Via ALA: 100 public library workers will receive free. tuition for “Sustainable Librarianship: Core Competencies and Practices,” a four-part e-course. In addition, participants will engage in a community of practice with advisors and peers over 6 months. Deadline to apply: Nov 14.

“Teachers and librarians are scared to get fired. So we make sure these books are still accessible. Some of our book smugglers can’t tell you who they are, but they’re out there.” - Tony Diaz, founder of Librotraficantes (Reporting Texas) @penamerica.bsky.social

Tory Hall, Sower Books' owner, said the food drive felt like a natural extension of the store’s role as a community gathering place... Collecting 2,000 pounds of food in a week, the bookstore put out a call for drivers and customers stepped up, delivering to a local food pantry.

Dad, Fort Knox, 1944.

There's a library marketing op in this.

The report highlights the widening divide between what employers expect and what educators teach. Also: the outsized role of professional connections in shaping graduate outcomes. - Cengage Learning

Meanwhile, in hort/conservation news: #RoyalHorticulturalSociety

Educators: Fred Rogers Productions is seeking applicants for a FRP educational impact advisory. Deadline is Nov. 22.

Inspired by fellow booksellers, we at @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social will be donating Sunday profits in November to the SF-Marin Food Bank. You can donate directly to the food bank here: www.sfmfoodbank.org

Voted. (Image: "This badge was used by the New Orleans Branch NAACP and given to voters upon registration." - Wikimedia Commons, CC licensed)

"History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts." by Rodney Freeman

Stores should instead grant those targeted by GOP blockage of SNAP payments an amount of credit equal to the discounts they meant to give, and then forgive that credit at checkout.

Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit. news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...

E-books, audiobooks, free tickets to local events, podcast equipment, sewing machines and seeds are some of the resources available for free to Dallas residents with their library card. This sort of coverage is easy to achieve and should be used to promote libraries in every community.

Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books: www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

Hey library folk libraries are often the first place people go to find out where they can get help. With the SNAP suspension looming creating a list of local food pantries and other organizations that may be able to assist is one way we can help out vulnerable patrons! This is one I made: 📚📜

"Yes, You Are the Literary Asshole If You Use AI to Edit Your Fiction" via @literaryhub.bsky.social

Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.

If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone. bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/

A coalition of seven charitable organizations led by the Mellon Foundation plans to award at least $50 million to nonprofit literary organizations over the next five years through the Literary Arts Fund, a new initiative headed up by Jennifer Benka.

“Hard to see one of the network’s smartest fully leaving and not think it’s related to Bari.” - (Poynter) #journalism

Marking the organization's first new prize announcement since 2005, the Children’s Booker Prize will be administered annually from 2027 for a work of fiction aimed at readers ages eight to 12 and published in the U.K. or Ireland. The £50,000 award will be co-judged by a panel of children and adults.

Where old down pillows go to rest. (Feathers are a great source of nitrogen) #compost

Thanks, @kishizuka.bsky.social for including me in this important conversation!

Another major industry player is expanding its reach to fill the void in getting books to libraries following the collapse of Baker & Taylor. (PW)

Two Will Eisner Graphic Novel grants will be awarded in 2026: Graphic Novel Growth Grants to support libraries seeking to expand their GN collection, services & programs; and a Graphic Novel Innovation Grant to support a new, library-based graphic novel service or program.

the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction

Do you see O my brothers and sisters?

Even in the face of book challenges, ever-shrinking budgets, and politically charged school districts, educators are seeking inclusive literature. It’s an opening for the publishing community, libraries, and local organizations to aid teachers. @ncte.org

"Reading and Resources for Prison Banned Books Week" from @heykellyjensen.bsky.social

Books banned from the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility include an illustrated Spanish-English dictionary & the Spanish translation of “A Clash of Kings” by George R.R. Martin. Almost all books are in English, while most detainees read in other languages.

"...if you are a librarian, teacher, educator, parent, local politician, or activist who is aware of systemic efforts to ban books, censor curricula, defund libraries, or otherwise attack educational freedom," 404 wants to know.

Want some books about censorship? Here are a few that are about censorship and/or anti-literacy laws that include picture books through adult titles. It's not complete and I appreciate recommendations. #booksky app.thestorygraph.com/tags/2f9608d...

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯 Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚 And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋 youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

Also I know the truth doesn’t matter on earth two, but I’m not sure how well the cease-fire is going

Teachers want to use diverse books in U.S. classrooms, according to national survey. Thank you, @macappiello.bsky.social, Tonya Perry, @ncte.org, and teacher Rex Ovallie for speaking with me for this piece for @publisherswkly.bsky.social

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

So ready for this one.

god damn lmao

Caldwell-Stone's departure, which multiple sources confirmed was a reduction in force move, was part of broader job cuts announced this week, and comes on the heels of voluntary buyouts for ALA staff over the summer as the association grapples with a severe financial shortfall. (Words & Money)

The shuttering of NBC Asian America and all the other NBC units devoted to marginalized communities makes me sick. This is a GREAT time to follow/support @asamnews.bsky.social and all the other independent outlets that support our communities. asamnews.com/2025/10/15/p...

We're so proud to be the only Asian American-run news outlet covering science, climate, and the environment, we made a starter pack of every Asian (American) science writer you should follow on here! Anyone else we should add to the starter pack? Sound off in the comments! go.bsky.app/F4Q7Duh

The "Most Essential Children’s Picture Books" via The Atlantic.

The South Carolina Association of School Librarians and three unnamed students are the plaintiffs in a case “to challenge two pillars of Defendant [SC superintendent of education] Weaver’s statewide censorship regime.” (SLJ)

"Information is a public good that we should all protect" - Pope Leo (UPI)

"It's easier to build strong children, than to fix broken men." illustrator/book creator Oliver Jeffers sharing Frederick Douglass quote in his conversation with Jimmy Kimmel about making art, inspiration. Worth a watch.

Opportunities for children to read books featuring characters that look like them written by authors who look like them is a top priority of the Black Child Book Fair Tour which will be hosted Saturday at Dayton Metro Library. (Dayton Daily News)

58 Books You Need to Read (Recommended by People Who Know) Or: 42 Writers, Editors, and Booksellers on the Best Books They've Read in the Last 25 Years (Lit Hub) lithub.com/58-books-you...