Not The IT Librarian
@nottheitlibrarian.bsky.social
No, I'm not IT.
Librarian with some thoughts. Libraries are not neutral
Opinions and expression are my own
My writing account @sebbyire.bsky.social
Librarian with some thoughts. Libraries are not neutral
Opinions and expression are my own
My writing account @sebbyire.bsky.social
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Welcome welcome, to start
Yes, I'm a librarian
No, I'm not IT
Yes, I will help reset your password
No, I will not help you create your personal website, but there's a book for that somewhere.
Expect librarian posting, politics, and more.
Yes, I'm a librarian
No, I'm not IT
Yes, I will help reset your password
No, I will not help you create your personal website, but there's a book for that somewhere.
Expect librarian posting, politics, and more.
SNAP benefits issues are going to continue to trickle into public libraries, and unfortunately we aren't equipped to fill this massive community need.
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
SNAP benefits issues are going to continue to trickle into public libraries, and unfortunately we aren't equipped to fill this massive community need.
Dealt with multiple escalated behaviors including folks who are currently in crisis and I am tired.
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Dealt with multiple escalated behaviors including folks who are currently in crisis and I am tired.
Our library has community free food pantries outside our locations. I've never seen them get depleted so fast on a daily basis.
I've also never seen the community restock them so quickly.
Never lose hope in an individual's capacity for grace and kindness.
I've also never seen the community restock them so quickly.
Never lose hope in an individual's capacity for grace and kindness.
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Our library has community free food pantries outside our locations. I've never seen them get depleted so fast on a daily basis.
I've also never seen the community restock them so quickly.
Never lose hope in an individual's capacity for grace and kindness.
I've also never seen the community restock them so quickly.
Never lose hope in an individual's capacity for grace and kindness.
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“While the Rosenbach was able to partly recover NEH funding by submitting project expense reports, Bates characterized the information coming from the NEH throughout the process as conflicting, infrequent, & irregular, which contrasts w/ the transparency of the NEH before Trump.” shorturl.at/c9maJ
Literacy Dies in Darkness
Philly’s local Rosenbach Museum faces uncertainty months after the Trump administration cut federal funding.
www.34st.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“While the Rosenbach was able to partly recover NEH funding by submitting project expense reports, Bates characterized the information coming from the NEH throughout the process as conflicting, infrequent, & irregular, which contrasts w/ the transparency of the NEH before Trump.” shorturl.at/c9maJ
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This is amazing.
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is amazing.
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Me putting holds on library books: Ahahaha yes
Me receiving all the holds at once: oh n o
Me receiving all the holds at once: oh n o
October 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Me putting holds on library books: Ahahaha yes
Me receiving all the holds at once: oh n o
Me receiving all the holds at once: oh n o
Don't let baker and taylor going under distract from Overdrive's growing monopoly over digital services libraries can offer
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Don't let baker and taylor going under distract from Overdrive's growing monopoly over digital services libraries can offer
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Someone help this man’s bookshelf 😆
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Someone help this man’s bookshelf 😆
The saving grace for public libraries right now is they are vastly founded by municipality.
Various services or grant projects using LSTA funding however.....those are federal dollars
Various services or grant projects using LSTA funding however.....those are federal dollars
October 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The saving grace for public libraries right now is they are vastly founded by municipality.
Various services or grant projects using LSTA funding however.....those are federal dollars
Various services or grant projects using LSTA funding however.....those are federal dollars
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The crazies thing I have learned is that kindness doesn’t always look like kindness to those whose heart and empathy are dark and damaged.
A warrior still exists inside kindness. Kindness doesn’t not mean complacency.
A warrior still exists inside kindness. Kindness doesn’t not mean complacency.
October 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The crazies thing I have learned is that kindness doesn’t always look like kindness to those whose heart and empathy are dark and damaged.
A warrior still exists inside kindness. Kindness doesn’t not mean complacency.
A warrior still exists inside kindness. Kindness doesn’t not mean complacency.
Was at a No Kings protest. Thousands of people. Organized well. 0 incidents.
There wasn't even an obvious local police presence. I spotted one cop car a distance away from the main protest area
There wasn't even an obvious local police presence. I spotted one cop car a distance away from the main protest area
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Was at a No Kings protest. Thousands of people. Organized well. 0 incidents.
There wasn't even an obvious local police presence. I spotted one cop car a distance away from the main protest area
There wasn't even an obvious local police presence. I spotted one cop car a distance away from the main protest area
Had to have a hard conversation with my bosses. Good things for me. Maybe not as great for the org, but we'll be ok
October 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Had to have a hard conversation with my bosses. Good things for me. Maybe not as great for the org, but we'll be ok
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Please book a study room
I'm taking my next date to the library so I can hear him read aloud.
October 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Please book a study room
So I love the use of silly outfits in protest in Portland. I was wondering if someone could connect that to wearing your "Sunday Best" during the civil rights movement and turns out multiple people have looked at dress and resistance. This is just one article. news.stanford.edu/stories/2021...
What dress codes reveal about politics, social change
According to Stanford legal scholar Richard Thompson Ford, dress codes are a Rosetta Stone to decode social norms and resistance of a time and place.
news.stanford.edu
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
So I love the use of silly outfits in protest in Portland. I was wondering if someone could connect that to wearing your "Sunday Best" during the civil rights movement and turns out multiple people have looked at dress and resistance. This is just one article. news.stanford.edu/stories/2021...
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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In 2024, ALA tracked 821 attempts to censor library materials, targeting nearly 2,500 unique books. That’s 10× more than five years ago.
Join the fight for the freedom to read: UniteAgainstBookBans.org
Donate to ALA: ilovelibraries.org/1984
#BannedBooksWeek
Join the fight for the freedom to read: UniteAgainstBookBans.org
Donate to ALA: ilovelibraries.org/1984
#BannedBooksWeek
October 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In 2024, ALA tracked 821 attempts to censor library materials, targeting nearly 2,500 unique books. That’s 10× more than five years ago.
Join the fight for the freedom to read: UniteAgainstBookBans.org
Donate to ALA: ilovelibraries.org/1984
#BannedBooksWeek
Join the fight for the freedom to read: UniteAgainstBookBans.org
Donate to ALA: ilovelibraries.org/1984
#BannedBooksWeek
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“That's not transparency, that’s not due process, that’s not the First Amendment.”
ALA President Sam Helmick tells The Hill that they're hearing stories of superintendents handing librarians a Post-it with book titles then demanding both the Post-it and those books back.
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
ALA President Sam Helmick tells The Hill that they're hearing stories of superintendents handing librarians a Post-it with book titles then demanding both the Post-it and those books back.
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
thehill.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“That's not transparency, that’s not due process, that’s not the First Amendment.”
ALA President Sam Helmick tells The Hill that they're hearing stories of superintendents handing librarians a Post-it with book titles then demanding both the Post-it and those books back.
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
ALA President Sam Helmick tells The Hill that they're hearing stories of superintendents handing librarians a Post-it with book titles then demanding both the Post-it and those books back.
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
Planning posts while working full time on a weird schedule week os hard.
October 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Planning posts while working full time on a weird schedule week os hard.
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The right to read belongs to all of us, but rights only survive when we defend them. ALA is standing with library workers, parents, and readers to push back against censorship. You can donate to support our work at ilovelibraries.org/1984.
Censorship is so 1984, but supporting libraries is so 2025.
Censorship is so 1984, but supporting libraries is so 2025.
October 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The right to read belongs to all of us, but rights only survive when we defend them. ALA is standing with library workers, parents, and readers to push back against censorship. You can donate to support our work at ilovelibraries.org/1984.
Censorship is so 1984, but supporting libraries is so 2025.
Censorship is so 1984, but supporting libraries is so 2025.
So current cases I've been looking at for banned books are in
Idaho, Iowa, Florida, and Texas.
Iowa, Florida and Texas are tied to each other in legal argument regarding government Speech.
Idaho is different but way more dangerous than the other 3
Idaho, Iowa, Florida, and Texas.
Iowa, Florida and Texas are tied to each other in legal argument regarding government Speech.
Idaho is different but way more dangerous than the other 3
October 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
So current cases I've been looking at for banned books are in
Idaho, Iowa, Florida, and Texas.
Iowa, Florida and Texas are tied to each other in legal argument regarding government Speech.
Idaho is different but way more dangerous than the other 3
Idaho, Iowa, Florida, and Texas.
Iowa, Florida and Texas are tied to each other in legal argument regarding government Speech.
Idaho is different but way more dangerous than the other 3
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Free #BannedBooksWeek webinar.
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
October 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Free #BannedBooksWeek webinar.
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
Join experts on Mon, Oct 6 at 3 p.m. CT to explore how policies can be a powerful tool for fighting censorship in libraries, bookstores, and communities and how advocates can use policies in their work.
See details + more free events: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events
Tomorrow i present to my library about banned books. Focus on idaho, iowa, florida, and texas.
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Tomorrow i present to my library about banned books. Focus on idaho, iowa, florida, and texas.
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Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks.