Excited to be presenting this @ala-pla.bsky.social webinar on adaptive gaming in the library next week with @stevenspohn.bsky.social!

NPR has reported an estimated 46 million gamers with disabilities in the US. “They’re living in the communities we serve, whether we’re aware of them or not.” Vicki Karlovsky, inclusion coordinator at Deerfield (Ill.) Public Library
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-sc...
#ALAAC25

An overview of standard accessibility services provided by American public libraries.

Thank you @amlibraries.bsky.social for featuring our program at #alaac25, and for bringing the topic of adaptive gaming in libraries to the forefront. @stevenspohn.bsky.social and I were honored to present.

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I am excited to be presenting "Adaptive Arcade at the Library: Video Games are for Everyone" with @stevenspohn.bsky.social at #ALAAC25. If you are attending, check out our session: cdmcd.co/8YnyBB. Hope to see you there!

NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.

Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...

BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.

It’s lovely. ❤️

NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.

The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)

This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Don't just protect libraries; protect library workers too. 📚
www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...

Can I interest you in a feed trade? 🫠

Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally.

Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...

Please take a moment to help protect access to Medicaid. Lives are at stake. Thank you. ❤️

Support local libraries. We’re witnessing censorship on a massive scale. Digital scrubbing is modern day equivalent of book burning

Our ability to get accurate info about public health, science, history, LGBTQ & marginalized groups is under threat

Libraries will be critical part of the resistance

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination.
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...

It’s always a good time for a cozy book! 💜

At least you are consistent.

Yay!!

Don’t forget the self-care today, loves. ❤️

Librarians Face a Crisis of Violence and Abuse
(All examples in this article are from public libraries) 📚
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/w...

“and here you are living
despite it all”
— Rupi Kaur

“Boats that stay in the harbor are safe, sweetheart, but that's not what boats were built for.” ― Fredrik Backman