Amanda

This is a affordable and great in person conference! Highly recommend submitting a proposal or just attending!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: SUNYLA Midwinter Virtual Conference 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Integration Station: The Fast Track to Interoperability Libraries have an ever-increasing number of systems, software, and technology tools available. Making different systems, often from different v...

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Theme - Integration Station: The Fast Track to Interoperability
Date: 2/7/2025
Cost of Attendance: Free to all!

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I just did a felt friend/worry pet program though I used some fabric glue because I was worried that the sewing option would be too difficult. What are your thoughts?

We need to be better about communicating our value to students. We have been raging against stereotypes for decades now. I know that most of us at my institution need to be better about getting out in front of our students, especially undergraduates. Sigh...

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This is a concerning article but the above is basically what we parsed out from our advisor board recently. Students don't know what librarians do, who the librarians are, & half the time they don't know how to access us (not for lack of trying). 2/3

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Can a Library Function Without Librarians? Can a College? Western Illinois University is undergoing severe budget cuts. Librarians say their work is still crucial.

“We interviewed a lot of students and they still kind of didn’t know what librarians do,” Whitaker said. “They kind of had these stereotypical, ‘Oh, a librarian is like a cat lady in a cardigan that’s going to assist me.’..."
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I'm perpetually behind on all the books I signed up to review on #NetGalley. This cannot just be a me issue 😅 #BookSky

So far the University Libraries' Queer Book Club has read:
1. Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
2. What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
3. Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
4. A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
5. Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

The cover of Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters. It shows two paper people standing in front of a looming paper house. The entire seen looks like it is coming from a pop up book

One of my great joys has been forming a Queer Book Club. We started in the middle of the Spring 2024 semester with Hell Followed with Us. There have been great discussions with students about the books we've read so far! This month's book is The Book Eaters by @sunyidean.com.

Two books are shown. The one on the left is open, showing stills from Miyazaki films. The book to the right is Howl's Moving Castle. Both books are on stands. In the Middle is a flyer advertising the watch party

A room with round tables and chairs. Students are shown watching a movie off a projector at the front of the room

Used the 20th anniversary of Howl's Moving Castle as an excuse to test hosting a watch party! Attendance okay for Nov. Students filtered in throughout the 2+ hour movie

Now we just have to regain control of the light switches in this room to be able to dim or turn out the lights 🫠🫠🫠

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But April is so far away!!! haha

Proposal Submission for the 2025 SUNYLA Midwinter Online Conference - Integration Station: The Fast Track to Interoperability Libraries have an ever-increasing number of systems, software, and technology tools available. Making different systems, often from different vendors, work together can be a challenge. While integrati...

Those who submit proposals should expect to hear back from us regarding their proposals by early January if not sooner. Please submit your proposal here: forms.gle/UNxv8gJbw6mz...

Call for Proposals!
SUNYLA Midwinter Online Conference
Integration Station: The Fast Track to Interoperability

Accepting proposals until 12/6. You do not need to be a SUNYLA member to attend or present at this FREE conference.

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Breaking news: Linda McMahon, ex-wrestling executive, tapped to lead the Department of Education.

This cannot be real life....

I really need to read and get into the Dune-verse.. it's always been on my list!

Bookish Checkpoint 🕯️

✧ Last book you read: Chickenpox by Remy Lai
✧ Your current read: The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
✧ Last book added to your tbr: Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas
✧ Next anticipated read: Crowns of Nyaxia #1 by Carissa Broadbent

Quote with yours! #booksky #books 💙📚👀

YouTube video by Star Trek The Measure of a Man - Star Trek: The Next Generation

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There are many Star Trek episodes that I continue to come back to. As we continue to talk about AI, I think often about Data and the S2Ep9, The Measure of a Man.

As AI becomes more advanced, when will we start having these conversations? The future is going to be wild!

Comics Plus is only possible thanks to library-friendly publishers who truly value reaching readers through libraries and schools, and this starter pack includes all of them we've found here on Bluesky so far. (If we missed you, let us know.)

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Awesome! I'd love to be added 📚

Hi Alice! Always happy to meet another library person 😁

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle was great! I also just finished Jason Rekulak's new thriller - The Last One at the Wedding - pretty good!

I’m Amanda, an academic librarian in NYS excited about connecting people with resources, intellectual freedom, & community building. 📚 I host library events like trivia nights, run our Queer Book Club, & love books, gaming, & tea... among many other things!

Excited to connect and share ideas! 🌟

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Some #books that I've read and enjoyed in the past 6 or so months:
1. The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
2. Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
3. Ghost Camera by Darcy Coates
4. My Vampire Plus One by Jenna Levine
5. The Madness by Dawn Kurtagich
6. A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

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Well... I finally made it over here. Guess it's time to start talking about all my favorite things - books, libraries, more books... oh, and Star Trek.