Amanda Hahn

Older male colleague: I sometimes wonder how women manage without having pockets.

Me: It's almost as if we have no choice but to manage and adapt because clothing manufacturers refuse to give us what we want.

Him: Plus you carry purses.

Me: Plus the patriarchy.

Booing loudly from my living room just in case the Cowboys can somehow hear me.

It’s good to be back. #FlyEaglesFly

Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Dr Carla Hayden, our Librarian of Congress that Trump summarily fired today is a great librarian, a great public servant and we have been lucky to have her.

Me: sends the dog out to the yard before bed

Dog: gets thoroughly sprayed by a skunk

Poor dog. Poor me.

It’s a packed room for “AI Competencies for Library Workers”. #acrl2025

I’m excited to be presenting a poster Thursday afternoon. Stop by to learn about our implementation of virtual research appointments. #acrl2025 #clicktojoin

Have the librarians migrated to this platform for conference chatter? I just arrived in MN for #acrl2025 !

Feeling disproportionately upset that there’s no cake in my house.

The Rose Parade > the Thanksgiving Day parade

“i am running into a new year” by Lucille Clifton i am running into a new year and the old years blow back like a wind that i catch in my hair like strong fingers like all my old promises and it will be hard to let go of what i said to myself about myself when i was sixteen and twenty-six and thirty-six even thirty-six but i am running into a new year and i beg what i love and i leave to forgive me

Lucille Clifton, always.

To all gift guide makers:

If it cannot FIT in a stocking, it is not a stocking stuffer.

Today I learned that a lot of my friends use Strava.

The library during Finals.

Student: Do you have an open group study room RIGHT NOW?
Staff: No.
Student: 😮

On repeat.

Today is a good day to read a book from your #tbr pile that you’ve let languish.

Forget Enneagram numbers and Myers-Briggs types - tell me which celebrity book club you identify the most with:

Jenna?
Reese?
Oprah?
Good Morning America?

📚💙

Read with Jenna 🙂

Honestly, just happy it’s Friday and it is my LAST library instruction class for the semester.

I love our students but also I’m tired.

My oldest niece has learned that I, the single, childless aunt with disposable income, am the the one to ask to buy her whatever overhyped, overpriced water bottle she wants for Christmas.

Nothing but admiration as I immediately click “add to cart”.

At the risk of reading too much into Bluesky’s success at the moment, I do think it’s a signal that people don’t want to be surrounded by bots and manipulated algorithms

AI can only go so far. We want human connection.

I agree with this assessment.

Same audiobooks. Different story. Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

Use a library card for Libby and Hoopla. Libro.fm to purchase audiobooks through your favorite bookstore.

The God of The Woods by Liz Moore - 5/5. Strongly recommend.

Apologies to all the people on the hold list for the library book I kept past the due date in order to finish reading it.

I feel guilty but also am making no promises that I won’t do it again in the future.

Yep, I probably should have specifically said the Discover feed.

I get that the Sky Follower Bridge is helpful but also it sounds like something out of Scientology.

I’m not like other girls. I know what I want for dinner. I’ve been thinking about it since lunch

Having a library card is the BIGGEST green flag ✅

Here’s hoping this is the platform to be on when Netflix releases their Pride and Prejudice adaptation so if it’s as terrible as Persuasion was, we can all hate it together.