Steph Noell (they/them)

My heart goes out to all the students who lost work

Canvas going down at 11:58pm is diabolical

I've reached "feeling the incoming rains in my knees" age

s/o @choochoobear.bsky.social for bringing this miniseries to my attention

In preparation for the new Frankenstein movie, I'm watching the 2004 Hallmark miniseries, which includes among its supporting cast Dan Stevens, William Hurt, and Donald Sutherland

I have been the microforms expert at so many libraries lol. GovDocs experience ftw!

The library has a TV/VCR that still works (on a cart, of course), too!

Remember when .govs were authoritative instead of authoritarian?

TIL my library has a combo VCR/Blu-Ray player. I know these technologies existed simultaneously for like a decade, but it never occurred to me that companies smashed them together

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Baker & Taylor appears to be shutting down. A post on the r/libraries subreddit from an employee of B&T breaks the news and there appear to be other employees in the comments confirming the situation.

UWF's conservative makeover: DeSantis-linked firm at center of sudden ouster of top lawyer The leadership shakeups are part of a broader push by DeSantis and the Republican-led Legislature to steer Florida’s 12 public universities in a more conservative direction

And yes, general counsel was dismissed over objections to shady dealings: www.wusf.org/education/20...

When they *had* someone filling FOIA requests, they did everything they could to slow/stop requests being filled. I haven't seen coverage of this vacancy, but they are clearly trying to hide shady dealings from public scrutiny

'We are not tolerating indoctrination camps': DeSantis vows conservative overhaul of UWF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Gov. Ron DeSantis renewed his attacks on the university calling it an "indoctrination camp" with "Marxist professors."

So here we are, nearly 6 months after this weartv.com/news/local/w... & UWF has ousted their general counsel as well as the staff member filling their FOIA requests.

Fun fact: my first library job was in John C. Pace Library's government documents department, which cemented my passion for public service in higher education & access to public information

My bachelor's is from the University of West Florida, which is DeSantis' next conservative college of choice.

Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

reactormag.com/reading-rain...

Round cake with plastic decorations reading "HOORAY", "PARTY", and "YAY"

Not what we envisioned for Mom's post-funeral reception cake, but it DID make us laugh

My gender is basically the DBZ "this isn't even my final form" meme

30-year-old white woman in a pink top with a mullet in 1984

30-year-old white woman in a pink top with a mullet in 1984

tfw you find out about your mom's 1984 mullet 5 days after she died

Blurry photo of a person with a shaved head in a blue work shirt

Photo of a person with a shaved head in a blue work shirt drinking a Pabst Blue Ribbon

Putting these 20yo pics of me on my gender vision board

One of my favorite plants in LA!

In general. My coworker's spouse just had his humerus broken by a kid on one.

The parked rentals limit sidewalk access & pedestrians have been killed getting hit by them

E-scooters were a mistake

American Library Association poster text reads: Library Work: The Profession on Which All Other Professions and Occupations Depend; The library serves: teacher, minister, doctor, lawyer, engineer, merchant, artisan, social worker, student, home-maker; It offers: culture, information, recreation; Library work puts the librarian in touch with every human interest. A challenging field to the college graduate

kinda wanna put this ~1925 ALA poster on the inside of my library science zine

Comics TED talk!!

Using comics and storytelling to engage memory and bring fun back to learning with Alina Pete | TEDxRRU

youtu.be/MNeqk_XehEk...

I've been thinking about bard for our next campaign!

Just know that if we are acquaintances and I like you, I *will* sing your name when I see you

new favorite Thimble Theatre panel

the stuff dreams are made of🥰