Your federal government on Trumpism:
"More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May 2025, when the Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program...
"Another 90,000 vets are heading toward foreclosure..."
www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
Image of a promotional poster for "NEW: The Bodleian Whispering Service." It humorously details a service where users can "Request a title, Sit quietly, and Receive knowledge." Tiers include "Journal articles," "19th Century Novels," and "War and Peace (extended session)." Launching on April 1st. The poster features icons of two figures, one appearing to whisper to the other, against a background of a historic building.
NEW: Introducing the Bodleian Whispering Service.
Too busy to read? Our expert librarians can now quietly narrate books, articles, and selected manuscripts directly to you in our reading rooms.
Please note: whispering remains subject to standard library noise regulations.
If only this were true! #librarians #cats
Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video.
“It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?”
This lady’s response is🔥
This article explores the transformative role of the digital library at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), particularly within the Institute of Inner‑City Learning’s (IICL) Birmingham campus, where students engage exclusively with online resources. It highlights the collaborative efforts of academic liaison librarians and digital skills advisors in delivering a fully digital library service that is both inclusive and future ready. Emphasizing the importance of digital literacy, personalized support and curriculum integration. The article underscores how library services contribute directly to student success and employability. It argues that strategic investment in digital library infrastructure and support services enhances academic outcomes and prepares students for the evolving demands of the workforce. Ongoing challenges, including digital equity, accessibility and the ethical implications of AI are also addressed, while a future of expanded access, increased staff engagement and deeper integration into the academic experience is envisioned.
The latest from #UKSGInsights: Olivia Edmonds and Taran Johal @uwtsd.bsky.social "The digital library: redefining access and engagement at University of Wales Trinity St David, Birmingham campus" dub.sh/xomcW9U
When we’re not busy creating a black market economy for birth control, tsunami of unplanned pregnancies, fiscal void in daycare, SNAP, & child development services, we’re also taking away your vote to do anything about it.
COUNTER conference call for proposals! The COUNTER team is delighted to announce the third COUNTER Conference alongside our Annual General Meeting on Thursday 11 June 2026. This online event will focus on AI usage patterns and their impact on COUNTER metrics. www.countermetrics.org/conference-2...
New from #UKSGInsights: Identifying undetected hijacked journals in medical science: a linkage analysis; Hegedus et al dub.sh/CaXERBi
“Piracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.”
-Werner Herzog on NPR just now 🔥
The reason she SHOULD have been fired.
Everyone needs to be talking about this.
I'm drafting a letter to the Provost, who oversees libraries, to highlight how integral it is and why we need to stop cutting funding to it
One of the best Information Science events to attend!
morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ... there's info on who to complain to to try to stop this at the end of the article, lets share this message and try our best to stop it.
Did you know we have a Bluesky starter pack where you can follow all of OJC's publisher members in just one click?
Take a look and give a click!
go.bsky.app/QvGSACZ
I find this work really compelling & worth checking out
“By declining the State of the Union visit, the US Women’s Hockey Team’s polite 'no thanks' says more than any corporation, or tech billionaire, or media company is willing to say. Amid so much cowardice, it’s those who stood up who will be remembered…
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UKSG conference themed sessions on open access futures
There's a whole theme on OA Futures @uksg.bsky.social, too, including two on #DiamondOA.
*I still haven't heard a good answer about what diamond means in terms of business models. I live in hope!
Any 2026 conference worth its salt needs to showcase AI! @uksg.bsky.social has a whole theme on AI, misinformation & emerging technologies.
Register at www.uksg.org/events/confe... to join us
ps Whatever's keeping CISOs and librarians up at night, may I suggest valerian tea as an antidote?
UKSG conference and exhibition poster.
I’m really looking forward to speaking at @uksg.bsky.social this year, sharing some of my initial results from my PhD research.
This is the first time I will be presenting at UKSG not as part of a panel so I’m a bit nervous already! I’m in Group A if you wanna come along and be a friendly face 😉
Yesterday's @uksg.bsky.social Conference theme of the day was AI and misinformation, so today has to be research integrity and trust. I'm looking forward to the session about community building and trust with @orcid.org and @jisc.bsky.social!
www.uksg.org/events/confe...
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR
Verge headline: I was detained by federal agents in Minneapolis Photo depicts a person wearing a hood entering an area via a gate on a chain link fence
One local who was arrested while protesting at the site of Alex Pretti’s killing talked to The Verge about his harrowing experience in custody at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building and how the community is fighting back.
Read more from @gabydvj.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/87365...
"This is a public service announcement... with guitar!"
🔥 Friday is International Clash Day: Know Your Rights on #kexp, and it matters more than ever. You can participate from anywhere. kexp.org/read/2026/2/...
Trump’s manufacturing revival currently in the thoughts-and-prayers phase.
At Liam’s school, three other kids have been taken by ICE.
A U.S. citizen child with a brain tumor was deported away from her Texas doctors.
Austin college student Any Lopez Belloza was deported by “mistake” and still can't come home.
Trump's chaos and cruelty has to end.
youtu.be/aBuQ2sQa9NU
Do NOT fund ICE
@schumer.senate.gov
@booker.senate.gov
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@gallego.senate.gov
@schiff.senate.gov
@sanders.senate.gov
@wyden.senate.gov
@vanhollen.senate.gov
@democrats.senate.gov
@rosen.senate.gov
@sencortezmasto.govpeeps.us
@durbin.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
