Anne Marie Gruber
@amhgruber.bsky.social
Public univ prof/librarian, mom, advocate. Trying to improve Iowa from the inside. I geek: open education, libraries, social justice, & homemade freezer meals.
If you have an internal job search candidate, they shouldn't be sent the other candidates' CVs and information. Just a basic privacy and search integrity thing, IMO.
March 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If you have an internal job search candidate, they shouldn't be sent the other candidates' CVs and information. Just a basic privacy and search integrity thing, IMO.
My spouse just got a recruitment email from an employer where he's applied 61 times. Oof...
March 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My spouse just got a recruitment email from an employer where he's applied 61 times. Oof...
Good news alert (we all need that right now)! UNI instructors saved our students more than $884,000 in textbook costs in 2024, an 81% increase from 2023. Keep it up, y'all! Leveling the playing field, one free textbook at a time. #TextbookEquity #OER guides.lib.uni.edu/oer
Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER) & Textbook Equity: Textbook Equity Basics
Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER) & Textbook Equity: Textbook Equity Basics
guides.lib.uni.edu
February 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Good news alert (we all need that right now)! UNI instructors saved our students more than $884,000 in textbook costs in 2024, an 81% increase from 2023. Keep it up, y'all! Leveling the playing field, one free textbook at a time. #TextbookEquity #OER guides.lib.uni.edu/oer
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Let's juxtapose that my Iowa hometown canceled an African American Read-In because administrators believed it ran afoul of Trump's anti-diversity e.o. and the state's "divisive concepts" law. A few days later white supremacists freely marched in the capitol. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...
Leaders: Patriot Front's hate has 'no place' in Iowa after white supremacists' march
Leaders from across the political spectrum condemned Patriot Front, after the white supremacist group marched Saturday in Des Moines' East Village.
www.desmoinesregister.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Let's juxtapose that my Iowa hometown canceled an African American Read-In because administrators believed it ran afoul of Trump's anti-diversity e.o. and the state's "divisive concepts" law. A few days later white supremacists freely marched in the capitol. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...
Can basically no longer include library ebooks in our textbook affordability strategy, which I'm sure is part of the point. Sigh...
Absolutely BONKERS announcement from ProQuest/Clarivate this morning. Our entire acquisitions strategy is being upended with this change. Fewer choices for content providers, fewer options for digital ownership, further erosion of the first sale doctrine, and MONOPOLIES ARE BAD FOR LIBRARIES!!!
February 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Can basically no longer include library ebooks in our textbook affordability strategy, which I'm sure is part of the point. Sigh...
Iowans! Report verified *Iowa-specific* impacts of federal staffing/budget cuts & policy changes. I can't do much but I can organize information. bit.ly/iowaimpacts
Iowa Impacts: Federal Funding/Staffing Cuts or Policies
This form collects information about the practical impacts on IOWA of federal funding & staffing cuts occuring during the Trump administration beginning in January 2025. Please submit only those impac...
bit.ly
February 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Iowans! Report verified *Iowa-specific* impacts of federal staffing/budget cuts & policy changes. I can't do much but I can organize information. bit.ly/iowaimpacts
#OER advocates, do you ever use the line of argument that #OER bypasses bookstores and the related frustrations (wrong book, wrong edition, not enough copies, etc.)? I don't want to be negative about a vendor, but I am feeling like this might be effective for some instructors. Thoughts?
January 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I will not practice anticipatory compliance. Does my job title have a DEI word in it that makes some people shudder? Yes. Am I changing it? Not unless forced. Honestly, if someone has a problem with making college textbooks affordable & available to all, they can shove it.
January 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I will not practice anticipatory compliance. Does my job title have a DEI word in it that makes some people shudder? Yes. Am I changing it? Not unless forced. Honestly, if someone has a problem with making college textbooks affordable & available to all, they can shove it.
@profmattdecarlo.bsky.social This is succinct & timely!
I was asked to write an Op Ed piece by @resprofnews.bsky.social on universities cancelling journal Big Deals:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
I was keen to stress that at least some of any savings must be used to support new, fairer models
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
I was keen to stress that at least some of any savings must be used to support new, fairer models
End of big deals is a chance to build a better publishing system - Research Professional News
Don’t waste a crisis—invest in more open and equitable business models, says David Prosser
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
@profmattdecarlo.bsky.social This is succinct & timely!
#Library colleagues, where is a good place to search for academic library *paraprofessional* positions that are 100% remote? @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social JobList doesn't seem to have a "remote" filter, nor does the @arlnews.bsky.social job list, unless I've missed something.
January 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#Library colleagues, where is a good place to search for academic library *paraprofessional* positions that are 100% remote? @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social JobList doesn't seem to have a "remote" filter, nor does the @arlnews.bsky.social job list, unless I've missed something.
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I am facilitating a Community of Practice for Nursing educators in Iowa who are interested in #OER this year & I cannot overstate how impactful it has been to have the OpenRN & OpenStax Nursing OER available to support them as they've begun exploring the relevance of #OpenEd for their teaching.
January 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If a #POC has applied for more than 60 jobs at one employer (a major local one so it's hard to ignore in the #JobSearch), does it say more about the candidate or the organization?
January 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If a #POC has applied for more than 60 jobs at one employer (a major local one so it's hard to ignore in the #JobSearch), does it say more about the candidate or the organization?
New article! "A Textbook Equity Student Advisory Board" has been published in the new issue of the Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education. Lead author, Karlee Colby, is a UNI alum and U of Iowa PhD student. #OER #TextbookEquity www.iastatedigitalpress.com/joerhe/artic...
A Textbook Equity Student Advisory Board
Engaging college students in advocacy related to open educational resources (OER) is an important way to raise awareness and encourage OER adoption on campuses in higher education. The student perspec...
www.iastatedigitalpress.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New article! "A Textbook Equity Student Advisory Board" has been published in the new issue of the Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education. Lead author, Karlee Colby, is a UNI alum and U of Iowa PhD student. #OER #TextbookEquity www.iastatedigitalpress.com/joerhe/artic...
Drop your favorite #JobSearch strategies here. Skip anything obvious. TIA!
December 8, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Drop your favorite #JobSearch strategies here. Skip anything obvious. TIA!
Working on a manuscript and recalling a 1991 gem I'm citing: One article noted childcare responsibilities [for faculty] as a barrier to scheduling teaching observations, listing it alongside hockey practice and nail appointments as “excuses [that] sprout like tropical undergrowth”. Reactions please!
December 5, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Working on a manuscript and recalling a 1991 gem I'm citing: One article noted childcare responsibilities [for faculty] as a barrier to scheduling teaching observations, listing it alongside hockey practice and nail appointments as “excuses [that] sprout like tropical undergrowth”. Reactions please!
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1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
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The US likes to pretend there's a neat line between education and childcare. Because that line allows us to justify paying for universal public education ("kids need it!") but not universal public childcare ("it's only for selfish or irresponsible moms!"). 1/
www.startribune.com/a-four-day-s...
www.startribune.com/a-four-day-s...
A four-day school week? More Minnesota school districts are giving it a look.
Proponents say the shortened week can lead to cost savings and make it easier to recruit teachers. But for some communities, concerns about childcare remain a barrier.
www.startribune.com
December 1, 2024 at 7:16 PM
The US likes to pretend there's a neat line between education and childcare. Because that line allows us to justify paying for universal public education ("kids need it!") but not universal public childcare ("it's only for selfish or irresponsible moms!"). 1/
www.startribune.com/a-four-day-s...
www.startribune.com/a-four-day-s...
Another episode in the fun new series Sandwich Generation: My parents, who were unreachable during Hurricane Helene (they were ok & away from the storm's path), haven't provided a travel itinerary for their current trip. We had a conversation about why someone should get an itinerary. But nope.
November 30, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Another episode in the fun new series Sandwich Generation: My parents, who were unreachable during Hurricane Helene (they were ok & away from the storm's path), haven't provided a travel itinerary for their current trip. We had a conversation about why someone should get an itinerary. But nope.
Job search question: Is it appropriate to ask whether there is an internal/preferred candidate? If so, at what point should an applicant ask this? #JobSearch #Equity
November 29, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Job search question: Is it appropriate to ask whether there is an internal/preferred candidate? If so, at what point should an applicant ask this? #JobSearch #Equity
Support University of Northern Iowa's Textbook Equity initiative, which directly impacts student access to course materials. Special kudos to Advisory Board member Diana & all our student leaders in the initiative! #OER #AcademicSky give.uni.edu/schools/Univ...
Open Educational Resources
Join me in supporting UNI students and their greatest areas of need on #UNIGivingTuesday
give.uni.edu
November 27, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Support University of Northern Iowa's Textbook Equity initiative, which directly impacts student access to course materials. Special kudos to Advisory Board member Diana & all our student leaders in the initiative! #OER #AcademicSky give.uni.edu/schools/Univ...
If a responsible, talented BIPOC person with 3 degrees can't find a job that fits their skills for more than 10 years, who can help them?
November 23, 2024 at 7:31 PM
If a responsible, talented BIPOC person with 3 degrees can't find a job that fits their skills for more than 10 years, who can help them?
#Librarians are EBSCO databases out for anyone else? We're on day 2. Oof.
November 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
#Librarians are EBSCO databases out for anyone else? We're on day 2. Oof.
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We are living under the conditions of epistemological neoliberalism where each individual has to be their own gatekeeper and misinformation expert because most of the institutions that used to do that work have either failed or been destroyed.
after forcing election administrators to become misinformation experts, after forcing doctors to become misinformation experts, after forcing federal law enforcement officials to become misinformation experts...
"I’m trying to rescue my community. I ain’t got time. I ain’t got time to chase every Facebook rumor….We’ve been through enough."
New, from me: the far-right is forcing emergency responders to also become misinformation experts.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-hurrican...
New, from me: the far-right is forcing emergency responders to also become misinformation experts.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-hurrican...
October 7, 2024 at 1:52 PM
We are living under the conditions of epistemological neoliberalism where each individual has to be their own gatekeeper and misinformation expert because most of the institutions that used to do that work have either failed or been destroyed.
Today's research time includes paper copies of a 12-page mess of a lit review, making & revising a reverse outline, and silently cursing at my not-present but always loquacious co-author. Here's to @profmattdecarlo.bsky.social 😅
September 19, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Today's research time includes paper copies of a 12-page mess of a lit review, making & revising a reverse outline, and silently cursing at my not-present but always loquacious co-author. Here's to @profmattdecarlo.bsky.social 😅
APA Style page ( apastyle.apa.org ) appears to be down. Just me? If it's too much longer, I gotta quit for the day!
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September 17, 2024 at 1:21 PM
APA Style page ( apastyle.apa.org ) appears to be down. Just me? If it's too much longer, I gotta quit for the day!