Kate Hanusosky, SLMS

'A tragedy': World may have reached first climate 'tipping point' as coral reefs face collapse Warm-water coral reefs - on which a billion people and a quarter of all marine life depend - are on the brink of collapse, according to a major new scientific study

The headline news that won't be headline news.

Excerpt: “The signing of HB119 marks a significant step in safeguarding the rights of readers and ensuring that libraries remain places of free expression” @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social #PublicLibraries

Award-Winning THE LIBRARIANS Documentary Sets Widespread Release The award-winning documentary THE LIBRARIANS, which explores contemporary book bans and attacks on librarians, to release nationwide.

Award-Winning THE LIBRARIANS Documentary Sets Widespread Release

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First time at an ALA conference and it was a BLAST!! Librarians truly are the best community. My cup is full… also, I 🩷 Philadelphia. @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social

Today is the last day to register to vote in the June 10th Democratic primary election and it is easy to do! Just use this link:🔗
voter.svrs.nj.gov/register

A clip from the Fox News Channel's terms of use says the company's services are "for your personal enjoyment and entertainment."

Just a reminder that the "Fox News Channel" is just a name— it does not describe an actual news channel. The FNC's own description of its services is here, from its terms of use:

This is bleak reading

Librarian for the people Under the leadership of Carla D. Hayden, AM’77, PhD’87, a revered institution is connecting Americans with their country through its treasures.

Dr. Carla Hayden is a people's librarian.

Her term goes until 2026 and should remain that way.

Don't comply with unjust laws and practices.

#FreedomtoRead @librarycongress.bsky.social

mag.uchicago.edu/hayden

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

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It’s not dysfunction. It’s design. The GOP uses a ruthless disinformation playbook to confuse, divide, and exhaust the public. They don’t want you informed—they want you disoriented. Here’s how their machine works—and how we expose it.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

THE GREAT EIGHT PASSES THE GREAT ONE 💥

Move over, Wayne Gretzky. Alex Ovechkin stands alone atop the NHL's all-time goal scoring list.

PBS News Hour | Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts | Season 2025 Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts after Trump order

With 80% of Institute of Museum and Library Services staff now on administrative leave, ALA President Cindy Hohl spoke with PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown about the agency’s vital role and the importance of federal library funding—especially for small and rural libraries.
www.pbs.org/video/defund...
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Librarians Are Mad As Hell At The Trump Administration. They Think You Should Be, Too. "The public needs to wake up before our libraries are gone," one "livid" librarian said.

““Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read.”

The next day our local community flooded Main Street Donuts with support and love. A fantastic business in our community.. check out their donuts if you're ever in the area!! They're DELICIOUS. 🌈🍩💕

Common Threads: Bread and Roses — How Working Women Shaped the Labor Movement | The Saturday Evening Post The idea of “Bread and Roses,” which sought to center self-fulfillment, education, and culture in the struggle for justice, came to define women’s labor activism of the early 20th century.

114 years ago today the Triangle Fire killed 146 people, mostly young women. In the face of tragedy, labor activists organized. In my piece for @satevepost.bsky.social I talk about how their demand for Bread and Roses shaped the labor movement. 🗃️ www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/03/comm...

When you go so far against libraries that you’ve come back around to supporting them again. 😂😂😂

Anyway, sign the pledge to vote for libraries at action.everylibrary.org

Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.

Attacking knowledge, information, learning, science, libraries, schools: to keep people clueless and compliant.

Fight back: read, speak out, communicate, learn, and share with others.

In 1942, the American President opposed censorship because books were weapons in the fight against tyranny.

You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today?

Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!

A copy of Who's Who. The pages have been curled into a love heart.

Roses are red,
a glance is a look.
We've made you a heart,
from a reference book. ❤️

Happy #ValentinesDay to all our followers but especially YOU because you're our favourite. 💕

#LoveLibraries

My son, Kevin, says hello. We found him in the woods behind our house and now he lives in our house.

Stop Project 2025 Comic Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.

So, in case you haven't seen it, there is a series of comics out there called Stop Project 2025.

The main link is this: stopproject2025comic.org

5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)

1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card

I will be spending this month, and all other months, reading and book talking black authors to my students. Our library favorites are Nic Stone, Jason Reynolds, Clint Smith, Nicola Yoon, and Colson Whitehead, just to name a few. Happy reading during black history month!! ❤️💛💚📚

Sign the Pledge to vote for libraries and the freedom to read! When I vote, I will consider how candidates who support libraries and the freedom to read.

Sign the Pledge to vote for libraries and the freedom to read!

action.everylibrary.org/pledge

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

One man is responsible for getting 100s of books (including mine!) banned in Clay County, FL. One sad dude! Sitting there filling out form after form with false claims about books he hasn't even read!

The loudest voices have an outsize impact. We need to be loud--and persistent--too.

5calls.org

Sarah Jessica Parker on ‘The Librarians’ Doc About Book Banning: ‘If I Didn’t Have a Library I Don’t Know Who I’d Be Today’ Sarah Jessica Parker on ‘The Librarians’ doc about book banning: ‘If I didn’t have a library I don’t know who I’d be today.’

Kim Snyder’s The Librarians is a shocking look at the organized wave of book bannings sweeping the US. Snyder joined EPs Sarah Jessica Parker & Alison Benson, & librarians Carolyn Foote & Suzette Baker to discuss this extraordinary assault on free speech. www.indiewire.com/news/festiva... #notahoax