maddie

"The Trump Administration's unlawful removal of the Register of Copyrights follows a pattern of targeting library and information leaders in nonpartisan positions. Congress must stand up for its Library and intervene to counter this dangerous campaign to weaken institutional knowledge and professionalism." - ALA President Cindy Hohl.

This firing follows a pattern of targeting library and information leaders in nonpartisan positions. Congress MUST show up for its library and intervene.

Read ALA President Cindy Hohl's full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05... #ForOurLibraries 2/2

Public Knowledge Condemns President Trump’s Lawless Assault on Copyright Office, Baseless Termination of Librarian of Congress Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.

Our statement on the "firing" of the Register of Copyrights and the termination of Dr Carla Hayden.

graduated with my Master of Science in Library Science last week 💙💙

I begin my career as a cataloger for a special collections library in a few weeks!!

just followed a bunch of people because y'all seem so cool!!

"Reading builds empathy": The case for saving America's libraries America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically.

America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically. www.salon.com/2025/03/30/r...

Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

More from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl: "By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially."

Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

Take action: ala.org/showup

Equitable access to information is a HUMAN RIGHT.

Libraries and museums are vital institutions.

Trump & republicans want an uneducated populace (because it's easier to quell dissent that way).

This is yet another attack by the Trump admin on the rights of all who call the US home.

So real

The first warm weekend of spring does simply incomparable things to my serotonin

my dream is to go to @rarebookschool.bsky.social someday.

I start my new job in June, so this summer isn't ideal!!

but next summer 👀👀👀 #fingerscrossed

When the crucial library services funded by IMLS are gone shortly, no library can play the "neutral" card anymore, no matter how much they've stuck their feet in the mud about it.

Libraries need to be clear and precise why these services are gone: Presidential orders.

Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries The order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.”

Good news from Colorado: A U.S. District Judge ordered a school district to restore library books they banned by next week, prohibiting the district from further restrictions on access to books that the school board objects to politically.
#UniteAgainstBookBans

www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...

A square graphic depicts a close-up photo of the spines of old books on a shelf. Some of the books have colored slips of paper sticking out of their tops. Overlaid on this picture is a white rectangle with black text on it, reading “The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is the primary source of federal support for the nation's libraries and museums; its funding helps public, school, and academic libraries deliver services that enable libraries and communities to thrive. RBS acknowledges and affirms the importance of IMLS in supporting the programs and services that help make libraries a vital part of our communities, and we urge its continued funding from the federal government.”

RBS acknowledges and affirms the importance of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in supporting the programs and services that help make libraries a vital part of our communities, and we urge its continued funding from the federal government.

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...

The library and the post office are the only two systems we have that circulate things widely and to everyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. The library is the only one that, for now, is not forced to pay for itself at point of sale. Attacks on IMLS are attacks on every one of us.

thank you laura!!!!! 💙💙

I am (once again) asking my fellow bskiers to please manifest with me🙂‍↕️🫶

🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯

🕯 It'll all work out 🕯

🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
🕯

Everybody has a plan until a cat falls asleep in their lap

fave music rn:

top 5 albums
- windswept adan & luminescent creatures, ichiko aoba
- saya, saya gray
- MAGDALENE, FKA twigs
- Passional Relations EP, Big Thief

top 5 songs
- Pilgrimage, Ichiko Aoba
- mary magdalene, FKA twigs
- Imagination, Big Thief
- Take It, Kathryn Mohr
- Party, Daughter

reminding myself endlessly that they hate education so much because it’s good and important

Help public libraries today by:
✅ Downloading an ebook
✅ Registering for a program
✅ Sharing a post from your library
✅ Emailing staff and thanking them
✅ Mark your calendar to attend the next library board of control meeting
✅ Ask 5 friends to do the same

A screenshot of an email notifying Spotsylvania parents that funding for a program for youth with disabilities has been canceled

the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs

Margot as a passport photo of four with hair in piggy tails. She smiles lightly and looks unafraid.

#OTD in 1928 in Hellenthal, a German Jewish girl was born, Margot Heumann. As a teenager, she was deported to Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Neuengamme, and Bergen Belsen. To this date, she is the only Jewish Holocaust survivor who bore testimony about her queerness.

I am NOT ALLOWED to listen to sadness as a gift by adrianne lenker