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YouTube video by Talk Talk band Talk Talk - Such A Shame (Official Video)

Earworming: "Such a Shame," Talk Talk - "~Tell me to relax, I just stare...~"

I know lots of people have been citing my blog posts on slow librarianship because there's not much in the scholarly literature as of yet. Finally, here's a book chapter that provides a nice introduction to slow librarianship and the neoliberal timescape we're fighting against! #slowlibrarianship

"Can everyone hear me?" NO!!!

Teal green conference badge ribbon (stack of about 3-4) on dark brown slatted table. Gold sans serif lettering “The mic is about inclusion.”

The mic is about inclusion. Thank you for using the mic.

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Q&A: Public libraries counting on bill to combat e-books' huge cost | NJ Spotlight News Digital content comes with agreements on license renewals and distribution limits, burdens that don't apply to printed copies

Great explainer on the problem of ebook pricing for libraries.

www.njspotlightnews.org/2026/02/qa-p...

Oh finally - my grocery store has AI now! So few spaces left where I don’t get to use AI! So glad to use AI to help me buy my green beans!

Integrating AI slop tools into library resources is a good way to really degrade trust in library resources.

But you know, it's all inevitable. 🙃

Zoom calls; last month's highlights; ongoing accessibility project. Also, there's cake.

American Library Association employees forming union with AFSCME Joining the wave of union organizing among cultural workers, employees of the primarily Chicago-based American Library Association (ALA) announced they are forming their union with AFSCME Council 31.T...

Good for them.

"Joining the wave of union organizing among cultural workers, employees of the American Library Association (ALA) announced they are forming their union with AFSCME Council 31."

afscme31.org/news/america...

Expanse of green, vineyards yellow wildflowers on rolling hills, taken from car so horizontal stretch of road in foreground. Top half is bright blue sky with just a few streaky clouds, more white clouds in distances at horizon.

Sonoma/Napa day trip today. Lots of convertibles out there this last weekday of February.

“Is it good? … I wouldn’t put it in the time capsule but I’ll hang out with it on a Friday night.”

Gen-X staycation. Stealth work-related tasks done (a vendor thing to not delay, a prof org thing, a future project scheduling thing). Now gardening/dirt-digging and/or S4.Pt.2 Bridge…. wine-related road trip tomorrow. NoCal Gen-X represent, typical… over/out.

INXS RRHOF nom, v v good.

Stand With Minnesota Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Why am I reposting rent funds? It's still pretty bad here. I am real close to tapped out on donations this month & last, but we're gonna keep going. There's some matching right now, if you've got anything you can spare.
Standwithminnesota.com

A little bit of precision in language before we get full-on into Mercury retrograde, pls, as a treat? <context reviewing a thing, no no that's not what we said at all>

This next group work project is going to take a lot. What if I learned from past challenging assignments re: stress-eating and overall poor self-care? #AmEvolving

WOOD BEEZ SCRITTI POLITTI

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Buying and Managing E-Books for Acquisitions Librarians. Part 3 – Managing E-Books Welcome to the third post in my series, Buying and Managing E-Books for Acquisitions Librarians. In our previous post, we navigated the high-level landscape of e-book procurement—exploring how Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA), DDA, and big-brand packages allow us to scale our collections. We looked at the "how" and the "where" of getting content into our digital ecosystem. Here is a breakdown of the series so far:

The newest addition to the "Buying and Managing E-Books for Acquisitions Librarians" series

Once we've worked out the "where" and "how" of buying e-books, we then need to work out what to do with them in our collections

Welcome to Part 3 – Managing E-Books

Shipping like wildfire before some staycation. Trying to minimize doorbell-ditch emails.

Library friends: next conference for me is ELUNA in LA...considering Charleston in the fall (probably my last one of those). Sending the good stuff to you from here in CA - keep the faith.

"We should have done this a year ago" - the underresourced, highly constrained, unfunded mandate response scramble.

"On any given day, [Green Apple] feels less like a destination and more like a natural part of life in the Richmond, a space where time softens, curiosity leads and the simple act of reading becomes something shared."

Thanks for including us, Su Yardimci!

richmondsunsetnews.com/2026/02/09/e...

Computer, play Anita Baker, Compositions - full album.

I dream of my books becoming irrelevant but until then you really should read this one

SACRAMENTO MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

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Yes to working on improving infrastructure that no one sees but helps us pay our vendors and manage access instead of the pretty shiny chimerical thing.

Instead of investing in AI could Ex Libris just invest a little bit into an Acquisitions module that loads?

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Ok I see you UCLA Faculty Association and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations, pushing your university to be better and creating the space for this to happen!