Colleen Theisen
@librarycolleen.bsky.social
I read a lot of links; I post a lot of links. Mostly special collections, archives, libraries, museums, history, & technology. (#GLAM).
I teach in an MLIS program at [redacted]. Does not represent my employer.
#RBMS26 Conference Program Co-chair for 2026.
I teach in an MLIS program at [redacted]. Does not represent my employer.
#RBMS26 Conference Program Co-chair for 2026.
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Please share widely! 📜
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
Will This Newly Approved Crash Test Dummy Make Car Accidents Less Deadly for Women?
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Will This Newly Approved Crash Test Dummy Make Car Accidents Less Deadly for Women?
The government approved the specifications of THOR-05F, marking a first step toward the government and manufacturers potentially using the dummy in future car safety tests. But it still represents onl...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Will This Newly Approved Crash Test Dummy Make Car Accidents Less Deadly for Women?
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The deadline for submitting workshop, panel, or poster proposals for #RBMS26 is December 12, 2025. 📜📚
Need another panelist? There is a spreadsheet for organizing panels here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Need another panelist? There is a spreadsheet for organizing panels here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The deadline for submitting workshop, panel, or poster proposals for #RBMS26 is December 12, 2025. 📜📚
Need another panelist? There is a spreadsheet for organizing panels here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Need another panelist? There is a spreadsheet for organizing panels here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Reposted by Colleen Theisen
Please share widely! 📜
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Please share widely! 📜
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
Preserving Video Game History
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Preserving Video Game History
We love videogames here at I Love Libraries—especially the first generation of home videogaming systems and their games. Unfortunately, many of these systems and their games have become difficult to f...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Preserving Video Game History
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ilovelibraries.org/article/pres...
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This piece leaves out an important issue: many university libraries have had their collection budgets reduced to the point they struggle to maintain access to subscription databases. If you can’t buy large quantities of print materials, the collections age to the point that they aren’t useful.
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This piece leaves out an important issue: many university libraries have had their collection budgets reduced to the point they struggle to maintain access to subscription databases. If you can’t buy large quantities of print materials, the collections age to the point that they aren’t useful.
The Evolving University Library 📚
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What’s gained, what’s lost in the evolving university library
What’s gained, what’s lost.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Evolving University Library 📚
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www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
New Research: Majority of High School Students Use Generative AI for Schoolwork
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New Research: Majority of High School Students Use Generative AI for Schoolwork
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November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
New Research: Majority of High School Students Use Generative AI for Schoolwork
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Please share widely! 📜
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Please share widely! 📜
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves
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Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves • Missouri Independent
A Jackson County Circuit Court struck down a 2022 law that criminalized school employees for providing "sexually explicit material."
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November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves
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‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers 📜
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‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers. - CSMonitor.com
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November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers 📜
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What is it about desks?
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J.R.R. Tolkien's Desk to Auction with £80,000 Estimate
The desk owned and used by J.R.R. Tolkien during his tenure as Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford in the 1940s and 1950s comes to auction next month at Chr...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
What is it about desks?
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"Are you a librarian?" the lady at the thrift store asked. When I said yes, she gave me a fist bump saying, "Keep up the hard work protecting books."
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Are you a librarian?" the lady at the thrift store asked. When I said yes, she gave me a fist bump saying, "Keep up the hard work protecting books."
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
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Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
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“Oxford University Library Launches Its Own Gin For Sale” www.infodocket.com/2025/11/21/r... #libraries
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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The Mystery of the Charlotte County Deteriorated Court Records 📜
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The Mystery of the Charlotte County Deteriorated Court Records
What’s the story behind the court records housed in a miniature Plexiglas display case?
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November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Mystery of the Charlotte County Deteriorated Court Records 📜
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Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Librarian sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement
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He got sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement
Librarian vows to stop invasive ed tech after ending lawsuit with Proctorio.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Librarian sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement
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Meet Merrilee Proffitt, Director of Democracy’s Library US
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November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Meet Merrilee Proffitt, Director of Democracy’s Library US
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Public library in northern Iowa may move to university space
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Public library in northern Iowa may move to university space - Radio Iowa
It appears the Forest City Public Library may move into a new home about half a mile away on the Waldorf University campus. Forest City officials hired a fundraising company six years ago and the orig...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Public library in northern Iowa may move to university space
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Reference question that I'm crowdsourcing:
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reference question that I'm crowdsourcing:
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
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This is part of why refusal is getting messier.
Half the University is pushing students to use AI. A quarter is skeptical. Another quarter says absolutely not.
Half the University is pushing students to use AI. A quarter is skeptical. Another quarter says absolutely not.
I'm not sure I fully blame them - the uni bought all these tools & is pushing them on us. Ss may not know the difference. On the flip side, the class seemed genuinely horrified to imagine any of them using this stuff to do the work, so that was encouraging. And again, the work overall was so good!
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is part of why refusal is getting messier.
Half the University is pushing students to use AI. A quarter is skeptical. Another quarter says absolutely not.
Half the University is pushing students to use AI. A quarter is skeptical. Another quarter says absolutely not.
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
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N. K. Jemisin Named 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master
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N. K. Jemisin Named 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master
SFWA has selected N. K. Jemisin as the latest recipient of its Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, recognizing her “lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.” The award is named…
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November 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
N. K. Jemisin Named 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master
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Is there a sudden mass delusion or forgetting about what Black Friday is? Why are there so many Black Friday sales now?? It's not a month long, it's a single day. It's not even the right week yet!
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Is there a sudden mass delusion or forgetting about what Black Friday is? Why are there so many Black Friday sales now?? It's not a month long, it's a single day. It's not even the right week yet!