Margaret Heller
@margaretheller.bsky.social
...try to keep your feelings where you can reach them with the dictionary.- Mark Twain ### Librarian, somewhere between technicalist and humanist.
At Core Forum! 📚 Starting with gloom about censorship.
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
At Core Forum! 📚 Starting with gloom about censorship.
@recdiffs.bsky.social in the sweet precious angel realm www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...
www.cbs17.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
@recdiffs.bsky.social in the sweet precious angel realm www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...
Somehow my Mac opened an XML file in Microsoft Word. I did not expect this to happen. 📚
July 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Somehow my Mac opened an XML file in Microsoft Word. I did not expect this to happen. 📚
Assuming Bluesky is now the way to communicate at #alaac25! I am here for #ALACore5Years.
June 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Assuming Bluesky is now the way to communicate at #alaac25! I am here for #ALACore5Years.
Reposted by Margaret Heller
Now there's a protest sign you don't see often.
April 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Now there's a protest sign you don't see often.
A former colleague said she knew for sure it was me when she saw IMLS on the sign.
April 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A former colleague said she knew for sure it was me when she saw IMLS on the sign.
📚Need some emergency digital preservation I don't even know what to do anymore.
Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
US Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract Cuts
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...
www.bloomberg.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
📚Need some emergency digital preservation I don't even know what to do anymore.
Omg. These aren’t books. This is a hell of a future.
April 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Omg. These aren’t books. This is a hell of a future.
If you haven’t yet noted in the ALA elections yet please vote for @lindsonmars.bsky.social!
April 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you haven’t yet noted in the ALA elections yet please vote for @lindsonmars.bsky.social!
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After the Dear Colleague letter yesterday and the ProQuest announcement today, not to mention the -4 temperature on my commute, I’m not sure whether to sleep rest of week or go on some righteous quest.
February 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After the Dear Colleague letter yesterday and the ProQuest announcement today, not to mention the -4 temperature on my commute, I’m not sure whether to sleep rest of week or go on some righteous quest.
Reposted by Margaret Heller
Today I downloaded the IPEDS data set for Academic Library Statistics for 2023 and loaded it onto Library Technology Guides.
That data is now available for statistical reports on Library Technology Guides:https://librarytechnology.org/libraries/nces/trends/
That data is now available for statistical reports on Library Technology Guides:https://librarytechnology.org/libraries/nces/trends/
February 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Today I downloaded the IPEDS data set for Academic Library Statistics for 2023 and loaded it onto Library Technology Guides.
That data is now available for statistical reports on Library Technology Guides:https://librarytechnology.org/libraries/nces/trends/
That data is now available for statistical reports on Library Technology Guides:https://librarytechnology.org/libraries/nces/trends/
Reposted by Margaret Heller
More than I care about who you vote for in the upcoming @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social election, I care about the future of ALA as a means to ensure library workers are appropriately respected and compensated. Wrote a piece about it for Katina Magazine. Show up for ALA to show up for library workers.
Why the American Library Association Still Matters
A candidate for president of the American Library Association makes the case that a strong ALA is the most powerful tool library workers have in the face of broad challenges and threats.
katinamagazine.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
More than I care about who you vote for in the upcoming @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social election, I care about the future of ALA as a means to ensure library workers are appropriately respected and compensated. Wrote a piece about it for Katina Magazine. Show up for ALA to show up for library workers.
I’m going to lose my mind. The evil!!!
January 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I’m going to lose my mind. The evil!!!
Let’s all go to
January 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Let’s all go to
The first time I've published an article in awhile! "Frameworks for Analyzing the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Libraries"
www.infotoday.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The first time I've published an article in awhile! "Frameworks for Analyzing the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Libraries"
Grateful to @librarianmer.bsky.social for her excellent response to the bizarrely laudatory take on open offices: crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr.... I'm personally thrilled to return to a private office after 11 years of a shared room, my poor coworkers with my time on Core board. So much talking. 📚
Neither open nor equitable: The high cost of open offices | Farkas | College & Research Libraries Ne...
Neither open nor equitable: The high cost of open offices
crln.acrl.org
November 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Grateful to @librarianmer.bsky.social for her excellent response to the bizarrely laudatory take on open offices: crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr.... I'm personally thrilled to return to a private office after 11 years of a shared room, my poor coworkers with my time on Core board. So much talking. 📚
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Come work at Loyola University Chicago! Two research and learning positions available, open to entry level applicants. www.careers.luc.edu/postings/26878
Come work at Loyola University Chicago! Two research and learning positions available, open to entry level applicants. www.careers.luc.edu/postings/26878
University Libraries - Research and Learning Librarian, Non-Tenure Track
Loyola University Chicago (Loyola) seeks applications from user-focused and collaborative candidates for two (2) positions as Research and Learning Librarian. One position will support Chemistry, Comp...
www.careers.luc.edu
November 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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Come work at Loyola University Chicago! Two research and learning positions available, open to entry level applicants. www.careers.luc.edu/postings/26878
Come work at Loyola University Chicago! Two research and learning positions available, open to entry level applicants. www.careers.luc.edu/postings/26878
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November 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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A lot of you saw this on My Other Social Media, but I have some professional news! I am leaving Loyola after nearly 11 years to become Head of Digital Services at DePaul University. Looking forward to the new challenges there.
November 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
A lot of you saw this on My Other Social Media, but I have some professional news! I am leaving Loyola after nearly 11 years to become Head of Digital Services at DePaul University. Looking forward to the new challenges there.
This was a fun talk to moderate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBto...
Advancing a Just and Open Media Landscape
Presented by Loyola University Chicago Libraries on November 1, 2023.A conversation with panel members from the Loyola community and neighborhood who will sh...
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
This was a fun talk to moderate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBto...
Missing a vanished friend whom I desperately need to text about an interaction I'm currently witnessing. Whew. Some people.
November 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Missing a vanished friend whom I desperately need to text about an interaction I'm currently witnessing. Whew. Some people.
Are you coming to New Orleans in October? You should. Let's be library nerds together. coreforum.org#CoreForum2023 📚
2023 Core Forum – October 19-21, 2023
coreforum.org
November 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Are you coming to New Orleans in October? You should. Let's be library nerds together. coreforum.org#CoreForum2023 📚