We're excited to announce our 2026 CALM featured speakers, Meredith Farkas and Silvia Vong! More info at www.conferenceonacademiclibrarymanagement.com/calm-feature...

Better than if they told you TO put lotion on...

Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant

Every library worker has benefitted in some way from @fobettarh.bsky.social's work, and if you can afford to, please pay it forward: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo.... If you can't donate, please share.

We Can Still Save the Institute for Museum and Library Services Act now to help save the Institute for Museum and Library Services and ensure the well-being of public libraries nationwide.

We can still save the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Here's a practical guide to what to do right now to save not just the agency's funding but its future all together: bookriot.com/we-can-still...

CALM 2026 -- Coming Soon! Greetings, CALM Community, It has been a little while, but we are excited to share with you that CALM will return in 2026! Please save the dates: May 12-14, 2026. We can't wait to come back together i...

CALM 2026 will be held May 12-14, 2026. We can't wait to learn alongside you, and you can learn more about upcoming key dates for the conference in our latest update: wix.to/P0fxDX9

A teen stopped me on the way into work this morning and told me she liked my dress, you can't tell me anything the rest of the week 💅

This has happened to me in two meetings -- it is just so rude, among other things! Like none of the rest of us have other things we could be doing?

CRMP Retrofit Grant Program Registration Process (EBB & ESS) You can register for the Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) and the Earthquake Soft-Story (ESS) programs when registration is open. Registration is offered for a limited time, at least once per year, for e...

The California Earthquake Authority gives $3000 grants for seismically retrofitting your home. Registration is open now. See if you qualify at www.californiaresidentialmitigationprogram.com/our-seismic-...

I did not know about this podcast, but The OC is my all time favorite, so I will be listening on the way home today, thank you!

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LA area friends, if you need masks, you can get them for free through this company: www.planethalohealth.com My friend who worked for Project N95 vouches for them.

This happened to us last year and it is SO CRAZY that there is no recourse to this!

Thank you so much for being a part of the book! It was such a pleasure to work with you, and glad that your work is out in the world!!

So gorgeous!

On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World a book by Danya Ruttenberg Winner NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS in Contemporary Jewish Life & PracticeMyra H. Kraft Memorial Award A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm--from personal ...

And yes, it's the same 5 steps each time.

Name and own the harm
Start to change
Amends
Apology
Make different choices.

Same with interpersonal harm.
Institutional harm.
National harm.
Crimes against humanity.

Whether or not you can ever fully repair.

Whether or not you can ever be forgiven.

A teal-colored book with yellow dandelions with the title Person-Centered Management in Academic Libraries against white cloth and vines.

Happy pub day to Person-Centered Management in Academic Libraries! You can check out more about our amazing contributors in the ToC on the ALA website: alastore.ala.org/pcmal

Last day to take our survey on Identifying Gaps and Opportunities in Professional Development Support for Managers! The gift cards are gone, but we are grateful for the gift of your time. Open to all academic library workers, whether manager or managed!
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Who could have guessed. My most significant memory from a recent conference was seeing a whole bunch of these little dudes congregating in the student center -- it seemed like they were planning the robot uprising, but maybe they were just stuck.

Yesterday, I had to explain to undergrads that dot matrix printer paper was, in fact, regular size once you pull off the sides (yes, we had a cache of old paper we were giving away) AND I got asked if I knew what TikTok was. I guess I have officially become old?

We hope it will be a positive experience for someone!

We are hiring a 25% time position in support of the @calmconference.bsky.social grant from IMLS! It's fully remote, with travel to our in-person forum in August 2024 covered. Appreciate any shares or recommendations, first consideration is 12/12.

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Costumes to scare scientists.

We're hiring a Social Sciences Librarian to join the UC San Diego Library! There will be two upcoming info sessions on 11/14 and 11/15 via Zoom for interested candidates, and I am also happy to answer any questions about the role or working at UC San Diego.

apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03796

Do we have code4libbers on here now? 📚 Because keynote nominations are open for #c4l24! Add your nominees to the wiki by Nov. 16: wiki.code4lib.org/2024_Keynote...

It seems very daunting to make a First Post anywhere, so I am just going to post this and get it over with 😅

👋 Bluesky friends!