigenous community members outside the Hennepin County Library over the brutality by a private security company on a local man. According to them after George Floyd instead of reforming the police they invested in private "mercenaries".

#acrl2025
April 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.

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imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
IMLS Matters
Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
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April 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Thank you to everyone at #ACRL2025 who stopped by to see our poster today! If you’re interested in trying out our free curriculum on LIS research, or know someone who would be, check out libparlor.com/lpol-curricu...!
Two people standing in front of a poster that says “Cultivate your research identity & build community with LibParlor Online Learning (LPOL)”
April 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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If you'll be in Minneapolis for #ACRL2025, please join @juliesetele.bsky.social & me for a zine swap on the afternoon of Friday April 4th.
Flyer with an illustration of an orca diving into water and the text "Headed to ACRL 2025? Join us for a zine swap, afternoon of Friday April 4th, time & location to be announced".
March 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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LibParlor provided some perspective for this article on the cuts to IMLS and the importance of libraries: www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...
Librarians Are Mad As Hell At The Trump Administration. They Think You Should Be, Too.
"The public needs to wake up before our libraries are gone," one "livid" librarian said.
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April 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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A little update from LibParlor on what we've been working on and what we're looking forward to — If you're attending #acrl2025 next week, be sure to stop by our poster session on Thursday, April 3 from 9:30-10:15am and you'll have a chance to win some swag!
An Update from the LibParlor Team
Hello, readers! We hope you are taking care of yourselves and your communities as we navigate this year. We wanted to provide a few updates about LibParlor with you as we wrap up our IMLS grant and…
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March 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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So, how is everyone talking about government information in your classrooms at this moment? #infolit
March 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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I’m hanging out at the library and a guy just went up to the research desk and yelled, “DO YOU HAVE ANY BOOKS ABOUT WEREWOLVES,” and now the librarian is showing him some and I just love libraries!
March 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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🚨NEW🚨Last night the President signed an order to gut IMLS. Call your members of Congress. Call your state and local officials. Tell them exactly what's at stake if the President's order stands: the future of America's libraries. It's time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries: bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS
Show Up For Our Libraries - Tell Your Story
Please share a story about how libraries have a positive impact in YOUR community. This might be a story about you or your family, or about other library users who have benefitted from the library&...
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March 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM