AI Is Not Inevitable join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I look forward to reading this volume, and am very grateful that its publication provided an opportunity to revisit a project that began in 2018, with a dear friend and favorite collaborator, @ashplantus.bsky.social

Rspinelli@librarianchef.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief (2026) will be released with Bristol University Press. This volume explores the ways in which grief permeates collections, objects and stories within library settings. @kpalex91.bsky.social

Many of my favorite yarns mentioned in this article, but I’m also thinking of the US-made yarns that have recently ceased production too www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Knitters snagged by tariffs, as yarn brands pause shipments to U.S.

At least a half dozen European brands suspended deliveries after the de minimis exemption ended, leaving crafters to contend with higher prices and supply issues.

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I realy don't think there is any ethical justification for archivist use of AI, given its environmental impact and the affects of climate change on archives. It's a hardline stance but that's where I am.

In the process of making my fall course websites on @kcommons.bsky.social and wanted to share that the combo of course website + private group discussion seems like a workable alternative to canvas for teaching online classes, in case this is something other folks are trying to navigate.

Just so pointlessly cruel. Hideous.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING — Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) staffers who were put on admin leave on Monday just got letters letting them know they’re a part of a Reduction in Force (RIF) and that their job will be “abolished” effective May 4th in accordance with Trump’s EO, per copy reviewed by me.

The National Archives safeguards our collective history, protects the public's right to know, and ensures transparency and accountability in government. action.everylibrary.org/nationalarch... follow @everylibrary.bsky.social to support libraries.

PETITION: Tell Trump, Hands Off the National Archives!

The National Archives safeguards our collective history, protects the public's right to know, and ensures transparency and accountability in government.

action.everylibrary.org

The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty

A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...

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Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archives— books, museums, databases, &c— because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world. And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.

Call for IMMEDIATE action: LCSH is officially proposing changes from "Mexico, Gulf of" to "America, Gulf of" and "Denali" to "Mt. Mckinley": classweb.org/tentative-su... Send feedback to listcomments@loc.gov by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes

I’ve been organizing for many years now and I was so delighted to print this out and spend some time with it today. Highly recommend this as a resource to clarify your work and your own strategies for survival right now!

Have you been in an archive? We want to hear from you! Take our short survey :-) uclaed.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #archives #reparativedescription #representation @toniasutherland.bsky.social

The Reading Room: A Journal of Special Collections is open for submissions (deadline March 31, 2025). Research articles, case studies, narrative features, and student work welcome! More details in our call here: readingroom.lib.buffalo.edu/announcement...

Announcements | The Reading Room: A Journal of Special Collections

The Reading Room is an open-access scholarly publication focusing on special collections in a variety of contexts including public, private, academic, corporate, and personal collections.

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support archives and archivists sufficiently in times of normal operation so we can do our jobs in times of crisis. read about ongoing efforts before your library of alexandria comparisons. respect the expertise of people who have been doing the work. fund permanent archival and preservation labor.

"[Museum] staff have not received any communication from the museum’s leadership that clearly explains why the exhibit closed temporarily or which content the museum felt needed a trigger warning after the reopening."

A Museum Exhibit Challenges the Myth of the White Cowboy. It Opens With a Trigger Warning.

The Amon Carter added a mature content warning soon after opening “Cowboy,” a show originally aimed at “disrupting” the portrayal of the Western ideal as cisgender, straight, and white.

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