A really really thoughtful report evaluating the Recordings at Risk grant program: zenodo.org/records/1968...

got my first plant from a neighbor! 🙏🏼 a native fringecup, it’s so cute.

I could spend *so much money* on monthly mail club subscriptions.

Now's a great time to support LaVonnia Moore, a rural Georgia librarian who was fired because she approved a library display (set up by community members) that included a book featuring a transgender character. Her legal case enters the mediation process this week. 📚 www.gofundme.com/f/help-lavon...

oh wow 😭

i love this so much.

Shawn! Is the new commissioner of the Department of Records and Information Services of New York City. The Municipal Archives!!!! I'm going to fall over.

“I used AI to combine the data from two excel lists and then send emails to people who were on one list but not another. Saved me so much time.” My brother in academia, you just fucking discovered mail merge. Welcome to early nineties computing.

i just walk around portland whispering ”wow” to myself constantly

tasked with finding an in-network allergist, I'm here laughing about bodega cats instead.

“Sir, are you aware that you are a cat, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani is standing right behind you?”

had a few minutes to spare before an appointment, so i stopped by the library to browse the nonfiction and discovered an incredible artist I'd somehow never heard of, there. thank you, @multcolib.bsky.social 🙏 npg.si.edu/publication/...

This is such a good idea. We should do this in NYC. "All Chicago Public Schools students now have access to nearly everything the city’s libraries have to offer — including physical items like books as well as extensive digital resources." blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/08/c...

Still thinking about this note I found in the children’s section of the public library when I worked there back in 2018. This kid tried to warn us…

the guest speaker at Printed Matter's anniversary fundraiser is Ed Ruscha—what a flex! tickets (now sold out) started at $1,500 and they probably could've gone higher. printedmatter.artsvp.com/87add3

In Feb I started working in earnest on a training for my library colleagues on the topic of "What is AI and Why Is It Happening To Me?" Here's what I put together: hfroehli.ch/2026/03/24/w... Distilling the past 15 yrs of AI without going on side trips into linear algebra is hard!

Shift Collective developed Community Cloud Storage to address the needs of community-based archives for affordable digital storage that offers offsite redundancy along with privacy. www.shiftcollective.us/communityclo...

yes! yesssss.

I'm somehow a year late to finding out this game exists, but I spent the early pandemic making jigsawexplorer puzzles pulled from various digital collections while running grant programs that funded digitization, *wishing* for something as nice as this. what an absolute dream come true. 🥹

on an email thread with a botanist, I learned of a plant called skunk cabbage for the first time. everything I've read since has boggled my mind. they generate their own heat! emit a skunk-like scent! can live for decades! look...like this?! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symploc...

my cousin has started a *public* ig account where he posts videos to update his mom on his life. his mom is the only follower (though it keeps popping up as a suggestion for me to follow).

making it a point to learn about portland's chinese american history since moving here, and I can't tell you how amazing it is to discover this podcast ep + related materials in local digital collections

Today's the last day to submit comments on new federal pre-award requirements that would require anyone registering with SAM.gov to comply with all executive orders around diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. www.councilofnonprofits.org/form/nationa...

Sandra Wong, the great-granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, in San Francisco today 👇🏽 bsky.app/profile/asam... #NoKings

We're back... with more contracts! Grab your spot now for How to Read a Contract Part 2 (Confidentiality Edition) with Library Futures Staff Attorney Layla Maurer and learn all about confidentiality, NDAs, and what you can and can't say about that contract. nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

reminding myself that there are many, many valid reasons for my heightened climate grief lately.

someone at the dr’s office today was telling a nurse that they were getting all their routine tests done before their COBRA coverage ran out—their plan was to go without insurance, after. i wonder how many times the nurse hears that in a week. even once is too many.

did my uncle just soft-launch a son we've never heard of by adding a photo to the shared family album without explanation? 🤦‍♀️

New from me on ACRLog, Supporting Library Workers Who Have Lost Their Jobs. If you don't know what to say or do when your coworker or colleague gets laid off or fired, here's a list of action items. 📚 acrlog.org/2026/03/21/s...

'a deep dive into creating envelopes and labels for seed libraries,' April 8 at 1pm ET!

this falls into one of my favorite categories of projects - highlighting little spaces where the stark urban landscape meets the natural world. departmentofnaturalhistory.com/Field-Guide-...

Job opening here at ITHAKA's JSTOR: Digital Collections Curator, Reveal Digital, focusing on important cultural, social, and political histories, especially those that have been dispersed, under-described, or difficult to access at scale. Full job description: www.ithaka.org/job/46724530...

I listened the whole way through yesterday, what a gift.

March 10, METRO's hosting a free webinar led by the wonderful @nishamody.bsky.social:

Calling all technologists, artists and other creative visionaries: The Library of Congress has opened the call for the next Innovator in Residence! Apply by 2pm ET April 10 newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

🎉 Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHL’s website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪

The Parting Tree 🍃🛖

the mortifying ordeal of posting on linkedin

ChipDrop - which connects arborists with ppl willing to accept a dump truck full of wood chips - is one of my favorite examples of a site that simply & efficiently bridges a need. It even shows recent 'drops' and the time between request/delivery. getchipdrop.com

Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the agency’s new grant guidelines could fund projects that encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American history.

went to a portland-area bank to try to get some new bills for lunar new year. “the best I can do is one or two fresher-looking bills?” the teller said with a shrug. a disaster. will try another bank tomorrow.

reading about NYSDEC's new, bond-funded Open Space Conservation grants, which funds land acquisition for conservation across the state of NY. really inspiring to see heat mitigation, large-scale habitat connectivity, and waterway conservation as some of the goals.

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

in a bit of a Buy Nothing/#libsky crossover, I have some library-related zines that I’d love to pass along to an individual or institution that might appreciate them. let me know if that’s you! happy to cover postage to mail them your way. 🙏

Everything is really scary and horrible, and on the utter flipside, we made these really adorable valentines. The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy. But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk. Get 'em at SquidFacts.net

i bought Crusader Kings III and am gonna try it out this weekend, as a fun little distraction from crusader kings 2026.

if you enjoy exploring libraries x the environment, our latest #libraryfield newsletter, especially the 'bits of inspiration,' will be a delight. mailchi.mp/metro/welcom...