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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Librarians! Zine-Makers! This new Temporary Services zine (made with @doormouse12.bsky.social) is for you! We interviewed 4 public librarians that maintain zine collections and the result is a beautiful 44 page booklet. See and learn how they do it! $10.00 (or $3.00 PDF) from www.halfletterpress.com

From the front and back cover of the booklet:

Public Librarians Discuss Zine Collections

We asked librarians at four public libraries to talk about their library’s zine collection. What advice can they share with zine makers that want to get their work into a public library, or librarians that want to start a collection at their library? Was it hard to convince others that zines are a resource that the library should collect? What collecting models did they follow? How did they build the collection?

Interviewees:

Tim Devin / Somerville Public Library
(Somerville, MA)
Angi Brzycki & Ziba Pérez /
Los Angeles Public Library
(Los Angeles, CA)
Alicia Tate / Multnomah County Library
(Portland, OR)
Alina Josan / The Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)

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University of Manitoba Faculty Association @umfa-faum.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We hope we won’t need to use them, but if we do we’re ready for March 10 7a.m.!”. #fairdeal #UMFA2025 @umanitoba.bsky.social

Port-a-potty with a sign that says "ready to talk."

Porta-potty with a sign that says "fair deal".

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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The Fifth Estate is reporting on how anti-2SLGBTQ+ sentiment is affecting Canadian libraries and - something I'm so glad they looked into - how it's connected to attacks on libraries in the United States. www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

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A shadow war on libraries

Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.

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University of Manitoba Faculty Association @umfa-faum.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

A few snaps from yesterday's rally. Thank you to everyone who came out in support! #UMFA2025

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Justin Fuhr @justinfuhr.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Why does College & Research Libraries have ads for "Personal Digital Mind Palaces" (?)? The last few times I've been on their site, I've seen these ads for this pseudoscience (?) library technology (?). So many questions. Their website boggles the mind: www.dlsg.com

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 19/12/2024

THREAD This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis 1/31

Adam Curtis Title Card: We Too Are Trapped In A System. Text over a background of a large office building

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Justin Fuhr @justinfuhr.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

My colleague Caroline Monnin and I just published an article on our researcher profile library workshops. Fun times to answer questions from friends and family about what I spend my time researching 🤓 dc.etsu.edu/jgl/vol2/iss...

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Librarian Instruction of Researcher Profile Systems to Graduate Students: A Case Study

Introduction: Academic liaison librarians play a pivotal role in supporting graduate students with their scholarly endeavors, particularly research dissemination. Researcher profile systems (RPSs) are...

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Justin Fuhr @justinfuhr.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Join the ACRLog Blog Team! Interested in writing for ACRLog? We’re looking for a few new bloggers to join our team! Bloggers write on any issue or idea that impacts academic librarianship, from current news to upcoming changes in the profession. Learn more at acrlog.org/2024/12/02/j...

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Join the ACRLog Blog Team!

Interested in writing for ACRLog? We’re looking for a few new bloggers to join our team! We aim to have a group of bloggers who represent diverse perspectives on and career stages in academic libr...

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Dean Giustini @giustini.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Re: comprehensive / exhaustive / systematic searching Librarians need better ways to search for papers, given points in Science article #retractions #fraudulent #predatory #papermills, & not doing 'what we've always done'. Consider also damaging effects of #GenAI! www.science.org/content/arti...

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‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril

Fake papers are “poisoning the well” for these gold-standard syntheses, researchers say

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Justin Fuhr @justinfuhr.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Finally deactivated/deleted twitter and looking forward to Blue Skies ahead!

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