You ARE cool.

What a great forum. A Sparking Forum at #OLASuperconference with Andrea Ceccetto and Beth Ruddentalking about leadership, librarians and AI.

“We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false. We largely avoided calling out the gaps between rhetoric and reality ... This bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.” trib.al/0AXQHz6

Fountain pens are enjoying a revival among the digital generation The popularity of journaling and letter writing is a big driver of the resurgence of more elegant writing instruments

My bud @kimbrarianca.bsky.social got me in to fountain pens. I add this slow process to the whole knitting process. Love the feel of my fingers moving a pen or yarn.
G&M article gifted: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c1ed4e4...

That time I sang in a band at work. I did not suck.

50 is awesome! Welcome to this amazing club.

Pet Sounds will remain an epic album for me. RIP Brian Wilson.

You can’t really stop a librarian from doing what we do best with data and information. Organize and disseminate.

And can I say I hope to meet you in person… as I live in Oakville.

Amazing! Congratulations!

The True Cost of Wool: What's the State of Canada's Wool Supply Chain? Did you know that Canada produces around 3 million pounds of wool annually, with 90% of it being sold on the international market? Meanwhile, 95% of the wool products Canadians consume are imported. Here's THE TRUE COST OF WOOL author Anna Hunter on this significant disconnect, with an invitation to challenge and rethink the current wool supply chain. The book will hit bookstore and craft shop shelves in Canada and the U.S. in June, 2025. Learn more or order directly here: https://shop.ninetenpublications.ca/products/the-true-cost-of-wool-by-anna-hunter or, for folks in the U.S., here: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/publisher/nine-ten-publications/

Did you know that Canada produces around 3 million pounds of wool annually & 90% of it is sold on the international market? Meanwhile, 95% of the wool products Canadians consume are imported. Here's @longwayhomestead.bsky.social with more on this and an invitation to rethink our wool supply chain.

Doug Ford’s Bill 5 hands sweeping power to override local govts, workers’ rights & environmental protections.

It’s MAGA-style politics—and CBC is one of the few institutions exposing it.

CBC holds power to account. That’s why it’s under attack.

Learn more:
r.pebmac.ca/https://www

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I’m totally the Cancer Man!

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

Carla Hayden is a national treasure and doesn’t deserve this.

Why thank you!!!

Finished my #rifttee #riftsweater by #jacquelinecieslak in a wonderful thrifted soft merino wool.

Canada will never be the 51st State.

#FanjoyVsPoilievre #CanadaStrong

It is elections day in Canada! Elbows up folks!

You can register on site.
You can use a LOT of different things as ID.
Your boss has to give you time.
You can do this.

Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion Swathes of scientific data deletions are sweeping across US government websites – with decades of research at risk. Now, scientists are racing to save their work before it's lost.

Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion - BBC
www.bbc.com/future/artic...

"At present, no miracle has happened. The WIU Librarians will be gone in under a month, as our layoffs take effect May 14."

Western Illinois University will attempt to be a university without a library.

It doesn't take a red state to destroy a public good.

savewiulibrarians.org/message.php

Thursday April 24th: join me for a free webinar, "Working Together to Improve Disability and Medical Subject Headings." Thanks to Minitex for a terrific webinar series focusing on #critcat collective action! 📚 #MedLibs 🦀 minitex.umn.edu/events/webin...

Please stop calling it Kitchener stitch. He didn't invent it and the man was a monster. Like, invented the concentration camp kind of monster (Boer War). The technique existed before him and it had a perfectly good name before: grafting.

#NationalLibraryWeek
#LiteracyMatters

NCDS Data Internship

In good news, if you are an LIS student, the NCDS Data Internship program is open! Apply and become one of us (a data librarian)!!!

www.nnlm.gov/about/center...

Ohhhhh "Data Rescue Day" has a fab ring. Let's do it in early March because there aren't enough holidays then.

A poster at a conference. With a scarf attached to it in several colors.

Neat thing at this conference: a librarian crocheted a scarf based on how many emails they sent in a year -- posted with their permission.

We are saving as much public data as we can. The other thing you can do is speak out. Tell everyone you know about what is happening (here, IRL, everywhere). We need people to know the consequences of these actions.

Looking west on Front Street with union station and the CN Tower in fog.

Fog and the CN Tower #Toronto #FrontStreet