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For all the librarians out there, ALL of the vendors I have spoken with are looking at how they might expand into the void that was BT. Ingram has been our mainstay. Mackin, Follett, MicroMarketing, Midwest Library Svc, even Barnes & Noble is looking into it. Gonna be a ride as things shake out!

Halloween 2025 🎃

ICYMI - I present to you, the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States, our raison d'etre, if you will: 🧵

We can't forget our adult and YA readers... Enjoy the last #newbooksday of October! Happy Halloween reading, y'all! 🎃🥸🥳 @mariebostwick.bsky.social @jennycolgan.bsky.social @michaelconnelly.bsky.social @joe-hill.bsky.social @ambsmcbride.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

The wind is blowing 🌬️, leaves are falling 🍂, temperatures dropping 🥶 ...it's almost November! #fall #winteriscoming #librarylife Check out what's going on at the Library next month! www.eastgrandforks.us/663/Calendar

I got accosted in the kindergarten pickup line by a mom who was livid that my kid had said "no" when asked if he liked her daughter's new shoes. I just looked at her, and asked, "Does SHE like them?" 1/2

On top of <gestures wildly at everything>, I am having a very "Per my last email" sort of week. Sigh. 🤦‍♀️ #worklife #communication #facepalm

🤔 #noliesdetected #truth

Oh my word, I wrote about this back when I was doing my PhD. Backyard gardens are no solution to food insecurity - and anyone suggesting it has very limited understanding of the realities of people's lives: thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-0...

I garden, in part, to remember my grandparents. My dad's parents had a small farm & worked everyday well into their 80s because they HAD to. My mom's parents were poor city kids who were SO PROUD when they were finally able to own a place where they could grow a few fresh tomatoes. 🌱 🧵

5 movies to get to know me: - The Last Unicorn - Ladyhawke - Bringing Up Baby - Lord of the Rings* - Galaxy Quest *yes, all three installments of a single story. EXTENDED** **Bonus points for cast commentary. #movies #gettingtoknowyou

This is awesome. #ownvoices

Dreaming about having a little farm of our own...stumbled across this organization: veteransfarming.org

I've had two miscarriages. I was in mental, emotional, and physical anguish. I can't imagine worrying about being unable to get care or fearing getting arrested for seeking care...

😍 #kittencleanse #toocute

Love this 💙 #restoration

Goodnight y'all. Leaving ya with this gem. 😎 #windrose #metal #rock #rockon #dwarfmetal

With v-neck and scoop neck options! And zip up hoodies!

We are already homeschooling our oldest because most of the schools in ND just don't have the funding to fully support diverse needs. We're looking at selling our home and moving to the MN side of the river... #education #shutdown

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment. (Published April)

I wonder what would happen if we could assign what agencies/programs we wanted our tax money to fund on our tax forms... 🤔 #taxes #choice #freedom

Ok, this is just funny. isportlandburning.com

I love my job. #librarian #librarylife #freadom

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Happy #newbooksday, to all who celebrate! 🥳 #librarylife #freadom

Some highlights from this weekend's wandering. #weekendwanderings #memories #family #memorylane

Taking the kids to see where their Opa grew up, where his side of the family is buried, and all the places I remember visiting while growing up. #memories #memorylane #family

🎶 Saw Halestorm, Lindsey Stirling, and Apocalyptica in concert last night! 🎶 #rockon #partypeople #music

What books have you re-read the most often? Mine: - The Murderbot Diaries (series) by Martha Wells - Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett - The Protector of the Small Quartet by Tamora Pierce - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - The Scholomance Trilogy by Naomi Novik #freadom #booksky

It's officially spooky season, gente! For the month of October we will be featuring seasonally scary picture books! 2. THE SKULL, 2023 Author & Illustrator: @jonklassen.bsky.social 💙📚 #Booksky #picturebooks #JonKlassen

Finished compiling End of Month Data for September! #librarylife #librarian #collectionmanagement

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This is ridiculous. Book banning frustrates me as a library professional, but it absolutely INFURIATES me as a parent. Either you are capable of parenting your child, which includes paying attention to the content they are consuming, or you are not. I can manage my own kids, ty! 🧵

Listen up!

Sure didn't! @marisakabas.bsky.social Know anyone who might be interested in spreading this story? I found one article in the Rapid City Journal, and looks like it might be mentioned in a big article from the WaPo...

@librarianjones.com is doing amazing work. Always excited to see her being recognized for it, especially outside library-world!

Refreshing thread...

We have a few of "specific and highly active" users...thankfully their tastes mostly balance out, and they are cool with ILL. #libsky #librarylife #collectionmanagement #librarian

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"It was a dangerous habit: once policemen stopped being civilians the only other thing they could be was soldiers.” - Terry Pratchett (Snuff)

Q say he is invisible. 🤷‍♀️ #caturday

Homegrown Sugar Baby Watermelon! 🍉 🌱 #Watermelon #gardenlife #happyplace

Here’s the American Academy of Pediatrics 2025 recommended vaccination schedule. It lists the MMR and Varicella vaccines as separate shots, with the first dose of each given at the same visit. The MMRV isn’t on it at all. Link: downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...

Alycia Hallady of the Autism Science Foundation: "The scientific studies that have been conducted so far do not support the idea that Tylenol causes autism." https://to.pbs.org/47XUF5Y

Because. 😍 #mustlovedogs #dogs #puppy