A good message from my former Governor during National Library Week

Society of American Archivists Statement on Changes Being Made at National Parks and Monuments 📜www2.archivists.org/news/2026/saa-statement-...

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

They’ve come for the teaching, they’ll come for the research agenda, and, once they are no longer needed to support current teaching and research, they’ll come for the library collections @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

I can think of a lot of more accurate and less flattering terms for dudes who travel to other countries to trap foreign women in subservient relationships than “passport bros”

There appear to be some limits on the “freedom to inquire” supported by Harvard University

Or get used to finding a Uniqlo in every place you stop in Japan (as I did during a very hot Summer of 2025)

Damn Thornwillow Press and their compelling newsletters (and, yes, I am looking forward to receiving new editions of The Lottery and The Machine Stops, but still …) thornwillow.com

The Most Expensive Mistake a City Can Make  | San Diego Magazine CEO Claire Johnson dives into the danger of Mayor Todd Gloria's proposed budget cuts to arts and culture in the city.

“Cutting arts and culture [and libraries] to ‘save money’ is one of the most expensive mistakes a city can make.”

sandiegomagazine.com/features/the...

Throwback: What Was Hiding in Plain Sight | San Diego State University For decades, one mystery at Love Library defied every attempt to explain it—even by those who knew San Diego State University best.

A little bit of undergraduate research and a little bit of @sdsulibrary.bsky.social history www.sdsu.edu/magazine/spr...

Within this larger context, the current proposal by San Diego’s Mayor to drastically reduce city funding for arts groups and cultural organizations is even worse

Always glad to see our partnership with the SDSU Pride Center grow with another year working to support the Pride Research Symposium

The @sdsulibrary.bsky.social collaborates with @sdsuresearch.bsky.social to celebrate the scholarly and creative work of our faculty and staff and to make it available through the SDSU Authors Collection library.sdsu.edu/news/2026/bo...

SDSU is an engine for new scholarship coming out of @calstate.bsky.social - learn more about SDSU authors and explore the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social SDSU Authors Collection @sdsuresearch.bsky.social @sdsurf.bsky.social library.sdsu.edu/news/2026/bo...

Cash-strapped DePaul closes the curtain on Downtown's historic Reskin Theatre The university's decision places in limbo a landmarked 1,400-seat Beaux Art playhouse designed by Benjamin H. Marshall, one of Chicago's preeminent architects.

The loss of the Art Museum on the Lincoln Park campus and now the historic theatre near the Loop campus puts real question around the future of DePaul’s long-time leadership on the Chicago arts and culture scene; I’m very sad to see it @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...

San Diego arts leaders blast proposed massive funding cuts as ‘catastrophic’ and ‘devastating’ In a newly unveiled budget proposal, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria is looking to close a projected $146 million deficit by cutting $11.8 million of funds that go to local arts groups.

Library leaders (and community members), I dare say, are also less than pleased with our Mayor’s budget proposal www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/04/15/s...

Looking forward to our next @sdsulibrary.bsky.social Prison Book Project meet-up

My alma mater taught me how to ask questions, and how to care more about the work than grades and quantitative metrics. I'm mourning Hampshire already, and the failures that have gotten us to the point where a school that values thinking and world-repair over capitalism can no longer keep going.

Grossmont Union High School District facing lawsuits alleging anti-LGBTQ+ agenda Nine librarians who lost their positions last school year are suing the district, alleging LGBTQ+ discrimination. A similar lawsuit was filed by a special education administrator.

Sending support for former Grossmont school librarians and their cause @kpbssandiego.bsky.social www.kpbs.org/news/educati...

I am so sorry to see this news even though it has felt inevitable for some time.

Ready to welcome 15,000+ prospective SDSU students and families to @sdsulibrary.bsky.social for Admitted Students Day

One of our favorite events - the biannual celebration of books authored or edited by SDSU faculty (and new additions to the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social SDSU Authors Collection)

Continuing @sdsulibrary.bsky.social collaboration with the SDSU Biodiversity Museum & Associated Students on Citizen Science events, including the San Diego City Nature Challenge library.sdsu.edu/events#event...

"We need not only our public libraries to be funded properly and staffed properly, but our school libraries. Many children can't get to a public library, and the only library they have is a school library."—Katherine Paterson #WednesdayWisdom #AASLslm

Grateful for the opportunity to continue serving on the San Diego Board of Library Commissioners and building stronger, community-centered collaboration between our academic and public libraries @sdsulibrary.bsky.social @sdpubliclibrary.bsky.social

Ooh, I’m looking forward to this one (though there is the issue of how many oversized books edited by @chrisryall.bsky.social my coffee table can handle)

Red States: We are canceling all programs that don't support our theology.
Blue States: We're canceling all the same programs, but because they don't support our business school.

SDSU Police Department on Instagram: "🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 The San Diego State University Police Department is proud to introduce our newest crime-fighting team… the FELINE UNIT 🐱 That’s right, trad... 67 likes, 5 comments - sdsupd on March 30, 2026: "🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 The San Diego State University Police Department is proud to introduce our newest crime-fighting team… the FELINE UNIT 🐱 That’s...

I welcome our new police cat and know they will find many friends in the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DWmFBzZ...

Congratulations to my SDSU colleagues on their leadership for this system-wide study of awareness, knowledge, and use of AI in higher education @calstate.bsky.social www.calstate.edu/csu-system/n...

2025 Digitization Projects ​In collaboration with San Diego State University's Digital Collections Department and Pride Center, we will be identifying materials within multiple collections currently under our care that...

As we get closer to the SDSU Pride Research Seminar, I'm grateful for this continuing model for collection-centered collaboration among campus and community partners: @sdsulibrary.bsky.social, SDSU Pride Center, and Lambda Archives of San Diego www.lambdaarchives.org/2025-digitiz...

I think it best that @nytimes.com know that it doesn't matter how many times I hit a paywall on a sports story that I might otherwise read, I will NEVER "upgrade to include The Athletic."