The #iSchoolUI has 🔸FOUR🔹 open faculty positions in the areas: Information Sciences, Information, Culture & Society, Information Behavior/HCI/UX, and Early Literacies! Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs

**Podcast appearance:** I’m on the *Raising Us* show with Elise Hu this week talking about Banned Books. If you’re navigating big conversations with kids, give it a listen and snag the free Conversation Kit. Stream wherever you get podcasts →https://swap.fm/l/C4cZAGmiLelXgmKn9X28

Second edition comes out soon. Book Banning in 21st-Century America: : Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series Emily J. M. Knox Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited - Bloomsbury share.google/YD1APcN0t6XM...

Congratulations to nine of our incredible #iSchoolUI faculty on receiving promotions and new appointments at #ILLINOIS! 👏 More details here ▶️ bit.ly/472uM4C

Second edition out in November. www.bloomsbury.com/us/book-bann...

Join the Dean’s leadership team at the #iSchoolUI! We are hiring an Assistant Dean for Communications and Marketing. Learn more and apply by July 7 ▶️ bit.ly/4jX8cNs

There was a 4-fold reduction in deaths in Champaign County because of the SHIELD program. I had no idea: "More importantly, Champaign County was the county with the greatest reduction in deaths, reducing mortality more than 4.3-fold over expected. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

Some Star Wars music. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ydIa...

My IMLS grant with @soltmann.bsky.social Shannon Oltmann as PI went to $0. www.instagram.com/reel/DIK_xeG...

Bloomington, IL

Update! ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

Our consolidated election is Tuesday, April 1. I voted early yesterday. Vote in each and every election! www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...

Screenshot in case the main post gets taken down

my WIRED subscription renewal is coming up and I couldn't be happier to keep supporting them. Also I get the print magazines delivered, and grandmas were right, clipping out articles and giving them to people you love RULES.

Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries. Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Here’s an explainer re possible impacts to the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS). It “enumerates which programs are "shall" programs and duties, meaning that they are mandated by Congress, and which programs are "may" programs, meaning that they are discretionary for IMLS”

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history. Archive is here: web.archive.org/web/20250304... Page was here: www.army.mil/asianpacific... Disgusting.

Went through the car wash listening to this today. It's the little things. on.soundcloud.com/Bvgg9khh5p2o...

This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny. Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.

A different, but timely, direction for the pod this week! @ejmknox.bsky.social youtu.be/9_a_YFFngvw

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

Libraries and library workers are defending the freedom to read every day. Will you stand with them? Become a Supporter of the American Library Association to protect access to books for future generations! ilovelibraries.org #ForOurLibraries

Is This Why Musk Keeps Using the Same Dozen Tech Micro-Bros for Each Takeover? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-th...

a good example of how the world is getting dumber. the new politico playbook writer didn't know who FDR was until a reader told him about that whole "new deal" thing. this newsletter is read by every important person in DC.

Important Note for Federal Civil Servants talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/impor...

Calling your representatives can be scary but 5 Calls has scripts. I'm trying to call at least one person every other day. 5calls.org

Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.” Lots of information and resources in this one. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Truly chilling and totalitarian. “Promoting patriotic education”? We have arrived at the terrible place. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Just released memorandum from OPM: Federal facilities will now have a bathroom ban for transgender people. It will go into effect on the 31st. It also has a slew of effects and puts into place the 1st anti-trans EO policies for every agency. This will have a ton of impacts very quickly.

File those briefs folks.

This explains a lot. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

2nd edition book manuscript submitted. Whew.

Reminder: All Confederate soldiers gain presidential pardons, Dec. 25, 1868 search.app/LHtVf6e6wTjg...

"We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. " www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...

summitsearchsolutions.com/job-listings... Oof. So tempting.

Editorial on publishing ethics: crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...

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Medicare Advantage is a scam Medsky newrepublic.com/article/1898...

Two tenure-track positions in AI at the School of Information Sciences, UIUC. Artificial intelligence is broadly construed here to include AI policy, governance, ethics, AI for cultural heritage, &c. Review of applications will start Jan 6th. Please RT and share! #MLSky #NeurIPS

First pass draft of the 2nd of edition of the book finished. We'll see if I can get another pass done this week. There are an awful lot of highlights and CAPITAL LETTERS though.

Yeah, that looks about right.