Dennis Clark
@dennistclark.bsky.social
Librarian of Virginia. Richmond VA. Alabama expat by way of TN, TX, AR, DC. Affirming Episcopalian, library and archives advocate, middling choral singer, rider of rails, typically knee deep in the hoopla. Comments are mine.
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My #hottake (that no one asked for) since hearing the reactions to the fed shenanigans (LC, IMLS, etc) is that only a subset of librarians 1) knows that the IMLS does 2) knows what LOC is or does and 3) understands much about federal funding for GLAMs or higher ed. Library schools must do better.
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
My #hottake (that no one asked for) since hearing the reactions to the fed shenanigans (LC, IMLS, etc) is that only a subset of librarians 1) knows that the IMLS does 2) knows what LOC is or does and 3) understands much about federal funding for GLAMs or higher ed. Library schools must do better.
You may THINK you know Virginia's lieut-gov elect @senatorhashmi.bsky.social, but for the library folks out there, did you know she's published about information literacy?
wacclearinghouse.org/books/perspe...
wacclearinghouse.org/books/perspe...
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
You may THINK you know Virginia's lieut-gov elect @senatorhashmi.bsky.social, but for the library folks out there, did you know she's published about information literacy?
wacclearinghouse.org/books/perspe...
wacclearinghouse.org/books/perspe...
Quicktime is still a thing? I was today years' old when I realized I had it on my mac!
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Quicktime is still a thing? I was today years' old when I realized I had it on my mac!
That thing when you search for an email address for the chief executive of the @britishlibrary.bsky.social and then you realize she resigned just a few hours ago...
November 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
That thing when you search for an email address for the chief executive of the @britishlibrary.bsky.social and then you realize she resigned just a few hours ago...
Meta, your algorithm is off
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Meta, your algorithm is off
Even Windsor Farms (v fancy neighborhood in Richmond where I often run) is getting into the #nokings act! The resistance hits differently when it's the millionaires resisting.
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Even Windsor Farms (v fancy neighborhood in Richmond where I often run) is getting into the #nokings act! The resistance hits differently when it's the millionaires resisting.
"Wherever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights."
T. Jefferson, to Richard Price.
Jefferson just low key advocating for libraries and archives.
T. Jefferson, to Richard Price.
Jefferson just low key advocating for libraries and archives.
October 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Wherever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights."
T. Jefferson, to Richard Price.
Jefferson just low key advocating for libraries and archives.
T. Jefferson, to Richard Price.
Jefferson just low key advocating for libraries and archives.
Stop trying to fire librarians because you don't like the books in libraries. Just stop it. Don't read those books, read other books. See how easy that is? And far cheaper for taxpayers when you loose or settle.
apnews.com/article/wyom...
apnews.com/article/wyom...
Wyoming library director fired amid book dispute wins $700,000 settlement
A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes on youth shelves has reached a $700,000 settlement with her former employer.
apnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Stop trying to fire librarians because you don't like the books in libraries. Just stop it. Don't read those books, read other books. See how easy that is? And far cheaper for taxpayers when you loose or settle.
apnews.com/article/wyom...
apnews.com/article/wyom...
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Richmond novelist David Baldacci's joint $13-million donation with VCU and Library of Virginia will help foster civil discourse initiative promoting nonpartisan political dialogue.
David Baldacci hopes $13 million donation helps heal our political divide
Richmond novelist David Baldacci's joint $13-million donation with VCU and Library of Virginia will help foster civil discourse initiative promoting nonpartisan political dialogue.
www.wtvr.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Richmond novelist David Baldacci's joint $13-million donation with VCU and Library of Virginia will help foster civil discourse initiative promoting nonpartisan political dialogue.
Did anyone consider that, just maybe, Francine saw that truck she jumped in as her way out of the fame and attention she had garnered as the famous Richmond Lowe's Cat, and had been planning her escape for a long time, only to be foiled after a week on the lamb?
October 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Did anyone consider that, just maybe, Francine saw that truck she jumped in as her way out of the fame and attention she had garnered as the famous Richmond Lowe's Cat, and had been planning her escape for a long time, only to be foiled after a week on the lamb?
I am grateful to David & Michelle Baldacci for their support for the Library of Virginia and thrilled for their continued investment in Virginia institutions as we continue our role as a statewide 'public square.' Their passion for a "well-informed citizenry" stands at the heart of librarianship.
Author David Baldacci and his wife, Michelle, have pledged $13 million to Virginia Commonwealth University and the Library of Virginia to improve respectful dialogue. richmond.com/news/local/e...
Famed author makes $13M donation to VCU, Library of Va.
The college and the library will create a program to improve respectful dialogue.
richmond.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I am grateful to David & Michelle Baldacci for their support for the Library of Virginia and thrilled for their continued investment in Virginia institutions as we continue our role as a statewide 'public square.' Their passion for a "well-informed citizenry" stands at the heart of librarianship.
Reposted by Dennis Clark
Author David Baldacci and his wife, Michelle, have pledged $13 million to Virginia Commonwealth University and the Library of Virginia to improve respectful dialogue. richmond.com/news/local/e...
Famed author makes $13M donation to VCU, Library of Va.
The college and the library will create a program to improve respectful dialogue.
richmond.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Author David Baldacci and his wife, Michelle, have pledged $13 million to Virginia Commonwealth University and the Library of Virginia to improve respectful dialogue. richmond.com/news/local/e...
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Universities pay at least three times for scholarly publishing:
(1) Salary for the researcher/author
(2) Salary for the peer reviewers
(3) Cost to provide access to paywalled content to campus community OR cost to publish articles open-access to the world
(1) Salary for the researcher/author
(2) Salary for the peer reviewers
(3) Cost to provide access to paywalled content to campus community OR cost to publish articles open-access to the world
September 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Universities pay at least three times for scholarly publishing:
(1) Salary for the researcher/author
(2) Salary for the peer reviewers
(3) Cost to provide access to paywalled content to campus community OR cost to publish articles open-access to the world
(1) Salary for the researcher/author
(2) Salary for the peer reviewers
(3) Cost to provide access to paywalled content to campus community OR cost to publish articles open-access to the world
It's just possible that trying to run 17 miles - my longest run ever - a week after being down with COVID wasn't the best idea.
September 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It's just possible that trying to run 17 miles - my longest run ever - a week after being down with COVID wasn't the best idea.
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Obviously we're @openhistoricalmap.org @osmus.bsky.social fans -- this will help us build out a map of RVA's past, as well as present.
How? Left is from the '40s labeled as "E Main", but where? Using this tool we can see two buildings have been razed since.
georeference.maprva.org/1065/
How? Left is from the '40s labeled as "E Main", but where? Using this tool we can see two buildings have been razed since.
georeference.maprva.org/1065/
September 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Obviously we're @openhistoricalmap.org @osmus.bsky.social fans -- this will help us build out a map of RVA's past, as well as present.
How? Left is from the '40s labeled as "E Main", but where? Using this tool we can see two buildings have been razed since.
georeference.maprva.org/1065/
How? Left is from the '40s labeled as "E Main", but where? Using this tool we can see two buildings have been razed since.
georeference.maprva.org/1065/
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Another case study on this point. While people and the media largely stopped talking about IMLS, assuming it had been dismantled, it had just funded Native American tribal libraries and reinstated past grants.
www.imls.gov/news/imls-an...
www.imls.gov/news/imls-an...
IMLS Announces 158 Native American Library Services Basic Grants Awards
Awarded projects advance education, workforce development, and heritage preservation.
www.imls.gov
September 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Another case study on this point. While people and the media largely stopped talking about IMLS, assuming it had been dismantled, it had just funded Native American tribal libraries and reinstated past grants.
www.imls.gov/news/imls-an...
www.imls.gov/news/imls-an...
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Love a happy ending! Woodmere museum got its IMLS grant restored after suing the Trump administration: news.artnet.com/art-world/wo...
Pennsylvania Museum Scores a Win in Lawsuit Against IMLS
Philadelphia art museum Woodmere successfully sued the Trump administration to restore a $750,000 IMLS grant.
news.artnet.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Love a happy ending! Woodmere museum got its IMLS grant restored after suing the Trump administration: news.artnet.com/art-world/wo...
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NEWS: A House of Representatives Subcommittee just voted to continue library funding in next year's federal budget. This is thanks to YOUR hard work as library advocates.
The fight to #FundLibraries isn't over yet. Stay tuned for more ways to take action for libraries. #ForOurLibraries
The fight to #FundLibraries isn't over yet. Stay tuned for more ways to take action for libraries. #ForOurLibraries
September 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
NEWS: A House of Representatives Subcommittee just voted to continue library funding in next year's federal budget. This is thanks to YOUR hard work as library advocates.
The fight to #FundLibraries isn't over yet. Stay tuned for more ways to take action for libraries. #ForOurLibraries
The fight to #FundLibraries isn't over yet. Stay tuned for more ways to take action for libraries. #ForOurLibraries
This is good news indeed, and I'm thrilled that cooler heads have prevailed. Keep paying attention to @heykellyjensen.bsky.social on this. #IMLS #LSTA #GrantsToStates
THEY VOTED TO RESTORE THE IMLS FUNDING.
This isn't the end. It's nowhere near the end. But the House and Senate subcommittees voted to restore the IMLS in their budget markups.
Full House budget markup is tomorrow.
This isn't the end. It's nowhere near the end. But the House and Senate subcommittees voted to restore the IMLS in their budget markups.
Full House budget markup is tomorrow.
The House subcommittee marking up the budget containing the IMLS meets *tonight* at 5 pm eastern.
appropriations.house.gov/schedule/mar...
appropriations.house.gov/schedule/mar...
September 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is good news indeed, and I'm thrilled that cooler heads have prevailed. Keep paying attention to @heykellyjensen.bsky.social on this. #IMLS #LSTA #GrantsToStates
Reposted by Dennis Clark
The House subcommittee marking up the budget containing the IMLS meets *tonight* at 5 pm eastern.
appropriations.house.gov/schedule/mar...
appropriations.house.gov/schedule/mar...
September 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The House subcommittee marking up the budget containing the IMLS meets *tonight* at 5 pm eastern.
appropriations.house.gov/schedule/mar...
appropriations.house.gov/schedule/mar...
So many cultural/library/art institutions lost grants after contracting with vendors, raising matching funds, hiring staff, and had to reverse those actions when the grants were cancelled. NEH, NEA, IMLS, etc should pay attention to where this suit goes, especially current decisions in RI v Trump.
Philadelphia’s Woodmere Museum is suing the Trump administration after losing most of a $750,000 federal grant. The museum says funds were unfairly revoked by executive order.
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August 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
So many cultural/library/art institutions lost grants after contracting with vendors, raising matching funds, hiring staff, and had to reverse those actions when the grants were cancelled. NEH, NEA, IMLS, etc should pay attention to where this suit goes, especially current decisions in RI v Trump.
Reposted by Dennis Clark
Philadelphia’s Woodmere Museum is suing the Trump administration after losing most of a $750,000 federal grant. The museum says funds were unfairly revoked by executive order.
buff.ly/M63agIb
buff.ly/M63agIb
August 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Philadelphia’s Woodmere Museum is suing the Trump administration after losing most of a $750,000 federal grant. The museum says funds were unfairly revoked by executive order.
buff.ly/M63agIb
buff.ly/M63agIb
Is @leasusan.bsky.social happy or sad or both?
August 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Is @leasusan.bsky.social happy or sad or both?
A good synopsis of "where we are this week" - the RI v Trump lawsuit, IMLS moves in Congress, and what's next - by @heykellyjensen.bsky.social over at @bookriot.
bookriot.com/more-details...
bookriot.com/more-details...
More Details Emerge About IMLS Dismantling; Plaintiffs in RHODE ISLAND Lawsuit Seek Permanent Injunction
More details emerge in what happened during the IMLS takeover by DOGE and what might happen in the federal lawsuits against the agency's dismantling.
bookriot.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A good synopsis of "where we are this week" - the RI v Trump lawsuit, IMLS moves in Congress, and what's next - by @heykellyjensen.bsky.social over at @bookriot.
bookriot.com/more-details...
bookriot.com/more-details...
What he said!
Go work at one of my favorite libraries!
I'm pleased to announce the search for our next Deputy State Librarian / Chief of Collections and Archives at The Library of Virginia! Academic Search is assisting us with recruitment. Review the profile and reach out, or suggest great candidates!
www.academicsearch.org/open-searche...)
www.academicsearch.org/open-searche...)
August 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
What he said!