If you haven't read @jjpionke.bsky.social's obituary yet, do it now. He names names about the institutions who let him down as he tried to navigate the tenure process while disabled. jj-pionke-memorial.org Please join me in donating to the JJ Pionke Memorial Scholarship for disabled LIS students. 📚

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JJ Pionke - Librarian, LIS Educator, Disability Advocate, and Lover of Cats

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In Memory of JJ Pionke: Librarian, LIS Educator, Disability Advocate, and Cat Lover The links to donate to the JJ Pionke Memorial Scholarship Fund or the Savil & Aiden Care Fund are coming soon. jj-pionke-memorial.org/in-loving-me...

JJ Pionke Memorial Foundation

JJ Pionke - Librarian, LIS Educator, Disability Advocate, and Lover of Cats

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Last day to submit proposals during the August window! Our next open submission period will be January. Submission information here - please remember to check the nested guidelines, with our AI policy, information about our publication process, and our style guide!

Very excited to share the follow up to our "Hidden Barriers" article: "'Jobwise, it's honestly the best thing that has ever happened to me': COVID-19 pandemic and academic librarians with non-apparent disabilities" doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...

If you missed my CALM Keynote, Slow Management in a Fast World, it's now available on YouTube fully captioned. youtu.be/frkgyhEERfs?...

CALM 2026 Opening Keynote: Slow Management in a Fast World

YouTube video by CALM Conference

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I wrote about the new ALA workers' union and why it matters to all library workers in the U.S., whether you're an ALA member or not. 📚 acrlog.org/2026/06/03/t...

The New ALA Workers Union, and Why It Matters - ACRLog

A hearty congratulations to the members of the newly formed ALA Workers United (ALAWU)! In March, employees at the American Library Association announced their intention to form a union, and last week...

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haven't seen much discussion of this on Bluesky or #NEISvoid yet but apparently the EDS Society is announcing updated diagnostic guidelines in December 2026 (...and early signs indicate Lara Bloom is back on her bullshit, although I'm trying not to be a doomer about it) #EDS #hEDS #HSD

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We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

This free webinar is next Tuesday April 14th. There'll be ASL interpreters available. It'll be recorded, so if you can't join us, feel free to sign up and you'll get a link to the recording. 1500 people registered so far lol. 📚 #critcat news.library.fresnostate.edu/2026/02/23/f...

Violet Fox 🦊@violetbfox.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Join @edrabinski.bsky.social & Karen Snow & Billey Albina & me for a free webinar, "Critical Cataloging & Librarianship Today: Ethics, Power, and Possibility" on Tuesday April 14th. Part of the Womack Lecture Series sponsored by @fresnostatelibrary.bsky.social. 📚 #critcat

Check out the new website for the Library Freedom Journal, published by the folks at the Library Freedom Project. journal.libraryfreedom.org They're looking for submissions for articles, reviews, hot takes, zines, & artwork focused on privacy, intellectual freedom, information democracy, & more! 📚

Union Yes at ALA! To support American Library Association employees forming their union with AFSCME, add your name here: actionnetwork.org/forms/union-...

Union Yes for ALA employees!

Add your name to congratulate and stand with employees of the American Library Association who are forming their union with AFSCME! @ILCWUAFSCME

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Do I know any archivists who are interested in becoming journal editors? (It is ok to DM if yes)

And for the lady, perhaps audiobooks that support indie bookstores instead of mega corporations doing questionable things.

My colleagues at ACRLog wrote short tributes to the life and work of Fobazi Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social. I wrote about her work on disability, which I think deserves more recognition. acrlog.org/2026/03/04/t... Thanks @ezerrenner.bsky.social for coordinating. #CripLib #VocationalAwe

Tribute Post for Fobazi Ettarh - ACRLog

With immense sadness, the writers of ACRLog acknowledge the passing of Fobazi Ettarh, library worker and influential LIS scholar. If you are able to contribute, there is a GoFundMe established for Fob...

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Solidarity with American Library Association staff! Without these folks hard work, nothing at ALA gets done. ✊️ afscme31.org/news/america...

American Library Association employees forming union with AFSCME

Joining the wave of union organizing among cultural workers, employees of the primarily Chicago-based American Library Association (ALA) announced they are forming their union with AFSCME Council 31.T...

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call for chapter proposals - Decoding Slow Librarianship: Inquiries into Conceptual Challenges and Concerns from Bloomsbury Publishers docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Chapter Submission Interest Form

Decoding Slow Librarianship: Inquiries into Conceptual Challenges and Concerns from Bloomsbury Publishers Co-Editors: Lorin Jackson, Jill Deaver, and Meredith Solomon Decoding Slow Librarianship: Inq...

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JJ Pionke interviews @drsamischalk.bsky.social about her book Black Disability Politics, her creative process, her teaching, and her current research on pleasure activism. [audio interview and written transcript]

Interview with Dr. Sami Schalk on Black Disability Politics

JJ Pionke interviews Dr. Sami Schalk about her book Black Disability Politics, her creative process, her teaching, and her current research on pleasure activism.

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Memorial for Fobazi Ettarh

Do you know someone who's done great work for social justice in libraries? Submit their name for the Herb Biblo Outstanding Leadership Award for Social Justice & Equality (deadline March 2nd). airtable.com/appoik78pOkA... The award is $4,000!!! 📚

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Americans have seen, fought, & defeated this dehumanization before. Here's a link to the SPLC, where you can learn more about both slavery and abolition. (Yes, the abhorrent claims that enslaving other humans is necessary or merely acceptable have always been accompanied by abolition movements!)

Stowage on the Slave Ship Brookes, 1788 | Southern Poverty Law Center

Per Library of Congress: Illustration showing deck plans and cross sections of the British slaving ship, Brookes.

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Eunice Cho@eunicehcho.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Concerned about ICE's $45 billion plan to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers? This is what they'll look like inside. From ICE's plan for the Social Circle, GA facility. Each little dot: a person. www.socialcirclega.gov/home/showpub...

4 hours left to submit - deadline is 5pm eastern

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 8mo ago

Public comment on Dr Oz's proposed rules to ban gender-affirming care for youth closes 2/17 One rule bans hospital-based care, the other eliminates Medicaid/CHIP coverage Together they'd make care virtually unavailable nationwide, including in shield law states www.patreon.com/posts/149210...

unfortunately evergreen

Burgess Everett@burgessev.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Senate Democrats block DHS funding bill. It needed 60 and fails, 52-47 Fetterman is the only Democrat voting to advance it No defections on GOP side, even Rand Paul was a "yes" (Thune changed his vote to no to allow him to bring it up more quickly later)

NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next

ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

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this thread is a better close read than you’ll find in any media outlet today

Becky Hammer@beckyhammer.bsky.social · 8mo ago

First shot: sugarcane The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times Still used to make rum of course!

Many of you already know that our colleague and founding board member, Fobazi Ettarh, has passed away. We want to take a moment to acknowledge her loss and honor what she meant to libraries, our community, and her friends and loved ones. www.thrivelib.com/news/honoring-fobazi-ettarh

Honoring Fobazi Ettarh — ThriveLib

Many of you already know that our colleague and founding board member, Fobazi Ettarh , has passed away. We want to take a moment to acknowledge her loss and honor what she meant to libraries, our co...

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It would be difficult to overstate the influence of Fobazi Ettarh's work on a generation of library workers. Sending love to all in her orbit. Join me in supporting her family in this difficult time. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Donate to Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs, organized by Ysabel Gerrard

NEW UPDATE Dear readers, This isn’t the update I was … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Honoring the life of Fobazi Ettarh: Funeral & other costs

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The update here left me weepy with how full of love it is. If you can help with end of life expenses, here's where and how.

Fobazi M. Ettarh@fobettarh.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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I wrote about some of the unreasonable requests I've gotten as a candidate for library jobs, and how employers might make the interview process less dehumanizing. acrlog.org/2026/02/05/m... 📚

Making the Academic Librarian Interview Less Painful - ACRLog

To be unexpectedly unemployed in the U.S. is to be in a state of desperation. If you haven’t been out of work lately, it’s a particularly challenging time. The labor market is cooling, and people are ...

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JJ Pionke interviews @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social about their book The Hidden History of Napa Valley, Luddism and information literacy in a high school setting, their work doing book reviews and sensitivity reading, and why we keep fighting for progress.

Interview with Alex Brown on Hidden Napa Valley

JJ Pionke interviews Alex Brown about their book The Hidden History of Napa Valley, Luddism and information literacy in a high school setting, their work doing book reviews and sensitivity reading, an...

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