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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Jul 29

Couldn't be more over the moon to have contributed to this important book! Check out the details in the original post

Library Juice Press @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social · Jul 24

Book Launch!!!!
📚🚀

Platform Power and Libraries

A much needed book dissecting the power dynamics inherently embedded in platforms that library practitioners and patrons must navigate.

Learn more and register: litwinbooks.com/book-launch-...

Book Cover, "Platform Power and Libraries"

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Jul 24

I did a thing with a lot of other really smart people with really important things to say about libraries and platform power. We're even doing a virtual book launch. Registration link is below in the original post, I really hope to see some of you there and I expect all of you to go read this book😁

Library Juice Press @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social · Jul 24

Follow the link above to see all the great presenters, but here on Bluesky, a special should out to Lisa Hooper (@lisahooper.bsky.social) Kieran Hegarty (@kieranhegarty.bsky.social) and Jordan S. Sly (@jordanssly.bsky.social)

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Library Juice Press @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social · Jul 10

Book Launch!!!!!!!!

Join us July 16, 2025 at 12pm Eastern for virtual book launch for the Grabbing Tea, volumes 1 & 2 with editors Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz and Sara A. Howard

Don't miss this!

More info and Registration: litwinbooks.com/book-launch-...

#bookLaunch #books #queer #libraries #archives

Upcoming book launch: Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Identity in Libraries & Archives. July 16, 12pm Eastern

Cover of Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Identity and Libraries

Cover of Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Archives and Practice

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Jun 26

"Our community deserves leaders who protect public expression, not suppress it." Where would we be without our public libraries y'all www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...

Letters: As advocates of free speech, we want attacks to stop

We’re writing to correct misinformation about our lawsuit against Robert Judge.

www.theadvocate.com

Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Jun 22

I am short on words beyond where is Congress? Aren't they supposed to be involved in this?

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · May 23

Super honored to have a chapter in such an important book! This is such a timely volume, can't recommend it enough

Library Juice Press @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social · May 23

Happy New #Book Day! 📚🥳

Building on research in critical #library systems studies, Platform Power and Libraries traverses the divide between library, #communication, and cultural policy research in the realm of platform studies.

#critLib #criticalLibraries #systems

litwinbooks.com/books/platfo...

Cover of "Platform Power and Libraries," edited by Christine Smith

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Apr 4

NOLA friends, there's a lot to choose from this Sunday but prioritize Breakthrough Health Film Festival. Free and open to the public. This incredible full length feature will be preceded by 4 powerful documentary shorts. Find all the details for all 3 days here: bit.ly/BreakthroughHealthFilmFest

Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Apr 2

Event is free and open to the public so come be in community with me and all the brilliant people making the festival happen. Breakthrough Health Film Festival

Date: Apr 6 • 1:00 pm

Location: 1440 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112

www.eventbrite.com/e/breakthrou...

Breakthrough Health Film Festival

An inspiring showcase of storytelling through film that promotes health and wellness, aiming to spark conversations & foster understanding.

www.eventbrite.com

Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Apr 2

There's nothing quite like film to help us understand experiences and realities that aren't ours. The 3-day line-up couldn't be happening at a more pivotal moment. Each one speaks to many of the issues politicians are currently debating and law making on.

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Apr 2

If you're in or near the amazing city of New Orleans then come to one or all 3 days of Breakthrough Health Film Festival hosted by
@p4hnetwork.bsky.social and co-sponsored by my delightful workplace Tulane University Libraries. .

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WIRED @wired.com · Mar 18

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

freedom.press

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Mar 10

A must read for academics. Faculty, it's always a good time to talk to your librarians to learn about options for open access scholarly communication #skybrarians katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Academic Databases and the Art of the Overcharge

Clarivate, Elsevier, and the American Chemical Society are comfortable pursuing a strategy of pricing discrimination. But libraries don’t have to go along with it. This data can help.

katinamagazine.org

Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 21

How long before deeply dangerous political mandates make their way into this company's curation decisions? Hopefully never, but definitely feeling very possible after this shake up 😕

Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 21

The reminder this article gives that this is purely a financial decision is so chilling. Money hungry tech giants like this one are flocking to T's honey trap and along the way they're making horrible, horrible decisions.

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thanks for sharing! Ostensibly inclusion/exclusion of title in the collection is determined by the distribution agreement bw clarivate and the rights holder as well is curation by librarians (as if librarian involvement has ever been a cure for harmful bias in collection development).

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 13

Episode 3 of Literacies, a 4-part Audio Series is live! When we recorded this episode last summer we had no idea what the data environment would be during our planned release for #LoveDataWeek Turns out, we couldn't have planned it better. Enjoy this quick listen!
youtube.com/watch?v=jfKF...

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 13

Hey my data-using friends! If you're worried about continued access to important data sets and you haven't found them yet, now is the time to engage the many resources of the @datarescueproject.org they do good work y'all

Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · Feb 12

Our group has been hard at work to release a new tool: The Data Rescue Tracker. The tool aims to provide a consolidated overview of who is downloading which dataset from which government websites. Please share! www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-...

The Data Rescue Tracker

We are excited to introduce the Data Rescue Tracker, a collaborative tool built to catalog existing public data rescue efforts so that we can coordinate better across initiatives. At this stage, you c...

www.datarescueproject.org

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 11

*My Sister and the Prince*, a historical drama with a thriller plot twist.

*Romance*, a delightful romance story.

Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 11

*Obon*, a moving animated recounting of how one found deeper familial ties in the midst of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

*Kapaemahu*, an animated telling of the spiritual history of four venerated stones on Waikiki Beach, imbued with the healing spirits of four legendary mahu (third-gender)

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 11

Tulane University Libraries and Tulane SLA's Language Learning Center have teamed up again for another super fab International Short Film Festival. @tulaneu.bsky.social friends, come sit in community with us February 18, Lake Theater. Doors open at 5, films at 5:30

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 10

Sincerely, a Sneezy, sniffly, itchy eyed, allergy-medicated friend.

a cartoon of a woman sneezing in a garden of flowers

ALT: a cartoon of a woman sneezing in a garden of flowers

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 10

Choose kindness this spring and enjoy all your perfumes once allergies have settled.

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 10

Dear perfume wearers,
It's spring in New Orleans, which means it's also allergy season. If you wear perfume, be kind to us seasonal allergy folks and don't. A brief scent of your chemical perfumes burns our noses and leaves us sneezing, congested, and generally ick feeling for the next hour.

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Feb 3

What an amazing weekend for New Orleans music! The magic weaving Tank and the Bangas are coming home with a Grammy 🔥and New Orleans based Opera Creole is updating music history by introducing the world to the 138 year old opera by New Orleans very own Edmond Dédé
www.npr.org/2025/02/03/n...

After 138 years, a Black composer's magnum opus finds a stage

Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the forgotten heyday of opera in New Orleans.

www.npr.org

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Lisa Hooper @lisahooper.bsky.social · Jan 31

My job increasingly puts me in a place where I get to support incredible events. Finding joy in my privilege of bring Tulane University Library's support to Breakthrough Health Film Festival. I've seen the draft line up and it 💯🔥Keep watching @partners4he.bsky.social to catch the details!

Partners for Advancing Health Equity @partners4he.bsky.social · Jan 30

The Breakthrough Health Film Festival is heading to New Orleans!

This free, three-day event showcases films and discussions that inspire action and spark conversations about health equity.

Learn more: bit.ly/4glpDW0 #Partners4HE

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