#Libraries

Stephanie H Convery

gingerandhoney

After they closed in March, staff from Melbourne’s Yarra Plenty libraries pulled from their database the phone numbers of every library member over the age of 70 – 16,000 records

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

In "Dependency Confusion," security researcher @alxbrsn describes how he made a fortune in bug bounties by exploiting a new supply-chain attack he calls "dependency confusion," which allowed him to compromise

Mykel Aigbe

AigbeMykel

America was built on the back of great men. They built, created, invented and planned. Men like Andrew Carnegie, John d. Rockefeller, JP Morgan, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Cornelius Venderbilt.

Deborah Varenna

VarennaD

Currently attending the #QueersInTheLibrary webinar as part of @CoastIQlitfest #TheCoastIsQueer Brilliant discussion about libraries as (safe) spaces, gate-keeping, and queerness as a disruption of heteronormativity. "What can librarie

Dan Abramov

dan_abramov

Short story time. There’s a side project thing I’ve been procrastinating on for weeks because it seems daunting technically. Nothing too hard but it was a little bit out of

Physics Geek

physicsgeek

I really like 10,000 Maniacs music. Natalie Merchant has an amazing voice. But back when they were popular in the 1980s, she used to get up on stage and lecture

🦅🥞frybread power🥞🦅

RandiFoorDalton

Thinking about the blank looks outsiders give library workers when they talk about how drained they are during this time. It’s shameful how libraries have always followed a capitalistic style

Kyle K. Courtney

KyleKCourtney

#ControlledDigitalLending is a method by which #libraries loan books. Publishers are suing to get rid of CDL for good. This is not just an @InternetArchive lawsuit, it is an attack

Melissa Paints

MVandiver_Art

I know New Orleans is about to hit a budgetary crisis, and I don't want to see layoffs, but taking the money from the libraries to go to "economic development"

Ian Perkins

perkins60

TARA is aking BANES what their plans are to address digital exclusion.More organisations including BANES and the NHS are now planning to build on the systems they developed during the

Allie Morgan the grumpwitch

grumpwitch

Some of you wonderful people have offered to help by sending money to libraries etc and whilst your generosity has genuinely made me a bit teary, I reckon your money

Kyle Shiely

KShiely

I’m sorry we’ve failed you Leo. We will definitely try to do better. Or rename the show as you suggest. If you and your family identify with Leo, please check

Yonah Bex

remembrancermx

The words “library” & “archive” have objective meaning. Any collection you decide is a public lending library doesn’t automatically become so.https://twitter.com/chrisj_lewis/status/1304061169267814406 Getting real tired of ex

JennyBean 🐧

JennyBean1012

Oof. There's a lot here. So, some immediate and imperfect thoughts before I go cook dinner. 1) I wrote my MLS masters thesis on volunteers. They need training, supervising, &

Danielle

LibDanielleJ

My thoughts on the future The Future of LIS Education from both ALIA and CSU... a thread. Also disclaimer I have previously worked for CSU as a casual marker, still

Scarlet Galvan

panoptigoth

This is a well-intended piece but misses that alignment with capitalist framing doesn't change the perception of libraries as a resource sink without expertise over the collection. https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/24

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