Rebecca Hranj

The 702,250 residents of DC pay the highest federal taxes, fight in wars, and die for their country.

It is long past time for us to have the same representation that Americans in every other state have.

Thank you Congresswoman Norton for continuing to lead our fight for #DCStatehood.

There are legitimate uses of AI. THIS. IS. NOT. IT. STOP.

I spent 10 years trying to be an independent scholar while working outside of academia. Papers/presentations I produced: zero. Not enough energy and definitely not enough money. Happy to be back in academia at last, even as a staff librarian.

Heartbreaking. A chat service does not make up for a dedicated librarian. Sigh.

Librarians are working on the kind of work you’re talking about. So is it a tragedy that we’re underfunded or are we unworthy of our profession because we need money to live? Make up your mind.

And this is why librarians with masters degrees are so poorly paid. Sorry I need food and shelter, I guess? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.

“At the heart of the problem is a lack of money, infrastructure and expertise to archive digital resources.”

I think there’s plenty of expertise—just no money to pay the experts a living wage.

a woman wearing a denim jacket is making a funny face with #schitts creek written on the bottom Alt: a woman wearing a denim jacket is making a funny face with #schitts creek written on the bottom

Just wowed a patron with my kickass reference skillz. #brag

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Jesus Christ. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Thank you! They actually rescheduled surgery because the surgeon had a family emergency. So it’s a couple more weeks to wait.

A vintage black and white photo taken during an American Library Association World War One book drive. A librarian in an suit with an ankle-length skirt speaks into a megaphone while standing atop an immense stack of books.

HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

I had to recycle a lot of new books at the public library because they were falling apart after 1-3 checkouts.

The arms of an octopus used by a reader/owner of this manuscript to mark parts they thought were important or of interest
- 2nd half of the 14th century, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085

Nov. 21 is my surgery for pancreatic cancer. Thanks for fighting for us and spending time with the kiddoes. 😍

The Onion should buy Elsevier next

Hello, yet another social media platform. I’m here for the nerds. Here’s a pretty book I made: