Julia Bullard
@julzbullard.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the UBC iSchool. knowledge organization, thinking too hard about subject terms. She/her.
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Call for Proposals: Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) 2026 Annual Conference librarianship.ca/news/cfp-cai...
Conference Dates: June 22-26, 2026
Theme: Information in Repair
Location: Online
Deadline for proposals: January 31, 2026
Conference Dates: June 22-26, 2026
Theme: Information in Repair
Location: Online
Deadline for proposals: January 31, 2026
January 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Call for Proposals: Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) 2026 Annual Conference librarianship.ca/news/cfp-cai...
Conference Dates: June 22-26, 2026
Theme: Information in Repair
Location: Online
Deadline for proposals: January 31, 2026
Conference Dates: June 22-26, 2026
Theme: Information in Repair
Location: Online
Deadline for proposals: January 31, 2026
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and finally, if you are seeking something that affirms there are still new things under the sun AND you are neither squeamish nor prudish, I wish for you to read Spread Me by @sarahgailey.bsky.social and revel in the feeling of "yes, that’s certainly a new feeling to have while reading"
December 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
and finally, if you are seeking something that affirms there are still new things under the sun AND you are neither squeamish nor prudish, I wish for you to read Spread Me by @sarahgailey.bsky.social and revel in the feeling of "yes, that’s certainly a new feeling to have while reading"
I read [redacted] books this year! Here are my earnest recommendations for a fraction of them:
December 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I read [redacted] books this year! Here are my earnest recommendations for a fraction of them:
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It’s got it about right, details and stakes .
December 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It’s got it about right, details and stakes .
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Very happy to introduce a new tool, BookReconciler!
You can take spreadsheets with book data and add subject headings, descriptions, ISBNs, HathiTrust IDs, & more. You can also cluster editions & variations of the same "Work."
Led by @thisismattmiller.com and supported by @post45data.bsky.social.
You can take spreadsheets with book data and add subject headings, descriptions, ISBNs, HathiTrust IDs, & more. You can also cluster editions & variations of the same "Work."
Led by @thisismattmiller.com and supported by @post45data.bsky.social.
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Very happy to introduce a new tool, BookReconciler!
You can take spreadsheets with book data and add subject headings, descriptions, ISBNs, HathiTrust IDs, & more. You can also cluster editions & variations of the same "Work."
Led by @thisismattmiller.com and supported by @post45data.bsky.social.
You can take spreadsheets with book data and add subject headings, descriptions, ISBNs, HathiTrust IDs, & more. You can also cluster editions & variations of the same "Work."
Led by @thisismattmiller.com and supported by @post45data.bsky.social.
Stay tuned next week for #LIBR509 memes! The students came through for me yet again and I am rich with incredibly specific jokes about information organization and my course.
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Stay tuned next week for #LIBR509 memes! The students came through for me yet again and I am rich with incredibly specific jokes about information organization and my course.
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Not to bury the lead, but it worked, for now. Last Thursday the premier announced that the project would not go ahead. Notably however, he chose his words carefully. It’s not a no. It’s just a no for now. And he spoke like it was no big deal, a proposal that barely existed www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
West Mabou Beach golf development proposal won't proceed, premier says | CBC News
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston told reporters Thursday the proposal 'won't get to the next step.'
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not to bury the lead, but it worked, for now. Last Thursday the premier announced that the project would not go ahead. Notably however, he chose his words carefully. It’s not a no. It’s just a no for now. And he spoke like it was no big deal, a proposal that barely existed www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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NEW: US airlines (Delta, United, American, etc) will shut down a program in which it sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to government agencies, including ICE, FBI, ATF, more. Comes after intense lawmaker-pressure and 404 Media's months-long reporting
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NEW: US airlines (Delta, United, American, etc) will shut down a program in which it sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to government agencies, including ICE, FBI, ATF, more. Comes after intense lawmaker-pressure and 404 Media's months-long reporting
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
The CFP for the @cais-acsi.bsky.social 2026 conference (free and online!) is now up at cais2026.ca. Join us to talk about repair, maintenance, and all things information science!
CAIS2026
cais2026.ca
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The CFP for the @cais-acsi.bsky.social 2026 conference (free and online!) is now up at cais2026.ca. Join us to talk about repair, maintenance, and all things information science!
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Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
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You know what's urgently needed? Basic software. Reliable database systems, accessible interfaces, privacy oriented design. It's super mundane stuff like asking, "how can software make your life better", not telling people "this is how software is going to solve all your problems." Because it won't.
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You know what's urgently needed? Basic software. Reliable database systems, accessible interfaces, privacy oriented design. It's super mundane stuff like asking, "how can software make your life better", not telling people "this is how software is going to solve all your problems." Because it won't.
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Any Canadian from any province while in BC can get vaccinated for FREE!
Call 1-833-838-2323 a couple weeks in advance to make an appointment.
Because we are good neighbors, we believe in science & medicine, and we love you ❤️🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦❤️
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Call 1-833-838-2323 a couple weeks in advance to make an appointment.
Because we are good neighbors, we believe in science & medicine, and we love you ❤️🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦❤️
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Albertans can get COVID-19 vaccinations for free in B.C. | CBC News
People who don’t qualify for free COVID-19 vaccinations in Alberta can get one in British Columbia, the province’s ministry of health confirmed with CBC News.
www.cbc.ca
October 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Any Canadian from any province while in BC can get vaccinated for FREE!
Call 1-833-838-2323 a couple weeks in advance to make an appointment.
Because we are good neighbors, we believe in science & medicine, and we love you ❤️🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦❤️
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Call 1-833-838-2323 a couple weeks in advance to make an appointment.
Because we are good neighbors, we believe in science & medicine, and we love you ❤️🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦❤️
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Here is what I said. I am proud to be a Cape Bretoner, a Nova Scotian, a Canadian. And I am with the Mi’kmaw land defenders on Hunters Mountain. (1)
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Here is what I said. I am proud to be a Cape Bretoner, a Nova Scotian, a Canadian. And I am with the Mi’kmaw land defenders on Hunters Mountain. (1)
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“The deaf community had a lot of excitement because it would have changed things that previously were causing harm…
“To now see them say, ‘Oh, we’re going to rework this,’ is devastating.”
#bcpoli
“To now see them say, ‘Oh, we’re going to rework this,’ is devastating.”
#bcpoli
BC Reneges on New Supports for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children | The Tyee
A language skills program was set to go, until the government pulled the plug.
thetyee.ca
October 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“The deaf community had a lot of excitement because it would have changed things that previously were causing harm…
“To now see them say, ‘Oh, we’re going to rework this,’ is devastating.”
#bcpoli
“To now see them say, ‘Oh, we’re going to rework this,’ is devastating.”
#bcpoli
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Here's my story on how the conversation on bringing a SkyTrain to UBC is almost old enough to be a student on a B-Line trying to get to UBC
17 years and counting: Why plans for a rapid transit line to UBC have barely left the station | CBC News
Why has this long-debated project not come to fruition?
www.cbc.ca
October 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here's my story on how the conversation on bringing a SkyTrain to UBC is almost old enough to be a student on a B-Line trying to get to UBC
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BCIT interviewed me. I’m proud to work here. www.bcit.ca/news/stories...
“Some people say AI is inevitable and we should give up,” Ian reflected. “But we can’t. This is exactly the moment to fight for an ethical future.”
“Some people say AI is inevitable and we should give up,” Ian reflected. “But we can’t. This is exactly the moment to fight for an ethical future.”
AI’s shortcut to cheating: Why Google’s “homework help” button crossed the line - BCIT
When Google quietly tested a “homework help” button inside its Chrome browser earlier this month, the company likely expected little more than quiet adoption. Instead, the experiment provoked outrage ...
www.bcit.ca
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BCIT interviewed me. I’m proud to work here. www.bcit.ca/news/stories...
“Some people say AI is inevitable and we should give up,” Ian reflected. “But we can’t. This is exactly the moment to fight for an ethical future.”
“Some people say AI is inevitable and we should give up,” Ian reflected. “But we can’t. This is exactly the moment to fight for an ethical future.”
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![Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.
There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.
What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.
It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreiap6asa64jdjb2vlv4c2sdritjrntsibvsv7baj6o4cgwcfgsjeny@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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The last federally run residential school closed in 1997, but traces of the system are everywhere on the land. How to commemorate the dark, painful history of these places? Across Canada, survivors are taking the lead: thenarwhal.ca/truth-reconc...
What should happen to residential school sites? | The Narwhal
Across Canada, Indigenous communities are deciding how to commemorate these residential school histories on the land
thenarwhal.ca
September 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The last federally run residential school closed in 1997, but traces of the system are everywhere on the land. How to commemorate the dark, painful history of these places? Across Canada, survivors are taking the lead: thenarwhal.ca/truth-reconc...
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I've received many messages from concerned constituents over the past 24 hours, asking me about the standing ovation connected to Charlie Kirk in yesterday's session in the House of Commons. Please see my statement on the matter.
September 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I've received many messages from concerned constituents over the past 24 hours, asking me about the standing ovation connected to Charlie Kirk in yesterday's session in the House of Commons. Please see my statement on the matter.
Got the notice that Spread Me is ready for me to pick up at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social and that's my weekend plans all set
September 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Got the notice that Spread Me is ready for me to pick up at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social and that's my weekend plans all set
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Publishers and librarians do sometimes disagree -- but not on this.
"Book bans do not protect children. They restrict opportunities for learning, stigmatize marginalized communities, and undermine the professional judgment of educators and teacher-librarians."
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"Book bans do not protect children. They restrict opportunities for learning, stigmatize marginalized communities, and undermine the professional judgment of educators and teacher-librarians."
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The Canadian publishing industry calls for the repeal of @youralberta.bsky.social's discriminatory book ban. The revised directive continues to restrict access to literature, stigmatize marginalized communities, and undermine the expertise of educators & librarians. publishers.ca/repeal-alber...
Canadian Publishing Industry Calls for Repeal of Alberta’s Discriminatory Book Ban - Association of Canadian Publishers
publishers.ca
September 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Publishers and librarians do sometimes disagree -- but not on this.
"Book bans do not protect children. They restrict opportunities for learning, stigmatize marginalized communities, and undermine the professional judgment of educators and teacher-librarians."
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"Book bans do not protect children. They restrict opportunities for learning, stigmatize marginalized communities, and undermine the professional judgment of educators and teacher-librarians."
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What happened after Canadian journalist @rachelgilmore.bsky.social posted about the potential repercussions of Kirk’s murder: doxxing and violent threats thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Dangerous Targeting of a Canadian Journalist | The Tyee
After the murder of Charlie Kirk, conservatives piled on Rachel Gilmore for expressing a well-founded fear. Then came violent threats.
thetyee.ca
September 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What happened after Canadian journalist @rachelgilmore.bsky.social posted about the potential repercussions of Kirk’s murder: doxxing and violent threats thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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This week, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced their lates project, Freedom Trucks.
It is a tremendous work of propaganda.
A deep dive into the project, what it really aims to do, and the curious timing and appearance of the press release.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
It is a tremendous work of propaganda.
A deep dive into the project, what it really aims to do, and the curious timing and appearance of the press release.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
The IMLS's Freedom Trucks Project Is Propaganda in Support of Historical Erasure: Book Censorship News, September 12, 2025
This week, the IMLS announced their Freedom Trucks initiative. It is blatant propaganda.
bookriot.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This week, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced their lates project, Freedom Trucks.
It is a tremendous work of propaganda.
A deep dive into the project, what it really aims to do, and the curious timing and appearance of the press release.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
It is a tremendous work of propaganda.
A deep dive into the project, what it really aims to do, and the curious timing and appearance of the press release.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
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The focus of this story has (rightly) been on the firing of a colleague at TAMU for doing her job, but also I can’t help but think of all the LGBTQ+, and particularly trans students faculty and staff in College Station and how this abandonment of basic decency must be impacting them.
Update on the Texas A&M professor / cell phone video situation: the professor has been fired by the A&M president
president.tamu.edu/messages/an-...
president.tamu.edu/messages/an-...
September 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The focus of this story has (rightly) been on the firing of a colleague at TAMU for doing her job, but also I can’t help but think of all the LGBTQ+, and particularly trans students faculty and staff in College Station and how this abandonment of basic decency must be impacting them.
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I remember someone saying that's how you know AI can never truly be a writer. If you tell AI to stop using em dashes, it'll stop. If you tell a writer to stop using em dashes they'll tell you to fuck yourself and that you can pry them from their cold, dead fingers.
September 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I remember someone saying that's how you know AI can never truly be a writer. If you tell AI to stop using em dashes, it'll stop. If you tell a writer to stop using em dashes they'll tell you to fuck yourself and that you can pry them from their cold, dead fingers.