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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · 1d

**Podcast appearance:** I’m on the *Raising Us* show with Elise Hu this week talking about Banned Books. If you’re navigating big conversations with kids, give it a listen and snag the free Conversation Kit. Stream wherever you get podcasts →https://swap.fm/l/C4cZAGmiLelXgmKn9X28

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · 2d

Second edition comes out soon. Book Banning in 21st-Century America: : Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series Emily J. M. Knox Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited - Bloomsbury share.google/YD1APcN0t6XM...

Book Banning in 21st-Century America

With book banning increasing around America, this book breaks down how and why contemporary reading practices can lead to censorship.Requests for the redaction,…

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Knox recognized as a University Scholar

Interim Dean and Professor Emily Knox is among the five professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who have been named 2025 University Scholars in recognition of their achievements in t...

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iSchool at Illinois @ischoolui.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congratulations to nine of our incredible #iSchoolUI faculty on receiving promotions and new appointments at #ILLINOIS! 👏

More details here ▶️ bit.ly/472uM4C

Altgeld Hall and Alma Mater, the beloved bronze mother figure that has greeted generations of University of Illinois students, graces the entry way to the campus.

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Jul 22

Second edition out in November. www.bloomsbury.com/us/book-bann...

Book Banning in 21st-Century America

With book banning increasing around America, this book breaks down how and why contemporary reading practices can lead to censorship.Requests for the redaction,…

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Visions of 2076 | American Libraries Magazine

Library leaders discussed the future of the American Library Association in light of its approaching 150th anniversary.

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Jun 24

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iSchool at Illinois @ischoolui.bsky.social · Jun 17

Join the Dean’s leadership team at the #iSchoolUI! We are hiring an Assistant Dean for Communications and Marketing. Learn more and apply by July 7 ▶️ bit.ly/4jX8cNs

Join our team! graphic. Photo of the School of Information Sciences in the background with a blue overlay.

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · May 17

There was a 4-fold reduction in deaths in Champaign County because of the SHIELD program. I had no idea: "More importantly, Champaign County was the county with the greatest reduction in deaths, reducing mortality more than 4.3-fold over expected. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission at a large public university - Nature Communications

Safely opening university campuses has been a major challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, the authors describe a program of public health measures employed at a university in the United States...

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · May 15

www.library.illinois.edu/news/dismiss...

Dismissal of the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights – University Library

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · May 9

Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

Trump Abruptly Fires Librarian Of Congress Carla Hayden

Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president.

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · May 4

Some Star Wars music. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ydIa...

Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Apr 10

My IMLS grant with @soltmann.bsky.social Shannon Oltmann as PI went to $0. www.instagram.com/reel/DIK_xeG...

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Apr 5

Bloomington, IL

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Apr 1

Update! ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/...

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Mar 25

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

In Trump’s Washington, Words Become Weaponized (Gift Article)

The previous administration’s progressive lexicon has been swept away, replaced by a new official language of a bureaucracy under fire from its own president.

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Mar 23

Our consolidated election is Tuesday, April 1. I voted early yesterday. Vote in each and every election! www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...

Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights

To prepare for local and national elections in November, teach outside the textbook about voter suppression.

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Sune 🍞 @sunpanbreadroll.bsky.social · Mar 20

Screenshot in case the main post gets taken down

Screenshot of a reddit post on r/fednews that reads:

DOGE is at the Institue of Museum and Library Services right now, AM 03/20, to shut down the agency

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is being raided by DOGE and the new Acting Director (also somehow DepSec of Labor) Keith Sonderling with the express intent to shut it down. Sonderling was sworn-in in the lobby of the office building (955 L'Enfant Plaza) and they are proceeding with quickly and quietly dismantling the agency. There is no major reporting on the death of IMLS.

There are Deparment of Homeland Security personnel present - to bully a bunch of civil servants who administer grants to museums and libraries.

IMLS offices are on the 4th floor of 955 L'Enfant.

There is no media present to document this efficiency saving of .004% of the federal budget. Every library system in the country receives these grants. Museums in every state depend on them. Every penny disbursed is American tax dollars back in American communities.

This is one of the 7 federal agencies offered up as a needless sacrificial lamb in the catastrophic resolution and last week's EO.

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Mar 18

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · Mar 18

my WIRED subscription renewal is coming up and I couldn't be happier to keep supporting them. Also I get the print magazines delivered, and grandmas were right, clipping out articles and giving them to people you love RULES.

WIRED @wired.com · Mar 18

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Mar 18

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Emily Knox @ejmknox.bsky.social · Mar 17

Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.

Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!

action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

SEND AN EMAIL: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacking Federal Funding for Libraries

We need your help TODAY to tell your governors and key members of the House and Senate that federal funding for libraries - the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - needs to be preserved!

action.everylibrary.org

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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · Mar 15

Here’s an explainer re possible impacts to the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS). It “enumerates which programs are "shall" programs and duties, meaning that they are mandated by Congress, and which programs are "may" programs, meaning that they are discretionary for IMLS”

Understanding IMLS's “Shall” and “May” Language

EveryLibrary Institute is a 501c3 organization that supports library funding in the United States.

www.everylibraryinstitute.org

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · Mar 15

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · Mar 14

The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.

Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...

Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...

Disgusting.

Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders | The United States Army

U.S. Army Heritage Asian American & Pacific Islander Microsite | The United States Army

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