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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 1d

i love you, portland.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 7d

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

Emergency World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland, with blurred photi of naked bicyclists.

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404 Media @404media.co · 7d

Kodak is officially selling their own film again for the first time in many years and will be selling directly to photography stores now.

🔗 www.404media.co/kodak-is-sel...

Kodak Is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade

Kodak announced two new types of film that it will sell directly to photography stores, sidestepping a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy.

www.404media.co

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 9d

METRO's offering a 4-session series for library staff who want to explore co-designing programs and services with their communities. It kicks off next week and there's still room to join! metro.org/events/desig...

Design with Community Series

Design with Community is a virtual, four-session learning series developed to build the capacity of library staff to co-design programs and services with their communities. Rooted in the principles of...

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 13d

I'm thrilled that this is kicking off, right now, all the way across the country from me but months in the making and close to my heart. Spend some time with the class website, if you have a moment, and follow Shannon for more on misfittery over the next 10 weeks.

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 14d

Our first Misfits class is on Thursday! We've got 17 participants from across NYC's libraries, universities, municipal agencies + arts orgs; we're visiting Storefront, ABCNoRio, the NY Botanical Garden, the Ctr for BookArts, etc. Here's our website! 🤗

crossreference.wordsinspace.net/fall2025/

A screenshot of our Misfits class website, featuring a block for each week. Each block features an collage composed of wallpapers from the Cooper Hewitt collection, plus other archival images that emblematize the week's theme

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 15d

The digital age threatens our cultural memory. Can libraries, archives & museums create a just, sustainable future?

📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.

📅 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...

Promotional image for an online book talk titled 'After Disruption.' Left side shows portraits of Trevor Owens and Shannon Mattern with text: 'After Disruption Book Talk, with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.' Center panel reads: 'September 25th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, Online. Join us for a book talk with Trevor Owens, author of After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory, in conversation with Shannon Mattern, as they explore how libraries, archives, and museums can reclaim their role in shaping a just and sustainable digital present.' Logos of Internet Archive and Authors Alliance appear at the bottom. Right side shows the book cover for 'After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory' by Trevor Owens, featuring a photo of a grand library entrance.

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 15d

I keep an eye out for them on instagram throughout the year!
if you have pinterest, here's a board i made with a bunch: www.pinterest.com/beccadventur...

commissions on Pinterest

Explore a hand-picked collection of Pins about commissions on Pinterest.

www.pinterest.com

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 15d

every year I hire an artist to draw my family for our holiday card and the process makes me so happy! this year it feels even more meaningful because ai is everywhere.

here are 2021 + 2018. 💛 credit to @schrill-art.bsky.social + @ghost_puff on instagram

A digital illustration of two smiling figures holding three adorable cats, standing against a cheerful blue-green background

A colored pencil drawing of two figures holding two cats, framed by a sweet fall-themed border of branches, logs, and little red mushrooms

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 20d

tomorrow! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · Sep 8

METRO is hosting a webinar series this fall that's gonna be so useful to anyone doing collection development work:
pt 1: community-centered practice
pt 2: intellectual freedom
pt 3: finding balance on your shelves (and online)

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 20d

our Library Field project, which recently found its home on a 26-acre site in Ossining NY, has an iNaturalist project. i get to go out for my first visit next month and can't wait to log some observations. 🌝🐛🍄
www.inaturalist.org/projects/the...

The Library Field

The Library Field is a 26 acre open-air laboratory administered by the Metropolitan New York Library Council. www.libraryfield.org www.metro.org While the Library Field is not publicly accessible at t...

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 21d

just found out about a bread company in Portland with a CSA model — members pick up one loaf a week from the assigned neighborhood drop-off location, which is a fellow member's porch. 😍
www.starterbread.com

starter bread

zero-waste baker's choice community supported subscription bakery making organic, sourdough, long fermented breads with regional whole grains grown locally in the Pacific Northwest. based in north Por...

www.starterbread.com

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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 23d

Call for applications: Endangered Archives Programme
eap.bl.uk/applicants

For Applicants

eap.bl.uk

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 24d

last weekend at stardew valley: symphony of seasons, concernedape came onstage and thanked everyone for supporting the game. I will never recover? like never.

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 25d

that's really thoughtful, I appreciate it! just pinned it to my profile: bsky.app/profile/becc...

becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 25d

A screenshot of a tweet that reads "I would love a passport booklet for public libraries across the country with cute stamps at each stop, national parks-style." posted by Becca Quon

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 25d

this continues to have a life of its own on various platforms, so I'll pin it, in case anyone wants to share it here. 💛 thanks for crediting me!

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 26d

that sounds perfect.

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 26d

am really, really finding that social media is not a helpful place for me to get info about current events. gonna be doing a major overhaul of my follows this weekend.
in: whimsy, library joy, community infrastructure, art, plants,cats, coffee, old house reno
out: the ever-unfolding shitshow

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 27d

i keep checking if I can pre-order this because I am READY 😂. also this webpage is gorgeous. yay for we here press.

we here®️ @wehere.bsky.social · 27d

THE HOUSE ARCHIVES BUILT AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BLACK ARCHIVAL POSSIBILITIES BY @dorothyjberry.bsky.social COMING OCTOBER 14 LETS GO ❤️‍🔥 www.weherepress.org

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 28d

some of my favorite former NEH employees have channeled their collective grant-making wisdom into an opportunity for funders. thrilled to see it! hire them. 💫

Sidra Collaborative @sidracollaborative.bsky.social · 28d

We are excited to introduce Sidra Collaborative!

We partner with arts, culture, and humanities organizations and funders to build sustainable programs and reimagine a funding landscape that centers transparency, equity, and community.

Learn more: www.sidracollaborative.com

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · 29d

who among us will be the next records manager for little caesers pizza? ilitch.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/LC/job/Detro...

Records Manager

Bigger Better Future Imagine working for a company that measures its success based off the growth of its colleagues, a company that invests in its future by investing in you. Little Caesars is a compa...

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · Sep 8

led by stephanie anderson, who manages the team that selects and orders all circulating collections for the 150 physical locations and two digital collections of NPYL and Brooklyn Public Library. online/open to all! metro.org/events/colle...

Collection Development Today, Part 1: Community-Centered Practices

In theory, every library’s collection development policy defines the community it serves as well as the information needs of that community. In practice, what a community needs from its library change...

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · Sep 8

METRO is hosting a webinar series this fall that's gonna be so useful to anyone doing collection development work:
pt 1: community-centered practice
pt 2: intellectual freedom
pt 3: finding balance on your shelves (and online)

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · Aug 27

this is new to me! thanks so much.

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · Aug 27

ooh! this grant opportunity from the portand institute for contemporary art is exactly what i'm looking for, but on the other coast. wish new york had something similar! funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation.

A screenshot from the PICA Precipice Fund website describes the program

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becca @beccaquon.bsky.social · Aug 27

I wrote "think about funding" on one of my sticky note to-do lists and I'm thinking! well, more like stewing actually. i miss old imls and neh.

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