This free webinar is next Tuesday April 14th. There'll be ASL interpreters available. It'll be recorded, so if you can't join us, feel free to sign up and you'll get a link to the recording. 1500 people registered so far lol. 📚 #critcat news.library.fresnostate.edu/2026/02/23/f...

Check out the new website for the Library Freedom Journal, published by the folks at the Library Freedom Project. journal.libraryfreedom.org

They're looking for submissions for articles, reviews, hot takes, zines, & artwork focused on privacy, intellectual freedom, information democracy, & more! 📚

Union Yes for ALA employees! Add your name to congratulate and stand with employees of the American Library Association who are forming their union with AFSCME! @ILCWUAFSCME

Union Yes at ALA! To support American Library Association employees forming their union with AFSCME, add your name here: actionnetwork.org/forms/union-...

Congrats!!

Do I know any archivists who are interested in becoming journal editors? (It is ok to DM if yes)

And for the lady, perhaps audiobooks that support indie bookstores instead of mega corporations doing questionable things.

Tribute Post for Fobazi Ettarh - ACRLog With immense sadness, the writers of ACRLog acknowledge the passing of Fobazi Ettarh, library worker and influential LIS scholar. If you are able to contribute, there is a GoFundMe established for Fob...

My colleagues at ACRLog wrote short tributes to the life and work of Fobazi Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social. I wrote about her work on disability, which I think deserves more recognition. acrlog.org/2026/03/04/t...

Thanks @ezerrenner.bsky.social for coordinating. #CripLib #VocationalAwe

American Library Association employees forming union with AFSCME Joining the wave of union organizing among cultural workers, employees of the primarily Chicago-based American Library Association (ALA) announced they are forming their union with AFSCME Council 31.T...

Solidarity with American Library Association staff!

Without these folks hard work, nothing at ALA gets done.

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afscme31.org/news/america...

Chapter Submission Interest Form Decoding Slow Librarianship: Inquiries into Conceptual Challenges and Concerns from Bloomsbury Publishers Co-Editors: Lorin Jackson, Jill Deaver, and Meredith Solomon Decoding Slow Librarianship: Inq...

call for chapter proposals - Decoding Slow Librarianship: Inquiries into Conceptual Challenges and Concerns from Bloomsbury Publishers
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Interview with Dr. Sami Schalk on Black Disability Politics JJ Pionke interviews Dr. Sami Schalk about her book Black Disability Politics, her creative process, her teaching, and her current research on pleasure activism.

JJ Pionke interviews @drsamischalk.bsky.social about her book Black Disability Politics, her creative process, her teaching, and her current research on pleasure activism.

[audio interview and written transcript]

Memorial for Fobazi Ettarh

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Do you know someone who's done great work for social justice in libraries? Submit their name for the Herb Biblo Outstanding Leadership Award for Social Justice & Equality (deadline March 2nd). airtable.com/appoik78pOkA... The award is $4,000!!! 📚

Americans have seen, fought, & defeated this dehumanization before.

Here's a link to the SPLC, where you can learn more about both slavery and abolition.

(Yes, the abhorrent claims that enslaving other humans is necessary or merely acceptable have always been accompanied by abolition movements!)

4 hours left to submit - deadline is 5pm eastern

I've seen reddit theories that the whole point of the new regulations were to make it easier for AI to use the internet. Based on timing of the ADA push/long standing WCAG rules I doubt that's the origin but I'm also sure it's a plus for the new admin

Wishing you plenty of rest and as minimal symptoms as possible!

unfortunately evergreen

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

This reminds me of that anti-DEI article in C&RL which said larger social justice issues had nothing to do with libraries

this thread is a better close read than you’ll find in any media outlet today

Honoring Fobazi Ettarh — ThriveLib Many of you already know that our colleague and founding board member, Fobazi Ettarh , has passed away. We want to take a moment to acknowledge her loss and honor what she meant to libraries, our co...

Many of you already know that our colleague and founding board member, Fobazi Ettarh, has passed away. We want to take a moment to acknowledge her loss and honor what she meant to libraries, our community, and her friends and loved ones.
www.thrivelib.com/news/honoring-fobazi-ettarh

Donate to Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs, organized by Ysabel Gerrard NEW UPDATE Dear readers, This isn’t the update I was … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs

It would be difficult to overstate the influence of Fobazi Ettarh's work on a generation of library workers. Sending love to all in her orbit.

Join me in supporting her family in this difficult time.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

The update here left me weepy with how full of love it is. If you can help with end of life expenses, here's where and how.

Making the Academic Librarian Interview Less Painful - ACRLog To be unexpectedly unemployed in the U.S. is to be in a state of desperation. If you haven’t been out of work lately, it’s a particularly challenging time. The labor market is cooling, and people are ...

I wrote about some of the unreasonable requests I've gotten as a candidate for library jobs, and how employers might make the interview process less dehumanizing. acrlog.org/2026/02/05/m... 📚

Interview with Alex Brown on Hidden Napa Valley JJ Pionke interviews Alex Brown about their book The Hidden History of Napa Valley, Luddism and information literacy in a high school setting, their work doing book reviews and sensitivity reading, an...

JJ Pionke interviews @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social about their book The Hidden History of Napa Valley, Luddism and information literacy in a high school setting, their work doing book reviews and sensitivity reading, and why we keep fighting for progress.

Tell Congress: No More Tax Dollars for ICE & CBP Urge your representatives to reject more money for ICE detention.

ICE operates without accountability. More funding is a blank check to continue the disastrous and deadly actions we've seen in Minnesota, including reported violence against people with disabilities. Join us in telling the Senate: no more tax dollars for ICE and CBP! act.nilc.org/page/93101

With sorrow, we announce the passing of FOBAZI M. ETTARH 1989 - 2026. Fobazi changed so many lives with her friendship, love, and brilliance. She was so loved, and leaves behind a powerful legacy. We thank Fobazi's community for their support over the last several months of her illness. A private burial will be held for family. We will be in touch with further information about a future Celebration of Life event, as well as ways to support Fobazi's family and legacy.

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At the very least, Congress must disarm ICE, prohibit it from using racial or ethnic profiling, end arrest quotas, remove agents’ immunity from criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits, and slash its funding. The Senate has the chance to rein in ICE this week.

Keep calling: (202) 224-3121