Kathy Ishizuka
@kishizuka.bsky.social
Third generation JA; Master Gardener
Priors: Editor in Chief, School Library Journal, Partnerships & Innovation Director, SLJ & LJ; FOLIO's Top Women in Media 2019
Priors: Editor in Chief, School Library Journal, Partnerships & Innovation Director, SLJ & LJ; FOLIO's Top Women in Media 2019
Via ALA: 100 public library workers will receive free. tuition for “Sustainable Librarianship: Core Competencies and Practices,” a four-part e-course. In addition, participants will engage in a community of practice with advisors and peers over 6 months. Deadline to apply: Nov 14.
Resilient Communities: Advancing Sustainability in and through Libraries
www.ala.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Via ALA: 100 public library workers will receive free. tuition for “Sustainable Librarianship: Core Competencies and Practices,” a four-part e-course. In addition, participants will engage in a community of practice with advisors and peers over 6 months. Deadline to apply: Nov 14.
“Teachers and librarians are scared to get fired. So we make sure these books are still accessible. Some of our book smugglers can’t tell you who they are, but they’re out there.” - Tony Diaz, founder of Librotraficantes (Reporting Texas)
@penamerica.bsky.social
@penamerica.bsky.social
As a New Texas Law Clamps Down on School Libraries, 'Librotraficantes' Fight Back - Reporting Texas
Just two months after a new Texas law expanded parents’ power to challenge school library books, authors gathered at the Texas Book Festival’s Banned Book Bash to read from titles that have been banne...
www.reportingtexas.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Teachers and librarians are scared to get fired. So we make sure these books are still accessible. Some of our book smugglers can’t tell you who they are, but they’re out there.” - Tony Diaz, founder of Librotraficantes (Reporting Texas)
@penamerica.bsky.social
@penamerica.bsky.social
Tory Hall, Sower Books' owner, said the food drive felt like a natural extension of the store’s role as a community gathering place...
Collecting 2,000 pounds of food in a week, the bookstore put out a call for drivers and customers stepped up, delivering to a local food pantry.
Collecting 2,000 pounds of food in a week, the bookstore put out a call for drivers and customers stepped up, delivering to a local food pantry.
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tory Hall, Sower Books' owner, said the food drive felt like a natural extension of the store’s role as a community gathering place...
Collecting 2,000 pounds of food in a week, the bookstore put out a call for drivers and customers stepped up, delivering to a local food pantry.
Collecting 2,000 pounds of food in a week, the bookstore put out a call for drivers and customers stepped up, delivering to a local food pantry.
Dad, Fort Knox, 1944.
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Dad, Fort Knox, 1944.
There's a library marketing op in this.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
There's a library marketing op in this.
The report highlights the widening divide between what employers expect and what educators teach. Also: the outsized role of professional connections in shaping graduate outcomes.
- Cengage Learning
- Cengage Learning
Cengage Group's 2025 Employability Report reveals growing gap between education and employment
Press Release: Cengage Group's 2025 Employability Report reveals growing gap between education and employment. The Cengage Group 2025 Graduate Employability Report reveals that this year's graduates ...
librarytechnology.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The report highlights the widening divide between what employers expect and what educators teach. Also: the outsized role of professional connections in shaping graduate outcomes.
- Cengage Learning
- Cengage Learning
Educators: Fred Rogers Productions is seeking applicants for a FRP educational impact advisory. Deadline is Nov. 22.
Welcome | Fred Rogers Productions Education Impact Advisory
The Fred Rogers Productions Education Impact Advisory
educatoradvisory.fredrogers.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Educators: Fred Rogers Productions is seeking applicants for a FRP educational impact advisory. Deadline is Nov. 22.
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Inspired by fellow booksellers, we at @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social will be donating Sunday profits in November to the SF-Marin Food Bank. You can donate directly to the food bank here: www.sfmfoodbank.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Inspired by fellow booksellers, we at @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social will be donating Sunday profits in November to the SF-Marin Food Bank. You can donate directly to the food bank here: www.sfmfoodbank.org
Voted.
(Image: "This badge was used by the New Orleans Branch NAACP and given to voters upon registration." - Wikimedia Commons, CC licensed)
(Image: "This badge was used by the New Orleans Branch NAACP and given to voters upon registration." - Wikimedia Commons, CC licensed)
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Voted.
(Image: "This badge was used by the New Orleans Branch NAACP and given to voters upon registration." - Wikimedia Commons, CC licensed)
(Image: "This badge was used by the New Orleans Branch NAACP and given to voters upon registration." - Wikimedia Commons, CC licensed)
"History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts." by Rodney Freeman
The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance | Common Dreams
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts.
www.commondreams.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts." by Rodney Freeman
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Stores should instead grant those targeted by GOP blockage of SNAP payments an amount of credit equal to the discounts they meant to give, and then forgive that credit at checkout.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Stores should instead grant those targeted by GOP blockage of SNAP payments an amount of credit equal to the discounts they meant to give, and then forgive that credit at checkout.
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
November 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
E-books, audiobooks, free tickets to local events, podcast equipment, sewing machines and seeds are some of the resources available for free to Dallas residents with their library card.
This sort of coverage is easy to achieve and should be used to promote libraries in every community.
This sort of coverage is easy to achieve and should be used to promote libraries in every community.
Museums, plants and technology: What a Dallas library card really gets you
Beyond books, a Dallas Public Library card unlocks a range of services.
www.dallasnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
E-books, audiobooks, free tickets to local events, podcast equipment, sewing machines and seeds are some of the resources available for free to Dallas residents with their library card.
This sort of coverage is easy to achieve and should be used to promote libraries in every community.
This sort of coverage is easy to achieve and should be used to promote libraries in every community.
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Hey library folk libraries are often the first place people go to find out where they can get help. With the SNAP suspension looming creating a list of local food pantries and other organizations that may be able to assist is one way we can help out vulnerable patrons! This is one I made:
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I made a resource list for people served by my library that may be affected by the SNAP benefit suspension:
Resources for People affected by the SNAP Benefit Suspension — a staff-created list from Johnson County Library
A list of links to Food Pantries and other resources in and around Johnson County that may be able to provide assistance for people affected by the suspension of SNAP benefits in November.
Also inclu...
jocolibrary.bibliocommons.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Hey library folk libraries are often the first place people go to find out where they can get help. With the SNAP suspension looming creating a list of local food pantries and other organizations that may be able to assist is one way we can help out vulnerable patrons! This is one I made:
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"Yes, You Are the Literary Asshole If You Use AI to Edit Your Fiction" via @literaryhub.bsky.social
Yes, You Are the Literary Asshole If You Use AI to Edit Your Fiction
Hello all you gals and ghouls! Welcome back to internet’s spookiest advice column, Am I the Literary Asshole?, a place where the monster mash is not only a graveyard smash, but also a drunken good …
lithub.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"Yes, You Are the Literary Asshole If You Use AI to Edit Your Fiction" via @literaryhub.bsky.social
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans.
Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.
bookriot.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
A coalition of seven charitable organizations led by the Mellon Foundation plans to award at least $50 million to nonprofit literary organizations over the next five years through the Literary Arts Fund, a new initiative headed up by Jennifer Benka.
New Fund to Grant $50 Million to Literary Arts Orgs
A coalition of seven charitable organizations led by the Mellon Foundation plans to award at least $50 million to nonprofit literary organizations over the next five years through the Literary Arts…
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A coalition of seven charitable organizations led by the Mellon Foundation plans to award at least $50 million to nonprofit literary organizations over the next five years through the Literary Arts Fund, a new initiative headed up by Jennifer Benka.
“Hard to see one of the network’s smartest fully leaving and not think it’s related to Bari.” - (Poynter)
#journalism
#journalism
Bari Weiss’s CBS era begins with the loss of one of the network’s top journalists - Poynter
John Dickerson’s 16-year run at CBS spanned nearly every major role in the newsroom. His exit has deepened unease among colleagues.
www.poynter.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“Hard to see one of the network’s smartest fully leaving and not think it’s related to Bari.” - (Poynter)
#journalism
#journalism
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Marking the organization's first new prize announcement since 2005, the Children’s Booker Prize will be administered annually from 2027 for a work of fiction aimed at readers ages eight to 12 and published in the U.K. or Ireland. The £50,000 award will be co-judged by a panel of children and adults.
Booker Foundation Announces Children’s Prize
Marking the organization's first new prize announcement since 2005, the Children's Booker Prize will be administered annually from 2027 on for a work of fiction aimed at readers eight-12 and…
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Marking the organization's first new prize announcement since 2005, the Children’s Booker Prize will be administered annually from 2027 for a work of fiction aimed at readers ages eight to 12 and published in the U.K. or Ireland. The £50,000 award will be co-judged by a panel of children and adults.
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Thanks, @kishizuka.bsky.social for including me in this important conversation!
Teachers want to use diverse books in U.S. classrooms, according to national survey.
Thank you, @macappiello.bsky.social, Tonya Perry, @ncte.org, and teacher Rex Ovallie for speaking with me for this piece for @publisherswkly.bsky.social
Thank you, @macappiello.bsky.social, Tonya Perry, @ncte.org, and teacher Rex Ovallie for speaking with me for this piece for @publisherswkly.bsky.social
NCTE 2025: Teachers Want More Than the Same Old Books
A recent NCTE survey shows educators overwhelmingly value diverse literature—but need help getting it into classrooms.
www.publishersweekly.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thanks, @kishizuka.bsky.social for including me in this important conversation!
Another major industry player is expanding its reach to fill the void in getting books to libraries following the collapse of Baker & Taylor. (PW)
B&N Touts Library Services
Barnes & Noble is promoting its &Classwork e-commerce portal to libraries as another alternative to fill the void created by the shutdown of Baker & Taylor.
www.publishersweekly.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Another major industry player is expanding its reach to fill the void in getting books to libraries following the collapse of Baker & Taylor. (PW)