Francesca Giannetti

I just gave to Elijah's Promise in Central NJ. Do what you can to help folks out! elijahspromise.org

We're hiring for the Associate University Librarian of Rutgers–New Brunswick (my boss). I'm not on the search committee, but I can answer questions. www.imsearch.com/open-searche...

Nothing nicer than hearing from a former student worker that they got the job for which you served as a reference. Yay!

the people who are destroying all public goods and trying to kill you would like you to blame someone else, perhaps some Other whose immigration status you can deduce at a glance by putting on your racism glasses, who you can have sent to a concentration camp on the basis of your suspicion

Dear Ezra Klein, Bodily Autonomy Isn’t a Bargaining Chip Let's see if you're willing to walk the talk

Dear Ezra Klein, bodily autonomy is not a bargaining chip. What rights are you willing to give up? Let’s see you walk the talk. The burger is on me. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

Goodbye, Hulu. Thanks for making it easy for me to save money! #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC

Cartoon character with text bubbles that talk about why making art matters in these challenging times

This cartoon by artist Frank Ape grounded me today #artmatters

a black cat stands in the middle of a path that winds through a brightly lit field.

A dream of the fields
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The sheer pervasiveness of surveillance tech and chat bots led to participants in a Zotero workshop asking me today if it is reading what they write and if it will summarize articles for them. 😩

Maybe those were the bits that ChatGPT reproduced wholesale from a human author? So glad we don’t need higher ed any more. Uff!

Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant

I’ve posted an update on Fobazi. Thank you all so much for all of the love and support! ❤️❤️❤️ -Elena

Update here:
gofund.me/506f89f9

I love this ❤️

poster on a utility pole with a gray silhouette of a threatening figure, arms raised wearing a maga cap with a shadow of a similar figure wearing a nazi helmet behind them and the words WE BEAT 'EM BEFORE … WE’LL BEAT 'EM AGAIN!

seen in newark, new jersey

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Picture of a conference session room full of people.

I love how the audience is so big for a #DH2025 session about the semantic modeling of cultural heritage data!

Here, Kim Minji presents their amazing work about preserving and visualizing music ephemera.

happyhillll.github.io

@kadhsocial.bsky.social

16 years ago, I found myself in the back garden of a couple I'd just met, as they showed me their pillow fighting arena. The lesson they taught me about games - especially competitive ones - has stayed with me ever since, but I forgot to mention it in interviews when asked if competition is bad. So:

Many many thanks for these videos. I feel a little dorky asking this, but would you mind sharing your technology setup? I see the little hand-held mic. Does the camera attach to a computer or is it standalone? A graying gen-Xer wants to know 😆

La Belle Hortense in Rue Vieille du Temple. Not a library but a bookstore/wine bar. Grab a drink and settle in.

Once, when I was on my way to German class at the Goethe-Institut at its old location in the 6th arr., I bumped into Catherine Deneuve in a trench coat. We looked at each other and, in that big city way, we just kept going in our respective directions.

4 U.G.R.R. books. I thank you for looking after my tax and shall feel still more obliged if you will in future continue to have a mindful eye on Jersey, relative to this nuisance." 😂

A little light-hearted observation in an otherwise grim news day: even in 1873, NJ was a high tax state. Says William Still to his niece (who was selling his book on the Underground Railroad): "Your letter of yesterday’s date came to hand this morning together with my tax bill and also an order for

Call for Papers and Projects | #TCD The Caribbean Digital conference (TCD) is an anual international event, held in locations in the United States and the Caribbean since 2014.

Call for papers is out for The Caribbean Digital XII. This year we're going to be hosted by the wonderful folks of the Early Caribbean Digital Archive at Northeastern University in Boston on December 4–5. Come share your work with our wonderful community of praxis. thecaribbeandigital.org/cfp/

Honestly makes a lot of sense.

Congratulations!! Well deserved!!

What kind of presser foot does that require?

Absolute stunner. I love the stitch work! ❤️

SHARP LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography Submit citations for the SHARP LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography! We are accepting citations for many different types of resources having to do with LGBTQIA+ book history. There are no restrictions o...

#BookHistory friends! Work has begun on the LGBTQIA+ Book History bibliography, and the team is looking for you to share your citations! If you know of or have published something on LGBTQIA+ book history, submit it to this Google form! forms.gle/c1pkNBPbbyCF...

Goltzius, right? So extra. I love him so much.

you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you

I'm hearing the same sort of things from my perch, bless our hearts. I wrote this in part to show that maybe we don't have to shoot ourselves in the face?https://francescagiannetti.com/librarianship/using-dh-skills-to-do-collections-work/

ERICA to the Rescue! ERIC, the research repository of the Department of Education, was defunded this week. The ERIC catalog lists over 2 million education-related publications. More than 500,000 of these publications are ...

Some good news for this Friday. This astonishing group of people have spun up ERICA, the ERIC archive. www.datarescueproject.org/erica-to-the...

#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky