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Vermont librarian. Technology hobbyist. I love the post office. Fix your hearts. Live in hope if you can.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · Apr 2
Hello I'm Jessamyn #librarian owner of librarian.net and a few other websites you might know. New pinned post for Spring.

I'm on Mastodon at glammr.us/@jessamyn
My reading list jessamyn.info/booklist

I work for the Flickr Foundation and do a lot of #Vermont and library civics stuff. Hello!
black and white photo of a woman in slacks and a white shirt oiling a windmill against a cloudy sky
librarian.bsky.social
Everyone in the comments of that viral "We're not here to judge we're here to help" image with Dewey numbers for tough topics like abortion or HIV asking "Are those the prices?" are pushing all my "Could be a troll but what if they don't really know?" buttons. Here's one that looks less like AI slop
An endcap poster in the Akron-Summit County public library showing a list of "tough topics" such as abortion, miscarriage, mental illness, and depression with their associated Dewey numbers and what section of the library the books on that topic are in.
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
librarian.bsky.social
I am always a sucker for collections in the "Things that go hard" category and was pleased to have found the Public domain - Pics that go hard album while at work today. www.flickr.com/photos/parfo...
a little woodcut with an icon that is a heart with a skull above it, hands grasping across it and an eye in the bottom. Caption "The eye finds, the heart chooseth, the hand binds but death looseth" Ethcing of a little demonic being chomping on someone's swollen toe Medusa looking very pensive and her hair contains many many snakes. image from a magazine showing a very elegant clock that is built into a skull with a chain on it. There is one image showing it open and one image showing it closed. Caption reads "The 'memento mori' watch presented by Queen Mary to Lady Mary Seton"
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
librarian.bsky.social
Go to sleep listening to the little snuffles of baby cheetahs snoring (in Den 2).

nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
Black and white image of a mother cheetah asleep with four cheetah cubs, they are very small and not as spotted. Three are at her chest and one is draped over her neck.
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
librarian.bsky.social
I! M! L! S!

"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."

www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
Fireworks in the foreground, White House in the background.
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
librarian.bsky.social
I can only hope that the reason "librarian" is not on this list is b/c they are afraid of us. As they should be.

Solidarity with everyone who does the professional work on this list. An injury to one is an injury to all and we will fight for you ✊

(repost from before where I left off the word NOT)
kathy328.bsky.social kat from the ‘ville @kathy328.bsky.social · 5d
Anyone see a problem here? Speaking as a teacher with a master’s degree, I’m insulted.
List of professions
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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kishizuka.bsky.social
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
librarian.bsky.social
Kid in parking lot asks "What should I ask you?" (license plate: ASKME)
"Anything, I work at the library"
* Kid laughs *
"Let me ask YOU something. Do you have a library card?"
"Nope."
"Live in town?"
"Yep."
"Well, they're free. You should get one"
"Okay!"
I have become THAT lady & am OK with it 💅
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
librarian.bsky.social
5 best movie genres

- librarian saves the day by being good at their job
- quirky unusual things happen in library
- all characters are kind and somehow also there is a plot about something
- dancing movie
- all villains dispatched by the end, no possible sequel, this is the end, goodbye.
laurabrarian.bsky.social Laura Braunstein @laurabrarian.bsky.social · 9d
5 best movie genres

- kid from the provinces discovers secret power, saves world
- mild-mannered nobody mistaken for spy, saves world
- ragtag group of pals uncovers conspiracy, saves world
- unlikely team thwarts Nazis, saves world
- two animals are friends
deanbarker.bsky.social Dean Barker @deanbarker.bsky.social · 9d
5 best movie genres

- every scene a visual masterpiece, nothing happens
- artist/eccentric helps protagonist discover true self
- kind upstander in a world of selfish bystanders
- funny, relatable people who aren't supermodels fall in love
- scifi that isn't simply an action movie set in the future
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
librarian.bsky.social
Always funny when a song that you remember from the 1980s contains a phrase that suddenly becomes hyperrelevant again. #SteamMachine

youtu.be/SoLbQ7r1agU?...
Steam Machine
YouTube video by Freur - Topic
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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heykellyjensen.bsky.social
Since the Goodreads Choice Awards were posted last night, here's a reminder of how white these awards are (& why): bookriot.com/the-unbearab...
The Unbearable Whiteness of the Goodreads Choice Awards
There's one place online you can go to ensure a very white "best of" book list: The Goodreads Choice Awards.
bookriot.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
librarian.bsky.social
Notes and slides for my talk "Strategic and tactical decisions for positive engagement during challenging times" which is less dry than its title might suggest.

Links: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...

Read the talk including slides with alt text: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
Photo of someone in defensive gear at some sort of self defense training. Text reads: SPECIFICALLY? PROTECT YOURSELF + Be aware of what you look like online. Speak and act publicly with intent. + Assess your own level of risk + Make tactical determinations whether your workplace has your back or not and act accordingly. If they don't, find colleagues who do. + Consider passive sabotage.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
librarian.bsky.social
This is a nice story about how libraries change lives.
derek.bike derek van vliet @derek.bike · 20d
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
guy said, “Do you like Marx?” I said, “I haven’t met him.” Guy said, “No, no, he’s dead.” “Wow, what happened?” “No, no, he died long ago.” I thought the guy Marx had just died. So then, “Why are you asking me if he died long ago?” “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.” I said, “Sounds amazing.” I’m giving you a sense of how naïve I was. After they left, I went to the library to look for Marx. So that was my introduction to Karl Marx. BS: The FBI. MM: The FBI. Then, of course, I took a class on Marx. Couldn’t just get Marx out of the library. But,
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
nbcnews.com NBC News @nbcnews.com · 21d
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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violetbfox.bsky.social
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/
Institute – Library Freedom Project
libraryfreedom.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
librarian.bsky.social
The Grokipedia article about me omits my middle name which is Charity. It also calls me a rabble-rouser which is a phrase not in my Wikipedia article. So on balance, okay?

I am kidding, it is not at all okay. But I had a fun 10 minutes reading it and being mad.
Goya's etching "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters" (which is represented in text in spanish in the lower corner) showing a man asleep at his desk who is set upon by bats and owls.
October 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
librarian.bsky.social
Librarians or others, would you like a helpful one-pager zine that you can print to let people know how to report ICE?

Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social

drive.google.com/drive/folder...
SALUTE zines **BE SURE TO PRINT AT 100%!** - Google Drive
drive.google.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
librarian.bsky.social
Four.

1. Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro
2. Six Centuries of Type & Printing by Glenn Fleishman
3. Blades of Fury, Volume 1 by Emily Erdos and Deya Muniz
4. The Heist of Hollow London by Eddie Robson
uncpress.bsky.social UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · Oct 24
Be honest. How many books are you in the middle of reading right now?
October 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
librarian.bsky.social
We should all be so lucky to be memorialized like librarian Robert Resnik. May his memory be a blessing.

www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Life Story: Robert Resnik ‘Was a Loud Librarian’
For more than 50 years, the Burlington folk musician, award-winning DJ and librarian brought music to Vermonters’ lives.
www.sevendaysvt.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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philsalv.bsky.social
"Cryptographic science, he argued, could not solve Kryptos — 'but library science could.'"
October 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Are you considering seeking appointment or running for a seat on your local library board? Are you on the Left(s)? Apply to join FTP's Library Board Candidate cohort which will launch in Feb 2026: forms.gle/RuTxVLjvnX8K...
FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort
Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...
forms.gle
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
librarian.bsky.social
Arthur Sze, the twenty-fifth US Poet Laureate, has written a poem about the Library of Congress. Oh my heart. 📚

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Library of Congress”
“Here’s a book / on neutrinos captured in Antarctica, / here’s another on solar flares.”
www.newyorker.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
librarian.bsky.social
There is no such thing as a good book. Every book should find its readers and the canon is basically used to reinforce cultural hegemony to this day and it's a problem.
rachelfeder.bsky.social Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · Oct 13
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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saa-official.bsky.social
#AskAnArchivist Day is coming up this Thursday, October 16, and we want YOU to participate. Join SAA and archives across the country to promote the work of archives. Participate across social media, with #AskAnArchivist.

For more information, see our announcement: https://ow.ly/Hhr950X1LYR
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
librarian.bsky.social
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"The bathroom. It's... bad."
ryanpatrickrandall.com Ryan Randall @ryanpatrickrandall.com · Oct 12
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.
impavid.us 🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · Oct 9
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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dorothyjberry.bsky.social
relaxed saturday evening reading through "women designers of book plates (1902)" and flipped past a couple of beautiful professional designs only to see this perfect plate by a young Miss Page
an open book with a hand-drawn bookplate on the right side. the top of the plate has "A. Helen Page" written in tentative cursive. below that is a child's drawing of a girl with wavy hair and a triangle skirt. at the bottom, in tentative print "HER BOOK 1899"
October 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM