@bobmueller@mastodon.world2025-11-25 15:30:07
Don't judge. Help. #Libraries
@bobmueller@mastodon.world2025-11-25 15:30:07
@cyrevolt@mastodon.social2025-11-20 14:53:19
Public #libraries should have datasheets, reference manuals and schematics. Would be great for #rightToRepair and keeping #knowledge in general - a library's main purpose.
@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org2025-10-20 19:09:28
The monthly Digital Library Federation Committee on #equity and #inclusion mtg is a welcoming space to discuss supporting #libraries,
@ronaldsnijder@mastodon.social2025-09-17 15:01:25
Hear me blathering about #OpenAccess, #libraries and #AcademicPublishing...
@bobmueller@mastodon.world2025-10-22 14:30:04
I love it when kids get told "no" and plow ahead anyway. #Iowa #bannedbooks #libraries
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz2025-10-20 06:19:02
Content warning: "austerity", "integration", UK
Good piece from Nesrine Malik.
"The supposedly unifying thread of all these new policies is “integration”: this mythical concept that has taken on the quality of a religious ideal. ... It depends upon the children’s centre that links parents to others in the community and pools advice and resources. It depends on the libraries that provide literature and history and local knowledge. It depends on youth clubs and midwife visits and community centres and public-sector workers ...
"Yet all of these services have been hollowed out by years of austerity, pushing people back into their own small networks and atomised lives."
I'm remembering when one of the Nottingham leisure centres was closed, a youth worker explaining that the youth club there had been neutral ground for local kids from different areas to be able to hang out safely. I think it's unlikely the benefits of that had been costed in when the council decided to close the place. Even purely economically, I think it was a false economy, let alone quality of life and community-building.
#austerity #migration #integration #LabourParty #UKLaw #UKPol #libraries #LeisureCentres #ThirdSpaces #citizenship
@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org2025-10-08 22:33:57
A great opportunity is now open for a Tech Team Manager in the Discovery and Delivery Program at the California Digital Library where I work! This is a great group of folks doing innovative work in core library areas. #jobs #libraries
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io2025-10-09 13:56:31
The fundraising letter I got from #NYPL (New York Public Library) this week has some fantastic news:
They are raising money because of “book checkouts doubling and tripling at some branches”.
People are READING!
People are continuing to read, despite the popular narrative that everyone just wants to sit scrolling video feeds and chatting with bots all day. People want books, people have the attention span to read them, and at the very least some libraries are thriving.
Have hope in people!
#libraries #books #bookstodon #GoodNews #positivity #NYC
@brian_gettler@mas.to2025-10-29 13:52:06
I'm hanging out at the university's rare book library today. This is what living is for.
#histodons #libraries #archives #GLAM