Mel Gooch

They want to regulate what you and your family are allowed to read - www.bookbanpetition.us

Stopped in my tracks by this sign pointing out the IMLS absence from #ALAAC25

This is heartbreaking on so many levels. #alaac25

Badge ribbons: Together we're unlimited; It's like a librarian for the library, duh.; Believe; and Rebel Librarian.

Badge ribbons: Outrage is not an action; Library history is American history; Dr. Carla Hayden is my Librarian of Congress; I'm here for the ribbon.

Tina Coleman holds a ribbon that reads: Tina Coleman made this ribbon just for me.

Be sure to stop by the ALA Connect Lounge during #ALAAC25 for iconic Tina Coleman ribbons and other fun surprises.
Which ribbon is going to run out first?

The newest issue of The Political Librarian includes "Heritage Is More than a Job: Implications of Project 2025 on the Future of Libraries, Archives, and Museums" by Lydia Curliss, Qadira Locke, and Paul T. Jaeger.

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How EveryLibrary and Allies Stopped the Defunding of the New Hampshire State Library Within 90 minutes, EveryLibrary launched a full-scale rapid response campaign—and within 24 hours, lawmakers reversed course.

On Monday, March 24, 2025, the New Hampshire House Finance Committee introduced a shocking amendment to eliminate funding for the New Hampshire State Library completely.

Just 24 hours later, we won!

www.everylibrary.org/nhdefundingr...

Today we’ve announced a strategic partnership with the EveryLibrary Institute (ELI), a non-profit, non-partisan organization committed to advancing and supporting libraries, academic institutions, and library professionals.

@everylibrary.bsky.social

Library Futures | Introducing The Blue Skies Statement: An Equitable Policy Vision for Libraries Championing the right to equitable access to knowledge.

We value libraries. We value democracy. We value YOU. We write now not from defeatism but from hope, not from resignation but from inspiration.

With belief in a better future, we offer THE BLUE SKIES STATEMENT from Library Futures.

www.libraryfutures.net/post/introdu...

Protecting and Preserving Public Access to Federal Data February **, 2025 Re: Protecting and Preserving Public Access to Federal Data Dear Majority Leader Thune, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, and Minority Leader Jeffries, We write to express o...

@copafs.bsky.social has drafted a letter to Senate & House leadership expressing opposition to removal of public data & requesting Congress take action to restore any data removed and ensure a similar data purge does not occur again. The deadline is February 10: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

STATEMENT: Trump Freezes All Grant Funding to Libraries, Archives, and Museums While this "pause" will negatively impact millions of Americans, it will also considerably impact libraries.

The administration says it will conduct a comprehensive review of grant recipients' political and social ideology before resuming any funding.

www.everylibrary.org/statement_om...

How Trump nominees could make Project 2025 a reality And it starts with Russell Vought, his pick to lead the little-known Office of Management and Budget.

Want to know more about a key architect of dismantling the federal workforce and relieving congress of its appropriations authority? Meet Russell Vought, who is cruising to confirmation to again lead OMB: 19thnews.org/2025/01/proj...

Image promoting Interference Archive’s Library Cataloging Party on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, via the org’s IG page.

JAN 29: Interference Archive’s Library Cataloging Party, 314 7th St in #Brooklyn. 6:30-8:30PM. Help catalog the book collection at this radical archive and community space in Park Slope. No experience needed. To RSVP, see the post at the link: www.instagram.com/interference... #critcat #critlib #NYC

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Thank you!! 🖤

FEMINIST CYBERLAW BOOK TALK Feminist Cyberlaw book cover / Library Futures logo Amanda Levendowski, Intellectual Property and Information Policy Clinic, Georgetown Law Yasmin Sokkar Harker, Librarian and Law Professor, CUNY Law Wednesday, January 29, 2025 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT

This Wednesday 1/29! Imagine a feminist digital future with @levendowski.net of the Intellectual Property and Information Policy Clinic at Georgetown Law and Yasmin Sokkar Harker, Librarian and Law Library Professor at CUNY Law! Imagine! And then let's do it!

nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online Exclusive: Wiener Holocaust Library has digitised more than 150,000 items including letters, pamphlets and photos

‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

When life is hectic, I often forget to breathe. Having plants in my office helps me remember to take breaks. Take a look at all the babies exploding out of this pretty #succulent #planttherapy #worksuccs

We made it easy here- action.everylibrary.org/emailreps

You have to draw the line somewhere #warmtootsies

Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

If you want leaving Facebook and Instagram to have consequences for Meta, here are some things to do before or instead of deactivating/ deleting! www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

❤️ Teen Vogue

A quick reminder of this hopefully useful starter pack of librarians & library teams interested in open research (including open access, FAIR research data management, open licensing, open educational resources & more):

Libraries across the US are gearing up for #TakeYourChildtotheLibraryDay on Sat, Feb 1, 2025.

Find out if your local library is participating at the link below.

'I Should Not Have to Live Like This': Librarian Amanda Jones Files New Defamation Lawsuit In a November 26 complaint, Jones accused Dan Kleinman, a longtime ALA critic who authors a blog called Safe Libraries, of Defamation and False Light, seeking damages in excess of $75,000.

“I Should Not Have to Live Like This': Librarian Amanda Jones Files New Defamation Lawsuit”

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

A ten point graphic about ways to help public libraries.

There’s been a lot of skeeting about public libraries this week! Here are some ways you can support public libraries in these Trying Times™️. www.librariesforthepeople.org #librarysky

This is an Echeveria Kerulean hybrid. I’ve kept this alive for exactly 1 year!

This is Bramble’s regular evening routine