Lily Wilson

A shelf of books by JRR Tolkien

Today is #HobbitDay because both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway come and boromir #Tolkien books.

60-year-old Black history archive faces uncertain future after federal cuts The Amistad Research Center, one of largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ended four federal grants.

The Amistad Research Center, one of the largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ended four federal grants

Final call to present at SNAP’s annual meeting!

We are taking proposals until Friday, June 27 for posters on the theme of “Records of Resistance,” in light of recent attempts to dismantle this country’s institutions of information.

This is a warcrime and should be reported as such by news organizations IN THE FUCKING HEADLINE

Ooh yes!

President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.

BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.

You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for Cob on the Job

by Nicole Font When I first started at the New York Botanical Garden and was still finding my way around the archive, one of my colleagues asked me to pull the “vegetable people” she needed for a tour one day. I had no idea what I…

Raleigh, see you downtown at 11!

The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge Can librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from DOGE?

More than 130,000 government pages have gone dark in a purge that one scientist likened to a “digital book burning.” A group of librarians and archivists is fighting back.

hi, cis folks!

the comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit is open til april 11. it'd strip care from DACA recipients, too.

context & guidance in the thread. do it while you’re still fired up from/about protests.

only 4.5 days left!

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

The best chance we have is to make sure people know that Trump is the one hurting them - poisoning their water, cutting cancer research, closing their hospitals, stealing their social security, closing their post office, raising their taxes, lowering their wages, making everything more expensive.

ALA response to White House assault on IMLS To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities.  As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.

Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

Lemme just repeat that: 2025 has already seen about 60% of the number of measles cases that 2024 had, and we are only a little more than 15% into the year. Given the gutting of the CDC, that's likely an extremely trailing indicator.

I hope someone is organizing the tens of thousands of newly freed up and freshly radicalized federal workers...

DOGE's death blow to education studies Researchers say students and schools will suffer without vital data

hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

'There is no one left': Custer Gallatin National Forest workers reeling from job losses The cuts weren’t isolated. Across the seven ranger districts that comprise the Custer Gallatin National Forest, Knight said she has heard of at least 32 terminations as of Monday.

As a result, she said, just three full-time employees remain in both the Yellowstone and Bozeman ranger districts to manage 19 rental cabins, 60 bathrooms, 21 campgrounds and other infrastructure spread across 1 million acres.

www.bozemandailychronicle.com/townnews/wor...

these are the worst people and deserve worse fates than can be comfortably imagined

One of my professors pronounces metadata as “MAYtadayta” and I physically recoil every time

I’m determined to *actually* start Ocean Vuong’s today (read the first three pages last week and immediately got sidetracked)

They're mad that library boards don't want to cave to their weird fucking worldview. And since gaining a majority on every board isn't working out, the new plan is to simply seize power and damn the entire idea of good governance.

Honestly, if I get one more goddamn fundraising text for an election we might never see…

Dems, why don’t you get that we will not reelect you if you don’t fight back NOW?

Israeli police raid Palestinian bookshop in east Jerusalem and seize books they say incite violence Israeli police have raided a long-established Palestinian-owned bookstore in east Jerusalem, detaining the owners and confiscating books about the decades-long conflict.

I know Mahmoud. Like all of these attacks, this is so heartbreaking and wrong. "Israeli police raided a long-established Palestinian-owned bookstore in east Jerusalem, detaining the owners and confiscating books about the decades-long conflict. The police claimed the books incited violence."

Introducing: SNAP Show and Tell Have you ever come across something in the archives that made you stop in your tracks? Whether it was an unexpected document, a fascinating artifact, or a story hidden in the records, we want to hear about it! For our new SNAP blog series, SNAP Show and Tell, we’re inviting students and new professionals to share one cool thing they’ve discovered in the archives.

Introducing: SNAP Show and Tell

Have you ever come across something in the archives that made you stop in your tracks? Whether it was an unexpected document, a fascinating artifact, or a story hidden in the records, we want to hear about it! For our new SNAP blog series, SNAP Show and Tell, we’re…

Just push your way in! Make this brownshirt fuck put his hands on a congressperson on camera!

I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons

Have a Republican senator? Call them now and tell them to vote NO on Vought. indivisible.org/resource/cal... #VoughtNo

35+ Dems plan to hold the Senate floor all night to oppose the confirmation of Musk-Trump funding freeze architect Russ Vought. THIS is how we fight back while in the minority.
(via @schatz.bsky.social)

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What can SNAP do for you? We're asking SNAP members to take a few moments to answer a brief survey. This will inform the steering committee about how members are engaging with us and what you'd like to see from future programming so we can help students and new…