Excited to be working on this and to slowly add smaller and weirder screens to the mix 💀💀📼📼

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Book Talk - Avery Dame-Griff. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Learn how the internet has shaped trans identity & activism! Join us April 20 from 12-1pm EST for an insightful book talk with Avery Dame-Griff, lecturer at Gonzaga University and the author The Two ...

I don't often toot my own horn here, but I'll be doing two things next week! First off: I'll be doing a free book talk on Zoom at Noon ET sponsored by the Open Digital Literacy and Access Network.

Vintage classroom TV setup

I wanna watch the Artemis landing on this.

The students broke a mini-cassette in the process, which I repeatedly assured them was the most media archaeological thing they could have done 📼🔥

Maybe just evidence of your incredible ability to earnestly network with folks?

Ah, yes, my favorite time of the semester where I am grateful to have scheduled guest lectures for my classes, but have also forgotten that I agreed to give guest lectures for others as well.

it was such a delight putting together this Homosaurus history and maintenance article with D (a fantastic steward), Keahi, @marikac4.bsky.social Michael, Crystal & @drtlwagner.bsky.social ! This is also the best recounting of the Homosaurus history to date--if we don't answer it here, let us know!

www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/seeking...

this is absolutely INCREDIBLE work--reading 20 years of LC decisions!

iSchool launches Summer Intensive This summer, iSchool students will have the opportunity to enroll in in select courses through the new Summer Intensive pilot program, which will take place on campus over the course of two weeks. Eac...

I’m excited to be coordinating a new @ischoolui.bsky.social program

The Summer Intensive will offer 6 courses over 2 weeks in May & June this year—SI weeks will also include a range of academic, professional, & social events—we are hoping to cultivate real "summer camp for LIS nerds vibes"

CFP - Library Trends 75.3 Evidence-based Practices for eLearning in Libraries CFP – Library Trends 75.3 Evidence-based Practices for eLearning in Information Organizations Library Trends invites proposals for issue on Evidence-based Practices for eLearning in Information Orga...

Excited to share our newest CFP! Library Trends 75.3: Evidence-based Practices for eLearning in Information Organizations

Proposals are due April 3, 2026. The complete CFP, including information on how to submit a proposal, is available at tinyurl.com/mwk429vh

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Sure, Sartre was on to something with the whole "hell is other people" bit, but could you imagine explaining him to compliance-based ethics training?

Excited about this upcoming talk at Skeuomorph!

Ah, right, sometimes the heading of an email alone triggers a "hmm, I will wait till next week to reply to that" response.

Rewatching Tank Girl and realizing that like older video games some things are just meant to be seen on era specific hardware. The VHS version pops off of a CRT far more than a high definition bluray ever could on modern hardware!

This is perhaps the most damning evidence in the AI could never do X argument debate to date. No amount of LLM training could produce something so joyfully chaotic. Not to mention it would literally melt the ice away to try and do it.

Dear Colleagues & Peers, My name is Deanna Zarrillo (she/they), and I am a PhD candidate at Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics. I am conducting dissertation research on the experiences of trans and gender diverse authors who have changed their name on academic publications and perspectives around digital identity more broadly. This work is aimed at assessing the community impact of post-publication name change policies from major publishers and enhancing policy around author privacy in the publication process. As part of this work, I am recruiting eligible participants for a survey on this topic. If you are an academic and have changed your name in the past, whether on publications or not, please consider responding to this survey! As publishing policies evolve, your experiences can help shape more inclusive practices for current and future scholars. You’re eligible if you: You are an academic student or faculty member (current or previous) with a history of publications in academic journals You are transgender, gender diverse, or otherwise self-identify outside of the gender binary. You have changed your name and have used, or have considered using, a post-publication name change policy or have changed your name on a publication in another way. Are fluent in English. What to Expect: This survey includes questions about your experiences with post-publication name changes and utilizing publisher policies. Your participation in this survey is voluntary. You may refuse to take part in the research or to exit the survey at any time. Partial responses will not be retained. Should you volunteer as an interviewee*, further consent information will be provided via email prior to the scheduled interview in addition to a verbal consent agreement at the beginning of the interview. Your responses will provide vital information to help assess current policies, identify barriers and challenges, explore impact, develop recommendations for improvem…

please RT! if you've ever contacted a journal or publisher to have your name changed on a publication, a friend and colleague of mine wants to hear about your experience! drexel.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#phdchat #academicchatter

I did and it had the opposite effect 🤖💀🤖

As part of a New Year’s resolution to have a creative hobby I started doing some found object collaging. While I am not at all confident in the collages themselves I do really like some of the little guys I have made. The inspiration for a few of them may be a bit obvious 😅

In the inaugural “Media Necromancy” talk @skeuomorphpress.org, @drtlwagner.bsky.social asks “what does it mean to take seriously obsolescence as a fundamental part of queer archival work?”

I found the old 35mm slide for the cover for Neuromancer and had it scanned in for your pleasure. Enjoy!

I fear that I may have found my new favorite media artifact courtesy of a library book sale. I’m a bit afraid to pop it in a DVD player

I working on my slides for this and oscillating between the format of a media studies presentation and an information science presentation. The jury is still out on which side will win 👾📼🏳️‍🌈

Last summer I was the Rose Library’s LGBTQ Collections Fellowship at Emory University. The blog for the archive just posted my write up as part of the fellowship. It is part of a bigger project of mine, but here is a sneak peak of some of what I am exploring:

scholarblogs.emory.edu/marbl/2026/0...

Battletoads (NES) Music - Pause Beat YouTube video by GBelair

Sorry to say it y'all, but music peaked with the Battletoads (NES) Pause Music:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRPX...

Bri Watson - Lecture Series '25 - A World Divided into Sheep & Goats YouTube video by Rotman Institute of Philosophy

I gave a Rotman Lecture last fall about the my dissertation and book, specifically about the Kinseys (the man and the Institute) and the influence taxonomy has on the labels we use to describe ourselves (gender, sexuality, etc. It was recently uploaded to YouTube:

youtu.be/KDwF_3ilkwM?... 🗂️🗃️📚📃📜

The Political Librarian Volume 8.2 In Conversation: "What is Lost in 'Restoring Truth and Sanity'? Queer Approaches to Absence, Silence, and Erasure in Archival Description" Featuring Evan M. Allgood & Travis L. Wagner January 26, 2026 1:00 p.m. ET

Join The Political Librarian tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. CST for a webinar with PhD student Evan M. Allgood and Assistant Professor Travis L. Wagner. They will discuss what federal directives targeting DEI mean for libraries, archives, and public memory.

Watch live ▶️ bit.ly/3NE9pin

the "nostalgia" thread here may have particular salience to the #dhmakes & book lab crowds?

Strongly considering changing my entire aesthetic to the character from Sega Bass Fishing

I'm running a graduate reading seminar titled "Queering Information" this semester and we had our first meeting. The students came energized and engaged! I know it is likely to slow a bit as the semester grinds on, but if this keeps up it is going to be a true high point of my semester.