Zack Lischer-Katz
@zlkatz.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University of Arizona - College of Information Science; researching 3D/VR in academic libraries; digital curation of visual information; visual epistemologies
http://zacklischerkatz.com
http://zacklischerkatz.com
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This Thursday (Dec 11) from 10-11 MST (9am Pacific, noon Eastern) join us for an informational webinar about this position. Attendance won't be taken + info is in the link below
We are hiring at the University of Arizona libraries for a Data Science Specialist/Librarian. Expertise/experience in Python is a must. Not on the search committee, will be your colleague. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Data Science Specialist/Librarian (Assistant or Associate)
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIESData
Science Outreach and ServicesDevelop and lead training opportunities in tools and
resources such as data visualization, data...
arizona.csod.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This Thursday (Dec 11) from 10-11 MST (9am Pacific, noon Eastern) join us for an informational webinar about this position. Attendance won't be taken + info is in the link below
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Job: the University of Arizona Libraries is hiring a Librarian with focus on Instructional Strategies and STEM (assistant/associate) to join our new cohort model of liaisons
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Librarian, Instructional Strategies and STEM (Assistant or Associate) (C/CE)
Instructional Strategist & Member of Strategies in Teaching and
Research UnitBuilds relationships with faculty, instructors, and campus units to i...
arizona.csod.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Job: the University of Arizona Libraries is hiring a Librarian with focus on Instructional Strategies and STEM (assistant/associate) to join our new cohort model of liaisons
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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How can Thanksgiving feel novel and engaging every year?
We combed through The Post’s archives for Thanksgiving recipes that stood the test of time.
We combed through The Post’s archives for Thanksgiving recipes that stood the test of time.
These Thanksgiving recipes have stood the test of time. We made them even better.
We combed through The Post’s archives for Thanksgiving recipes that stood the test of time.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
How can Thanksgiving feel novel and engaging every year?
We combed through The Post’s archives for Thanksgiving recipes that stood the test of time.
We combed through The Post’s archives for Thanksgiving recipes that stood the test of time.
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“The School of the Art Institute of Chicago on November 12 terminated three out of five employees at its Video Data Bank,… permanently eliminating their positions. The SAIC additionally announced major cutbacks to the international video art distribution organization.” 😢
SAIC Guts Video Data Bank
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago cut staff at the Video Data Bank and announced major cutbacks to the contemporary video art repository.
www.artforum.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“The School of the Art Institute of Chicago on November 12 terminated three out of five employees at its Video Data Bank,… permanently eliminating their positions. The SAIC additionally announced major cutbacks to the international video art distribution organization.” 😢
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Citing financial strain attributed to changes in enrollment, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago laid off 20 workers last week, including three of the five positions in the Video Data Bank.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Lays Off 20 Workers
The cuts include three of five workers employed at the institution’s Video Data Bank, a major resource for early and contemporary media and video art.
hyperallergic.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Citing financial strain attributed to changes in enrollment, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago laid off 20 workers last week, including three of the five positions in the Video Data Bank.
It was a great panel! Thank you to everyone on the panel and the great questions from our attentive audience! Hopefully this starts a bigger conversation about the importance of studying (and teaching) geographic and spatial information in the field of informations studies.
A little later today, a panel on Geographic information in information science research at #asist25 with @zlkatz.bsky.social @jameshodges.net Wade Bishop, Diana Marsch and Ia Bull. Paper free to read at asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Geographic Information in Information Science Research
asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It was a great panel! Thank you to everyone on the panel and the great questions from our attentive audience! Hopefully this starts a bigger conversation about the importance of studying (and teaching) geographic and spatial information in the field of informations studies.
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Rutgers LIS is hiring in information policy, ad here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/258...
Applications due 10/15.
Rutgers - in NJ - is a good place ot be, given the state of things. Strong union. Close to NYC and Philly.
Holler if you have questions.
Applications due 10/15.
Rutgers - in NJ - is a good place ot be, given the state of things. Strong union. Close to NYC and Philly.
Holler if you have questions.
August 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Rutgers LIS is hiring in information policy, ad here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/258...
Applications due 10/15.
Rutgers - in NJ - is a good place ot be, given the state of things. Strong union. Close to NYC and Philly.
Holler if you have questions.
Applications due 10/15.
Rutgers - in NJ - is a good place ot be, given the state of things. Strong union. Close to NYC and Philly.
Holler if you have questions.
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Content you purchased online shouldn’t disappear if a publisher and a tech company get into a fight. www.digitalrightsbytes.org/topics/wait...
Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Bought?
Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Bought?
www.digitalrightsbytes.org
August 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Content you purchased online shouldn’t disappear if a publisher and a tech company get into a fight. www.digitalrightsbytes.org/topics/wait...
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I've been the "Design Indexer" in rez at the Cooper Hewitt library this 😎. On Sept 10 we'll explore library resources that frame the INDEX itself — the Index of 🇺🇸 Design (the prjct's namesake), the index card, the manicule 👈, etc — as a material, designed thing, esp contra AI's indexical flattening
Design Index featuring Shannon Mattern | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
A LIBRARY PROGRAM WITH Media & Design Scholar Shannon Mattern & DESIGN LIBRARIAN JENNIFER COHLMAN BRACCHI Join us for Design Index, a public program series at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Library...
www.cooperhewitt.org
August 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I've been the "Design Indexer" in rez at the Cooper Hewitt library this 😎. On Sept 10 we'll explore library resources that frame the INDEX itself — the Index of 🇺🇸 Design (the prjct's namesake), the index card, the manicule 👈, etc — as a material, designed thing, esp contra AI's indexical flattening
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A United States Senate investigation has identified more than 500 credible reports of human rights abuses in US immigration detention since January, including alarming allegations of mistreatment of pregnant women and children.
Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody
Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of state...
www.wired.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A United States Senate investigation has identified more than 500 credible reports of human rights abuses in US immigration detention since January, including alarming allegations of mistreatment of pregnant women and children.
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did some reporting on the impact of DOGE's cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the court cases that are preserving the agency (for now), Trump's threats to slash federal arts spending, and the importance of IMLS to libraries and schools everywhere: slate.com/life/2025/05...
Why Would Trump Dismantle This Tiny Little Agency That Does So Much Good?
Judges are on the IMLS’ side. But the budget battle is still to come.
slate.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
did some reporting on the impact of DOGE's cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the court cases that are preserving the agency (for now), Trump's threats to slash federal arts spending, and the importance of IMLS to libraries and schools everywhere: slate.com/life/2025/05...
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This semester, all of my federal grants were terminated. In a new blog post, I write about the importance of federal funding for academic research and the impact of these cuts.
@WebSciDL #NEH #IMLS #NSF
ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025...
@WebSciDL #NEH #IMLS #NSF
ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025...
2025-05-08: Thank you to NEH, IMLS, DoD Minerva, and NSF
The Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University.
ws-dl.blogspot.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This semester, all of my federal grants were terminated. In a new blog post, I write about the importance of federal funding for academic research and the impact of these cuts.
@WebSciDL #NEH #IMLS #NSF
ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025...
@WebSciDL #NEH #IMLS #NSF
ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025...
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I’m not saying anything novel, but this is just so massively depressing to me. We were told by a student panel that classes are obstacles to internships, and that cost-benefit analyses legitimate and necessitate AI use. “We’re here to learn so we can drop the ‘L,’” one student said…
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
nymag.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I’m not saying anything novel, but this is just so massively depressing to me. We were told by a student panel that classes are obstacles to internships, and that cost-benefit analyses legitimate and necessitate AI use. “We’re here to learn so we can drop the ‘L,’” one student said…
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"Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities."
Very important action here.
Very important action here.
@acls1919.bsky.social, the AHA, & @modernlanguage.bsky.social filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions of the NEH to devastate the agency, including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. 🗃️
American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association File Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities - AHA
Lawsuit aims to reinstate NEH grant programs, divisions, and staff. For Immediate Release / May 1, 2025 (New York, NY) — The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the American Historical Assoc...
www.historians.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities."
Very important action here.
Very important action here.
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The judge in #ALA v Sonderling handed down a narrow TRO restraining the #IMLS from actions, including canceling more grants and terminating staff. Screen shot attached.
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May 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The judge in #ALA v Sonderling handed down a narrow TRO restraining the #IMLS from actions, including canceling more grants and terminating staff. Screen shot attached.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I’m happy to announce the publication of our article “Volumetric video: Preservation and curation challenges of an emerging medium,” in the International Journal of Digital Curation, with co-authors, Bryan Carter and Rashida Braggs, zacklischerkatz.com?p=660
PDF: doi.org/10.2218/ijdc...
PDF: doi.org/10.2218/ijdc...
May 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I’m happy to announce the publication of our article “Volumetric video: Preservation and curation challenges of an emerging medium,” in the International Journal of Digital Curation, with co-authors, Bryan Carter and Rashida Braggs, zacklischerkatz.com?p=660
PDF: doi.org/10.2218/ijdc...
PDF: doi.org/10.2218/ijdc...
Thank you to everyone who wrote a letter to the editor in support of libraries during National Library Week! Your voices make a big difference. bit.ly/3Ewqd6x via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Americans Like You Are Speaking Up for Their Local Libraries!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to write a letter to the editor during National Library Week! Your voices made a big difference.
bit.ly
April 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Thank you to everyone who wrote a letter to the editor in support of libraries during National Library Week! Your voices make a big difference. bit.ly/3Ewqd6x via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Rampant use of police surveillance tech “really comes down to a question of, do we want to live in a city where all of us – all of us, not just 'criminals,' but all of us - are watched & listened to everywhere we go?” EFF's @joshrichman.bsky.social told @nbcbayarea.com.
San Francisco police give tour of new facility
San Francisco police on Wednesday gave a behind the scenes look of their new facility.
www.nbcbayarea.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Rampant use of police surveillance tech “really comes down to a question of, do we want to live in a city where all of us – all of us, not just 'criminals,' but all of us - are watched & listened to everywhere we go?” EFF's @joshrichman.bsky.social told @nbcbayarea.com.
Trump attacked Federal Funding for Libraries. We need Americans like you to take action today! Please sign and share the petition before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Everyone loves libraries, archives and museums!
Everyone loves libraries, archives and museums!
March 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Trump attacked Federal Funding for Libraries. We need Americans like you to take action today! Please sign and share the petition before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Everyone loves libraries, archives and museums!
Everyone loves libraries, archives and museums!
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⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
March 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
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Gutting IMLS is devastating. There’s funding to states that help provide access to the internet, electronic resources, programs that are meant to help the community. I don’t think people realize how big of a digital gap there is and how much libraries and museums supplement educational needs.
Do you value your library?
Trump just ordered the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the key source of federal support for libraries.
Libraries are vital social infrastructure, the foundations of an open, democratic society. Gutting them means gutting our own communities.
Trump just ordered the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the key source of federal support for libraries.
Libraries are vital social infrastructure, the foundations of an open, democratic society. Gutting them means gutting our own communities.
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Gutting IMLS is devastating. There’s funding to states that help provide access to the internet, electronic resources, programs that are meant to help the community. I don’t think people realize how big of a digital gap there is and how much libraries and museums supplement educational needs.
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This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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The library and the post office are the only two systems we have that circulate things widely and to everyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. The library is the only one that, for now, is not forced to pay for itself at point of sale. Attacks on IMLS are attacks on every one of us.
March 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The library and the post office are the only two systems we have that circulate things widely and to everyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. The library is the only one that, for now, is not forced to pay for itself at point of sale. Attacks on IMLS are attacks on every one of us.