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Columbia University Libraries is hiring an Instruction & Research Librarian! They will be a key contributor to reference and instruction in the Humanities & History unit. I'm on the search committee and can answer questions or point you to the right person. academic.careers.columbia.edu#!/180613

This is unreal. The 2026 code4lib conference has been cancelled unilaterally by Carnegie Mellon University because the Department of Education raised issues with the diversity scholarships:

> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]

thank you! I'm pleasantly surprised they invited me and am looking forward to it!

If you're looking for a group of library workers who understand the power of labor organizing, social justice, & anti-racism, consider applying for the Library Freedom Institute. It's a 15-week program in privacy, intellectual freedom, & critical technology. libraryfreedom.org/institute/

Two folks (Fobazi and Elena) and their pup (Chloe) very deserving of any extra cash you have to toss their way! Fobazi's professional impact has been massive to many of us in the field and she's always been generous with her time and mind. Help them out through this intense, challenging time!

Applications for the Ask A Librarian Internship are open for one more week! This paid, remote, part-time internship is open to currently enrolled Library & Information Science students. Apply by July 16. library.columbia.edu/about/jobs-i...

Hey IL folks! If you thought censorship was just impacting school librarians, take a look at my new article in @timeshighered.bsky.social exploring what challenges to intellectual freedom mean for HE teaching librarians, too. How do we shift our work from overload to absence?

No idea how that happened! But the calendar informs me it’s 2025 so I have to believe it.

"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

About to present "Two Decades of Critical Information Literacy: A Review of the Literature." Here are the presentation slides: tinyurl.com/TwoDecadesACRL & full paper: tinyurl.com/TwoDecadesPaper #acrl2025

A group of students holding signs saying Jews against ice and free Mahmoud now sitting inside a university gate

A close-up of a student whose hands are changed to a gate. Next to a sign that says release Mahmoud Khalil now

Students holding signs that say “Jews against ICE”

Jewish students at Columbia have chained themselves to a gate (already locked) to protest ICE detentions of student protestors. They accuse members of our board of trustees of providing information about students to ICE and are demanding accountability.

now I have a reason to go to the exhibit hall! I’ll be sure to stop by.

thanks for saying so, Jess!

of course! I’ll definitely be sharing out slides and the paper

Has been driving for four years already!

Heading to #acrl2025! I’m presenting a paper on “Two Decades of Critical Information Literacy” and on a panel about remote internships & supporting LIS students. Looking forward to seeing folks there.

Wait, you didn’t get the contract for appearing in the new series “Librarians Talking About Their Research in Vans?” I’ll have to talk to my manager

I am thinking of every IMLS worker today.

Call for proposals! Pleasure and Play: Finding Joy in LIS Work. "It seems like every day a new disaster begins as older ones fester...In light of everything that feels bad in the world, ACRL/NY’s 2025 symposium theme asks: what feels good in LIS?" acrlny.marketinglibraries.org/2025symposiu...

📝 CfP 📝 @hellobrittparis.bsky.social & I are editing a special issue of the Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies on labor organizing in libraries and information fields.

We greatly encourage contributions from library workers.

More info here: journals.litwinbooks.com/index.php/jc...

support archives and archivists sufficiently in times of normal operation so we can do our jobs in times of crisis. read about ongoing efforts before your library of alexandria comparisons. respect the expertise of people who have been doing the work. fund permanent archival and preservation labor.

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New Year, New Problems The good news is that after a month in the hospital, I’m finally going home! The bad news is that I spent a month in the hospital, including Christmas and New Years, and some of that time I don’t e…

Happy New Year, y’all! If you’ve ever found my words helpful to you and your life, please read and share this post. Thank you, and I appreciate y’all in advance! :)
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✍️ Submissions are open for our upcoming special issue: "(More Than) A Decade of Critical Librarianship: Reflections and Speculations." Deadline for proposal submission is Jan. 17, 2025. See details: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

My latest for @truthout.bsky.social