Adaptive Arcade | American Libraries Magazine Adaptive controllers can help to make video game programs accessible to library patrons with disabilities.

“There are many ways to customize [controllers] for adaptive gaming.” Learn how Deerfield Public Library makes videogame programs accessible to people with disabilities in "Adaptive Arcade." americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/11/03/adaptive-arca...

Excited to be presenting this @ala-pla.bsky.social webinar on adaptive gaming in the library next week with @stevenspohn.bsky.social!

Adaptive Arcade | American Libraries Magazine Spohn, the former COO of AbleGamers and current director of the Mount Sinai Back to Life Center, and Vicki Karlovsky, inclusion coordinator at Deerfield (Ill.) Public Library (DPL), discussed how libr...

NPR has reported an estimated 46 million gamers with disabilities in the US. “They’re living in the communities we serve, whether we’re aware of them or not.” Vicki Karlovsky, inclusion coordinator at Deerfield (Ill.) Public Library
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Libraries and the Americans with Disabilities Act An overview of standard accessibility services provided by American public libraries in honor of National Disability Independence Day.

An overview of standard accessibility services provided by American public libraries.

Thank you @amlibraries.bsky.social for featuring our program at #alaac25, and for bringing the topic of adaptive gaming in libraries to the forefront. @stevenspohn.bsky.social and I were honored to present.

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#ALAAC25 Timely, relevant, and aligned with your daily work, these education programs address Artificial Intelligence, Accessibility, Immigrant Support, and Information Literacy—delivering practical, community-focused solutions. Learn more & Register Today! annual2025.eventscribe.net/SearchByBuck...

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I am excited to be presenting "Adaptive Arcade at the Library: Video Games are for Everyone" with @stevenspohn.bsky.social at #ALAAC25. If you are attending, check out our session: cdmcd.co/8YnyBB. Hope to see you there!

The American Library Association praises servic of Dr. Carla Hayden, decries 'unjust dismissal' of Librarian of Congress. [Image of Dr. Carla Hayden standing in the stacks in a library]

NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.

Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...

President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.

BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.

It’s lovely. ❤️

We're suing Trump to save library funding. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.

The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)

Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Behind the stacks: research exposes sexual harassment of library workers For those who work in public libraries, the risk of sexual harassment by patrons is high, according to professors in the U of A’s School of Library and Information Studies.

Don't just protect libraries; protect library workers too. 📚
www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...

Can I interest you in a feed trade? 🫠

Lake County library leaders expect to see more challenged books A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, according to the American Library Association. Challenges lead to censorship.

Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally.

Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...

Protect Access to Medicaid Caregiving Services for People with SMA Many individuals with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and their families rely on Medicaid for their access to healthcare, including in-home caregiving services provided by a nurse or personal care atten...

Please take a moment to help protect access to Medicaid. Lives are at stake. Thank you. ❤️

Support local libraries. We’re witnessing censorship on a massive scale. Digital scrubbing is modern day equivalent of book burning

Our ability to get accurate info about public health, science, history, LGBTQ & marginalized groups is under threat

Libraries will be critical part of the resistance

Book Bans Are Real. American Library Association

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination.
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...

It’s always a good time for a cozy book! 💜

At least you are consistent.

Yay!!

Don’t forget the self-care today, loves. ❤️

Librarians Struggle With Mental Health After Traumatic Events at Work As libraries become public stages for social problems — homelessness, drug use, mental health — the people who work there are burning out.

Librarians Face a Crisis of Violence and Abuse
(All examples in this article are from public libraries) 📚
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/w...

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despite it all”
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