“Good news!” Robin announces, setting down a ceramic owl. “She must be worth something.” “We're starving,” the villagers reply. Robin nods sympathetically before handing an orphan three decorative soaps and a laminated loyalty card for a frozen yogurt chain that no longer exists. buff.ly/VA5DpmF

Robin Hood, Prince of Compulsive and Pointless Theft

“He steals from the rich to give to the poor, which sounds generous until you learn what he steals. The people of Sherwood do not need six unmatched salt sha...

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Access Services ≠ disability services. Access Services ≠ just circulation. It's the work of connecting people with library resources, spaces, and services. Glad to see ACRL's revised Framework for Access Services Librarianship approved at ALA Annual. acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/...

New and Revised ACRL Standards, Statements, and Frameworks on Access Services, Status of Academic Librarians

The ACRL Board of Directors approved a revision of "A Framework for Access Services Librarianship" (PDF) at its June, 27, 2026, meeting. Developed by the ACRL Access Services Interest Group (ASIG), th...

acrl.ala.org

"Those of us whose work is rooted in equity, inclusion, justice, belonging, access and student thriving are living through a deeply complicated moment. For many of us, this is not simply professional work. It is personal, intellectual, ethical and spiritual work."

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2w ago

Opinion | On Keeping Sanity and Purpose While Higher Ed and DEI Are Under Attack I offer four considerations to help navigate the year ahead. By Cameron C. Beatty: https://bit.ly/4b6TrGu #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

"The greatest danger confronting universities today is not simply that certain viewpoints may receive greater attention than others; it is that political authorities increasingly seek to determine which viewpoints may legitimately exist at all." truthout.org/articles/hig...

Higher Ed Can’t Be Neutral in an Age of Brutality. It Must Choose Democracy.

Contemporary proponents of “institutional neutrality” fail to grasp that universities have never been outside politics.

truthout.org

Heads up. He's back at it. 🧵 (Eugh...)

Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian)@comicslibrarian.com · 4d ago

Ugh, the former librarian who was fired for being a creep to women at comic cons and has stalked a colleague of mine for YEARS has now turned to trying to contact all her coworkers because she has him blocked across all platforms. 📚

The most egregous parts may be gone, but the heart of the issue remains: this still doesn’t uphold the university as a public good, and it keeps narrowing who belongs.Glad to be an associate member of the AAUP. We keep pushing, together. #HigherEd

AAUP@aaup.org · 2d ago

The Trump admin is back with version 2.0 of its higher ed compact. The reason is simple: The first one failed. Compact 2.0 lacks egregious elements of its predecessor. That’s a victory & affirms that the answer to authoritarianism is organized resistance—not compliance. www.aaup.org/news/new-com...

Yeppers. I am no longer going to conferences in the U.S. And I am not alone.

Detentions of International Scholars at Airports Raise Alarm

A Johns Hopkins University researcher was detained at an airport by immigration officials and later released. Cases like hers make travel fraught for foreign scholars.

insidehighered.com

I am no longer an MLIS student but I also will not apply to a job without a salary listed.

Matthew Noe@noethematt.bsky.social · 14h ago

My MLS students would like you to know that if you don't post a salary with your job posting, they aren't likely to apply.

I always love the whole “we strive to create a diverse, welcoming environment and encourage people from marginalized identities to apply” paragraph right after the shamefully low salary.

My MLS students would like you to know that if you don't post a salary with your job posting, they aren't likely to apply.

Bumping...

Violet Fox 🦊@violetbfox.bsky.social · 2d ago

A friend moved to a new state for a job and was laid off after just three months. He's had a hard time of things for the last few years—please help me raise funds to help him through an extremely bad time. 📚 www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Library friends: I'm planning a blog post about negotiating during a job offer. Will you share with me what you negotiated? Or what you wish you would've negotiated? I'd like to give people a sense of the range of things they can ask for. 📚

The most egregous parts may be gone, but the heart of the issue remains: this still doesn’t uphold the university as a public good, and it keeps narrowing who belongs.Glad to be an associate member of the AAUP. We keep pushing, together. #HigherEd

AAUP@aaup.org · 2d ago

The Trump admin is back with version 2.0 of its higher ed compact. The reason is simple: The first one failed. Compact 2.0 lacks egregious elements of its predecessor. That’s a victory & affirms that the answer to authoritarianism is organized resistance—not compliance. www.aaup.org/news/new-com...

So Trump and McMahon now are trying the velvet glove approach to get universities to submit. It’s just a watered down version of the compact they tried to impose last year. No self-respecting university should comply. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

After Colleges Reject ‘Compact,’ Trump Officials Try a Letter (Gift Article)

The open letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon fell far short of the attempt at a compact last year that dangled research money in return for embracing the Trump administration’s agenda.

nytimes.com

Heads up. He's back at it. 🧵 (Eugh...)

Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian)@comicslibrarian.com · 4d ago

Ugh, the former librarian who was fired for being a creep to women at comic cons and has stalked a colleague of mine for YEARS has now turned to trying to contact all her coworkers because she has him blocked across all platforms. 📚

"The greatest danger confronting universities today is not simply that certain viewpoints may receive greater attention than others; it is that political authorities increasingly seek to determine which viewpoints may legitimately exist at all." truthout.org/articles/hig...

Higher Ed Can’t Be Neutral in an Age of Brutality. It Must Choose Democracy.

Contemporary proponents of “institutional neutrality” fail to grasp that universities have never been outside politics.

truthout.org

"Those of us whose work is rooted in equity, inclusion, justice, belonging, access and student thriving are living through a deeply complicated moment. For many of us, this is not simply professional work. It is personal, intellectual, ethical and spiritual work."

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2w ago

Opinion | On Keeping Sanity and Purpose While Higher Ed and DEI Are Under Attack I offer four considerations to help navigate the year ahead. By Cameron C. Beatty: https://bit.ly/4b6TrGu #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Access Services ≠ disability services. Access Services ≠ just circulation. It's the work of connecting people with library resources, spaces, and services. Glad to see ACRL's revised Framework for Access Services Librarianship approved at ALA Annual. acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/...

New and Revised ACRL Standards, Statements, and Frameworks on Access Services, Status of Academic Librarians

The ACRL Board of Directors approved a revision of "A Framework for Access Services Librarianship" (PDF) at its June, 27, 2026, meeting. Developed by the ACRL Access Services Interest Group (ASIG), th...

acrl.ala.org

“Indoctrination occurs when choices are eliminated, not when people are free to choose what they learn about. Having the opportunity to choose what you read for yourself is what makes libraries work so well for so many, despite being full of books with so many different and contradictory ideas.”

Lies About Libraries (Part One)

Welcome to the first in a series of posts dedicated to debunking false claims used to undermine trust in libraries and attack those who work in them.

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US appeals court strikes down key part of Florida law restricting campus race and gender discussions

Ron DeSantis’s Stop Woke Act suffers another legal setback, with the state accused of ‘puppeteering’

theguardian.com

*kisses fingers*

Patron explains to someone else's kids that they went to Spain for vacation, while I'm more than a little hesitant to go through any checkpoints crawling with ICE. Guess what color his skin is!

Kimberle Crenshaw! #alaac26

Paraphrasing Kimberlè Crenshaw: There is a responsibility to talk back against authoritarianism if our democracy is to survive. #ALAAC26

Librarians: Stewards of Truth We know how to listen, we lean in to listening, understanding, and asking clarifying questions. What do our people need? Really need? Truth and understanding. #alaac26

Listening and Hearing are skills we need to cultivate in ourselves and our communities. #alaac26

Dr. Jill Biden! Ahhhh! "Libraries are places of trust, and I ask you to maintain those places of trust." "We have to give young people safe places to gather and converse." #alaac26

WOO STEPHANIE!!! Worcester Public Library is so lucky to have Stephanie as our Board of Directors President and I'm grateful to serve with someone so dedicated to the library, its mission, and its staff Worcester REPRESENTING at #alaac26! united.ala.org/two-trustees...

Two back to back sessions and my hand hurts from writing. Now the #ALA26 Awards and Presidents Program. ;)

And now that I know where the posters actually are, I can visit some in slack time. My next session will start in a few minutes, but I'm having technical difficulties with posting the initial slide. Takeaways, as usual will be in a thread under that slide. #ALAAC26