it makes sense on the level of hindutva BJP followers who want to hoard their wealth & pay less in taxes and think that aligning themselves with MAGA makes them individually different from "those other immigrants/brown people" because they're upwardly mobile - they're always the exception
assuming they hope there will be people in cages and phrenology exhibits like the original world's fairs
and an incredibly illegal gerrymandered voting map that we're still just...using
there's a part II of never whistle at night??? stoked!!!
Several people's research agendas:
163 - Organize Your Library
We’re joined by the authors of the new book Organize Your Library to talk about library labor, the future, the ALA union drive, and more!
mine did that and when I called them to ask how to rectify it they said "we don't know, and it's technically your fault for not catching it" and I asked how I would've known to catch it and they said "well...you wouldn't."
ACRL President's Program: Leading Academic Libraries through VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) in Higher Education
we're still coming up with new dumb acronyms? in this economy?
going through offsite storage book lists and they're all like "a world bibliography of bibliographies and of bibliographical catalogues, calendars, abstracts, digests, indexes, and the like" from 1950
Palestinian writer Omar Hamad founded the Phoenix Library—the Gaza Strip’s first public library—built in the wake of Israel’s ongoing genocide.
Read his tale of displacement, weighed by worry and book stacks, and support the Library as a place of refuge:
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/04...
I love that while every kid loves elmo my little weirdo twin toddlers are obsessed with count von count
I would simply rather be dead than reveal anything about my personal life the way she has
New from me on ACRLog, Supporting Library Workers Who Have Lost Their Jobs. If you don't know what to say or do when your coworker or colleague gets laid off or fired, here's a list of action items. 📚 acrlog.org/2026/03/21/s...
have any libraries successfully cut ties with lexisnexis because of their ICE contract? or are in talks to do so? #skybrarians
fridays when nobody else is in the library are for blasting the simcity 3k soundtrack
I'm planning on writing a blog post about how to support laid off library workers. I'd be excited to hear your ideas or examples! 📚
if there is only one constant in this world, it is the dudes on college campuses playing frisbee no matter the weather
this is fantastic documentation, thank you!
thank you!!
Every single thing named after Cesar Chavez should be renamed for Dolores Huerta
we migrated to alma/primo (barf) and are forced to use consortia records, which means we have to use outdated subject headings and can't use our own 69X local fields. has anyone else dealt with this and found a workaround, or a way to advocate for change? #critcat
please let us know if there's anything we can do to support you, violet - would happily donate some coin your way (or just write you some nice postcards)
have considered getting a baseball hat that says DO NOT ASK ME ABOUT LLMS to wear to faculty department meetings
Text heavy poster with images of five middle aged women, four of whom are white. The text reads: The Fresno State Library invites you to a FREE webinar! Critical Cataloging & Librarianship Today Ethics, Power, and Possibility Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT/ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET. Please join us for a conversation with four nationally known librarian leaders in the critical cataloging/critical librarianship movement. They will explore how we can continue to move forward with this important work in the shifting political landscape. The panel will also discuss why it matters in higher education and in society today more than ever. Speakers 1. Emily Drabinski Associate Professor and Chair, School of Information Studies, Queens College, City University of New York 2. Dr. Karen Snow Professor and Ph.D. Program Director, School of Information Studies, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois 3. Violet Fox Creator of The Cataloging Lab, Minnesota 4. Billey Albina (FKA Amber Billey) Social justice rockstar librarian turned clinical social worker, Toronto, Canada. Host: Julie Renee Moore Special Collections Catalog Librarian, Fresno State Library, California State University, Fresno. Use the QR code to register! This webinar is sponsored by The Womack Lecture Series named for late librarian emeritus, Printise J. Womack, at Fresno State.
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
it's really something to say in a meeting with faculty that we actually can refuse to use genAI because it's killing people and be told you're being "unrealistic"
Brian Wilson: I’m going to need 9 years and this list of musical instruments only made in the mountains of Nepal to create my masterpiece, it’s called Goofy Goo Bananas
our university, which hasn't created any guidance around AI except for admin pushing it & faculty threatening expulsion for using it, wasted no time in prohibiting anthropic on campus after the government fallout. fascinating how fast academia responds to the government but not its own students
A cartoon from The Onion of a man pressing his face up against a window saying "Yes...ha ha ha...YES!" while wearing a black shirt that says SICKOS on it.
landsman haters in ohio right now
happy 14th anniversary to all who observe