Kathleen McEvoy
@kmcevoy.bsky.social
Senior Policy Fellow, The EveryLibrary Institute—fighting book bans and censorship and supporting library professionals and providers.
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Kathleen McEvoy
@kmcevoy.bsky.social
· Jun 5
The Power of Long-Range Hope and Courage
Published: June 5, 2025Written by: Beth DoughertyWhile participating in a clinical trial, Kathleen McEvoy-Schufreider, a 60-year-old communications executive living in Haverhill, Mass., traveled to Da...
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Honored to be able to highlight the importance of scientific research to me personally at a time when I work to raise awareness of the threats to research freedoms and academic research for everyone.
I had an interesting conversation with bestselling author Karin Slaughter about her writing process, selling film and TV rights, genre, and how libraries and reading shaped her writing. #authorsky #writersky #writingcommunity #writingadvice #booksky #libraries
Karin Slaughter: Secrets, Lies, and North Falls
YouTube video by EveryLibrary
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August 25, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I had an interesting conversation with bestselling author Karin Slaughter about her writing process, selling film and TV rights, genre, and how libraries and reading shaped her writing. #authorsky #writersky #writingcommunity #writingadvice #booksky #libraries
Delighted to speak with bestselling author Karin Slaughter about writing, book bans, controversial topics, her characters, and her love of libraries. This was part in EveryLibrary Live as part of the Summer Reading Series.
“I’m from the Billy Wilder school of writing.” #BookSky #writing
“I’m from the Billy Wilder school of writing.” #BookSky #writing
August 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This is a great conversation with Gary Price @infodocket.bsky.social from @chashub.bsky.social. He is such a wealth of information about #libraries #informationaccess #AItools and #research. I always learn something new whenever we speak. youtu.be/fC4tM3ll8uQ
A Conversation with Gary Price, Editor, LJ’s InfoDOCKET and ARL Day in Review
YouTube video by Charleston Hub
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July 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
This is a great conversation with Gary Price @infodocket.bsky.social from @chashub.bsky.social. He is such a wealth of information about #libraries #informationaccess #AItools and #research. I always learn something new whenever we speak. youtu.be/fC4tM3ll8uQ
Reposted by Kathleen McEvoy
Stay alert for HR 7661!
This horrible book banning bill has been brewing in the House. Please call your reps to make sure they know about it, and to make sure it doesn't get snuck into any wild-ass omnibus bills.
And thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social for the graphic encapsulating the bill
This horrible book banning bill has been brewing in the House. Please call your reps to make sure they know about it, and to make sure it doesn't get snuck into any wild-ass omnibus bills.
And thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social for the graphic encapsulating the bill
May 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Stay alert for HR 7661!
This horrible book banning bill has been brewing in the House. Please call your reps to make sure they know about it, and to make sure it doesn't get snuck into any wild-ass omnibus bills.
And thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social for the graphic encapsulating the bill
This horrible book banning bill has been brewing in the House. Please call your reps to make sure they know about it, and to make sure it doesn't get snuck into any wild-ass omnibus bills.
And thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social for the graphic encapsulating the bill
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#libraries #librarysupporter #librarylover #books #booksky #readers #writers #publishers
The shirt is the part you wear. EveryLibrary is the part that fights.
Help fund the fight.
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May 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Become a monthly EveryLibrary donor & pick a shirt that best describes your devotion.
The shirt is the part you wear. EveryLibrary is the part that fights.
Help fund the fight.
www.everylibrary.org/tshirt
#libraries #librarysupporter #librarylover #books #booksky #readers #writers #publishers
The shirt is the part you wear. EveryLibrary is the part that fights.
Help fund the fight.
www.everylibrary.org/tshirt
#libraries #librarysupporter #librarylover #books #booksky #readers #writers #publishers
It’s time to step up for your community, for your libraries, for yourself. #ReadLeadRun
@everylibrary.bsky.social
@everylibrary.bsky.social
70% of elected offices run unopposed. Let's elect readers! Run for office! Find out more at ReadLeadRun.org
#NationalLibraryWeek #library #libraries #librarianship #Read #Reading
#NationalLibraryWeek #library #libraries #librarianship #Read #Reading
April 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
It’s time to step up for your community, for your libraries, for yourself. #ReadLeadRun
@everylibrary.bsky.social
@everylibrary.bsky.social
How would you hide your TBR pile?
Help us build support for #books, #libraries, #librarians, and all #readers.
#BookSky @everylibrary.bsky.social
#HidemyTBRLike
Help us build support for #books, #libraries, #librarians, and all #readers.
#BookSky @everylibrary.bsky.social
#HidemyTBRLike
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than RFK hides a bear carcass #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @acyn.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @acyn.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
buff.ly
April 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
How would you hide your TBR pile?
Help us build support for #books, #libraries, #librarians, and all #readers.
#BookSky @everylibrary.bsky.social
#HidemyTBRLike
Help us build support for #books, #libraries, #librarians, and all #readers.
#BookSky @everylibrary.bsky.social
#HidemyTBRLike
Help us get the word out to protect your summer reads and all books. #BookSky @everylibrary.bsky.social
First, they come for the books; next, they come for your beach reads.
Protect your summer reading list from the Federal Government.
Sign the petition against the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #politics #breakingnews #author #government
Protect your summer reading list from the Federal Government.
Sign the petition against the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #politics #breakingnews #author #government
PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
buff.ly
April 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Help us get the word out to protect your summer reads and all books. #BookSky @everylibrary.bsky.social
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than George Santos's campaign finances #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @meidastouch.com @atrupar.com @maddow.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @meidastouch.com @atrupar.com @maddow.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
buff.ly
April 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Reposted by Kathleen McEvoy
25,000 Americans have signed the petition against the Federal Book Ban Bill!
Were you one of them?
Sign today and don't let the Federal Government ban books in your local library!
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #politics #breakingnews #author #authors #government
Were you one of them?
Sign today and don't let the Federal Government ban books in your local library!
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #politics #breakingnews #author #authors #government
PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
buff.ly
April 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
25,000 Americans have signed the petition against the Federal Book Ban Bill!
Were you one of them?
Sign today and don't let the Federal Government ban books in your local library!
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #politics #breakingnews #author #authors #government
Were you one of them?
Sign today and don't let the Federal Government ban books in your local library!
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #politics #breakingnews #author #authors #government
Reposted by Kathleen McEvoy
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than George Santos's campaign finances #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @meidastouch.com @atrupar.com @maddow.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @meidastouch.com @atrupar.com @maddow.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
buff.ly
April 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than George Santos's campaign finances #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @meidastouch.com @atrupar.com @maddow.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @meidastouch.com @atrupar.com @maddow.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
Reposted by Kathleen McEvoy
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than RFK hides a bear carcass #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @acyn.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @acyn.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
buff.ly
April 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than RFK hides a bear carcass #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @acyn.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @acyn.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
Reposted by Kathleen McEvoy
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than Carmen Sandiego. #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #read #reading #book #books #authors #author
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #read #reading #book #books #authors #author
PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
buff.ly
April 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than Carmen Sandiego. #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #read #reading #book #books #authors #author
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #read #reading #book #books #authors #author
Reposted by Kathleen McEvoy
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than Jimmy Hoffa's body #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #read #reading #book #books #authors #author
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #read #reading #book #books #authors #author
PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
buff.ly
April 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than Jimmy Hoffa's body #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #read #reading #book #books #authors #author
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE #library #read #reading #book #books #authors #author
Reposted by Kathleen McEvoy
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than treasure in The Goonies. #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @georgetakei.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @georgetakei.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social
PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
buff.ly
April 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
If the Feds start banning books, I’m hiding my TBR pile better than treasure in The Goonies. #HideMyTBRLike
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @georgetakei.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social
How would you hide yours?
Sign the petition and stop the Federal Book Ban Bill.
buff.ly/W1YsomE @georgetakei.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social
Reposted by Kathleen McEvoy
Last year, @leah-hinds.bsky.social, Executive Director of the Charleston Hub, organized a panel in Berlin to discuss: “Defending Scholarship in a time of Political Pressure.”
A new paper summarizes the discussion: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... (🧵1/4)
A new paper summarizes the discussion: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... (🧵1/4)
Libraries on Fire
Leah Hinds, Executive Director of the Charleston Hub, organised a panel in Berlin to discuss: “Defending Scholarship in a time of Political Pressure”. In her introductory remarks, she explained the pu...
www.degruyterbrill.com
March 25, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Last year, @leah-hinds.bsky.social, Executive Director of the Charleston Hub, organized a panel in Berlin to discuss: “Defending Scholarship in a time of Political Pressure.”
A new paper summarizes the discussion: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... (🧵1/4)
A new paper summarizes the discussion: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... (🧵1/4)
Reposted by Kathleen McEvoy
Library users certainly save lots of money by borrowing items, taking free online classes, and attending fascinating events, but that’s far from all.
action.everylibrary.org/unexpected_w...
action.everylibrary.org/unexpected_w...
Unexpected Ways Libraries Save People Money
Unexpected Ways Libraries Save People Money
action.everylibrary.org
March 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Library users certainly save lots of money by borrowing items, taking free online classes, and attending fascinating events, but that’s far from all.
action.everylibrary.org/unexpected_w...
action.everylibrary.org/unexpected_w...
Reposted by Kathleen McEvoy
We are so thankful to @PBS Independent Lens for supporting our film and proud to say it is airing on PBS starting Monday at 12 ET streaming or airing on your local PBS on Independent Lens. We are so proud of this film and the advocates in it. 💕📚Please tune in!
February 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
We are so thankful to @PBS Independent Lens for supporting our film and proud to say it is airing on PBS starting Monday at 12 ET streaming or airing on your local PBS on Independent Lens. We are so proud of this film and the advocates in it. 💕📚Please tune in!
I am honored to have been interviewed by Meg White as part of the Charleston Leadership Interview Series about my work on behalf of #libraries and #academiclibraries for @everylibrary.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2f...
A Conversation with Kathleen McEvoy, Senior Policy Fellow, EveryLibrary Institute
YouTube video by Charleston Hub
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I am honored to have been interviewed by Meg White as part of the Charleston Leadership Interview Series about my work on behalf of #libraries and #academiclibraries for @everylibrary.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2f...
I’m excited to have my post be among the top ten most read Medium articles from @everylibrary.bsky.social.
Read “Surrounded by Chaos? Maybe It’s Time to Mug Up” and the other 2025 favorites. Follow, and consider supporting, EveryLibrary to help libraries and librarians. medium.com/everylibrary...
Read “Surrounded by Chaos? Maybe It’s Time to Mug Up” and the other 2025 favorites. Follow, and consider supporting, EveryLibrary to help libraries and librarians. medium.com/everylibrary...
EveryLibrary’s 10 Most-Read Stories of 2025
From crayons to courtrooms — why libraries matter more than ever
medium.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I’m excited to have my post be among the top ten most read Medium articles from @everylibrary.bsky.social.
Read “Surrounded by Chaos? Maybe It’s Time to Mug Up” and the other 2025 favorites. Follow, and consider supporting, EveryLibrary to help libraries and librarians. medium.com/everylibrary...
Read “Surrounded by Chaos? Maybe It’s Time to Mug Up” and the other 2025 favorites. Follow, and consider supporting, EveryLibrary to help libraries and librarians. medium.com/everylibrary...
Reposted by Kathleen McEvoy
Questions explored: If we are undergoing so much change in our ecosystem — content, research, students — what would we stick with? What would we leave behind?
Instead of duck and cover — is this an opportunity to create a system to make things better?
#chsconf2025
Instead of duck and cover — is this an opportunity to create a system to make things better?
#chsconf2025
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Questions explored: If we are undergoing so much change in our ecosystem — content, research, students — what would we stick with? What would we leave behind?
Instead of duck and cover — is this an opportunity to create a system to make things better?
#chsconf2025
Instead of duck and cover — is this an opportunity to create a system to make things better?
#chsconf2025
Such a great opportunity to start an important conversation about the future of research, librarianship, library technology, and scholarly publishing.
“Nobody’s who’s ever won a debate has changed a mind. It’s giving people a golden bridge to walk things back. It’s about asking questions to seek common ground” @kmcevoy.bsky.social
From the session: “Twenty Percent of an Idea.”
#chaconf2025
From the session: “Twenty Percent of an Idea.”
#chaconf2025
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Such a great opportunity to start an important conversation about the future of research, librarianship, library technology, and scholarly publishing.
I saw this documentary at an @everylibrary.bsky.social hosted screening in June and I still think about it. Powerful, Insightful, Alarming.
As book banning sweeps across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, brave librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy. A film by Kim A. Snyder.
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
September 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I saw this documentary at an @everylibrary.bsky.social hosted screening in June and I still think about it. Powerful, Insightful, Alarming.
I don’t just support libraries, academic institutions, research, & science because of my advocacy work with @everylibrary.bsky.social, I am here because of scientific research, clinical trials, and the ongoing care I receive at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital.
Breast Cancer Patient Benefits from Two Clinical Trials
YouTube video by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
youtube.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I don’t just support libraries, academic institutions, research, & science because of my advocacy work with @everylibrary.bsky.social, I am here because of scientific research, clinical trials, and the ongoing care I receive at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital.
Happy to be in Berlin to #defendresearch and to be speaking about scholarship at #charlestoninbetween. @chashub.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happy to be in Berlin to #defendresearch and to be speaking about scholarship at #charlestoninbetween. @chashub.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social