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Meral Agish

@meralagish.bsky.social

Public library worker & oral historian. Queens, NY. @queensmemory.bsky.social

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ian says DC statehood now@wareian.com · last wk.

anyway. love libraries, love library workers, thank u for letting me be sappy. i have an obligation not to get caught up in the awe but sometimes you do in fact have to get a lil mushy. per usual, Dr. Hayden with the killer ending.

[Photo of Dr. Carla Hayden] A lady came in, and as you know, in public libraries, there are a lot of people who are homeless, so they just need a place to be. She comes into the central library and goes up to the information desk. She has very interesting attire, and this big bag. She asks to see the head of the library. I was the head of the library. The librarian — and this is what they do — tried to get more information from the person. They said, “Well, what would you like to see her for?” She opens the bag and she puts out on the table an injured bird. And the librarian says, “Oh, what would you like her to do?” And the woman said, “Somebody’s got to care.” Carla Hayden, Washington, D.C. 14th Librarian of Congress
XFR Collective@xfrcollective.bsky.social · 2mo ago

if you can't make it to the party (we'll miss you😔) you can also support us directly here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

XFR Collective Donation Drive!

Hello, and welcome to our donation drive! We’re so happy you’ve taken the time to check us out.For a little over ten years, XFR Collective has been working to…

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XFR Collective@xfrcollective.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Announcing XFR Collective's FIRST EVER BENEFIT PARTY! Join us August 9th at Wonderville for clownery, live let's plays, and BASS! >$30 donations will receive a ~special~ USB of kino video art. RSVP: pools.events/event/XD2gnT...

Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For writers and scholars in NYC: sign this open letter to remind our wonderful mayor to fund NYC's libraries fully. "New York City deserves the kind of writers and thinkers that only consistently well-funded public libraries can ensure." docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open letter from NYC based writers, authors, and scholars to the Mayor re: public library budget

NYC Public Library Action Network is asking writers, authors, and scholars based in New York City’s five boroughs to sign on to an open letter to Mayor Mamdani asking him to fulfill the promise he mad...

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

ANY PERSON this age group can get a card, whether or not they’re experiencing book bans. That’s powerful for queer young folks in small towns with no libraries or libraries with limited hours or collections, too.

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Happy Pride Month. If you know a young person (age 13-26) in the US who is getting their access to queer library books restricted because of local small-minded folks, please refer them to the Books Unbanned program. More people should know about it. #pride booksunbanned.com/card

Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I have dozens – if not hundreds – of chance encounters with strangers every day in the city, and many of them are infused with kindness, humor, commiseration over tourists’ situational obliviousness :) Such a powerful, necessary antidote to the rancor online and the news’s perpetual despair.

Queens Public Library@qplnyc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Join Us and @queensmemory.bsky.social at the Ravenswood Community Learning Center on Thursday, May 7! queenslib.org/4sQ4bQn www.instagram.com/queensmemory...

Queens Memory on Instagram: "Preserving Your New York Story: Recording Family Histories With Care Join the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society (@nyfamilyhistory) and community partner Queens...

30 likes, 3 comments - queensmemory on May 6, 2026: "Preserving Your New York Story: Recording Family Histories With Care Join the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society (@nyfamilyhistory) and ...

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Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“The Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency.” — NEH.gov The NEH has $207 million for FY2026. War in Iran? 1 billion per day. We go through 4.83 NEHs a day for what?

Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NYPL developed its own e-reader, then shut it down last year :( libanswers.nypl.org/faq/430249 NYPL Labs had an *amazing* team, then brought in a CTO from a different industry that didn't understand its unique value: urbanomnibus.net/2017/03/urba...

Urban Memory Infrastructure - Urban Omnibus

A city needs memory like it needs streets, trees, and people. But how do we build an infrastructure to contain and deliver the city's history? Ben Vershbow, former director of NYPL Labs, talks with Sh...

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Bright D Limm 임대중@bdlimm.myatproto.social · 7mo ago

The best way to honor @qplnyc.bsky.social's anniversary is to give it more funding. Use @nycplan.org's doc to help you write and submit your own testimony to the NYC Council's committee overseeing libraries: ✨ bit.ly/4b1ze3H ✨ The committee is accepting testimony through tomorrow (Fri) afternoon.

Testify on March 18 to Support NY Public Libraries

Preliminary Budget Hearing for NYC Committee on Libraries The NYC City Council’s Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Relations is holding a hearing on March 18, 2026 to discus...

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Queens Memory Project@queensmemory.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Happy Anniversary Queens Public Library! 🎂 From 3 branches in 1896 to 66 today, see the originals in 1910: LIC: East Ave (11th St) Astoria: 14-01 Astoria Blvd Steinway: 42-01 23rd Ave #QPL #QPLDay @qplnyc.bsky.social PS: Flushing had the 1st free library -but was not in original charter! 📚

A large group of children stand outside the corner storefront of the Nelson Branch in Long Island City on East Ave (now 47-46 11th St).
Matthew Noe@noethematt.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Making space for communities to come together to read, to inspire them to share their own stories (perhaps in writing, perhaps not, let's not undervalue oral storytelling), is not only enough of a reason for libraries, but it is a vital public good! (2/3)

Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds

Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers

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