jessamyn
@librarian.bsky.social
Vermont librarian. Technology hobbyist. I love the post office. Fix your hearts. Live in hope if you can.
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@librarian.bsky.social
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Hello I'm Jessamyn #librarian owner of librarian.net and a few other websites you might know. New pinned post for Spring.
I'm on Mastodon at glammr.us/@jessamyn
My reading list jessamyn.info/booklist
I work for the Flickr Foundation and do a lot of #Vermont and library civics stuff. Hello!
I'm on Mastodon at glammr.us/@jessamyn
My reading list jessamyn.info/booklist
I work for the Flickr Foundation and do a lot of #Vermont and library civics stuff. Hello!
This is a nice story about how libraries change lives.
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is a nice story about how libraries change lives.
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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If you're looking for a group of library workers who understand the power of labor organizing, social justice, & anti-racism, consider applying for the Library Freedom Institute. It's a 15-week program in privacy, intellectual freedom, & critical technology. libraryfreedom.org/institute/
Institute – Library Freedom Project
libraryfreedom.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you're looking for a group of library workers who understand the power of labor organizing, social justice, & anti-racism, consider applying for the Library Freedom Institute. It's a 15-week program in privacy, intellectual freedom, & critical technology. libraryfreedom.org/institute/
The Grokipedia article about me omits my middle name which is Charity. It also calls me a rabble-rouser which is a phrase not in my Wikipedia article. So on balance, okay?
I am kidding, it is not at all okay. But I had a fun 10 minutes reading it and being mad.
I am kidding, it is not at all okay. But I had a fun 10 minutes reading it and being mad.
October 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Grokipedia article about me omits my middle name which is Charity. It also calls me a rabble-rouser which is a phrase not in my Wikipedia article. So on balance, okay?
I am kidding, it is not at all okay. But I had a fun 10 minutes reading it and being mad.
I am kidding, it is not at all okay. But I had a fun 10 minutes reading it and being mad.
Librarians or others, would you like a helpful one-pager zine that you can print to let people know how to report ICE?
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
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Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
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SALUTE zines **BE SURE TO PRINT AT 100%!** - Google Drive
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October 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Librarians or others, would you like a helpful one-pager zine that you can print to let people know how to report ICE?
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
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Four.
1. Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro
2. Six Centuries of Type & Printing by Glenn Fleishman
3. Blades of Fury, Volume 1 by Emily Erdos and Deya Muniz
4. The Heist of Hollow London by Eddie Robson
1. Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro
2. Six Centuries of Type & Printing by Glenn Fleishman
3. Blades of Fury, Volume 1 by Emily Erdos and Deya Muniz
4. The Heist of Hollow London by Eddie Robson
Be honest. How many books are you in the middle of reading right now?
October 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Four.
1. Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro
2. Six Centuries of Type & Printing by Glenn Fleishman
3. Blades of Fury, Volume 1 by Emily Erdos and Deya Muniz
4. The Heist of Hollow London by Eddie Robson
1. Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro
2. Six Centuries of Type & Printing by Glenn Fleishman
3. Blades of Fury, Volume 1 by Emily Erdos and Deya Muniz
4. The Heist of Hollow London by Eddie Robson
We should all be so lucky to be memorialized like librarian Robert Resnik. May his memory be a blessing.
www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Life Story: Robert Resnik ‘Was a Loud Librarian’
For more than 50 years, the Burlington folk musician, award-winning DJ and librarian brought music to Vermonters’ lives.
www.sevendaysvt.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We should all be so lucky to be memorialized like librarian Robert Resnik. May his memory be a blessing.
www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
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"Cryptographic science, he argued, could not solve Kryptos — 'but library science could.'"
October 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Cryptographic science, he argued, could not solve Kryptos — 'but library science could.'"
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Are you considering seeking appointment or running for a seat on your local library board? Are you on the Left(s)? Apply to join FTP's Library Board Candidate cohort which will launch in Feb 2026: forms.gle/RuTxVLjvnX8K...
FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort
Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...
forms.gle
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Are you considering seeking appointment or running for a seat on your local library board? Are you on the Left(s)? Apply to join FTP's Library Board Candidate cohort which will launch in Feb 2026: forms.gle/RuTxVLjvnX8K...
Arthur Sze, the twenty-fifth US Poet Laureate, has written a poem about the Library of Congress. Oh my heart. 📚
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Library of Congress”
“Here’s a book / on neutrinos captured in Antarctica, / here’s another on solar flares.”
www.newyorker.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Arthur Sze, the twenty-fifth US Poet Laureate, has written a poem about the Library of Congress. Oh my heart. 📚
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
There is no such thing as a good book. Every book should find its readers and the canon is basically used to reinforce cultural hegemony to this day and it's a problem.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
There is no such thing as a good book. Every book should find its readers and the canon is basically used to reinforce cultural hegemony to this day and it's a problem.
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#AskAnArchivist Day is coming up this Thursday, October 16, and we want YOU to participate. Join SAA and archives across the country to promote the work of archives. Participate across social media, with #AskAnArchivist.
For more information, see our announcement: https://ow.ly/Hhr950X1LYR
For more information, see our announcement: https://ow.ly/Hhr950X1LYR
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#AskAnArchivist Day is coming up this Thursday, October 16, and we want YOU to participate. Join SAA and archives across the country to promote the work of archives. Participate across social media, with #AskAnArchivist.
For more information, see our announcement: https://ow.ly/Hhr950X1LYR
For more information, see our announcement: https://ow.ly/Hhr950X1LYR
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"The bathroom. It's... bad."
"The bathroom. It's... bad."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.
Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"The bathroom. It's... bad."
"The bathroom. It's... bad."
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relaxed saturday evening reading through "women designers of book plates (1902)" and flipped past a couple of beautiful professional designs only to see this perfect plate by a young Miss Page
October 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
relaxed saturday evening reading through "women designers of book plates (1902)" and flipped past a couple of beautiful professional designs only to see this perfect plate by a young Miss Page
A Banned Books Week love letter to libraries from blind/gay romance writer @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy
"Its only goal is to take the most valuable things in the world-stories, knowledge, ideas, a quiet place to think-& give them away for free"
sightlessscribbles.com/posts/202509...
"Its only goal is to take the most valuable things in the world-stories, knowledge, ideas, a quiet place to think-& give them away for free"
sightlessscribbles.com/posts/202509...
The Gospel of the Public Library, Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
sightlessscribbles.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A Banned Books Week love letter to libraries from blind/gay romance writer @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy
"Its only goal is to take the most valuable things in the world-stories, knowledge, ideas, a quiet place to think-& give them away for free"
sightlessscribbles.com/posts/202509...
"Its only goal is to take the most valuable things in the world-stories, knowledge, ideas, a quiet place to think-& give them away for free"
sightlessscribbles.com/posts/202509...
A Short Bright Flash by Theresa Levitt, a history of lighthouses and the way the Fresnel lens revolutionized all of it. More dramatic than you'd expect!
In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.
abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...
abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...
Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study
Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.
abcnews.go.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A Short Bright Flash by Theresa Levitt, a history of lighthouses and the way the Fresnel lens revolutionized all of it. More dramatic than you'd expect!
. @404media.co is investigating book bans. They could use your pointers on where to be looking. You can do it anonymously.
"We need help deciding... which school districts and cities to seek public records from and... where we should point our reporting efforts. "
www.404media.co/help-us-inve...
"We need help deciding... which school districts and cities to seek public records from and... where we should point our reporting efforts. "
www.404media.co/help-us-inve...
Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America
404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.
www.404media.co
October 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
. @404media.co is investigating book bans. They could use your pointers on where to be looking. You can do it anonymously.
"We need help deciding... which school districts and cities to seek public records from and... where we should point our reporting efforts. "
www.404media.co/help-us-inve...
"We need help deciding... which school districts and cities to seek public records from and... where we should point our reporting efforts. "
www.404media.co/help-us-inve...
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
Calais. Or if you're writing things down "creemee"
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Calais. Or if you're writing things down "creemee"
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New Blog Post.
Library of Congress & Flickr Commons: Analysis of user interactions on 40,000 images
thisismattmiller.com/post/lc-flic...
- Organizing 95K photo comments.
- Viewer to explore user georectified images
- Folksonomy tagging vs LCSH Vocabulary
- Placing into the Wiki* knowledge graph
Library of Congress & Flickr Commons: Analysis of user interactions on 40,000 images
thisismattmiller.com/post/lc-flic...
- Organizing 95K photo comments.
- Viewer to explore user georectified images
- Folksonomy tagging vs LCSH Vocabulary
- Placing into the Wiki* knowledge graph
LC & Flickr Commons
Library of Congress & Flickr Commons: Analysis of user interactions on 40,000 images.
thisismattmiller.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
New Blog Post.
Library of Congress & Flickr Commons: Analysis of user interactions on 40,000 images
thisismattmiller.com/post/lc-flic...
- Organizing 95K photo comments.
- Viewer to explore user georectified images
- Folksonomy tagging vs LCSH Vocabulary
- Placing into the Wiki* knowledge graph
Library of Congress & Flickr Commons: Analysis of user interactions on 40,000 images
thisismattmiller.com/post/lc-flic...
- Organizing 95K photo comments.
- Viewer to explore user georectified images
- Folksonomy tagging vs LCSH Vocabulary
- Placing into the Wiki* knowledge graph
Explain your username:
Jessamyn was taken. I am a librarian for a job and I use Bluesky slightly more for work stuff. I'm also on Mastodon at @jessamyn@glammr.us
Jessamyn was taken. I am a librarian for a job and I use Bluesky slightly more for work stuff. I'm also on Mastodon at @jessamyn@glammr.us
Explain your username:
My last name is Noe. My first name is Matthew.
People have made weird jokes about "Noe" (some haha cringe, some rude and bullying) my entire life.
I thought it was an amusing way to reclaim some of that back in 2008. And despite me not loving "Matt" it is pithier 🤷♂️
My last name is Noe. My first name is Matthew.
People have made weird jokes about "Noe" (some haha cringe, some rude and bullying) my entire life.
I thought it was an amusing way to reclaim some of that back in 2008. And despite me not loving "Matt" it is pithier 🤷♂️
Explain your username:
It's a line from Parks & Rec one of my fave shows. In that show, Leslie has an ongoing cold war with librarians. She calls them punk-ass book jockeys as she overturned a book cart and flees. I'm a librarian who is punk in spirit if not attire, so, yeah.
It's a line from Parks & Rec one of my fave shows. In that show, Leslie has an ongoing cold war with librarians. She calls them punk-ass book jockeys as she overturned a book cart and flees. I'm a librarian who is punk in spirit if not attire, so, yeah.
October 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Explain your username:
Jessamyn was taken. I am a librarian for a job and I use Bluesky slightly more for work stuff. I'm also on Mastodon at @jessamyn@glammr.us
Jessamyn was taken. I am a librarian for a job and I use Bluesky slightly more for work stuff. I'm also on Mastodon at @jessamyn@glammr.us
On this day where librarians consider the closing of Baker & Taylor, I would like to remind you that Sandy Berman still walks this earth and today is his birthday.
www.sanfordberman.org
www.sanfordberman.org
Welcome to the Sanford Berman website devoted to the work of librarian Sanford Berman who created an innovative, radical and inclusive catalog which used terms we use when looking for information instead of the 19th century language of the Library of Congress Subject Headings. Berman worked for the Hennepin County library from 1973 until 1999. Sandy continues to create subject headings and works for political and social justice.
www.sanfordberman.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
On this day where librarians consider the closing of Baker & Taylor, I would like to remind you that Sandy Berman still walks this earth and today is his birthday.
www.sanfordberman.org
www.sanfordberman.org
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Last week I was scheduled to give a presentation on grassroots activism at a university conference on censorship. That conference was censored to the point of being cancelled. So in honor of banned books week, here is some of the info I would have shared on fighting book bans at a local level:
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Last week I was scheduled to give a presentation on grassroots activism at a university conference on censorship. That conference was censored to the point of being cancelled. So in honor of banned books week, here is some of the info I would have shared on fighting book bans at a local level:
Reposted by jessamyn
Baker & Taylor appears to be shutting down. A post on the r/libraries subreddit from an employee of B&T breaks the news and there appear to be other employees in the comments confirming the situation.
From the Libraries community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the Libraries community
www.reddit.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Baker & Taylor appears to be shutting down. A post on the r/libraries subreddit from an employee of B&T breaks the news and there appear to be other employees in the comments confirming the situation.
"PEN America identified 2,520 book ban cases... out of those, only 3% of the bans were triggered by a law requiring the removal of a book—the rest, 97%—came from bans caused by the fear that districts had of being out of compliance" #DontComplyInAdvance
www.wordsandmoney.com/pen-america-...
www.wordsandmoney.com/pen-america-...
PEN America Report Finds the Battle Over Book Bans Has Entered an Alarming New Phase
“For many students, families, educators, librarians, and school districts, book banning is a new normal,” the report, 'Banned in the USA 2024-2025: The Normalization of Book Banning,' concludes.
www.wordsandmoney.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"PEN America identified 2,520 book ban cases... out of those, only 3% of the bans were triggered by a law requiring the removal of a book—the rest, 97%—came from bans caused by the fear that districts had of being out of compliance" #DontComplyInAdvance
www.wordsandmoney.com/pen-america-...
www.wordsandmoney.com/pen-america-...