Hope you'll join us next week on Zoom when we talk with authors in the @cjalrcbu.bsky.social special issue on Libraries and/as Extraction! Link to register and details on authors participating at: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

There's a very demoralizing thread on the code4lib list where all the libraries describe how they're getting hammered by AI crawlers who behave basically like bot-nets trying to DDoS servers. (Along these lines: go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2025/03/ai-b... ) 1/2

Watched powerful book ban doc #BannedTogether thanks to UCL iSchool/CILIP School Libraries Group www.bannedtogetherdoc.com In addition to supporting better institutional policies & evidence, CILIP's new #IntellectualFreedom Committee will launch in April to explore other options

From the essay, “Cultural Preservation and Queer History,” by Brooke Palmieri, part of the Vanishing Culture report. Download the full report now ➡️ archive.org/details/vani... 🕳️ #VanishingCulture

History isn’t just what survives—it’s what we choose to remember. Too often, queer & trans stories have been erased, forgotten, or hidden away. But archives help reclaim that history, ensuring that future generations can find themselves in the past. blog.archive.org/2025/04/02/v...

"Reading builds empathy": The case for saving America's libraries www.salon.com/2025/03/30/r...

Thirty-nine states and territories included digital navigator programs in their state/territory digital equity/opportunity plans, many of whom included libraries as key community partners. Federal Funding is what allowed it to scale so quickly. www.digitalinclusion.org/blog/cancell...

Academic Libraries and Threats to Intellectual Freedom, Where Do We Go From Here? Wednesday, April 16 at 12 pm (Eastern) #medlibs 📚 www.everylibraryinstitute.org/academic_lib...

Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story. forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7... imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

Wrote about the Trump administration’s attacks on federal funding for libraries “Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read,” one librarian said www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...

Live in Ohio? You need to get on the phone and in inboxes ASAP.

IMLS Matters. Read the stories (reload gets a new story). imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/ Tell your story. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance. #SaveIMLS

PBS NewsHour story on the impact of the destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). youtu.be/-0Bi9dXqA-g?...

DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question. Find in here links to what this federal money supports in (almost) each state, too. bookriot.com/imls-gutted/

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education. This is updated regularly!

In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients. 📣SPEAK UP for libraries at: www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Trump’s trying to gut funding for libraries: you can fight back with ALA. The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out. Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding. bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding

Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.

A point made in this piece: "IMLS is but a fraction of a fraction of the federal government’s budget, 0.0046% of the overall budget." IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE MONEY.

Trump urged to reconsider order gutting agency that gives grants to libraries, museums kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/17/r...

From am email from NEMA: This executive order would essentially gut IMLS within 7 days. IMLS is an agency that is already operating at a min financial level, making up only 0.0046% of the federal budget. IMLS efficiently provides critical resources to libraries&museums in all states/territories. 🗃️📚📜

My latest @timeshighered.bsky.social piece on the unintended (or perhaps entirely intended) consequences for academia and research of a seemingly laudable terror financing tax bill… #AcademicSky 📚

Librarian Criminalization Bills Are Growing, But They’re Not New 📚 bookriot.com/librarian-cr...

Write to your reps to defend IMLS and federal library funding app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...

"libraries may be left in an uncomfortable position." 📚 Here's my re-write: "academic libraries will be left in an untenable position and likely no longer financially viable."

Histories wanted! Are you a recently terminated federal employee? Historians want to record your story! There's so much you know; let's get it on the record. You may record anonymously if you wish. www.oah.org/2025/03/04/f...

i’m co-facilitating this! come join us!

Folks, CALC (Critical Approaches to Librarianship Conference) tickets are on sale today and the programme is 🔥🔥🔥 Massive congratulations to @patchedelbows.bsky.social and @michelleab.bsky.social for putting this together! sites.google.com/view/calccon... #critlib 📚

"Northwestern Libraries removed the mention of diversity on its website, following ... Trump’s executive orders against [DEI] initiatives." This is embarrassing. Northwestern is a private university and doesn't have to do this. They are CHOOSING to do this. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/02/23/c...

EveryLibrary supports dozens of efforts to fight for your access to libraries and your right to read in states across the country. Please take action by signing and sharing these actions on your social media. bit.ly/4bm9m2q follow @everylibrary.bsky.social to support libraries.

📝 CfP 📝 @hellobrittparis.bsky.social & I are editing a special issue of the Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies on labor organizing in libraries and information fields. We greatly encourage contributions from library workers. More info here: journals.litwinbooks.com/index.php/jc...

Just gonna put this out here because I needed to vent and it turns out I have a website, so why not? #GLAMS #archives #archivists 📜 www.pop-archives.com/post/archive...

It’s the most profitable scam in politics None of these books fail the Miller test and libraries don’t have the resources to fight back. It’s easy for orgs to send an email to a million people while pretending to ‘protect children’ just to ask for donations. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/thin...

Northwestern University Libraries, a leader among its peers in the speed in which it's removing the word "diversity" from its website. 🫠 dailynorthwestern.com/2025/02/23/c... 📚

"Knowledge is power. And that’s exactly why there are so many people trying to keep the public from accessing it. We don’t have to let them. Even in the places, like this school district in Florida...we can win." Maggie Tokuda-Hall, author/AABB leader #UniteAgainstBookBans lithub.com/authors-agai...

Be passionate, but be smart and tactical about it. www.eff.org/pages/survei...

Y'all, coming VERY soon! alastore.ala.org/lbwl

EVENT: Working with Data for Social Change Symposium ← dh+lib dhandlib.org/event-workin...

Invisible Histories is doing extraordinary work to collect and preserve the history of the queer south. Join this crucial conversation about the state of the field of queer community archives. givebutter.com/soft

Among the states are South Carolina (yes, a reversal of their current school book ban legislation!), Rhode Island, Arkansas, Tennessee, and many more. If you have been calling when you're opposing a bill, here's an opportunity to call in support.

National Climate Action Strategy for Libraries www.sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/national-cli...

IFLA Guidelines for Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons: Refugees | Migrants | Immigrants | Asylum seekers www.ifla.org/news/ifla-gu...

In this edition... 🍽Earliest known African American cookbook at the University of Michigan 🖐🏼WebJunction webinar on neuroinclusive library workplaces 🎬 Two documentaries focus on libraries and the work of librarians Always lots of great work going on! hangingtogether.org/advancing-id... #libraries

Realized I never posted this over here. In 2022 I wrote about how libraries are not and have never been neutral, and why it's crucial we as LIS workers stand up for our marginalized patrons and staff. prismreports.org/2022/07/21/l...

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