American Library Association Executive Board 2026 Spring Meeting! Good weather even with some heavy winds & rain towards the end. Thank you Chicago!

Beautiful READ posters at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social headquarters! Thank you American Library Association Archives for these blast from the past posters! #NationalLibraryWeek #ZibaZLibrarian

HotPot dinner with two @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social presidents!

Support our cause by donating to ALA 150th Campaign! Your support means a lot to us and helps us achieve our mission. Your generosity will make a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. - @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #NationalLibraryWeek give.ala.org/campaign/763...

6:30 a.m. walk anyone?

Best time to visit @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social headquarters is during #NationalLibraryWeek! #ZibaZLibrarian

It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Take time to discover what brings you joy at your library: browse the shelves, join a book club, attend a program, or get started on your next creative project in a makerspace. Be sure to visit your library or ilovelibraries.org and celebrate your library all week long!

Library outreach comes in all shapes and sizes, from bookmobiles to book bikes to virtual services! Shout out to all the outreach teams in libraries across the country! #NationalLibraryWeek

#ZibaZLibrarian at your service!

Awesome zine workshop with @uclalibrary.bsky.social punk archive today!

Great zine work today at the Edendale branch library next to Heavy Manners Library! #LAPLzines LAPL.org/zines

#OPENCALL for L.A. Zine Fest Volunteer Project Leads 2026! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Starting my birthday month off right! #aries ♈️

WonderCon!

If you're a zine fan who likes to send snail mail, we've got a treat for you 5 zine-themed postcards! We're raising funds for the BIPOC Travel Fund for future Zine Librarians unConference & you can help by ordering a set of 5 zines for just $15 (shipping w/in the U.S. included).

A zebra reading a book! #ZebraRadar 📕 📖 🦓

Send us your zines! - #ZINEPAVILION Your zines will be seen & enjoyed by thousands of library workers at American Library Association’s 150th Annual Conference and will become an important part of the Zine Pavilion. Zines will be raffled off to help build new zine collections &

Crafting in the gardens with @LAZineFest #LAZF26!

When your library patron tells you that two of their cousins were killed in Iran over the weekend… 💔

Thank you for your support @libro.fm! ❤️ Donate $15 or more this week to your local public library, library Friends group, or to ALA and receive a free audiobook credit! Give to ALA here: bit.ly/4rFew1l

My 2nd year volunteering at @thegenesisinv! I first signed up to volunteer while working at the Palisades Library in hopes of getting to know the neighborhood. As a result, I’m getting to know golf! ⛳️

Hear my all vinyl non-English music two hour radio show for Bad Bunny Day LIVE this past Sunday on KLBP 99.1FM in Long Beach!

Welcome back Palisades Library- @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social!

We love visiting Illinois!

Just completed a two year (2024-2026) term on the Stonewall Book Awards - Barbara Gittings Literature Award Adult Committee of the Rainbow Round Table of the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Congratulations to the Winners!!!!🎉🍾🎈 “Dead Girl Cameo” by m. mick powell &

Winner of the 2026 Newbery Medal, ALL THE BLUES IN THE SKY by Renée Watson is a lyrical novel in verse about processing grief through the eyes of 13-year-old Sage. Read Booklist contributor Ashley Leffel's interview with Watson about tackling tough topics for MG and young YA readers: bit.ly/3O8K5B4

This quotation from Anne Frank is so scary and evocative of our current reality "Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes...Families are torn apart and separated...Everyone is scared...the end is nowhere in sight"

First time visiting iSchool at Illinois since my University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduation in 2012!

American Library Association Executive Board 2026 Winter Meeting! Now time for the Youth Media Awards: www.ala.unikron.com @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

Who is excited for tomorrow's #ALAyma announcements?

8am morning mile walk to @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social’s headquarters on Michigan Avenue…in the freshly fallen snow! #ZibaZLibrarian ❄️☃️

My first time at ALA Headquarters in Chicago as a voting board member! Here for our 2026 Winter Executive Board Meeting. American Library Association’s Mission: Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

Sunday, on Jonathan Davis’s birthday, I debuted my long awaited KoRn fanzine entitled “KoRn for Me with DJ Ziba Z” in their hometown of Bakersfield, California! Thank you again for having me at the 1st ever Z-Day Zinefest!

Nature and wildlife at the national park today. #MLKDay2026

My Iran: flic.kr/s/aHsjQcU3u7 #FreeIran

Join us tomorrow for the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance & Sunrise Celebration. Thurs, Jan. 15 | 10 AM CT | Live on YouTube Liz Theoharis & Noam Sandweiss-Back will deliver joint keynote. Call to Action from Amanda Jones. Watch live or on demand. www.ala.org/news/2026/01...

#NEWSHOWALERT Long Beach Public Library Mondays at 10am with Books & Beyond!

Looks like LA Zine Fest doesn't have a date for 2026 yet, but they ran a workshop at LA Public Library last week. @zibazlibrarian.bsky.social might have more details. The public library also has zines in a bunch of branches and there are other zine events in the area. www.lapl.org/zines

More #BookBike library outreach today! This time with co-workers & Santa! #ZibaZLibrarian

We are OVERJOYED to announce that award-winning librarian and ‘Reading Rainbow’ host @mychal3ts.bsky.social will serve as our 2026 National Library Week honorary chair! #NationalLibraryWeek will be held April 19-25 with the theme "Find Your Joy." Read our full announcement: https://bit.ly/4rDSagx

The 2026 finalists for the William C. Morris Award and Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award have been announced! Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.

Congratulations dinner! Carlos successfully completed his pre-calculus final exam at SMC today.