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@infixing.bsky.social
multilingual librarian; semi-professional account.
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Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena
gofund.me/c8485b58
gofund.me/c8485b58
Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant
gofund.me
August 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena
gofund.me/c8485b58
gofund.me/c8485b58
DYK that august is women in translation month? poke around your local indie bookstore or library and see what's on offer! #witmonth #namethetranslator
Women in Translation Month — a staff-created list from Tacoma Public Library
Founded in August 2014, Women in Translation month is annual celebration highlighting the work of women writing in, and translating from, languages other than English.
tacoma.bibliocommons.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
DYK that august is women in translation month? poke around your local indie bookstore or library and see what's on offer! #witmonth #namethetranslator
Congrats to Melody Makeda Ledwon on receiving @wwborders.bsky.social's Momentum Grant for KNIVES, TONGUES by Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner!
#namethetranslator #germanbooks
#namethetranslator #germanbooks
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Congrats to Melody Makeda Ledwon on receiving @wwborders.bsky.social's Momentum Grant for KNIVES, TONGUES by Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner!
#namethetranslator #germanbooks
#namethetranslator #germanbooks
In which my org discovers a $13k hoopla charge for bot checkouts of titles 'authored' by the same rando. Will get refunded but still!
July 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In which my org discovers a $13k hoopla charge for bot checkouts of titles 'authored' by the same rando. Will get refunded but still!
www.abandonedaffair.com/projects/bur...
By Omar Al-Samadi: "This #zine will introduce each of Ranganathan's five laws, and demonstrate how each law has been violated in Gaza and Occupied Palestine, as well as why this is relevant."
By Omar Al-Samadi: "This #zine will introduce each of Ranganathan's five laws, and demonstrate how each law has been violated in Gaza and Occupied Palestine, as well as why this is relevant."
www.abandonedaffair.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
www.abandonedaffair.com/projects/bur...
By Omar Al-Samadi: "This #zine will introduce each of Ranganathan's five laws, and demonstrate how each law has been violated in Gaza and Occupied Palestine, as well as why this is relevant."
By Omar Al-Samadi: "This #zine will introduce each of Ranganathan's five laws, and demonstrate how each law has been violated in Gaza and Occupied Palestine, as well as why this is relevant."
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Wow, just after 15K of us there for #alaac25
Free Library Phl mentioned as ‘temp closed for picketing activity’
Wow, just after 15K of us there for #alaac25
Free Library Phl mentioned as ‘temp closed for picketing activity’
Thousands of Philadelphia workers go on strike; Mayor Parker says deal is 'fair offer'
Negotiations with AFSCME District Council 33 and the city stalled on Tuesday, which prompted workers to walk off the job at midnight.
6abc.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
6abc.com/post/philade...
Wow, just after 15K of us there for #alaac25
Free Library Phl mentioned as ‘temp closed for picketing activity’
Wow, just after 15K of us there for #alaac25
Free Library Phl mentioned as ‘temp closed for picketing activity’
listening to folks from the minnesota-wide library advisory board and their experiences organizing summits and PD for that state's BIPOC library workers. this includes supporting many first-time attendees for @mnlib.bsky.social conference. #ALAAC25
June 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
listening to folks from the minnesota-wide library advisory board and their experiences organizing summits and PD for that state's BIPOC library workers. this includes supporting many first-time attendees for @mnlib.bsky.social conference. #ALAAC25
before i forget, thanks again to @secstatewa.bsky.social (wa. state library) for STILL making it possible for me to attend #ALAAC25...
June 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
before i forget, thanks again to @secstatewa.bsky.social (wa. state library) for STILL making it possible for me to attend #ALAAC25...
HUGE props to karen li of @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social for shouting out the importance of translators, as well as place and home, especially for indigenous authors! #namethetranslator #ALAAC25
June 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
HUGE props to karen li of @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social for shouting out the importance of translators, as well as place and home, especially for indigenous authors! #namethetranslator #ALAAC25
I can't believe I'm saying this, but: I'm actually looking forward to riding Amtrak again. @erikaowens.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I can't believe I'm saying this, but: I'm actually looking forward to riding Amtrak again. @erikaowens.com
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Excited to start setting up the #ZinePavilion at #ALAAC25! Find us at booth 1862!
June 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Excited to start setting up the #ZinePavilion at #ALAAC25! Find us at booth 1862!
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A joint project of @freedom.press and @eff.org: Journalists have been asking us about how to prepare devices for travel. We put together a checklist of things you can do: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Preparing devices for travel through a US border
US border searches of electronic devices put journalists’ work at risk. But there’s a lot you can do to be prepared
freedom.press
June 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A joint project of @freedom.press and @eff.org: Journalists have been asking us about how to prepare devices for travel. We put together a checklist of things you can do: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
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My proposals to talk about the Zine Thesaurus have been rejected at multiple conferences, so we're going to create a space for ourselves on the exhibit hall floor. If you're attending #ALAAC25, please join us! 📚
Sometimes tradition just doesn't cut it so Librarians have to make their own. 💫
If you're trying to create a cohesive cataloging system for your Zine Library stop by the Zine Pavilion booth on Monday the 30th at 10:00 am (EDT) to learn about the Zine Thesaurus!
If you're trying to create a cohesive cataloging system for your Zine Library stop by the Zine Pavilion booth on Monday the 30th at 10:00 am (EDT) to learn about the Zine Thesaurus!
June 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My proposals to talk about the Zine Thesaurus have been rejected at multiple conferences, so we're going to create a space for ourselves on the exhibit hall floor. If you're attending #ALAAC25, please join us! 📚
Who wants to collaborate on a grief zine with me?
May 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Who wants to collaborate on a grief zine with me?
Last Friday I saw one of my favorite bands (who I never thought I'd ever see in concert) and it was all I could to be not to be 😭😍.
April 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Last Friday I saw one of my favorite bands (who I never thought I'd ever see in concert) and it was all I could to be not to be 😭😍.
this is EXACTLY what i made for my poster presentation at this year's ALA!
Free in-person workshop on transforming your research poster or paper into a zine!
Thursday, April 17, 4:30-6pm, Butler 314, SUNY Buffalo State University
#zine #scicomm #scholcomm
Thursday, April 17, 4:30-6pm, Butler 314, SUNY Buffalo State University
#zine #scicomm #scholcomm
April 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
this is EXACTLY what i made for my poster presentation at this year's ALA!
I would like to be around more library people who are ambivalent about their work. Or just like, less in love with it? (And are able to look at it with a more critical lens...)
April 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I would like to be around more library people who are ambivalent about their work. Or just like, less in love with it? (And are able to look at it with a more critical lens...)
In honor of National Letter (and Card) Writing Month (and um, general JOY 'cause we all need it), I wanna shout out getting mail from @violetbfox.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In honor of National Letter (and Card) Writing Month (and um, general JOY 'cause we all need it), I wanna shout out getting mail from @violetbfox.bsky.social
hi, fellow BIPOC library peeps! #JCLC2026 (held in spokane, wa) is looking for committee volunteers! bit.ly/jclc26
Call for Volunteers – JCLC 2026
www.jclcinc.org
March 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
hi, fellow BIPOC library peeps! #JCLC2026 (held in spokane, wa) is looking for committee volunteers! bit.ly/jclc26
small win today: helping a library user to find instructions for resetting their password, en français.
March 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
small win today: helping a library user to find instructions for resetting their password, en français.
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Just a reminder that I'm running a free webinar Weds March 19th, "Questioning Generative AI Through Zinemaking," through the Media Education. Looking forward to a great discussion! ✂️ mediaeducationlab.com/events/quest...
Questioning Generative AI Through Zinemaking | Media Education Lab
Read here about our full webinar series on Leading from the Library.
mediaeducationlab.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Just a reminder that I'm running a free webinar Weds March 19th, "Questioning Generative AI Through Zinemaking," through the Media Education. Looking forward to a great discussion! ✂️ mediaeducationlab.com/events/quest...
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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
March 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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”
Digital content *is* expensive, but...um... www.sos.mo.gov/default.aspx...
Secretary of State Hoskins Suspends Funding to Overdrive Vendor Amid Content Concerns
www.sos.mo.gov
March 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Digital content *is* expensive, but...um... www.sos.mo.gov/default.aspx...
If you are unable to make a phone call, you can also mail a letter by post or send an email.
March 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If you are unable to make a phone call, you can also mail a letter by post or send an email.