Libraries for the People @librariesftp

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Defending Free Speech in the Stacks How Libraries, Book Bans, and Censorship Impact All of Us (Problem vs. Solution) Libraries used to feel untouchable. As a kid, I thought of them as neu...

In communities across the country, school and public libraries are under attack from another direction: book bans, criminalization of librarians, and efforts to erase entire groups and perspectives from public view.

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Friends of the library zine cover featuring three people enclosing a library. The background is blue.

We made a resource zine on Friends of the Library groups over at @librariesftp.bsky.social: www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo...

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Thank you @everylibrary.bsky.social for this strong resistance to #censorship!

05.12.2025 01:06 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Don’t let the government regulate your reading www.bookbanpetition.us

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Resources — For The People

Want to be a #LibraryDefender? Join (or start!) a Friends of the Library group. #FriendsOfTheLibrary groups are a great way to strengthen your local library and fight for #InformationAccess for all! Learn how in our new Friends of the Library 101 Zine! www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo...

04.11.2025 18:42 — 👍 42 🔁 24 💬 2 📌 2

@librariesftp is following 15 prominent accounts

#LibrariesResist
@librariesresist

Sharing resources for library workers at bit.ly/librariesresist since 2017.

Kruttika Susarla
@kruttika

Illustrator & Cartoonist | www.kruttika.com

Marissa Vogt
@vogt4brookline

Brookline Precinct 6 Town Meeting Member & Library Trustee. Mother, wife, planetary space physicist. She/her.

Chris Tebbens
@christebbens

Loving birds, fighting for libraries, finding the intersectionality between them and socialism. 🌹 eBird profile: https://ebird.org/profile/MTc0MjkyOA/

Librarians Building Libraries
@bldglibraries

Our mission is to collaborate with library communities worldwide, providing resources, training, and innovative solutions that promote literacy and provide access for all.

librarypunk
@librarypunk

A leftist library worker podcast. https://www.librarypunk.gay @sadiegeez.bsky.social @wildeatheart.bsky.social @smazzie.bsky.social Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/librarypunk

EveryLibrary
@everylibrary

Let's support America's libraries. America's Library PAC. Donate at http://action.everylibrary.org/donate

ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
@oif

The official account for the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. Fighting book bans and censorship in libraries since 1967. ala.org/bbooks

Lisa Schiff
@lschiff

Librarian. Some things I care about: social justice; defending libraries, education, & research; information equity. All posts/thoughts my own. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-2981 @lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org https://defendresearch.org

Urban Librarians Unite
@ulunyc

Advocacy org dedicated to empowering library workers. Based in NYC!

Library Futures
@libraryfutures

Research and advocacy for the future of libraries. A project of @NYUEngelberg.

American Library Association
@amlibraryassoc

Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association. Find us at https://ala.org. We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines

Public Library Association
@ala-pla

Wherever public libraries are working, possibility lives. The Public Library Association helps shape that possibility for public libraries nationwide. #PLA2026 Learn more about PLA at ala.org/pla.

NYC Public Library Action Network
@nycplan.org

To amplify, strengthen, and progress the futures of New York City’s three public library systems through community-led organizing, action, and increased funding. https://nycplan.org/

Bluesky
@bsky.app

official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app