Every course I taught in the @ischool.uw.edu started with Fobazi’s Vocational Awe article, to get MLIS students to interrogate their relationship to the information profession: her truth-telling and brilliant voice will be much missed.

The UW Information School's first twenty-five years involved bold leadership, risk-taking, forward-thinking, and innovating on our proud history of librarianship. Read the story by Doug Parry @dougparry.bsky.social: ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/11...

Thank you, Professor Ricardo Gomez, for your steadfast dedication to iSchool students, inquiry, and collaboration! We wish you all the best in your retirement - and with your next steps writing fiction. ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/09...

There’s still time to sign up for our #DHandLib Special Interest Group meeting at #ACH2025. We’re building community for folks interested in the intersection of #DigitalHumanities and libraries.

DR. CARLA HAYDEN WAS THE FIRST *QUALIFIED* PERSON TO BE HIRED AS THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS, BTW

Trump just fired Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress. A complete tragedy and a scandal.

Join ACH, AHA, & MLA to talk about the appeals process for terminated NEH grants. Why is it important to appeal and how might you go about doing so? 11am Eastern on Wed, April 30. Please share!

The lengths to which this administration will go to keep scholarly work from the public are extraordinary - as a teacher, teacher educator, and education librarian, ERIC was always my resource of first choice www.governing.com/policy/major...

"WA library programs, services at risk due to grant terminations" www.fox13seattle.com/news/grants-...

In Memoriam: Clifford Lynch www.infodocket.com/2025/04/14/i... #libraries #librarytechnology @cni-org.bsky.social

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Nobodye good doth evir attack the fundinge of libraryes

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/

New — Institute of Museum and Library Sciences employees were allowed back in the building this morning to gather belongings after all being put on admin leave by DOGE yesterday. Supporters have gathered in front of the building and staffers inside have posted a visible sign that says "SOS IMLS."

📣The CFP for #ACH2025, our virtual #DigitalHumanities conference, is now available! The conference will be held June 11-13. Proposals due March 23.

Also encourage people to email LC to oppose this proposed revision, which was announced a few hours ago (with comments deadline of today 😡). Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚

Have been really struggling with the NIH news last night about indirect costs, in part because it feels like such an in-the-weeds budgetary item that a lot of people at universities might not know the impact. Let alone bad actors on the right looking for things with devastating impacts.

Good opportunity for editors to get a good check on a short project wehere.notion.site/Contract-Opp...

If you have been harmed at your library workplace and would like to share your experience(s), please explore my ongoing low-morale experience Data Collection Projects - and participate. Thanks (and please share): renewalslis.com/ongoing-low-...

Well this hits hard…and true…

Working on crafty digital / digital crafty things? Christina Corfield & I are co-editing a special issue of Feminist Media Histories (@femmediahist.bsky.social) on "Craftwork within the Digital." 500-word proposal due Feb 15. #DHmakes online.ucpress.edu/DocumentLibr...

At least 11 librarians in LA lost their homes in the LA Fires. A thread of their gofundmes:

I hope there’s a special circle in hell for bad managers (in libraries or elsewhere) who shame people for leaving toxic jobs

Jimmy Carter also supported libraries. In 1976 he said: “I believe that federal help for the nation's library system should be funded on a sustained & stable basis. If we are to have an educated & informed population we need a strong & open library system supported by a committed administration.”

It’s academic recommendation writing season. Best sub-question prompt I’ve seen: “when is the last time you had contact with the candidate before they made this letter request?”

If you're interested in digital humanities and pedagogy, here's my latest about training librarians in DH: ideah.pubpub.org/pub/mj651yt4.... Thanks to the DHSI (Digital Humanities Summer Institute) folks, and the MLIS students who let me talk about their terrific work! Go #DH and #libraries

Itza Carbajal, Yubing Tian, Marika Cifor and Ricardo Gomez, along with Tara Saleh, published the paper “A Labyrinth of Public Information: A Cross-Case Analysis of Ongoing Research and Advocacy Using Public Records Requests” in the Journal of Civic Information. journals.flvc.org/civic/articl...

OK, my fellow faculty members: you all know I knit/crochet during meetings, mostly small stuff—look what we could accomplish by NOT having those meetings:

Welcome to the new library folks here (whether you are new in libraries or not-new in libraries but new here…)

The Seattle Times has no fucks left to give. “As one of the country’s very few family-owned and -operated metro newspapers left, The Seattle Times is also apparently one of the few whose editorial board is willing to endorse presidential candidates.” www.seattletimes.com/opinion/hell...

Librarians and MLIS students—a paper/project that might be of interest?

The University of Arizona libraries are hiring a Geospatial Specialist/Librarian (Assistant or Associate)! Apps due by 9/23 bit.ly/3AA2WhT. Come to our informational webinar Thursday, Sept 12, from 10-11am Arizona time at this link arizona.zoom.us/j/89777924910 to learn more about the position

While the purpose of the post-menopausal female is to kick butt and take names, I do stress to all my MLIS students not to wait until menopause to find their voices: we need them NOW!

DH2024 is a fully hybrid event, so if you're on the fence about attending because of travel, the August heat, or any other reason, you can always register to attend online from wherever makes the most sense for you. Registration information is available here: dh2024.adho.org

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Delightful visit from @schomj.bsky.social and @christinemmoe.bsky.social in Academic Librarianship class: great discussion from guests and good questions from students!

I am part of on an IMLS grant funded project developing OER for Librarians to teach about algorithmic literacy at the lib. We are asking library workers to help by completing our survey. 👉 Survey: cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 💡Info about grant: t.co/f0hMDWAwCw #Libraries #LibraryLife

Colleagues, @ionedammit.bsky.social and I enthusiastically invite you to apply for the 2024 Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians! Click through to learn more (and apply!!!). The application due date is February 1, 2024. lib.umn.edu/about/instit...

Sorbonne: "By resolutely abandoning the use of proprietary bibliometric products, it is opening the way for open, free and participative tools."

It is death-by-detail time: grading multiple courses, exit interviews for fieldwork students, getting fieldwork set for January, and, oh, no, as a matter of fact I can’t send you a syllabus for a winter quarter class because I’ve had only a half-second to think about it. Happy end-of-quarter!

On 12/4/23, Code4Lib Journal released the 3rd article in 4 years with major patron privacy and ethics issues -- this one with an actual data breach. 📚 Please consider signing this open letter calling for the editorial board to make transparent and significant changes.

Open and open adjacent folks: friendly reminder to submit your chapter abstracts for this forthcoming book! Deadline is Dec. 20th - full call and details here: bit.ly/3RTnp7P

Gonna have to remember “vocational benevolence” during merit review time… (also, Ryan is totally correct)

Anyone else's cats upset that the EBS alert disrupted their naps?

Hey, UW iSchool MLIS alums, here’s the call to volunteer to be a mentor to a current student: https://twitter.com/uw_ischool/status/1696300393058242587?s=61&t=aRB1C87LKP8mr8BPTdQ26A. We’re growing the program this year and welcome your participation!

If you didn't sign the letter of support for ALA President Emily Drabinski but still want to get involved, we've got a mailing list now. Sign up. TZ, AZ, ID, IL, GA, LA, SC, and WY have highly-organized groups pushing their state libraries to leave ALA. We're stronger together. eepurl.com/iw1oQg

New here, coming from the other place. Now to find my peeps…