"BOOKLIST READER: PODCAST CONNECTION Heather Booth at Booklist selects six audiobooks that fans of podcasts will enjoy."
Podcast listeners will enjoy this list of audiobooks put together by Heather Booth at @ala-booklist.bsky.social !
"Listen to me:
Our profit from the post office is the post office.
Our profit from a library is the library.
Our profit from a school is the school."
Debbie Harry in a red zip up hoodie with the blondie logo
Debbie Harry in stage in the 80s, black jacket and blue jeans.
Debbie Harry in a black jacket and making one helluva cazy face.
Debbie Harry in a black dress standing on stage with her arms crossed.
Things are rough, here's some pictures of Debbie Harry.
What a terrible idea 😬
A bunch of states are starting initiatives to help with early reading, and yet somehow this doesn’t seem to involve increasing funding for libraries which is like saying you want to increase honey production without supporting bees.
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...
In an open letter released today, ALA employees announced the formation of a union with @afscme31.bsky.social. If certified, the union will represent more than 100 ALA workers. https://afscme31.org/news/american-library-association-employees-forming-union-afscme
As proud as I’ve ever been to be a member of the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social!!
afscme31.org/news/america...
Solidarity with American Library Association staff!
Without these folks hard work, nothing at ALA gets done.
✊️
afscme31.org/news/america...
Also, call your reps!
Stop making it everyone else’s problem when you don’t want to justify your abhorrent and ridiculous beliefs to your own children. Censorship just tells me you know how stupid it sounds when you complain out loud about LGBTQIA and black and brown folks existing.
Black and white photograph of Clara Stanton Jones, a Back woman wearing large round glasses, short curly hair, a white beaded necklace and a white dress with a scoop neck. She is at a podium looking down and smiling widely.
Clara Stanton Jones was the first Black president of ALA, guiding them towards a resolution about awareness of racism and sexism. The UAW backed her as the Detroit Public Library director when the Friends and some board members didn't. #BlackHistoryMonth
www.library.illinois.edu/ala/2016/02/...
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
Look at this team of absolute rock stars!!!
The American Library Association strongly denounces new federal book banning legislation proposed in Congress. Call your Reps. Tell them to oppose H.R. 7661. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121 American Library Association, Show Up For Our Libraries
"Parents, not politicians, should guide their children’s reading. In our school, campus, and public libraries, materials are selected by trained literacy professionals who understand child development and community needs. Their work is grounded in one clear purpose: helping young people become lifelong readers. H.R. 7661 isn’t fundamentally about protecting kids. It’s about giving politicians broad authority to restrict whose stories are allowed on the shelves. That should concern anyone who believes in the freedom to read and the right of families to make decisions for themselves.” - ALA President Sam Helmick
"Rather than targeting librarians and teachers, Congress should invest in them. The Right to Read Act offers a better path, supporting well-staffed and well-resourced school libraries, strengthening evidence-based literacy instruction, and protecting the dedicated professionals who help young people discover books that open doors and expand horizons. When we trust families, support educators, and protect the freedom to read, our young people thrive.” - ALA President Sam Helmick.
NEW: ALA strongly denounces new federal book banning legislation introduced in Congress, HR 7661.
As ALA President Sam Helmick said, "Parents, not politicians, should guide their children's reading." Call your Rep and tell them to oppose this new bill.
More from ALA: www.ala.org/news/2026/02...
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We are excited to welcome actor, playwright, singer, and author @theebillyporter.bsky.social to the #ALAAC26 main stage! Join him in a special conversation about his new book, "Songbird in the Light," a beautiful and empowering picture book.
Register with early rates! https://bit.ly/4qJALBq
When you really think about it we’re all space travelers and time travelers just in the most boring way possible.
No sorry necessary. I took the point to be acquisition to read regardless of ownership status, but I live in library world so that’s just my starting point. LOL.
A photo of a large group of people on the steps of Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
National Library Legislative Day is officially here! Library advocates are on the Hill in Washington to make their voices heard and urge support for our country’s libraries in Congress. Thank you to EVERY ALA member and advocate who’s here to show up #ForOurLibraries! #NLLD26 #FundLibraries
You can always ask your library to purchase a book that your looking for if it’s not in the collection. Or see if it’s available via inter library loan.
Come on social justice-loving librarians, we want to celebrate you!!!
![Black and white photo of a Black woman checking materials out to a group of children.
Small caption in top right reads: "Photo [original caption]: 'LOS ANGELES, October, 1949 – Elementary school pupils William Bias, Elizabeth Coggins and Jerry Sekido think it’s pretty interesting to watch Nellie Greene charge out their library books with the new Recordak charger on the Children’s Traveling Branch, operated by the Los Angeles Public Library.'"
Text over photo reads: "ACTION, NOT REACTION: Integrating the Library Profession. Words: Denise Rayman, Photos: ALA Archives"
ALA150, American Library Association](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q5qyswhppr7tiskw43xhcv7f/bafkreifmcdugrld75h7dll3tz4ddf5opzsqy7tjlwvo2wnalyxlcjmvina)
Black and white photo of a Black woman checking materials out to a group of children. Small caption in top right reads: "Photo [original caption]: 'LOS ANGELES, October, 1949 – Elementary school pupils William Bias, Elizabeth Coggins and Jerry Sekido think it’s pretty interesting to watch Nellie Greene charge out their library books with the new Recordak charger on the Children’s Traveling Branch, operated by the Los Angeles Public Library.'" Text over photo reads: "ACTION, NOT REACTION: Integrating the Library Profession. Words: Denise Rayman, Photos: ALA Archives" ALA150, American Library Association
In the midst of the Civil Rights era in America, librarians were battling for and against segregated libraries in the South, and over integration within their own ranks. Integration of the library profession was a long process that started in the early 1900s.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZJpar4
I work in an academic library where patrons can chat with a human librarian 24/7. We use a co-op so librarians across the world help each other when your specific staff are off duty. This is a pretty common service, and it generally provides better info than AI for reference questions. Jusy FYI 🤷🏻♀️
I mean we still need an update of the Comics Librarianship definitions (and book) 🤔
Somebody filled a listings box with insane shit, this is the least of its I love it
Ah! I want to go to #ComicsPRO one of these years!
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✨ Registration is officially OPEN for #ALAAC26! Hear from author and MS NOW host Rachel Maddow and author and Emmy Award-winning actor Wayne Brady @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social when they headline ALA Annual this summer. Register Now and SAVE with early rates. https://2026.alaannual.org/
Heading downtown for a stay-cation with my high school bestie. Looking forward to a fun weekend not thinking about work.
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".
2026 basically
Prince, at Sam Goodys music-store - 1988
