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cataloging librarian. cat mother. information access is a right.
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
This firing follows a pattern of targeting library and information leaders in nonpartisan positions. Congress MUST show up for its library and intervene.

Read ALA President Cindy Hohl's full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05... #ForOurLibraries 2/2
"The Trump Administration's unlawful removal of the Register of Copyrights follows a pattern of targeting library and information leaders in nonpartisan positions. Congress must stand up for its Library and intervene to counter this dangerous campaign to weaken institutional knowledge and professionalism." - ALA President Cindy Hohl.
May 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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mrose.ink
Our statement on the "firing" of the Register of Copyrights and the termination of Dr Carla Hayden.
Public Knowledge Condemns President Trump’s Lawless Assault on Copyright Office, Baseless Termination of Librarian of Congress
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
publicknowledge.org
May 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
s1mulat1onswarm.bsky.social
graduated with my Master of Science in Library Science last week 💙💙

I begin my career as a cataloger for a special collections library in a few weeks!!
May 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
s1mulat1onswarm.bsky.social
just followed a bunch of people because y'all seem so cool!!
April 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically. www.salon.com/2025/03/30/r...

Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
"Reading builds empathy": The case for saving America's libraries
America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically.
www.salon.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
More from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl: "By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially."

Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

Take action: ala.org/showup
White House "cutting off opportunity" for Americans as administration cuts IMLS staff. American Library Association, Show Up for Our Libraries. “Whether on a campus, in the neighborhood, on a military base or elsewhere, libraries mean opportunity for everyone in our communities. By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially. “Congress created IMLS by law, with bipartisan support. Republican and Democratic Presidents signed those laws, including President Trump in 2018. Any significant reductions to the IMLS’ small and talented workforce would undermine the agency’s ability to carry out that law. “To the dedicated staff of IMLS, you have the full support of ALA. We thank you for your service to America’s libraries. We are exploring all possible policy and legal responses to this order, and we promise to mobilize library supporters nationwide to return you to the vital work entrusted to you." ALA President Cindy Hohl
March 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
s1mulat1onswarm.bsky.social
Equitable access to information is a HUMAN RIGHT.

Libraries and museums are vital institutions.

Trump & republicans want an uneducated populace (because it's easier to quell dissent that way).

This is yet another attack by the Trump admin on the rights of all who call the US home.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Mar 31
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.

They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
March 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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lwilcox.bsky.social
The first warm weekend of spring does simply incomparable things to my serotonin
March 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
s1mulat1onswarm.bsky.social
my dream is to go to @rarebookschool.bsky.social someday.

I start my new job in June, so this summer isn't ideal!!

but next summer 👀👀👀 #fingerscrossed
March 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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heykellyjensen.bsky.social
When the crucial library services funded by IMLS are gone shortly, no library can play the "neutral" card anymore, no matter how much they've stuck their feet in the mud about it.

Libraries need to be clear and precise why these services are gone: Presidential orders.
March 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
Good news from Colorado: A U.S. District Judge ordered a school district to restore library books they banned by next week, prohibiting the district from further restrictions on access to books that the school board objects to politically.
#UniteAgainstBookBans

www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...
Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries
The order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.”
www.denverpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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rarebookschool.bsky.social
RBS acknowledges and affirms the importance of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in supporting the programs and services that help make libraries a vital part of our communities, and we urge its continued funding from the federal government.
A square graphic depicts a close-up photo of the spines of old books on a shelf. Some of the books have colored slips of paper sticking out of their tops. Overlaid on this picture is a white rectangle with black text on it, reading “The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is the primary source of federal support for the nation's libraries and museums; its funding helps public, school, and academic libraries deliver services that enable libraries and communities to thrive. RBS acknowledges and affirms the importance of IMLS in supporting the programs and services that help make libraries a vital part of our communities, and we urge its continued funding from the federal government.”
March 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.

Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
ALA response to White House assault on IMLS To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities.  As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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edrabinski.bsky.social
The library and the post office are the only two systems we have that circulate things widely and to everyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. The library is the only one that, for now, is not forced to pay for itself at point of sale. Attacks on IMLS are attacks on every one of us.
March 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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March 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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thisone0verhere.bsky.social
Everybody has a plan until a cat falls asleep in their lap
March 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
s1mulat1onswarm.bsky.social
fave music rn:

top 5 albums
- windswept adan & luminescent creatures, ichiko aoba
- saya, saya gray
- MAGDALENE, FKA twigs
- Passional Relations EP, Big Thief

top 5 songs
- Pilgrimage, Ichiko Aoba
- mary magdalene, FKA twigs
- Imagination, Big Thief
- Take It, Kathryn Mohr
- Party, Daughter
March 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
reminding myself endlessly that they hate education so much because it’s good and important
March 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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librarianjones.com
Help public libraries today by:
✅ Downloading an ebook
✅ Registering for a program
✅ Sharing a post from your library
✅ Emailing staff and thanking them
✅ Mark your calendar to attend the next library board of control meeting
✅ Ask 5 friends to do the same
February 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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leahgreenberg.bsky.social
the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
A screenshot of an email notifying Spotsylvania parents that funding for a program for youth with disabilities has been canceled
February 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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ankahajkova.bsky.social
#OTD in 1928 in Hellenthal, a German Jewish girl was born, Margot Heumann. As a teenager, she was deported to Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Neuengamme, and Bergen Belsen. To this date, she is the only Jewish Holocaust survivor who bore testimony about her queerness.
Margot as a passport photo of four with hair in piggy tails. She smiles lightly and looks unafraid.
February 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
s1mulat1onswarm.bsky.social
I am NOT ALLOWED to listen to sadness as a gift by adrianne lenker
February 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM