I've done conferences and presented with a mask, but there I have more control over my schedule and how many people I meet.

Thinking about what it will be like to wear a mask while doing a full-day academic interview with presentation and dinner.

This is amazing work. Added to my Zotero library on the topic. Many thanks to the folks who have put in so much effort for this group and to the shoulders of giants in info retrieval research upon which we demonstrate utility for searchers.

*thousand-yard stare*

An important discussion on MLIS debt by @violetbfox.bsky.social 📜 📚

Yes it's real bummersville over here lately.

It's up for me. Might've been a temporary glitch?

The rumors are true: Boneshaker is headed to a new location! We need your help to dig up our bones and move on over to 26th and Lyndale. We're hoping to raise $15,000 total, $6k of that by 10/17. Learn more at bit.ly/boneshakermove and thank you for helping Boneshaker thrive!

New issue of Critcatenate now available: cataloginglab.org/2025/09/30/c... If you're interested in critical cataloging, here's a roundup of news & new resources. 📚 #critcat

Ive spent so much time working with tech people doing tech things on tech deadlines. In the past few years my practice has turned to analog tools (print making, zines, drawing) in my own personal protest. 1/3

Update: horrifying details about last night's raid are emerging.

Organizers + electeds are reporting potentially dozens of people (at least 40 per initial estimate) were detained. Not much more confirmed at this time.

More will be shared at press conference at 5 at corner of 75th & South Shore.

Little Free Anti-ICE Libraries: yesterday multiple people were abducted by ICE in my Chicago neighborhood (Avondale). This morning I added 40 ICE alert whistles to three different LFLs, including one box that is about a block from one of the kidnappings. I have ordered 700 whistles.

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

"LIS students who don’t come from a solidly upper- or upper-middle-class background will either need to take out expensive private loans or will just not be able to attend grad school."

Thank you for this, @violetbfox.bsky.social

acrlog.org/2025/07/24/o...

There's a lot of terrible things to keep track of! Thanks for your kind words—I'm slowly climbing out of the despair. 💜

Season 2 of the "Unboxing Queer History" podcast explores everything from Chicago's lost lesbian bars to stories from today's queer elders—bringing the Gerber/Hart Library & Archives collection to life through audio storytelling.

✍️: Kayleigh Padar for @windycitytimes.com

Good luck with training! 🏃‍♀️ It'd be hard to resist the temptation to turn that into "1312".

So glad you enjoyed it! Let me know if you have suggestions for the next edition. 😊

Audre told us.

I think there's this idea that since the national guard didn't show up, everything's OK. It's really not! ICE is spreading out over suburbs with large Latino populations and terrorizing them. It's really, really bad in lots of towns people forget about because they don't have money. It's bad.

bouba cat & kiki cat

I wrote about being laid off and trying to ascribe some kind of meaning to 10% staffing cuts at my library. 📚 acrlog.org/2025/09/12/l...

In my experience, courage is usually the product of love and/or solidarity. When we are deeply invested in each other, we are more likely to take risks that we wouldn't take out of mere principle, or for the sake of people we feel disconnected from. Our alienation mass produces cowardice.