Kimberly Hirsh
@kimberlyhirsh.com
Mom. Librarian. Small in stature, but not in spunk and a super-annoying know-it-all. 📚🌈♿
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Kimberly Hirsh
@kimberlyhirsh.com
· Nov 16
Hello friends! If you’re seeing this on BlueSky, that’s because my website automatically syndicates there. Your replies get piped back into me via Micro.blog but I only see likes when I actually log in to BlueSky, which I only do every couple of days. Happy you found me there! 💛
Reposted by Kimberly Hirsh
September 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
📕 Read “Kiito, Finland: Notes on what opting in taught me about libraries, learning & myself” by Samantha Hull (KnowledgeQuest vol. 54 no. 5, May/June 2026, p. 15 - 17). Three highlights from Hull’s Fulbright research on how pu... https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2026/09/11/read-kiito-finland-notes-on.html
Kimberly Hirsh
📕 Read “Kiito, Finland: Notes on what opting in taught me about libraries, learning & myself” by Samantha Hull (KnowledgeQuest vol. 54 no. 5, May/June 2026, p. 15 - 17). Three highlights from Hull’s Fulbright research on how public libraries in Finland support grade schools:
Librarians are not waiting to be invited. They are designing grade-specific offerings, proactively contacting schools, and embedding library visits into the rhythm of the school year.
kimberlyhirsh.com
September 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
📕 Read “Kiito, Finland: Notes on what opting in taught me about libraries, learning & myself” by Samantha Hull (KnowledgeQuest vol. 54 no. 5, May/June 2026, p. 15 - 17). Three highlights from Hull’s Fulbright research on how pu... https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2026/09/11/read-kiito-finland-notes-on.html
🗨️📚 “When I die, I guess I’ll go with a library card in one hand and an OVERDUE stamp in the other.” Stephen King, It
September 10, 2026 at 8:32 PM
🗨️📚 “When I die, I guess I’ll go with a library card in one hand and an OVERDUE stamp in the other.” Stephen King, It
🔖 Read A Self-Care Guide For Teachers (From A Teacher).
This is an excellent article that names systemic issues contributing to educator burnout and points to resources for teachers to build their resilience and refill their wells.
This is an excellent article that names systemic issues contributing to educator burnout and points to resources for teachers to build their resilience and refill their wells.
A Self-Care Guide For Teachers (From A Teacher)
One teacher offers wisdom to other teachers on how to care for yourself during the upcoming school year.
www.thegoodtrade.com
September 9, 2026 at 11:07 AM
🔖 Read A Self-Care Guide For Teachers (From A Teacher).
This is an excellent article that names systemic issues contributing to educator burnout and points to resources for teachers to build their resilience and refill their wells.
This is an excellent article that names systemic issues contributing to educator burnout and points to resources for teachers to build their resilience and refill their wells.
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
Okay now that I'm doing this correctly...
Okay now that I'm doing this correctly...
September 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
Okay now that I'm doing this correctly...
Okay now that I'm doing this correctly...
Whoops I did the year I turned 20 but this is actually from about 7 weeks before I turned 20.
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
I have quite a few good options but let's go with the one that immediately leapt to mind before I went and checked what other movies came out that year.
I have quite a few good options but let's go with the one that immediately leapt to mind before I went and checked what other movies came out that year.
September 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Whoops I did the year I turned 20 but this is actually from about 7 weeks before I turned 20.
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
I have quite a few good options but let's go with the one that immediately leapt to mind before I went and checked what other movies came out that year.
I have quite a few good options but let's go with the one that immediately leapt to mind before I went and checked what other movies came out that year.
September 2, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
I have quite a few good options but let's go with the one that immediately leapt to mind before I went and checked what other movies came out that year.
I have quite a few good options but let's go with the one that immediately leapt to mind before I went and checked what other movies came out that year.
📓Read The New Federal Funding Problem by Matt Hartman (The Assembly).
"We don’t see the research that’s never done. We don’t see the researcher who doesn’t have the breakthrough that leads to the big change. They just disappear."
"We don’t see the research that’s never done. We don’t see the researcher who doesn’t have the breakthrough that leads to the big change. They just disappear."
The New Federal Funding Problem
Universities like UNC-Chapel Hill major cuts to research funding, but the pipeline for new grants is shrinking. Researchers have been left in limbo.
www.theassemblync.com
September 2, 2026 at 12:10 PM
📓Read The New Federal Funding Problem by Matt Hartman (The Assembly).
"We don’t see the research that’s never done. We don’t see the researcher who doesn’t have the breakthrough that leads to the big change. They just disappear."
"We don’t see the research that’s never done. We don’t see the researcher who doesn’t have the breakthrough that leads to the big change. They just disappear."
Finished reading: The True Ugly Duckling by Sandra Nickel 📚
A beautiful story of Hans Christian Andersen with stunning cut paper illustrations by Calvin Nicholls.
A beautiful story of Hans Christian Andersen with stunning cut paper illustrations by Calvin Nicholls.
September 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Finished reading: The True Ugly Duckling by Sandra Nickel 📚
A beautiful story of Hans Christian Andersen with stunning cut paper illustrations by Calvin Nicholls.
A beautiful story of Hans Christian Andersen with stunning cut paper illustrations by Calvin Nicholls.
September 1, 2026 at 3:32 PM
September 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Finished reading: Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish by Carole Boston Weatherford 📚
September 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Finished reading: Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish by Carole Boston Weatherford 📚
Finished reading: Bing’s Cherries by Livia Blackburne 📚
I love that this tells the story of a Chinese immigrant in the style of American Tall Tales.
I love that this tells the story of a Chinese immigrant in the style of American Tall Tales.
September 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Finished reading: Bing’s Cherries by Livia Blackburne 📚
I love that this tells the story of a Chinese immigrant in the style of American Tall Tales.
I love that this tells the story of a Chinese immigrant in the style of American Tall Tales.
Finished reading: Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers 📚
September 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Finished reading: Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers 📚
🔖📝 Read The Letter Doula: How to Help a Life Arrive on the Page by Ronda Beaman (Literary Hub).
"Some of the most powerful writing emerges mid-confusion. You do not need closure to begin. You need willingness."
"Some of the most powerful writing emerges mid-confusion. You do not need closure to begin. You need willingness."
The Letter Doula: How to Help a Life Arrive on the Page
For years, I believed people avoided letter writing because they lacked time. But after teaching leadership, communication, and storytelling to thousands of students, I’ve come to believe something…
lithub.com
August 31, 2026 at 12:44 PM
🔖📝 Read The Letter Doula: How to Help a Life Arrive on the Page by Ronda Beaman (Literary Hub).
"Some of the most powerful writing emerges mid-confusion. You do not need closure to begin. You need willingness."
"Some of the most powerful writing emerges mid-confusion. You do not need closure to begin. You need willingness."
I am just really leaning into my whole personality being BOOKS! 📚
August 31, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I am just really leaning into my whole personality being BOOKS! 📚
📚🗨️ “…to be a librarian was to come as close as any human being can you sitting in the peak-seat of eternity’s engine.” Stephen King, It
August 30, 2026 at 3:49 PM
📚🗨️ “…to be a librarian was to come as close as any human being can you sitting in the peak-seat of eternity’s engine.” Stephen King, It
How many Halloween cardigans does a goth librarian need?
August 27, 2026 at 6:20 PM
How many Halloween cardigans does a goth librarian need?
Reposted by Kimberly Hirsh
back in Brooklyn & getting caught up
love this from Audrey Watters:
“There’s not going to be a program, an app, a curriculum, a test, a gadget, a chatbot, an algorithm that is going to ‘fix’ children b/c children aren’t little machines you can tinker with until you’ve optimized their engines.”
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love this from Audrey Watters:
“There’s not going to be a program, an app, a curriculum, a test, a gadget, a chatbot, an algorithm that is going to ‘fix’ children b/c children aren’t little machines you can tinker with until you’ve optimized their engines.”
💯
August 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
back in Brooklyn & getting caught up
love this from Audrey Watters:
“There’s not going to be a program, an app, a curriculum, a test, a gadget, a chatbot, an algorithm that is going to ‘fix’ children b/c children aren’t little machines you can tinker with until you’ve optimized their engines.”
💯
love this from Audrey Watters:
“There’s not going to be a program, an app, a curriculum, a test, a gadget, a chatbot, an algorithm that is going to ‘fix’ children b/c children aren’t little machines you can tinker with until you’ve optimized their engines.”
💯
Reposted by Kimberly Hirsh
This.
Libraries are places where HUMANS with EDUCATION and EXPERTISE help you navigate information and connect you with resources.
Data centers are warehouses. Libraries are not warehouses. They can be repositories, but they don't just store. They're alive.
Support the fuck out of the PEOPLE.
Libraries are places where HUMANS with EDUCATION and EXPERTISE help you navigate information and connect you with resources.
Data centers are warehouses. Libraries are not warehouses. They can be repositories, but they don't just store. They're alive.
Support the fuck out of the PEOPLE.
August 24, 2026 at 9:09 PM
This.
Libraries are places where HUMANS with EDUCATION and EXPERTISE help you navigate information and connect you with resources.
Data centers are warehouses. Libraries are not warehouses. They can be repositories, but they don't just store. They're alive.
Support the fuck out of the PEOPLE.
Libraries are places where HUMANS with EDUCATION and EXPERTISE help you navigate information and connect you with resources.
Data centers are warehouses. Libraries are not warehouses. They can be repositories, but they don't just store. They're alive.
Support the fuck out of the PEOPLE.
Finished reading: The Heroes of Olympus, Book One The Lost Hero (new cover) by Rick Riordan 📚
August 24, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Finished reading: The Heroes of Olympus, Book One The Lost Hero (new cover) by Rick Riordan 📚
Pretty sure it’s time for bifocals or progressive lenses and I’m just about due for my annual eye exam, so this should work out well. 👓
August 23, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Pretty sure it’s time for bifocals or progressive lenses and I’m just about due for my annual eye exam, so this should work out well. 👓
Read 🔖 The IndieWeb Is Punk Manifesto.
"A blog is a zine with better uptime. An RSS feed is a mailing list that never asks for your email. Webmentions are show flyers stapled to telephone poles all over town, pointing back to ea... https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2026/08/23/read-the-indieweb-is-punk.html
"A blog is a zine with better uptime. An RSS feed is a mailing list that never asks for your email. Webmentions are show flyers stapled to telephone poles all over town, pointing back to ea... https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2026/08/23/read-the-indieweb-is-punk.html
Kimberly Hirsh
Read 🔖 The IndieWeb Is Punk Manifesto.
A blog is a zine with better uptime. An RSS feed is a mailing list that never asks for your email. Webmentions are show flyers stapled to telephone poles all over town, pointing back to each other, building the scene a link at a time.
Community over audience. Nobody in this room is just watching.
kimberlyhirsh.com
August 23, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Read 🔖 The IndieWeb Is Punk Manifesto.
"A blog is a zine with better uptime. An RSS feed is a mailing list that never asks for your email. Webmentions are show flyers stapled to telephone poles all over town, pointing back to ea... https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2026/08/23/read-the-indieweb-is-punk.html
"A blog is a zine with better uptime. An RSS feed is a mailing list that never asks for your email. Webmentions are show flyers stapled to telephone poles all over town, pointing back to ea... https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2026/08/23/read-the-indieweb-is-punk.html