Go Penn libraries staff!!! pennlibrariesunited.github.io 📚📜
PENN LIBRARIES UNITED
The unionization effort at Penn Libraries
pennlibrariesunited.github.io
June 22, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Go Penn libraries staff!!! pennlibrariesunited.github.io 📚📜
How Lonnie G. Bunch III Is Renovating the “Nation’s Attic”
The Smithsonian’s dynamic leader is dredging up slave ships, fending off culture warriors in Congress, and building two new museums on the National Mall.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Smithsonian’s dynamic leader is dredging up slave ships, fending off culture warriors in Congress, and building two new museums on the National Mall.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
How Lonnie G. Bunch III Is Renovating the “Nation’s Attic”
The Smithsonian’s dynamic leader is dredging up slave ships, fending off culture warriors in Congress, and building two new museums on the National Mall.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2024 at 7:49 PM
AI scraping breaks libraries 📚📜
It’s the result of massive bot activity, downloading data at a scale which our infrastructure has found challenging. We have been finding this across all our metadata resources in recent months.
March 11, 2026 at 1:11 PM
AI scraping breaks libraries 📚📜
Okay, here goes!
New job news: At the end of September, I’ll be joining Yale Libraries’ Special Collections as a curator. I’ll be one of ten!
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New job news: At the end of September, I’ll be joining Yale Libraries’ Special Collections as a curator. I’ll be one of ten!
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August 31, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Okay, here goes!
New job news: At the end of September, I’ll be joining Yale Libraries’ Special Collections as a curator. I’ll be one of ten!
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New job news: At the end of September, I’ll be joining Yale Libraries’ Special Collections as a curator. I’ll be one of ten!
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Looking for libraries, archives or other institutions that work with libraries? I have a list for that:
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November 19, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Looking for libraries, archives or other institutions that work with libraries? I have a list for that:
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$4M in grants announced by CLIR for digitizing rare, unique materials. Focus: histories of underrepresented communities in US & Canada. Proposals due Oct 30, 2024. Visit www.clir.org/hiddencollec... for details. 📚
August 20, 2024 at 4:50 PM
📚📜 #libraries
I actually shared this last night, but a TV show in Boston did a whole episode on libraries and there is so much cool stuff happening! My favorite is a branch of the Boston Public Library that has a teaching kitchen and nutritional literacy program.
www.wcvb.com/article/publ...
www.wcvb.com/article/publ...
Libraries look to the future
In addition to book collections, these libraries offer public kitchens, outdoor equipment, household tools, nature trails, and more
www.wcvb.com
June 20, 2024 at 12:20 PM
📚📜 #libraries
Association of Research Libraries Calls for Protection of US National Archives and Records Administration 📜
www.arl.org/news/associa...
www.arl.org/news/associa...
Association of Research Libraries Calls for Protection of US National Archives and Records Administration — Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) sent letters urging congressional committees that provide oversight and appropriations for the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to pro...
www.arl.org
February 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Association of Research Libraries Calls for Protection of US National Archives and Records Administration 📜
www.arl.org/news/associa...
www.arl.org/news/associa...
More libraries need to be this petty 📜
This local library puts forgotten water bottles into a museum display case
July 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
More libraries need to be this petty 📜
Libraries are dynamic institutions.
A library without staff is not a library, but a building with some static collections in it.
Library workers make libraries! They do all of the work to manage & build resources, provide services to connect people to what they seek, maintain infrastructures! 📚📜
A library without staff is not a library, but a building with some static collections in it.
Library workers make libraries! They do all of the work to manage & build resources, provide services to connect people to what they seek, maintain infrastructures! 📚📜
A library is more than its collections or physical spaces. It’s the people who make the library a robust site of inquiry and discovery. For shame
August 20, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Libraries are dynamic institutions.
A library without staff is not a library, but a building with some static collections in it.
Library workers make libraries! They do all of the work to manage & build resources, provide services to connect people to what they seek, maintain infrastructures! 📚📜
A library without staff is not a library, but a building with some static collections in it.
Library workers make libraries! They do all of the work to manage & build resources, provide services to connect people to what they seek, maintain infrastructures! 📚📜
These are the LIS/GLAM Feeds I'm aware of
Skybrarians (curated 📚)
GLAMS (curated 📜)
Skybrarians (firehose)
School Librarians
Gaming in Libraries
LIS Jobs (#LISJobs #LISJob #GLAMJobs)
Library Talk (library librarian "library worker")
#Libraries (#librarian #library #libraries)
#LISJobs
#CripLib
Skybrarians (curated 📚)
GLAMS (curated 📜)
Skybrarians (firehose)
School Librarians
Gaming in Libraries
LIS Jobs (#LISJobs #LISJob #GLAMJobs)
Library Talk (library librarian "library worker")
#Libraries (#librarian #library #libraries)
#LISJobs
#CripLib
August 11, 2023 at 7:31 PM
These are the LIS/GLAM Feeds I'm aware of
Skybrarians (curated 📚)
GLAMS (curated 📜)
Skybrarians (firehose)
School Librarians
Gaming in Libraries
LIS Jobs (#LISJobs #LISJob #GLAMJobs)
Library Talk (library librarian "library worker")
#Libraries (#librarian #library #libraries)
#LISJobs
#CripLib
Skybrarians (curated 📚)
GLAMS (curated 📜)
Skybrarians (firehose)
School Librarians
Gaming in Libraries
LIS Jobs (#LISJobs #LISJob #GLAMJobs)
Library Talk (library librarian "library worker")
#Libraries (#librarian #library #libraries)
#LISJobs
#CripLib
"What's your oldest book?" Libraries and historical societies can be ready for this question with a Designated Oldest Book (DOB).
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buffaloresearch.com/designated-o...
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buffaloresearch.com/designated-o...
Your Library Needs a Designated Oldest Book
People who visit libraries and historical societies often ask what their oldest book is. Here's how staff can be ready for that question.
buffaloresearch.com
October 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
"What's your oldest book?" Libraries and historical societies can be ready for this question with a Designated Oldest Book (DOB).
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buffaloresearch.com/designated-o...
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buffaloresearch.com/designated-o...
Join us this #BookologyThursday as we explore our theme:
✨📜BIBLIOMANIA📜✨
Mysterious Manuscripts, Haunted Bookshops, Secret Libraries, Odd Collections, Grimoires, & Rare Books.
…in literature, art, legends, and folklore.
art by Marlowe Lune
✨📜BIBLIOMANIA📜✨
Mysterious Manuscripts, Haunted Bookshops, Secret Libraries, Odd Collections, Grimoires, & Rare Books.
…in literature, art, legends, and folklore.
art by Marlowe Lune
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Join us this #BookologyThursday as we explore our theme:
✨📜BIBLIOMANIA📜✨
Mysterious Manuscripts, Haunted Bookshops, Secret Libraries, Odd Collections, Grimoires, & Rare Books.
…in literature, art, legends, and folklore.
art by Marlowe Lune
✨📜BIBLIOMANIA📜✨
Mysterious Manuscripts, Haunted Bookshops, Secret Libraries, Odd Collections, Grimoires, & Rare Books.
…in literature, art, legends, and folklore.
art by Marlowe Lune
Probably some implications here for libraries and library workers 📜📚
Once any space becomes less than 40% male, (straight) men tend to cede it entirely while shouting about how it “went woke”. Fascinating read:
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
celestemdavis.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Probably some implications here for libraries and library workers 📜📚
By consciously choosing not to have books that may be considered contentious or inappropriate in their collections, libraries are removing patrons right to choose to read the book or not. 📚📜
January 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
By consciously choosing not to have books that may be considered contentious or inappropriate in their collections, libraries are removing patrons right to choose to read the book or not. 📚📜
Another EXCELLENT discussion with @amandalicastro.bsky.social's undergrad fellows based on this piece by @harchivist.bsky.social! It makes me so happy to see students really grab on to the ethical and labor issues of digitization and broader archival work. peelarchivesblog.com/2017/05/31/w...
Why don’t archivists digitize everything?
Today on the blog we’re tackling one of our most frequently asked questions: “Why don’t you digitize everything?” and its related runner-up, “When will you be putting all your records o…
peelarchivesblog.com
October 2, 2024 at 6:18 PM
So many libraries in PA are about to make memes… 📜📚
January 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
So many libraries in PA are about to make memes… 📜📚
"What’s at stake is not just filing cabinets and warehouses. It is important for American democracy that future generations have a seamless connection to their past — including the story of our government, its accomplishments, its crises and its mistakes."
wapo.st/47AEERp
wapo.st/47AEERp
Opinion | A digital tsunami is coming. The National Archives is in trouble.
The National Archives and Records Administration has been starved for resources for many years.
wapo.st
September 20, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US 📚 📜
Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
Libraries around across the U.S. are helping people get healthier. They offer fitness classes, food pantries, cooking classes, conversations about loneliness and mental health, and even blood pressure...
apnews.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US 📚 📜
📜 1996: Kahle hoped digital libraries could help us answer hard questions—not just trivial ones.
🌐 2025: From journalists to scholars to everyday users, archives inform civic life, education, and collective memory.
🌐 2025: From journalists to scholars to everyday users, archives inform civic life, education, and collective memory.
October 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📜 1996: Kahle hoped digital libraries could help us answer hard questions—not just trivial ones.
🌐 2025: From journalists to scholars to everyday users, archives inform civic life, education, and collective memory.
🌐 2025: From journalists to scholars to everyday users, archives inform civic life, education, and collective memory.
UNLV Libraries Acquire Groundbreaking Sex Work Activism Archive (Nevada) 📜
www.unlv.edu/news/article...
www.unlv.edu/news/article...
UNLV Libraries Acquire Groundbreaking Sex Work Activism Archive
The Norma Jean Almodovar Papers document decades of advocacy and expand UNLV’s collecting initiative on sexual entertainment and economies.
www.unlv.edu
August 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
UNLV Libraries Acquire Groundbreaking Sex Work Activism Archive (Nevada) 📜
www.unlv.edu/news/article...
www.unlv.edu/news/article...
Medieval Libraries of Great Britain
Medieval Libraries of Great Britain
mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM