Designing for Resilience: The 7 Types of Rest in Library Work We sent the book off to the publisher last week, and I am just delighted with the result. It is always so much fun to work on projects like the book because what you envision and propose changes over time as you start to build it. The…

I finally got back to and finished the task I started at 9:30am. A day like that....

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An accessibility statement lets your users know you're committed to web accessibility. These statements usually include the accessibility standard applied, such as WCAG 2.2 AA. They also include contact information in case users encounter problems. www.w3.org/WAI/planning...

So many amazing people...keep on shining.

Ouais, il y a des cactus partout….

-- must reskeet Luther

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There is a really easy check you can do to see if you need to use a mic when presenting - is there a microphone you can use? If yes, then yes, you should use it. 3/

This is the Alma Idea Exchange item that talks about fields for payment method in the vendor record. Slow change....

Checking to see how this Alma Idea Exchange item is doing. System needs more vendor data in Analytics... (this resembles one enhancement item - I had a second one re: payment method - let me see if I can find).

Going through ExL enhancements list and, like, ugh, there are a lot that look like "fixes" - such a cumbersome process. (Less cumbersome - I pulled the spreadsheet into an Access form to see fields all at a glance.) / an afternoon library systems sighing skeet

Absolute Units turns 1! Thanks to everyone who has listened in, supported us, and joined us in the booth in these past 12 months. Here's our special anniversary episode, answering many of the questions you very good people sent us yesterday. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

Do I know any archivists who are interested in becoming journal editors? (It is ok to DM if yes)

This is a huge issue in our field, ex. job postings that have a minimum requirement of 3-5 years of whatever and expect a person to "hit the ground running." We need to factor in on-the-job training and mentorship. (I am glad to talk to anyone with new or soonish acquisitions duties....)

Glad to be within (longish) driving distance to this next conf. Typically I'd fly down to SoCal for work things - the adjacent family event has us driving.

absolutely will not be flying to attend conferences- wish academia was acknowledging that this is not really an option for lots of folks

All registered for ELUNA. My main dude is joining me, and we're driving instead of flying (6 hours) - a good time to avoid AirWorld :/ . (My young dude has his senior recital on Tuesday, so I'll miss the opening reception.) Ellayyyy.....

This is exactly why we need ThriveLib ! bookriot.com/the-state-of...

I FOUND THE SECOND THING!!! hashtag stuff stewardship

A great opportunity for #MLIS students or any library worker who doesn't have institutional support to attend ALA Annual in Chicago. 📚 A 3-hour volunteer shift gets you free access to the conference!!

This is one of (if not the) most important issues in our field, and Violet has been doing this from a position of extreme vulnerability. Don't miss the excellent & actionable suggestions here; don't miss that those of us [currently] w/ prof stability HAVE TO pick up the work of advocacy here.

This is a Dance Off! If you see this, post a dance or you’re eliminated!

I found the first missing-in-the-house thing (the second earring of a sentimental pair). Will I find the second? (a thing related to small money intermingled with other things) // manager and steward of things heal thyself….

This week included a lot of committee work that required some game face and internal presentations on our work on accessibility status checking so far (April is coming up! ack!). There are a still some work hours left here, but my brain is done. Friday greetings to you all.

You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day

(Moon) - we had raccoons in front of our house last night - no pic bc scampered

Cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool....

laughing at particular items on a list, compared to some other items on the list lololol - hashtag various possible library contexts but not specifying this one

“Umbrella” playing at the coffee stand in the student union right now. Hashtag the Rules

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Every day is a good day for sharing one of the most useful papers about research data ever written. PLEASE get your people to understand and follow this advice. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Updated the calendar label on next week's holiday to Dolores -(whom we often drink to on that day anyway here and express gratitude and admiration for all of your work and courage)

"Susana" shares, "We are a crew of farm workers from the Imperial Valley. We're harvesting Rappini broccoli. Our hands get tired from cutting bunches of the vegetable by hand all day long." #WeFeedYou

This is still humming along - now over the 25% milestone. Sharing and considering donating to offset medical debt is much appreciated.

Laundry, groceries, tennis-watching, knitting - a relatively cocooned Saturday here.

Some of my emails to vendors are getting returned by end-of-week, yay, closure. (A few are still open loops, forever looping.) May those of you closing out a work week have good wrap-ups. (sending out world peace vibes to counteract the insufficient compartmentalizing; the cracks mean I'm human...)

The compartmentalizing isn't working very well today - cracks. Sigh of woe for the collective.

Join @edrabinski.bsky.social & Karen Snow & Billey Albina & me for a free webinar, "Critical Cataloging & Librarianship Today: Ethics, Power, and Possibility" on Tuesday April 14th. Part of the Womack Lecture Series sponsored by @fresnostatelibrary.bsky.social. 📚 #critcat

Getting really obsessive with spreadsheets and transactions nearing FY Q4 as a coping mechanism.

Go listen to it and then head over to the GoFundMe page to support the family of recently departed song author and excellent person Greg Brown: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Emailing vendors to ask for what we need to pay them. (not in "letting them know we are cancelling" mode, so I guess a little better). Take the little money we have this fiscal year, rest of you lot.

I did the social-at-work thing, can I now crawl into my head-cave? #IntrovertingAtWork

Sharing this GoFundMe for medical debt and family support for Greg Brown, recently departed, of CAKE and Deathray and overall excellent person. gofund.me/5cc365a3d

Oh Sheila (Shine)

Please share - keep the music playing, keep the love circulating….

Sharing this GoFundMe for medical debt and family support for Greg Brown, recently departed, of CAKE and Deathray and overall excellent person. gofund.me/5cc365a3d

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Earworming: "Such a Shame," Talk Talk - "~Tell me to relax, I just stare...~"

I know lots of people have been citing my blog posts on slow librarianship because there's not much in the scholarly literature as of yet. Finally, here's a book chapter that provides a nice introduction to slow librarianship and the neoliberal timescape we're fighting against! #slowlibrarianship