The proshot of Suffs is now free online from PBS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQxs...

The sudden sinking feeling when I think back on the numerous courses that I built from scratch that I don't have backed up outside of the course sites.

Lots to chew on here. “People still use a range of technologies to connect to friends and build relationships, but we don’t call those technologies – like texting and group chats – ‘social media.’”

Records keeping in the American Revolutionary War #Smithsonian www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ever...

Department of Education opens investigation into Smith College for admitting trans women www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/u...

Museum Repatriation from Missouri State Museum. meskwakimedia.smugmug.com/2026/0428-Mu...

Major publishers sue Meta for copyright infringement over AI training www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"“Why are we continuing to fight every single level of society that doesn’t want this to happen, including your own voters?" 📚 www.latimes.com/california/s...

I think any list like this is incomplete without open stacks browsing. Like most kinds of change, there is no one "moment" to point to, though John Cotton Dana at the Denver Public Library was certainly key to the spread. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2026/05/01/5...

May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center. Opening June 19.

Here's a great way to share collection items with a national reach. Thematic categories are: Unfinished Revolutions, Power of Place, We the People, American Experiment, and Doing History. 📜 #RBMS26 #SAA www2.archivists.org/news/2026/sa...

"...she brought with her, as a gift to the Library, a replica of Roo—the baby kangaroo toy lost so long ago—made specially by Merrythought, the same manufacturer of the original toys." 📜 www.nypl.org/blog/2026/04...

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UI Museum Studies students gain hands-on experience through Unpacking Travel exhibit (Iowa) 📜 blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/202...

Michalak, Russell, Laura Rose Taylor, Michelle Reed, Amanda Koziura, & Devon Ellixson. "The Evolving Roles of U.S. Academic Librarians: A Snapshot of Job Responsibilities in 2023." College & Research Libraries, 87.3 (2026): 319. Apr. 2026 📚https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/27304/35102

Not done, but nothing else will be removed in the meantime. www.kwwl.com/news/court-b...

Wednesday, A conversation with Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty and Sherry Williams as they discuss their work in activism, community memory, and archiving. 📜https://preservationweek.org/free-webinars/evangelestia-dougherty-webinar/

A bearded man in cargo shorts and a baseball cap riding a penny farthing to the ice cream store. Classic. #IowaCity

This follows a retirement. #lisjobs 📜https://phxc3c.rfer.us/UIOWA7gaVOl

The Center for Craft will award up to four $5,000 fellowships to support research on underrepresented craft histories, culminating in an article on Hyperallergic. hyperallergic.com/call-for-app...

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I saw a post from the writer on LinkedIn talking about noticing the letter while processing and I love it when processing archivists and assistants write. They have a unique opportunity to have their eyes on the collections. blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/...

Mysterious donation gives small Kansas town its first public library 📚 www.cbsnews.com/news/fronten...

Wax cylinder digitization 😍 📜https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h8L3fmIu_bg

Library on Quebec-Vermont border gets new [accessible Canadian] entrance after U.S. limited access for Canadians 📚 www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

The deadline was pushed back by a year. 📚 www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Society of American Archivists Statement on Changes Being Made at National Parks and Monuments 📜https://www2.archivists.org/news/2026/saa-statement-on-changes-being-made-at-national-parks-and-monuments

Ohio's public universities are eliminating nearly 90 degree programs as a result of Senate Bill 1 share.google/L47zrL7GUg67...

By Todd Toler, Angela Cochran (From Wiley) 📚 scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/11/w...

Collection Deep Dive: The Weld-Grimké Quilt Clement Library (Michigan) 📜 clements.umich.edu/weld-grimke-...

Here’s a short video showing what digital preservation involves. In this case, a file only works from a CD and can’t just be copied to our network—so we have to convert it into a playable format. #Archive30 #DigitalPreservation

Walking through the Rita Benton Music Library #Iowa 📜(Heavily features collections from the rare book room) dailyiowan.com/2026/04/14/w...

An incalculable loss’: Hampshire College (MA) to close doors after fall. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Here is a phrase that just came up in RBMS planning: Cheese curd food truck.

Observing Collections a Micron at a Time: A Tools of the Trade Post by Megan Zins, Library of Congress 📜 blogs.loc.gov/preservation...

Gugusse et l'Automate by Georges Méliès 1897 news.artnet.com/art-world/lo...

The University of Iowa Powwow is returning to campus, in spite of state’s anti-DEI push littlevillagemag.com/the-universi...

Our final keynote speakers for RBMS wrote the description for their talks and I got chills. I think the message of advocacy will be affirming and sustaining right when many of us need it.

"The nonprofit that runs Meals on Wheels will open a cafe at Cedar Rapids Public Library, with profits benefitting the nonprofit’s other initiatives to feed the community." #EngagedLibraries @librarycolleen.bsky.social www.thegazette.com/lifestyles/h...

"concern about being qualified... was not the main barrier to [non-Māori librarians' willingness to engage with Māori issues]... much of the time, the knowledge required was at the level of attempting a basic reference desk request or consulting an online dictionary."

Many U.S. Museum Buildings Are in Disrepair, Threatening Collections and Visitors’ Safety "85% of museums (13,700) have deferred maintenance." - U.S. Government Accountability Office 📜 www.gao.gov/blog/many-u....

Project 2025’s Quiet Weapon Against Universities The fight over accreditation is really about who controls higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/proj...

DIY History is no more, and I'm feeling quite sad about it. #crowdsourcing diyhistory.lib.uiowa.edu

ALA election results are in! Congratulations to 2026-2027 President-Elect Tamika Barnes and to all of our newly elected leaders. Thank you to all the great candidates who stood for election this year and all the members who voted. Read the announcement: https://bit.ly/48y7RxM

What the Wright Museum’s Viral Series Teaches Us About Museum Content 📜 www.aam-us.org/2026/03/30/w...

Faith Bradham, @mauraseale.bsky.social , and I have a new article out! The Illusion of Opportunity: Reimbursement Policies and the Academic Librarian furthers our research into the costs of professional enagement activities. (spoiler: reimbursement culture sucks) doi.org/10.1353/pla.... 📚📜

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Statement From American #Libraries Association: White House FY27 Budget Proposal Repeats Threats to Eliminate #IMLS (via @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social) www.ala.org/news/2026/04... #funding

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Sitting in on a first meeting for an archives student and their potential supervisor for a project. Supervisor says, "Much of the collection will be microfiche, do you know what that looks like? "No," the students says. Me: Oh! I have one in my desk drawer, look!" #MyWeirdFlex