ALA President Cindy Hohl: "The American Library Association thanks the Senators for their long-standing support for IMLS and for acting on a conviction that the vast majority of Americans share: libraries are indispensable to their communities."

Take action now: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes

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Issuing a #BookChallenge to the world asking not to challenge books!

Decide not to read books in your own homes, it’s a decision between library grown-ups & library kids. Allow books to be books on bookshelves to show one they belong 💛

Every book isn’t for everyone, but every book is for someone ✨

‼️‼️‼️ as a former big bookstore chain bookseller and future librarian I am very invested in this take and hope we see it happen!

Still trying to understand all of this but hi, I’m Brittany. I love books, just graduated with my masters in library science, planning a wedding, passionate about crab rangoon, and about to start my journey as a children’s librarian. (Not in that order? Or maybe exactly in that order?) 👋🏻

For Booksky 📚

✅ Bookshop.org: every purchase supports local independent bookstores.

❌ Kindle: owned by Amazon.

✅ Public Libraries: (cannot recommend this enough!!) free audiobooks, apps, media (like NYT), books, ebooks, and more.

For Booksky 📚

❌ Goodreads: owned by Amazon.

✅ StoryGraph: black woman-owned, inclusive, has mood based recommendations!

❌ Audible: owned by Amazon.

✅ Libro.fm: supports local books stores.

Ok #booksky, let’s talk.

👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.

👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!

I went from graduating with my MLS and 0 job interviews to getting 3 interview offers in the span of 24 hours a week after graduation. So this is me begging for tips and advice for various library positions (public services librarian, assistant librarian -programming / children’s services). Thanks 😅

That one time last week when I was going through the stacks at the library I work at and found these gems inside a @maureenjohnsonbooks.com book! @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social

Today I helped sort letters to Santa and the whiplash I got from one kid asking to get to see their grandparents more to then a letter from a kid wanting a real life arctic fox for Christmas…man I love kids. Those endearing little weirdos.