Amidst all that is destructive and demoralizing, we're meeting to celebrate civic culture + public knowledge and build solidarities. Open to NYC info workers (librarians, archivists), grad students, artists, designers. Apps are due Wednesday, Jan 7, end-of-day! Confirmed sessions include:...

If you're interested in helping an important volunteer run zine distro survive, please consider a donation to Brown Recluse: www.gofundme.com/f/secure-bro... - right now they urgently need to reach at least $5000 to get through this month and Feb. They need more to keep going throughout the year.

Very excited to share this! The new special issue of @jitp.bsky.social is on Minimalist DH Pedagogy. Co-edited by @danicasavonick.bsky.social @palermog.bsky.social @veritas44.bsky.social Patricia Belen and me. LOTS of great stuff in here. cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/jit...

Stuff those stockings with ideas. 🎁✨ Our latest roundup features new books by Graduate Center authors — perfect for the thinkers, readers, and revolutionaries on your list www.gc.cuny.edu/news/brighte...

Still plenty of time to put together an application. Three scholars held this role previously. Each of them made a significant impact working with graduate student instructors at CUNY, and then moved on to a tenure-track position at other universities.

Director of Barnard Archives and Special Collections barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Staff/... Salary range: $120,000–$125,000 annually, commensurate with experience. Please submit your application by January 5, 2026 to be considered. PASS IT ON 📚 📜

The CFP is now open for the second cohort of faculty fellows in the Critical AI Literacy Institute @gctlc.bsky.social. We’re recruiting in 3 tracks. 1. Critical Foundations of AI 2. Ecological Implications of AI 3. T(h)inkering with AI Read the full call here: cuny.is/cali2-cfp

Have you thought about submitting something to JITP but your idea didn’t quite fit with our themed issues? Submit to our **GENERAL ISSUE** by December 15th and show us how you think about the intersection of teaching, learning, and research with technology. See you in our inbox!

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Academic librarians, come join us in the CUNYverse! This collections/acquisitions job is with great folks at City College of New York, like all CUNY library faculty positions is unionized and represented by the PSC-CUNY. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Apps are open for our spring session of the Cross-Reference Coalition! We're exploring Search & Discovery! "Our journey will encompass the history of exploration + cartography, legacies of inquiry, tools of discovery, theories of curiosity, and counter-algorithmic means of 'finding things out.'"

Academic library leaders, come join us at CUNY! Application review begins 12/10. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

There's a research guide for Anthropology! This guide provides you with access to anthropology and related resources. For example, the Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Learn more at: libguides.gc.cuny.edu/anthropology #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary

There's a research guide for Africana Studies! For example, umbrasearch.org brings together items from more than 1,000 U.S. archives, libraries, and museums of African American history and culture. Learn more at: libguides.gc.cuny.edu/africana #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary

The Ctr for Urban Research at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social (led by @jomoko.bsky.social) has prepared an online map for tonight's NYC mayoral results. Link below in #thread. For now the map is blank, but it'll fill in w/unofficial returns tonight. The map will do more than show the 2025 #s. 1/n

Research opportunity! I’m studying how traditional media literacy instruction adapts to digital challenges like memes & algorithms. Seeking librarians & educators with media literacy experience for a short confidential interview. Interested? forms.gle/bZs7JfVxCfeN... #MediaLiteracy TC IRB 25-496

early voting for zohran tomorrow!

I got a wonderfully kind note yesterday from someone who read my essay about collecting Leslie Feinberg and Minnie Bruce Pratt's papers, so I'm going to stop being shy about sharing it: “Things People Gave Me.” Journal of Lesbian Studies. doi.org/10.1080/1089... (DM me for a free link if needed.)

Upcoming Online Workshop: Introduction to Zotero 🗒️ Tuesday, October 28, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm Zotero is open source citation software enabling users to easily collect, organize, cite and share. Join @ tinyurl.com/464aje4u #academiclibraries #zotero #cunylibraries #citationmanagement

Tips! From Mina Rees Library Did you know? You can check out books from most CUNY campuses? You can also request books from across the globe through Interlibrary Loan. Visit: tinyurl.com/4v7mu7kk #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know. findmeatherapist.org

Hey NYC pals, early voting starts on 10/25! Find yr poll site here: www.nycvotes.org/how-to-vote/... Also you can vote by mail! Info: requestballot.vote.nyc 🗳️👍🏻

Welcome (Back) to the Mina Rees Library! Check out a round-up blog post about how to get started with all the library has to offer tinyurl.com/46bkdj8a #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary

Academic librarians, come join us in the CUNYverse! We have a few jobs open in CUNY libraries: cuny.jobs/queens-ny/in... cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... I’m not at these campuses but happy to answer questions!

Alexandra E. LaGrand Wins 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

Learn about the Library! Ask-a-Librarian. If you have a library or research-related question, there are several ways to get help. Our live chat service is available 24/7. Chat with us: libguides.gc.cuny.edu/ask-a-librarian #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary

The August edition of BTA was also concerned with shoring up our resistance to gen AI. Please, help yourself. bendingthearcnewsletter.blog/2025/08/07/b...

Happy Climate Week Eve from my favorite house in midtown on this 83 (!) degree mid-September day.

You know what else is being affected by the tariffs on parcels worth less than $800? International interlibrary loan. I'm hearing reports of libraries overseas that won't lend to the US anymore. (That's in addition to the libraries here that have shut down their ILL b/c of lost IMLS funding.)

Any Staten Island residents #onhere who want to set up meetings with your City Council members about our local public libraries? How about people in the Bronx and Queens?

Learn about the Library! Ask-a-Librarian. If you have a library or research-related question, there are several ways to get help. You can submit a question & receive an email response To submit a question: libguides.gc.cuny.edu/ask-a-librarian #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has opened a new window to the universe — and Graduate Center scientists @saavikford.bsky.social and @emilylrice.me are among the first to peer through it www.gc.cuny.edu/news/2000-as... @cunygcastro.bsky.social @joshuatan.bsky.social

@authorlogankarlie.bsky.social explores the literary afterlives of Labyrinth and the liminal space between dreams and reality.

Call for submissions - We are now open to academic articles, notes from the field (briefer and less formal than full articles), and creative works! cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol2/...

Women’s Studies Quarterly invites proposals for new editors. A forum for emerging perspectives on women, gender, and sexuality. The journal showcases scholarship, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, and visual arts. For more information: centerforthehumanities.org/call-for-new...

Learn about the library! Mina Rees Library offers a number of resources including: subject librarians, ask-a-librarian chat, email, and in-person or virtual introductory sessions. Visit: library.gc.cuny.edu #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary

Looking for something to do this Labor Day weekend? It's a great time to head out to a #NationalPark and #SaveOurSigns! www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...

#digitalproject#digitalhumanities#datavisualization Carousels of NYC🎠 What’s your first memory of carousels? Carousels evoke joy and nostalgia, drawing people across diverse backgrounds, yet their placement is often restricted to wealthier neighborhoods, limiting accessibility for many communities.

And a there is a line for NYPL library card signups! Be still my librarian heart! Tysm to our #nypl colleagues for tabling at @minareeslibrary.bsky.social today!

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Welcome (back) to the GC! Mina Rees Library welcomes new and returning students! Visit our website: library.gc.cuny.edu #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary

Excited to finally announce the release of my first ever book, and the first ever book from we here press. It is a pocket-size guide to my archival theories and experiences in the form of essays- some you may have heard in part as lectures, some which are unpublished until now. www.weherepress.org

Upcoming Workshop: Introduction to Library Research 🔎 Tuesday August 26, 3-4pm Register @ tinyurl.com/ycyv8yc8 Welcome to the fall semester! 🍂🧵

@wehere.bsky.social are starting to publish paper books! We Here Press begins with @dorothyjberry.bsky.social’s “The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities” (October 2025). I can’t wait. 📜📚 www.weherepress.org

New academic librarians, come blog with us at ACRLog this year! Info here, applications due 9/22: acrlog.org/2025/08/18/s...

good morning happy back to school to all who celebrate, happy one week of summer left to all the syllabus scramblers, happy grr to the quarter system people, here's some help for all of us in the college classroom against-a-i.com

Come join me @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social new BRES Program (hiring 2 senior profs) - cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... #ASA2025

So grateful to work with such incredible colleagues!

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social students are encouraged to register for PDEV 79401: Teaching Strategies! Explore inclusive teaching, lesson planning & course design with TLC Director Luke Waltzer. Fridays at 9:30 AM | Online. Learn more: pdevteaching.commons.gc.cuny.edu

@cuny.edu is providing consultation with an attorney for all current students and employees who need help with immigration issues! This is an amazing resource and other colleges should do the same. Good for CUNY for stepping up to the plate in this way. cuny.edu/CIAP