So much of librarian ebook math is depressing. Ebook: $59.99 x 150 copies = ~$9,000 Eaudio: $89.99 x 150 copies = ~$13,500 Lending model: 24 months, then we need to re-buy Current holds: Ebook: 1,281 ~20 week wait Eaudio: 1,522 ~21 week wait This is a single title.

Robin Bradford@tuphlos.bsky.social · 2d ago

Book 1 is $59.99 went out 4 times. Cost per circ $14.99 Book 2 is $59.99 went out 4 times. Cost per circ $14.99 I'm not buying book 3. If the cost per circ was $5 or $3, I wouldn't mind. But that is WAY too high, especially for a thing that expires after 2 yrs.

Apropos of absolutely nothing at all….

Thomas Neville@goobermunch.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Fun fact. In general,* you cannot defame the dead. * Look, we've got 52 different legal systems in this country, one of which isn't even based on English law. There may be counter examples, but from now on, I'm sticking with general rules.

Me reading Democratic pols' tweets about Lindsey Graham.

#NationalLibraryWorkersDay I have a Master’s Degree in Library Science. Not all librarians and library workers do. On the job experience is every bit as important as a degree. In my 20+ year career in libraries, I have been shushed an order of magnitude more times than I have shushed a patron.

What do library workers want for National Library Workers Day? Secure funding and legal protections! Show up #ForOurLibraries. Learn how: www.ala.org/advocacy/sho... #LibrariesWorkBecauseWeDo

“Today, many schools and libraries rely on books from companies like Scholastic Inc.—often filled with confusing, political, or even inappropriate messages for children.” “Inappropriate messages” like slavery is bad, trans people exist, women are autonomous beings.

kelly jensen@heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

PragerU is now launching its own book fair to "compete" with scholastic. It sounds like they're maybe absorbing the SkyTrees Book Fairs, which started with the same nonsense. www.prageru.com/book-fair

ICYMI amidst all of the other dumpster fires, $14 million was stolen from libraries and funneled to Hillsdale College and PragerU to fund white supremacist revisionist history and pro-regime propaganda. Cuts to IMLS funding will impact small public libraries the hardest.

The IMLS Propaganda Machine Is In Full Swing

The agency overseeing U.S. libraries and museums is now full-on regime propaganda.

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WTF? I haven’t even gotten my 2026 bingo card in the mail yet.

*sighs in librarian* *glares in cataloger that does series tracing*

Linda Holmes@lindaholmes.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...

Book banning in public and school libraries is still very much happening. booksunbanned.com supports the rights of teens to read. Teens can get a digital library card that allows them access to ebooks regardless of where they live. #coreforum2025

“Never trust a chatbot” — @cfiesler.bsky.social Not because it IS wrong, but because it could be. #coreforum2025

Listening to @cfiesler.bsky.social at #coreforum2025 makes me miss teaching information literacy. It’s a whole different world from when I left academia 3+ years ago, and it has become so much more essential.

did it happen like this

Quisling says “let’s surrender.”

Senator Tim Kaine@kaine.senate.gov · 9mo ago

My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:

Jefferson County, CO declares emergency disaster over SNAP www.jeffco.us/m/newsflash/...

Jefferson County Issues Order Declaring Emergency Disaster Due to Economic Impacts of SNAP Delays • Jefferson County, CO

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💙📚 Takes place prior to the events in Invasive. @chuckwendig.bsky.social plays upon my fears about computers taking over the world. It is interesting to see the early seeds of Wanderers on this book (and Invasive). Lower squick, just as many nightmares. Recommend!

I made An Art! With 1,394 other artists! Check it out: telephonegame.art

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Whispering a message among art forms. Explore the TELEPHONE interactive art exhibition featuring diverse artists and creative expressions.

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💙📚Did @kevinhearne.bsky.social write an entire book so he could offhandedly drop in the legend of the creation of truck nutz? Uproarious humor, redemption arcs, adventure, and love cheese. And the phenomenal narration of Luke Daniels.

💙📚 Super high squick-factor on this one, but the story was so good that I kept reading it even while plagued by a recurring case of stress hives. I really loved how Hannah’s background informed her reactions and interactions. @chuckwendig.bsky.social, I hate you for formication nightmares. 🐜

💙📚 The only thing better than a book by @kevinhearne.bsky.social is that book read by Luke Daniels. This laugh-out-loud wild ride accompanied me & my family on a recent road trip. The 14-year-old was locked in immediately locked in, but even the 19-year-old was quickly captivated.

Needed a book to read for the end of my trip, and this ebook was immediately available from my library. The first “I hate you, @chuckwendig.bsky.social” moment came in the second chapter. I think I should not have picked this one while suffering from hives.

Karen Neville@derbiser.bsky.social · 3y ago

That magical moment when you’re reading a @chuckwendig.bsky.social novel and you’re so completely squicked out that you jump up, drop the book, and flap your hands to push away the horrible imagery while yelling “I hate you, Chuck” into the void. Best done when your partner is dozing next to you.

💙📚I am not sure where this recommendation came from, but I am very glad I came across it. I like my horror with a side of humor and The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins was a fun read. The story wrapped up neatly but I’d gladly spend more time in this world.

💙📚The third book in the series, Children of Memory is a meditation on what makes someone a sentient being. The corvids, Gothi and Gethli, are an impeccable embodiment of the benefits of neurodiversity. Definite echoes of why my partner and I make such a good combination.

💙📚Octopodes In Spaaaaace! The sequel to Children of Time does not disappoint. Again Tchaikovsky envelopes the reader in a completely alien way of thinking. Incredible world building. Also highly recommend this as an audiobook; I alternated listening and reading.

💙📚 yet another fantastic horror book from @chuckwendig.bsky.social. Less squick in this one than in some of his others, just as much fantastic storytelling. Complex characters, a hefty dose of humor (including laugh-out-loud moments), and a sprinkle of political spite. Highly recommend.

💙📚 I don’t usually post picture books, but I kept seeing this on a book truck at work when I was having one of those days. Cute story with a funny twist. I can verify that it is good for reading out loud. I bought it for my second cousin and read it appropriately eleventy-billion times this weekend.

Time for more book posts 💙📚 I haven’t been reading as many books this summer. There’s also a larger number than normal in the in-progress pile because I get distracted and wander off.

Information Literacy is complicated by bad actors have learned to cloak themselves in the guise of respectability: American College of Pediatricians is NOT the American Academy of Pediatrics but they intentionally sound so similar it’s very easy to confuse them even if you know about them.

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · last yr.

This is the core of it. In the 20th century, verification happened inside institutions. Now, it has to happen in us. A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵

I think a lot of OPs thread misunderstands the process of source evaluation, what "verification" of information was historically and is today, how public education works in the US, and how critical thinking is taught today. But the core point about digital literacy still stands.

I have been, and will continue to post this often. Your Guard, Reserve and active duty family, friends, neighbors and coworkers are going to need it. Please share far, wide and often!