Xan Arch
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Xan Arch
@xanarch.bsky.social
Library dean, Portland State
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Career Advice | Hiring Leaders Equitably and Effectively

Borbala Csillag, Philip Mote, Tenisha Tevis and Qi Zhang offer research-based advice for overcoming biases and focusing on behavioral competencies in hiring. https://bit.ly/483wN0p

#AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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We’re opening Bethanie’s Room, a shelter to provide safety and care for 75 women each night. We must raise $250,000 for renovations and staffing. This week, your gift will be matched up to $20,000 thanks to generous donors, doubling your impact! https://blanchethouse.app.neoncrm.com/forms/48
August 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Last chance for Search Advocate workshops before the program closes! hr.oregonstate.edu/search-advoc...
Search Advocate Workshops | Office of University Human Resources
hr.oregonstate.edu
July 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Did you know that you don't have to be a student to take advantage of some college library's resources?
The Library in the Heart of Your Community That You Might Be Underutilizing
Did you know that some college libraries don't require you to be a student to take advantage of their resources?
buff.ly
July 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Is NCORE gone? 😩 It’s listed under “previous communities” with a 2025 end date: swchrs.ou.edu
Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies (SWCHRS) > Home
swchrs.ou.edu
July 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The search advocate program was one of the best professional development programs I have ever participated in. As a @oregonstate.edu alum, this bums me out.
July 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I'm proud to have successfully defended my dissertation last month, but sad to hear about the "sunsetting" of the OSU search advocate program. I hope there is a way to retain and grow a national community of practice. commons.pacificu.edu/work/sc/7b6c...
Search Advocates: Analyzing the Experience of the Emerging Role - CommonKnowledge
University hiring processes often uncritically reproduce societal biases, affecting not only hiring outcomes but the interactional dynamics of hiring commi...
commons.pacificu.edu
July 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
More neighborhood art - “Any amount of love given will never be love wasted.”
April 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's PSU Day of Giving this week! It's been a wild ride since I started last fall and I'm excited for our new directions.

giving.psuf.org/schools/Port...

giving.psuf.org/schools/Port...
Library Fund
It's PSU Day of Giving—join me to make a lasting impact for students and programs at Portland State.
giving.psuf.org
April 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The latest on potential Oregon impacts - OBOB has been a great way for my kids to encounter different perspectives. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Trump just gutted a tiny federal agency that supports libraries. Here’s what it means for Oregon
The Institute of Library and Museum Sciences supported libraries and literacy programs across the country, including the long-running Oregon Battle of the Books for students in the state.
www.oregonlive.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It’s hard to see not only these cancellations but the celebratory tone.
Here are just a few of the IMLS grants cancelled by DOGE today. I’m sorry for everyone involved in a grant that got illegally terminated today.
April 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Made it to #acrl2025! The program feels like it reflects library issues from a year (or a lifetime) ago, so I’m hoping for informal spaces to discuss everything that’s going on now.
April 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
State library funding through IMLS benefits academic libraries too - Answerland is a beloved service and an important source of research support. library.pdx.edu/news/answerl...
PSU Library Partnership with Answerland - Portland State University Library
One of the ways that PSU Library supports students, faculty, and staff is through 24/7 online chat reference. This online service is staffed by folks at PSU Library during typical business hours and i...
library.pdx.edu
April 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I’m grateful for Rep. Bonamici’s leadership on this letter and it’s time to start calling: www.congressweb.com/aam/97/
Urge House Members to Sign Letter Supporting IMLS
Representatives Dina Titus (NV-01) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) are circulating a letter for other members of the House of Representatives to sign onto asking the Administration to reconsider the exec...
www.congressweb.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The calm before the wild weather forecasted for tonight. There’s already lots of flotsam and velella velella washed up on the beach.
March 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is such a loss. The collection grants were an important way to add library resources on health equity topics.
we just lost all 7 of our Network of National Library of Medicine, Region 5 (NNLM) library workers.

the grant that covered their salaries was terminated.

this is heartbreaking and demoralizing.
March 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A surprise literary gift on the telephone pole outside the house - “It’s a miracle to realize somebody loves you. - James Baldwin”
March 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Trying to increase my giving while everything is so chaotic - March will be blood 🩸 and time (blanchethouse.org)
Blanchet House
Blanchet House is a nonprofit organization in Portland, OR, offering food, clothing, and life-saving shelter and residential programs.
blanchethouse.org
February 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It’s been interesting to watch my favorite institutions respond, from former workplaces to my alma mater. I appreciate this statement from PSU today www.pdx.edu/president/bl...
New campus resource, same campus values | Portland State University
www.pdx.edu
February 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Shared by a colleague and so helpful as information sharing is starting to feel insufficient: millionexperiments.com/zines/making...
Making A Plan
"It is my hope that this tool in process, which benefited from the input of many seasoned activists, helps you to connect the personal to the political. I hope that this offers the beginning of a brid...
millionexperiments.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
My valentines weekend community service ❤️
In honor of Dr. #MLK birthday consider doing a simple but meaningful community service by writing a letter to help fight loneliness in our elder community.
Love for our Elders provides a list of elders every month to send letters. #communityservice
loveforourelders.org/letter-reque...
February 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Join us on Thursday, Feb. 13 as we host a discussion with organizations that are helping lead the efforts to preserve the public’s data.
Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it and learn how you can help.
Since the start of the new Trump administration, hundreds of federal data sets and government websites have gone offline without warning, sometimes returning with major changes and sometimes not…
www.muckrock.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Important thread. Read to the end. “The goal is to destroy US universities. ⬇️
February 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM