Nedda Ahmed
@neddaahmed.bsky.social
Unrepentant Book Pusher. Film & Media Studies Librarian. Food enthusiast. Nerd.
Dear @ebsco.bsky.social the new database interface is, in a word, awful. Exhibit A: WHY did you replace the easily understandable publication format icons with these nonsense images that make it HARDER for users to scan a list of results & see what's what??? #ebscohno Pls say this is being fixed???
May 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Dear @ebsco.bsky.social the new database interface is, in a word, awful. Exhibit A: WHY did you replace the easily understandable publication format icons with these nonsense images that make it HARDER for users to scan a list of results & see what's what??? #ebscohno Pls say this is being fixed???
Great book jacket? Or GREATEST book jacket? 🤔
March 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Great book jacket? Or GREATEST book jacket? 🤔
This week’s audiobook + book-book reading. Both are super fun & highly entertaining. An excellent diversion from [waves hand around] all this. #readmore #readingisfundamental
February 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This week’s audiobook + book-book reading. Both are super fun & highly entertaining. An excellent diversion from [waves hand around] all this. #readmore #readingisfundamental
Current reads… and a confession: gave up on Orbital 1/4 through… I almost never quit a book, but I need audiobooks that help keep me motivated to do my morning walks and… Orbital wasn’t doin’ it. #readingisfundamental #readmore
January 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Current reads… and a confession: gave up on Orbital 1/4 through… I almost never quit a book, but I need audiobooks that help keep me motivated to do my morning walks and… Orbital wasn’t doin’ it. #readingisfundamental #readmore
L➡️R: just finished; now listening; now reading. Hope I can finish Thursday Murder Club before the film comes out…
#readingisfundamental #readmore #whatimreading
#readingisfundamental #readmore #whatimreading
January 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
L➡️R: just finished; now listening; now reading. Hope I can finish Thursday Murder Club before the film comes out…
#readingisfundamental #readmore #whatimreading
#readingisfundamental #readmore #whatimreading
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These are very good suggestions, but a few key ones are missing: attend library board mtgs and speak in favor (many are on zoom), donate $, and vote for measures and bonds to increase funding. Patrons have real power. Don't let a handful of bigots destroy your library.
One thing before tomorrow:
Use your local libraries.
Get your card.
Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.
Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).
Attend promoted activities.
Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.
Tell your kids that libraries are good.
They are.
📚
Use your local libraries.
Get your card.
Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.
Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).
Attend promoted activities.
Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.
Tell your kids that libraries are good.
They are.
📚
January 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
These are very good suggestions, but a few key ones are missing: attend library board mtgs and speak in favor (many are on zoom), donate $, and vote for measures and bonds to increase funding. Patrons have real power. Don't let a handful of bigots destroy your library.
January 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
On the bookshelf this week…
Last week I finished Dr. No, another highly enjoyable Percival Everett novel that I highly recommend to all friends working in academia.
Last week I finished Dr. No, another highly enjoyable Percival Everett novel that I highly recommend to all friends working in academia.
January 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
On the bookshelf this week…
Last week I finished Dr. No, another highly enjoyable Percival Everett novel that I highly recommend to all friends working in academia.
Last week I finished Dr. No, another highly enjoyable Percival Everett novel that I highly recommend to all friends working in academia.
Current reading (ears+eyes). #whatimreadingthisweek #readingisfundamental
December 31, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Current reading (ears+eyes). #whatimreadingthisweek #readingisfundamental
This week’s reading (audio and eyeball). My first time reading Ballard, but Pratchett is a long-standing favorite. (so glad audiobooks of the Discworld series are finally on Libby!)
December 10, 2024 at 1:52 AM
This week’s reading (audio and eyeball). My first time reading Ballard, but Pratchett is a long-standing favorite. (so glad audiobooks of the Discworld series are finally on Libby!)
Sometimes grad students remember stuff. And other times you have to get things put on a cake. #filmtvlitindex #letthemeatcake
December 4, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Sometimes grad students remember stuff. And other times you have to get things put on a cake. #filmtvlitindex #letthemeatcake
Finished the last batch. What I’m reading now:
@scalzi.com Old Man’s War / @junodawson.bsky.social The Shadow Cabinet #currentlyreading #readingisfundamental
@scalzi.com Old Man’s War / @junodawson.bsky.social The Shadow Cabinet #currentlyreading #readingisfundamental
November 23, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Finished the last batch. What I’m reading now:
@scalzi.com Old Man’s War / @junodawson.bsky.social The Shadow Cabinet #currentlyreading #readingisfundamental
@scalzi.com Old Man’s War / @junodawson.bsky.social The Shadow Cabinet #currentlyreading #readingisfundamental
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If civil war breaks out, meet up at the library. They don’t know where that is.
November 20, 2024 at 8:02 PM
If civil war breaks out, meet up at the library. They don’t know where that is.
November 22, 2024 at 2:10 AM
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Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”
November 20, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”
I love talking to the youths about librarianship but boy oh boy does it make me feel old. Yesterday I mentioned that I worked in the slide library as an undergrad. That led to me having to explain "This was ye olde days before digital photography... so art history lectures relied on slides." 👵
November 21, 2024 at 5:58 PM
I love talking to the youths about librarianship but boy oh boy does it make me feel old. Yesterday I mentioned that I worked in the slide library as an undergrad. That led to me having to explain "This was ye olde days before digital photography... so art history lectures relied on slides." 👵
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21 days left to submit your proposals! Come to Atlanta in June 2025!
As you are readying your submissions to Console-ing Passions 2025 at GSU, take a look at the NYT "36 hours in Atlanta" feature.
Lots of recommendations in Summerhill (which is close to campus) for those who plan on staying downtown or in the dorms.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Lots of recommendations in Summerhill (which is close to campus) for those who plan on staying downtown or in the dorms.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
36 Hours in Atlanta
This Southern hub of creativity, nightlife and civil rights history is showing it has an outdoorsy side too, with the Beltline, a popular biking and walking path.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:57 PM
21 days left to submit your proposals! Come to Atlanta in June 2025!
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SCMS Board expresses concern over cuts at Academy Film Archive & Margaret Herrick Library. These cuts risk compromising film preservation, research, and documentation of Hollywood's history. We urge AMPAS to reaffirm its commitment to preserving global film history. Full letter: bit.ly/3OfUWX1
November 20, 2024 at 4:55 PM
SCMS Board expresses concern over cuts at Academy Film Archive & Margaret Herrick Library. These cuts risk compromising film preservation, research, and documentation of Hollywood's history. We urge AMPAS to reaffirm its commitment to preserving global film history. Full letter: bit.ly/3OfUWX1
Here for all your research and/or baking questions.
November 20, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Here for all your research and/or baking questions.