Jamia Williams(she/her)
diversityfellow.bsky.social
Jamia Williams(she/her)
@diversityfellow.bsky.social
Black Librarian|Co-host of LibVoices| Passionate about anti-racism, health justice, wellness, solidarity, food, reading, music & life-long learning.| My views.
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Library Folks: A new article co-written by me dropped today - The Library is NOT for Everyone (Yet)
Disability, Accommodations, and Working in Libraries. I hope you will take a look 👀 crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
February 7, 2024 at 3:00 AM
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Do you know/Are you a PhD student who is publishing and is confused about Open Access and stressed about the enormous APC charges?

Well, I am both a librarian and PhD candidate who went through just that and I want to remind everyone that you can put a post-print in an institutional repository!
December 6, 2023 at 12:17 AM
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Sandy Littletree, @jmloyer.bsky.social and I are happy to share our new peer-reviewed, #DiamondOA article, "Information as a Relation: Defining Indigenous Information Literacy" in @jinfolit.bsky.social! Thanks to the librarians who participated in our research. Check it out: doi.org/10.11645/17....
December 5, 2023 at 8:56 PM
Tell Governor Hochul to Increase State Aid for Libraries! NYLA is asking our #LibraryAdvocates across the state to tell Governor Hochul that libraries need increased funding in this year's Executive Budget. Take ACTION today!
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December 6, 2023 at 1:54 AM
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Finished this book last night in preparation for the VibeCheck podcast and would like to thank the author for introducing me to the concept of poverty abolition🤯
Author Matthew Desmond will be joining VIBE CHECK very soon to discuss his brilliant new book POVERTY, BY AMERICA. Got any questions you’d like me to work into the conversation? Let me know!
November 12, 2023 at 5:18 PM
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In light of Florida libraries legislators joining the moral panic against Emily Drabinski and the American Library Association, I'm updating signatures on this letter again docs.google.com/document/d/1... 📚 Please join @librarian.bsky.social, ~2400 others, and me in sharing your support for Emily.
Letter of Support for Emily Drabinski
Letter of Support for Emily Drabinski This letter can be shared: https://bit.ly/emilydrabinski In light of the decision by the Montana State Library Commission (MSLC) to withdraw from the American Li...
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November 12, 2023 at 6:32 PM
Done!
The House is gearing up with a new bill to completely eradicate the NEH budget for FY 2024. Dang it! The National Humanities Alliance has created a form to make it easy to email your congressional rep to stop this bill before it comes to the floor: p2a.co/yqrC42g
URGENT: Oppose an Amendment to Eliminate Funding for the NEH
I just took action to oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Join me and take action here.
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November 3, 2023 at 12:01 AM
November 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM
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