Anne Marie Gruber

I'm so glad you get that! <3

Fantastic, inspiring session. Thank you, especially for presenting while you are on leave (I hope that was fully by choice).

If you have an internal job search candidate, they shouldn't be sent the other candidates' CVs and information. Just a basic privacy and search integrity thing, IMO.

My spouse just got a recruitment email from an employer where he's applied 61 times. Oof...

The evidence he provided me actually supported MY position, not his. I pointed that out & he didn't like me very much for that, apparently. I can't believe people like that run our state.

Rep Holt once emailed me, in an exchange about Iowa's mask mandate ban during the height of the pandemic, "You have a true dictator's heart, with a moral compass to match." We've never met. He seems very good at judging people he doesn't even know. And any "evidence" he might provide is crap.

Good news alert (we all need that right now)! UNI instructors saved our students more than $884,000 in textbook costs in 2024, an 81% increase from 2023. Keep it up, y'all! Leveling the playing field, one free textbook at a time. #TextbookEquity #OER guides.lib.uni.edu/oer

Leaders: Patriot Front's hate has 'no place' in Iowa after white supremacists' march Leaders from across the political spectrum condemned Patriot Front, after the white supremacist group marched Saturday in Des Moines' East Village.

Let's juxtapose that my Iowa hometown canceled an African American Read-In because administrators believed it ran afoul of Trump's anti-diversity e.o. and the state's "divisive concepts" law. A few days later white supremacists freely marched in the capitol. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...

I've been past that partnership thing for a while now. But I don't do collections work so I have no need to fake it & play nice. LOL

Can basically no longer include library ebooks in our textbook affordability strategy, which I'm sure is part of the point. Sigh...

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Use the form since that is creating a list. Thanks for helping! bit.ly/iowaimpacts

Definitely add it!

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Iowans! Report verified *Iowa-specific* impacts of federal staffing/budget cuts & policy changes. I can't do much but I can organize information. bit.ly/iowaimpacts

I did like the "book bans are real" statement overall though. Stronger than they usually are maybe?

Thanks Holly! I keep forgetting that hashtag. LOL

#OER advocates, do you ever use the line of argument that #OER bypasses bookstores and the related frustrations (wrong book, wrong edition, not enough copies, etc.)? I don't want to be negative about a vendor, but I am feeling like this might be effective for some instructors. Thoughts?

I will not practice anticipatory compliance. Does my job title have a DEI word in it that makes some people shudder? Yes. Am I changing it? Not unless forced. Honestly, if someone has a problem with making college textbooks affordable & available to all, they can shove it.

@profmattdecarlo.bsky.social This is succinct & timely!

#Library colleagues, where is a good place to search for academic library *paraprofessional* positions that are 100% remote? @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social JobList doesn't seem to have a "remote" filter, nor does the @arlnews.bsky.social job list, unless I've missed something.

My 6yo got $1 for the first one and whatever change we can scrounge up for the others so far! LOL

I am facilitating a Community of Practice for Nursing educators in Iowa who are interested in #OER this year & I cannot overstate how impactful it has been to have the OpenRN & OpenStax Nursing OER available to support them as they've begun exploring the relevance of #OpenEd for their teaching.

And most importantly, what is the practical, action-focused solution for a competent, accomplished candidate in this position?

Would your answer be the same if the candidate has applied for 180+ jobs, mostly #RemoteWork, in more than 30 states?

If a #POC has applied for more than 60 jobs at one employer (a major local one so it's hard to ignore in the #JobSearch), does it say more about the candidate or the organization?

A Textbook Equity Student Advisory Board Engaging college students in advocacy related to open educational resources (OER) is an important way to raise awareness and encourage OER adoption on campuses in higher education. The student perspec...

New article! "A Textbook Equity Student Advisory Board" has been published in the new issue of the Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education. Lead author, Karlee Colby, is a UNI alum and U of Iowa PhD student. #OER #TextbookEquity www.iastatedigitalpress.com/joerhe/artic...

Bonus points if tips are specific to #BIPOC individuals.

Drop your favorite #JobSearch strategies here. Skip anything obvious. TIA!

Working on a manuscript and recalling a 1991 gem I'm citing: One article noted childcare responsibilities [for faculty] as a barrier to scheduling teaching observations, listing it alongside hockey practice and nail appointments as “excuses [that] sprout like tropical undergrowth”. Reactions please!

Duffle bags. My husband had a break-in once & they stole things like cologne & LEGOs, not the visible Xmas gift cards or very expensive musical instrument. Mostly the duffle bags being gone were annoying, and the feeling of being violated, of course.

Yikes! Maybe ask for an extension, at least for a few days?