Lisa
@lspags.bsky.social
“~Reunited…~” acquisitions librarian, tennis-watcher, knitter, late-blooming wine student
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Hello from somewhere off I-80!
This is the project I work on all year long with NPR’s research librarians (aka RAD). It means a lot to me to remember these musicians, producers and industry folks who make our lives so much better.
This is the project I work on all year long with NPR’s research librarians (aka RAD). It means a lot to me to remember these musicians, producers and industry folks who make our lives so much better.
D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up. n.pr/3YIJurW
In Memoriam 2025: The Musicians We Lost
D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hello from somewhere off I-80!
This is the project I work on all year long with NPR’s research librarians (aka RAD). It means a lot to me to remember these musicians, producers and industry folks who make our lives so much better.
This is the project I work on all year long with NPR’s research librarians (aka RAD). It means a lot to me to remember these musicians, producers and industry folks who make our lives so much better.
I see you, Content Provider X, with your fully compliant VPAT updated as recently as last week. Thank you for making our accessibility compliance-checking easier.
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I see you, Content Provider X, with your fully compliant VPAT updated as recently as last week. Thank you for making our accessibility compliance-checking easier.
A bunch of wacky end-of-year troubleshooting. No new inputs!!!
December 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A bunch of wacky end-of-year troubleshooting. No new inputs!!!
Singing "Goats in America" to the tune of "Kids in America"....("~We're the goats, we're the goats, we're the goats in America...~")...could also just keep "Kids..."
Check this out: 10 works published in 2025 that cited our Archives and Special Collections in their publication: buff.ly/UEBFgcs
December 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Singing "Goats in America" to the tune of "Kids in America"....("~We're the goats, we're the goats, we're the goats in America...~")...could also just keep "Kids..."
Getting license agreement counter-revisions for the holidays. (a slim-chance December thing, a glimmer of a January thing)
December 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Getting license agreement counter-revisions for the holidays. (a slim-chance December thing, a glimmer of a January thing)
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We are so excited to start 2026 off strong with a slate of new events! For more information on these events, ticketing, and RSVP, visit our upcoming events page at www.litquake.org/upcoming-eve...
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@sfcalpres.bsky.social
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December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We are so excited to start 2026 off strong with a slate of new events! For more information on these events, ticketing, and RSVP, visit our upcoming events page at www.litquake.org/upcoming-eve...
@greenapplebooks.bsky.social
@sfcalpres.bsky.social
@greenapplebooks.bsky.social
@sfcalpres.bsky.social
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So much of the magic behind libraries is the mail. 📚
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
So much of the magic behind libraries is the mail. 📚
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New Absolute Units episode is here!
We’re back with Professor Paddy Bullard (University of Reading) and Isabel Hughes (The MERL), with a bonus episode marking 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth.
Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts:
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We’re back with Professor Paddy Bullard (University of Reading) and Isabel Hughes (The MERL), with a bonus episode marking 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth.
Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts:
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life
Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.
merl.reading.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
New Absolute Units episode is here!
We’re back with Professor Paddy Bullard (University of Reading) and Isabel Hughes (The MERL), with a bonus episode marking 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth.
Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts:
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We’re back with Professor Paddy Bullard (University of Reading) and Isabel Hughes (The MERL), with a bonus episode marking 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth.
Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts:
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Just all so sad. Come, Spirit, and provide comfort.
December 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just all so sad. Come, Spirit, and provide comfort.
My two problem-child invoices might well have their payments resolved this week - vibes. Things continue to clear for the year-end wind-down.
December 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My two problem-child invoices might well have their payments resolved this week - vibes. Things continue to clear for the year-end wind-down.
It's "vendors' holiday emails" time. We're almost there....
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's "vendors' holiday emails" time. We're almost there....
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"Print books are not a legacy format awaiting extinction; they are an essential, strategically purchased subset of the collection."
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Print Books vs E-Books: 5 reasons why print books persist in the digital age
The digital age has fundamentally transformed the academic library, with the acquisition of e-books and online resources becoming the dominant force in collection development. The sheer volume, eas…
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December 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"Print books are not a legacy format awaiting extinction; they are an essential, strategically purchased subset of the collection."
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Hearing a person retrieve/utter "chasing the dragon" instead of "chasing our tails" during an update preso - what exactly is going on in those meetings? / cue Steely Dan's "Time Out of Mind"
December 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hearing a person retrieve/utter "chasing the dragon" instead of "chasing our tails" during an update preso - what exactly is going on in those meetings? / cue Steely Dan's "Time Out of Mind"
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Absolute Units returns this Thursday!
This time we're chatting to the wonderful Professor Paddy Bullard (University of Reading) and Isabel Hughes (Associate Director, The MERL) about Jane Austen, ahead of the 250th anniversary of Austen's birth next Tuesday.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
This time we're chatting to the wonderful Professor Paddy Bullard (University of Reading) and Isabel Hughes (Associate Director, The MERL) about Jane Austen, ahead of the 250th anniversary of Austen's birth next Tuesday.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life
Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.
merl.reading.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Absolute Units returns this Thursday!
This time we're chatting to the wonderful Professor Paddy Bullard (University of Reading) and Isabel Hughes (Associate Director, The MERL) about Jane Austen, ahead of the 250th anniversary of Austen's birth next Tuesday.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
This time we're chatting to the wonderful Professor Paddy Bullard (University of Reading) and Isabel Hughes (Associate Director, The MERL) about Jane Austen, ahead of the 250th anniversary of Austen's birth next Tuesday.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
<always repost use of Ghost of Christmas Present Muppet gif right up there with Tom’s “Umbrella”>
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
<always repost use of Ghost of Christmas Present Muppet gif right up there with Tom’s “Umbrella”>
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For Day 9 we see: The Copim Compass! This comprehensive and continuously updated guide from our friends @copim.bsky.social provides resources for anyone wanting to get involved in Open Access book production be you a: author, publisher, editor, software designer or library
abdn.site/vNQ3U
abdn.site/vNQ3U
December 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
For Day 9 we see: The Copim Compass! This comprehensive and continuously updated guide from our friends @copim.bsky.social provides resources for anyone wanting to get involved in Open Access book production be you a: author, publisher, editor, software designer or library
abdn.site/vNQ3U
abdn.site/vNQ3U
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Unlike occupational burnout – a response to chronic high stress in the workplace – neurodivergent burnout arises from the Herculean effort of trying to behave in ways that feel natural to others but deeply unnatural to us. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Unlike occupational burnout – a response to chronic high stress in the workplace – neurodivergent burnout arises from the Herculean effort of trying to behave in ways that feel natural to others but deeply unnatural to us. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
I received this album for Christmas by request. My nine year-old brain did not fully comprehend this era of ONJ totally hotness.
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I received this album for Christmas by request. My nine year-old brain did not fully comprehend this era of ONJ totally hotness.
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I promise I'm not going to complain about this anymore (today) but Readers' Advisory and Collection Development go. together. THEY GO TOGETHER! You don't have one without the other! If you're buying the books but nobody knows about them, you fail. If you want to tell everyone about the cool books
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I promise I'm not going to complain about this anymore (today) but Readers' Advisory and Collection Development go. together. THEY GO TOGETHER! You don't have one without the other! If you're buying the books but nobody knows about them, you fail. If you want to tell everyone about the cool books
Get it together, auto-correct.
possessive before a gerund... POSSESSIVE BEFORE A GERUND!!!
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Get it together, auto-correct.
The “Silver Springs” reels over unproblematic lovey footage are weird like “Hallelujah” as holiday song. The lore has been passed over…it’s right there in the lyrics.
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The “Silver Springs” reels over unproblematic lovey footage are weird like “Hallelujah” as holiday song. The lore has been passed over…it’s right there in the lyrics.
last rskt - in un-acq mode over here more than usual, and cautionary approach to what we are renewing "we can keep you for now..." this is also #AcqLib
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
last rskt - in un-acq mode over here more than usual, and cautionary approach to what we are renewing "we can keep you for now..." this is also #AcqLib
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California: UC #Libraries Enact Resource Reduction Across Systemwide Licensed Resources (via @uclalibrary.bsky.social) www.library.ucla.edu/about/news/u...
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
California: UC #Libraries Enact Resource Reduction Across Systemwide Licensed Resources (via @uclalibrary.bsky.social) www.library.ucla.edu/about/news/u...
shoving deliverables into year-end while collective energy for year-end is dwindling / what are we even doing let's hibernate
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
shoving deliverables into year-end while collective energy for year-end is dwindling / what are we even doing let's hibernate