Next, I have to give a huge thanks to @mangalibrarian.bsky.social, @st741.bsky.social, @bespokelib.bsky.social, Hillary Chang, @jrlibrarian.bsky.social, and the other librarians I spoke with while covering the manga bans that've flared up across the country www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2025...

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Coming in 2026: The Restorative School Library! I don’t know how to talk about librarianship without situating it as restorative. Thrilled that libraries will now officially be a part of @paulgorski.bsky.social’s Equity and Social Justice in Education series. 💙💜

The cruelty is the point

Looking forward to sharing about librarians Building Libraries collaboration with Kids Discover on our trip to Kenya, the Nonfiction work we’re doing in the library, and the powerful pairings of primary sources and literature! Hope you can join!

My new library slogan is "genAI hallucination rate: 30-80%; librarian hallucination rate: 0%"

I’m gonna be a busy lady this #AASL2025! Along with my co-presenters @mangalibrarian.bsky.social, @bespokelib.bsky.social and Emily Ratica, were presenting on 3 of the conference days! Come say hi and learn about some fabulous manga in your libraries. #MangaGTS

Final stages of prep for #AASL25! Excited to talk SO MUCH manga with @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social Emily Ratica. Going to be there? Come to one of our sessions—or multiple. They are all different! @alaeditionsns.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social

Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹 This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨ Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌 youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...

Looking for more school-set manga? *Kusunoki’s Flunking Her High School Glow-Up* is a great option for MS and HS. Micro-review here: mangainthemiddle.weebly.com/reviews/kuso...

More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.

In “Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library,” I examine LIS as in need of a values-realignment, asking readers to refuse the technosolutionism we are so often offered in place of human-centered possibilities, like taking racism, climate change, and labor rights seriously doi.org/10.1353/lib....

Queer (Representation in) Comics camp is a wrap! Queer (Representation in) Anime camp starts Monday. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️HAPPY PRIDE! let's do a book giveaway! make a purchase from www.aiden-thomas.com/graveyard-goods during the month of June and you'll be entered to win 1 of 2 @barnesandnoble.com special editions of "Cemetery Boys"! and this quarter, we're supporting @lambdalegal.org with proceeds from the shop!

We’re going to #AASL25, and we’ll be talking all things manga and how to utilize them in an engaging and inclusive school setting! @smwordsmith.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social @st741.bsky.social #SchoolLibraries #TLSky #Edusky

Removing a vital service for anime clubs at this time? In this economy? It’s inexcusable! Do better @crunchyroll.com!

A youth services librarian has set up a petition asking Crunchyroll to reinstate their library outreach program - you can sign it here: chng.it/DS96MVfPQf #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social

As promised, @bespokelib.bsky.social and I have written about the @crunchyroll.com situation for @aaslala.bsky.social, why we feel they should reconsider, and what school and public librarians should do next. #tlsky #libraries #animeclub

So refreshing to see librarian views centered in a convo about book banning. Thank you Coop Bicknell and @animenewsnetwork.com! #mangagoestoschool #librarysky

Coop did a very thorough job explaining the current challenges we’re facing in the field, and I’m glad I could provide some insight! There other amazing librarians quoted in this piece, and I encourage everyone to take a look! @bespokelib.bsky.social, @st741.bsky.social.

📰 Breaking News: ALA Sues Trump Administration Over Dismantling of IMLS The American Library Association files suit against the administration's move to dismantle a crucial source of library funding. www.slj.com/story/ALA-Su... #libraries #advocacy #IMLS #libraryfunding

Dear <Rep>, I am writing to strongly oppose the executive order calling for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Hey School Librarians! www.thriftbooks.com has new books, too! At competitive prices to the big bad place. Filling in some lost titles w/ used books + I just pre-ordered these new beauties from Kacen Callender, @kwamembalia.bsky.social + @erinentrada.bsky.social. @thriftbooks.bsky.social #librarysky

We can still prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion if we look to the work of Zaretta Hammond, @teachbk.bsky.social, @gholdym.bsky.social, @jamiladugan.bsky.social, @nqcliteracy.bsky.social, @novakeducation.bsky.social, Shane Safir, & Common Sense Media. www.cultofpedagogy.com/dei-under-at...

So excited to create and teach a Comic Lit 12th Grade English seminar next term! These will be our class texts ❤ and obvs, using @scottmccloud.bsky.social's seminal work to guide our learning. I. Cannot. Wait. #mangagoestoschool #comicsareliterature @planetx.bsky.social @victorlavalle.bsky.social

Happy Valentine's Day! Love is an action and a practice and need not be romantic. Love fiercely, love humbly, love truthfully, love deeply. We all we got.

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social yes!

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

We’ll be sharing elementary, middle, and high school manga recs! Join us! #librarysky @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social @st741.bsky.social

Make room on your bookshelves for Louise Erdrich’s BIRCHBARK HOUSE series! It offers a critical counterpoint to Wilder’s books, which may find renewed interest with Netflix’s "Little House on the Prairie" reboot. #kidlit

To instrumentalize what my sister is saying below: every time someone says DEI say “you mean civil rights?” Every time someone says they are against woke reply “oh so you’re a segregationist!” Words have meaning! Don’t allow that nonsense to stand.

Needed to create something fun this morning for self-care. I love these books so much! #librarysky #canva #kpop

As a reminder: 1. You don't know any undocumented people. 2. You don't know ANY undocumented people. 3. YOU DON'T KNOW ANY UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.

Oh my…this cast. Jaw-droppingly good. ♥️🥳♥️

Our messaging and support for our students is important every day. And especially today. What does your library stand for? We have to stand with the freedoms, rights, and humanity of our students. Yes, these displays are side by side. #librarysky

We made the front page, y’all!! Proud author moment to see your book on the featured section of a national org’s website! 🥹🥹 #MangaGTS @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social @st741.bsky.social & Emily Ratica!

My copy arrived!!! Don’t miss as 5 #Manga experts @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social @mounabat.bsky.social and Emily Ratica share their new book!!! @alaeditionsns.bsky.social @capstonepub.bsky.social apple.co/4gO7GAp

So proud of these #episodes. Showcasing authors who are and support #schoollibrarians in the work we do every day. bit.ly/BookAuthorEp...

Tune in and learn from the #Manga experts as @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @bespokelib.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social @mounabat.bsky.social and Emily Ratica share their new [email protected] @capstonepub.bsky.social apple.co/4gO7GAp

It's always fun to talk to @slupodcast.bsky.social and even better as part of our #MangaGoestoSchool team. ❤ @alaeditionsns.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social

Don’t miss #episode 300 and my conversation with 5 #librarian authors! Tune in Dec 20🎧🎤💡📚😀 TY Emily Ratica, @bespokelib.bsky.social @smwordsmith.bsky.social @mangalibrarian.bsky.social @mounabat.bsky.social

I ❤ Sasaki and Miyano. A LOT. They are adorable + must be protected at all costs. This is a boys' love series to buy for your MS + HS libraries! For BL fans, it almost breaks the fourth wall + for BL newbies, it's perfect! My review: mangainthemiddle.weebly.com/reviews/sasa... @yenpress.com

This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.

When we buy into AI, even when it's "benign" like, "This AI doesn't use unlicensed art to generate new images," it's still adding to the climate damage and inequities, while propelling the tech further into Ed spaces. #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians

Our book is out and in the world! I’m so proud of this project from @mangalibrarian.bsky.social, @bespokelib.bsky.social, @st741.bsky.social, Emily Ratica, and myself! Get yours today! #TLSky #LibSky #SchoolLibraries #Manga #MangaGTS www.ala.org/news/2024/12...

The "AI is out there, so we have to prepare Ss to use it" strikes me as being a self-fulfilling prophecy, as well as bad logic. There's lots of studd "out there" that we don't bring into schools. We can choose to not buy in. #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians

IMLS-funded, READCON provides free, self-guided training to help library practitioners build strong community relationships, ­manage ­difficult situations, and engage stakeholders.

My first #SLJSummit was dreamy! What a meaningful conference. Presenting with @juliaerin80.bsky.social on one of our favorite topics always fills my librarian soul. ♥️ @slj.com

“We cannot run our school libraries on good intentions,” 2023 School Librarian OTY Julie Stivers said during her #SLJSummit session with Denver librarian Julia Torres on reading trauma. “Impact matters more than intent—every time, every day, in every moment, and every context.” bit.ly/4gDxY8l