#CripLib
LightNews LightNews
nlisn.bsky.social
'From Crip Time to Care Time: How Library Administrators Can Support Professional Development of Disabled Employees'

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#library #libraryworker #criplib #dislib #disabled #hiddendisability #disability
From Crip Time to Care Time: How Library Administrators Can Support Professional Development of Disabled Employees
Building on our 2025 In the Library with the Lead Pipe article “Cripping Conferences”, this piece moves from naming the problem to offering solutions to library administrators. Disabled library wor...
www.tandfonline.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:51 AM
warmaiden.bsky.social
@firstbitepress.bsky.social is less than $300 from meeting the goal for my fine press limited edition of #poems, Babylon Songs. Pick up a hand-printed poem with custom linocut? Each piece is a work of art!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...
#poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚 #criplib
Babylon Songs - Limited Edition Letterpress Poetry Book
Babylon Songs is a fine press, hand printed poetry collection written by Colleen S. Harris with illustrations by Sandie Levent.
www.kickstarter.com
September 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
nlisn.bsky.social
Came across this book that might be of interest:
📗'Beyond Accommodation: Creating an Inclusive Workplace for Disabled Library Workers' ISBN: 978-1-63400-086-4
litwinbooks.com/books/beyond...

#Disability #Library #Libraryworker #librarian #Disabled #CripLib #CritLib
Beyond Accommodation - Litwin Books & Library Juice Press
Accommodating disabled people in the library workplace is just the start. Truly creative changes that make the workplace more genuinely democratic and healthful for disabled individuals have the poten...
litwinbooks.com
August 21, 2026 at 8:47 AM
dislisjournal.bsky.social
Lots of new interviews coming!
Starting with @jjpionke.bsky.social interviewing @boum.bsky.social about the book The Jellyfish, being a graphic novelist with a vision disability, the process of having their work translated into English and how translation impacts meaning. #CripLib #GraphicMedicine
Interview with Boum on The Jellyfish
JJ Pionke interviews Boum about the book The Jellyfish, being a graphic novelist with a vision disability, the process of having their work translated into English and how translation impacts meaning.
cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu
August 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
nlisn.bsky.social
'Academic Libraries as (In)Equitable Workplaces: Voices of Disabled and Neurodiverse Librarians'
⬇️
utoronto.scholaris.ca/server/api/c...

#Librarian #Library #Neurodiverse #Neurodivergent #academic #academia #HE #disability #criplib #critlib #workplace #libraryworker📚
utoronto.scholaris.ca
July 29, 2026 at 8:16 AM
warmaiden.bsky.social
My poem "Inflammation as Girl" out of @phillychapbook.bsky.social is featured by the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses Disability Pride Month list!

CLMP Link: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
Poem: phillychapbookreview.org/five-poems-b...
#poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚 #criplib
A Reading List for Disability Pride Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the literature they recommend reading in honor of Disability Pride Month, observed ann...
www.clmp.org
July 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
libraryleadpipe.bsky.social
'In a way, the archive may act akin to the institution itself, dressing harm and isolation in the language of “care,” and participating in epistemic injustice against people with disabilities and their many “ways of knowing.”' #CripLib
libraryleadpipe.bsky.social In the Library with the Lead Pipe @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social · Apr 15
Another Way of Knowing: Resisting Eugenic Propaganda Through Community Archiving by Jess Petrazzuoli-Gallagher and Ashten Vassar-Cain

www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/resisti...
In Brief: How do information workers resist the creation of archival “deathworlds”? With rising eugenicist rhetoric in the United States, sites of cultural memory face devastating impacts. These consequences are particularly felt by Disabled and multiply-marginalized communities. This article draws on Disability Justice principles and necropolitical framings to investigate how processes of erasure can be interrupted through active collaboration and critical reevaluation of power-sharing. By supporting alternative forms of knowledge sharing and honoring the lived experience of historically marginalized communities, especially those who have faced forced institutionalization, we hope to craft alternative methodologies that center community involvement and self-determination.
April 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
libraryleadpipe.bsky.social
"Even when disabled people appear in the archive, they appear as objects of intervention rather than witnesses to their own lives. When disability materials are [viewed] according to the medical model, the archive reproduces the very framework that justified confinement and cure" #CripLib
libraryleadpipe.bsky.social In the Library with the Lead Pipe @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social · Apr 15
Another Way of Knowing: Resisting Eugenic Propaganda Through Community Archiving by Jess Petrazzuoli-Gallagher and Ashten Vassar-Cain

www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/resisti...
In Brief: How do information workers resist the creation of archival “deathworlds”? With rising eugenicist rhetoric in the United States, sites of cultural memory face devastating impacts. These consequences are particularly felt by Disabled and multiply-marginalized communities. This article draws on Disability Justice principles and necropolitical framings to investigate how processes of erasure can be interrupted through active collaboration and critical reevaluation of power-sharing. By supporting alternative forms of knowledge sharing and honoring the lived experience of historically marginalized communities, especially those who have faced forced institutionalization, we hope to craft alternative methodologies that center community involvement and self-determination.
April 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
violetbfox.bsky.social
I know many people who'll want to read the new zine "Disability, Technoethics, and Power: Exploring AI Refusal" by librarians Anna Boutin-Cooper & Andrea Puglisi. journals.library.unt.edu/index.php/un... Excellent insights into the use of AI tools as self-accommodations for disabilities. 📚 #CripLib
Cover of the zine "Disability, Technoethics, and Power: Exploring AI Refusal" by librarians Anna Boutin-Cooper & Andrea Puglisi. The illustration shows a large face and brain looming over a person standing on the edge of an active volcano.
March 27, 2026 at 8:18 PM
mlisrevenge.bsky.social
I'm angry about this and want to shout, but I don't know very many folks who care to hear me shout about accessibility IRL. So I'm shouting on social media. We don't know the outcome, but I'm still shouty. So.

#CripLib #a11y #accessiblity

www.lflegal.com/2026/03/titl...
Tell the Federal Government Not to Change the Title II Accessibility Regulations
The deadline for state and local government entities with a population of 50,000 or more to meet web and mobile accessibility requirements is April 24 of this year. A recent government notice indicat...
www.lflegal.com
March 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
violetbfox.bsky.social
My colleagues at ACRLog wrote short tributes to the life and work of Fobazi Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social. I wrote about her work on disability, which I think deserves more recognition. acrlog.org/2026/03/04/t...

Thanks @ezerrenner.bsky.social for coordinating. #CripLib #VocationalAwe
Tribute Post for Fobazi Ettarh - ACRLog
With immense sadness, the writers of ACRLog acknowledge the passing of Fobazi Ettarh, library worker and influential LIS scholar. If you are able to contribute, there is a GoFundMe established for Fob...
acrlog.org
March 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
mlisrevenge.bsky.social
Getting ready for my conference presentation about accessibility by putting on my disability pride flag bracelet from @toadcialism.bsky.social

Hyyyyype! #ERL26 #CripLib
Bracelet with glass beads in the shape of scales and the colors of the disability pride flag
March 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
mlisrevenge.bsky.social
I'd love to hear more about how #CripLib folks do this, because that's where it's difficult for me with energy, focus, and pain taking away from that depth sometimes.
March 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
lschiff.bsky.social
Topic for the Mon 2/23, 3pmET DLF Committee for Equity & Inclusion mtg: “You Work for the Public; Your Thoughts Aren’t Sacred: Responding to Antelman’s False Crisis in the Privacy of Thought” tinyurl.com/42cbft32 & the #CripLib Open Letter to CRL tinyurl.com/4zh2ptd7 DM me for details.
#libraries
You Work for the Public; Your Thoughts Aren’t Sacred: Responding to Antelman’s False Crisis in the Privacy of Thought
This article responds to Kristin Antelman’s “Respecting Privacy of Thought in DEI Training” by challenging the premise that public employees have an unqualified right to cognitive privacy (Antelman 20...
journals.library.wustl.edu
February 19, 2026 at 8:40 PM
nlisn.bsky.social
#EDI #DEI #Library #CripLib ⬇️
academiclibsnorth.bsky.social Academic Libraries North (ALN) @academiclibsnorth.bsky.social · Feb 11
Our ALN Staff Development Weekly Update celebrates the EDI Innovation Fund, the opening of #ALN26's call for papers on a theme of openness, & outlines some great events coming up soon. Get involved - we'd love to see you at one (or more!) of our events. academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo...
Staff Development Weekly Update - Academic Libraries North
This weekly update is intended to keep you up to date on ALN's staff development programme; to highlight interesting initiatives being undertaken by ALN or
academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:27 AM
warmaiden.bsky.social
if you haven't read @Eula Biss's "The Pain Scale," which 1st appeared in Seneca Review, you should. As someone with a chronic pain condition, it was one of the 1st times I read something & felt understood. www.snreview.org/biss.pdf
#writing #criplib #criplit #spoonie #inspiration #writing
www.snreview.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
warmaiden.bsky.social
Proud my #poem "Nel Mezzo Del Cammin Di Nostra Vita," originally in @soflopojo.bsky.social, will be in the Sligo Creek anthology Bearing Witness: Poetry for Troubled Times. Original at www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/poetry-37-ma...
#booksky 💙📚 #poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #criplib
Poetry #37 May '25
Please REGISTER & VOTE ​in all of your local, state, and ​federal elections;    click here    for  more ​information.​
www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
maggiepye.bsky.social
📚 #CripLib
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
librariankqm.bsky.social
Hey #Library folks, I'm giving an ALA webinar on the accommodations process for library workers on Dec 2 #CripLib Free for ALA members! Register here: elearning.ala.org/local/catalo...
Fundamentals of Disability Accommodations for Library Workers | ALAeLearning
elearning.ala.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
warmaiden.bsky.social
Jackdaw Review published 3 of my best #poems “Considering a Diagnosis at Martin’s Fort Lake,” “Ocean Aubade,” & “Tragedy Should Be More Dramatic”--read at online.fliphtml5.com/nnzao/ioyf/#... (link to my work in issue)
#booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📖 #writing #poetry 📝 #criplib #spoonie
Cover Page Jackdaw Review Issue 3
online.fliphtml5.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
mlisrevenge.bsky.social
If you aren't sure what's going on with vendor communication and e-resource accessibility for ADA Title II, my colleagues and I recently hosted an Core e-Forum on that very topic! My summary is now available on Core News: alacorenews.org/2025/10/21/s...

#CripLib #EResources #Libraries📜 📚
October 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
pfanderson.bsky.social
What I've been hearing is that especially European vendors and publishers are honestly a lot less worried about the ADA and more concerned about EAA (European Accessibility Act) commission.europa.eu/strategy-and... which is more stringent. We should be good if they adhere to that. #a11y #CripLib
European accessibility act
The European accessibility act is a directive that aims to improve the functioning of the internal market for accessible products and services, by removing barriers created by divergent rules in Membe...
commission.europa.eu
October 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
schomj.bsky.social
Acq/ER folks, have you heard anything about how publishers are going to make journal articles and ebooks compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA level? #CripLib #libraries
October 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
nlisn.bsky.social
'Addressing Language and Ableism in Information Technology: A Call to Action for Academic Librarians'🔽

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#Librarian 📚
#LibraryWorker
#Academia
#HE
#Neurodiversity
#CripLib
Addressing Language and Ableism in Information Technology: A Call to Action for Academic Librarians
This column explores the pervasive influence of information technologies in academic libraries and underscores the critical role of librarians and professional staff in navigating and thriving with...
www.tandfonline.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
schomj.bsky.social
if any library folks are thinking about looking for a new social media home, discord has #CripLib (and LibraryFreedomProject and LibraryPunk and many others, I just have an invite code for CL)
and also mastodon has glammr.us
glammr.us Mastodon
glammr.us is a space for folks interested in galleries, libraries, archives, museums, memory work and records. But you don't only have to post about GLAMMR-related topics, bring your whole self!
glammr.us
October 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM