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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Library friends: you absolutely do not have to become AI users. Anyone telling you that you have to is either trying to sell you something or is preaching from a place of fear.

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Everywhere you look real knowledge is being fenced off, but slop is always available for free

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Am I surprised to see LoC move to change Ontario to America in LCSH? No. Am I disappointed to see it proposed and moved towards approval so quickly? Yes. Great reminder that information is not neutral and that includes how we organize and describe it. classweb.org/tentative-su...

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Tentative Monthly List 09 LCSH 2 (September 2026)

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Cindy Shutts @cindysku.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Librarians are not okay right now! We loved Dolly! She fought for literacy.

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Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton showed us what it means to confront the world we live in now while building the world we dream about. Rest in power, queen. We'll miss you.

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Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Don’t believe in American exceptionalism, but Dolly Parton was an exceptional American.

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Kellyanne @ellarebee.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My favorite part of my job is building my collection and AI can pry it from my cold, dead hands.

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Brandon @optimismprime01.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

the only safe amount is NONE

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 15/08/2026

I’m so tired of genAI apologists telling me I only hate it because I don’t understand it. I hate it *because* I understand it, you absolute toenail.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Me explaining DDC to kids 😂🤣

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This hasn’t happened yet, but it’s only a matter of time before one of these slop buckets shows up as a donation 🤮🤮🤮

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The new ALA Censorship Search Portal provides a vivid example of the scripted, insincere nature of book banning. Me & Earl & the Dying Girl elicited barely a peep of protest in the 8 years after its 2012 publication. Just 1 challenge.

Book cover: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

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Joel A. Machiela @machiela.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Discarding a dumpster full of books each month is necessary.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Just finished reading That Librarian by @librarianjones.com. I think I injured my neck from nodding vigorously as I read.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Our shipment was delayed, so @bshum79.bsky.social’s “Mooncakes Mean Family” didn’t make it time for Mid-Autumn Festival, but his “We Are Lion Dancers” made it for New Year! A kid already tried to steal it off my desk before I cataloged it 🤣 it’s going to be popular! #BookSky #LibrarySky #TLsky

The front cover of the book We Are Lion Dancers. The cover had two children holding up the lion dancing costume for lunar new year.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Wikipedia is a better place to begin your research now than Google is because Google is just loaded with garbage, even if you're *really good* at your search terms. Wikipedia at least gives you places to begin easily.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Our nonfiction reorganization project is complete! We ditched the baskets and did a HEAVY weed. Now each shelf is spine out but only about a single topic. We had to change lots of call numbers to move books to the right shelf, but kids are already finding more books!

Library shelving units against the wall. Each shelf has one sign with a Dewey number and topic and picture on the left-hand side. The books are spine out. Each shelf also has a front facing book on display.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Starting fall break with Bury Your Gays by @chucktingle.bsky.social. Only reading this in the daylight hours because I don’t normally do horror 😂 #BookSky

Me holding the book Bury Your Gays. The title is big neon purple, orange and pink letters with an LA landscape of palm trees inside of the letters

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

We started moving the nonfiction books today! I love shelves that aren’t totally full 😍 Once all books are moved, we’ll do another weed for books that haven’t circed in 6 years. Then I’ll go through each shelf and start the Franken-Dewey so it’s one topic on each shelf #TLsky #EduSky #LibrarySky

Three library shelving units. Each shelf has a sign with a Dewey number, a topic, and a picture to represent the topic. Only 2 of the 9 shelves are more than 50% full

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The nonfiction reorganization is starting with aggressive weeding. It’s the low hanging fruit: damaged, duplicates, and extremely old. Once this weed is done and the books are back in DDC order, we’ll run a report for books not checked out in 6 years and weed those too. We just can’t find them now.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I think my “What would HUNTR/X read?” book display is going to be popular. This was after my first class visit 😂😂 Thanks KPop Demon Hunters 💛

A table with six empty book display stands. On the end of the table is a poster with a picture of the band HUNTR/X with the caption “What would HUNTR/X read?”

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Nonfiction Reorganization: Part 2 Electric Boogaloo has begun! #TLSky #EduSky #Library Here are the before shots:

A corner in a library that has three shelves. Some books are spine out on the shelves. Some books are in baskets based on topics. The baskets have signs with the topic and a picture.

A wall in a library that has three shelves. Some books are spine out on the shelves. Some books are in baskets based on topics. The baskets have signs with the topic and a picture. There are baskets of books on top of the shelves.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

This what would Labubu read display is so popular, I have to refill it after every class. I’m being forced to booktalk Dahl because so many other books have flown off the table 😂 Thanks to the TheBookWrangler for the idea! #EduSky #TLsky #BookSky #LibrarySky

A table with a sign that says “What would Labubu read?” The table has empty book stands with one Roals Dahl book left. There are images from Kasing Lung’s “The Monsters Trilogy” behind the table

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Reading “Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion” by @kevinguyan.bsky.social, and I keep thinking about Sanford Berman’s work #BookSky #Library

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Introducing classes to our new graphic novel collection and teaching kids how to read the panels sequentially! #EduSky #Library #LibrarySky

I am standing in front of a group of kindergarteners holding a graphic novel.

I am sitting on a carpet with students. We have graphic novels open and are pointing at the panels to read next.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

If the library itself had any spine, it would mark those books as lost, charge the patrons for replacement fees, and then ban them for intentionally destroying library property.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books. bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

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"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill

In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 08/08/2025

We’re not sure who needs to hear this, but ‘blueberry’ has two b’s.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Bringing my fav books for the first week of school to the staff meeting, so teachers can check them out right here! #BackToSchool #EduSky #LibrarySky

Stack of picture books sitting on edge of table. The book on top is “Your Name is a Song” by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. The front cover has a mother and daughter standing in the street singing with their arms up in the air.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I love these weeding goals with the specific intention of raising the average collection age #LibrarySky

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Lavonnia Moore: “I wasn’t going to tell the kid no, I was just happy the kid was reading.” #LibrarySky #BookSky

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Nobody is “forcing” you to check out books you don’t want to read at a library. But people are forcing libraries to keep you from checking out books.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Reading “Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson” by @tourmaliiine.bsky.social. It’s such a beautiful biography. I’m leaving it around the house so my nieces will ask me who she is [evil librarian laugh]

Me holding the book Marsha. The front cover has a portrait of Marsha P. Johnson wearing her flower crown and smiling and looking directly at the reader. There are flowers in the background of the cover.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

So many parents ask me how they can get their kid to read more and every. single. time. I ask them how often their kids see them read. Can’t wait to also be able to point this out in August #LibrarySky #EduSky

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Saw @noethematt.bsky.social reading this on here and immediately knew that @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social’s “The AI Con” was my next beach read

In the foreground is a book with a solid white cover and the title “The AI Com: How to fight big tech’s hype and create the future we want.” The title is the only thing on the cover in big bold sans serif font. In the background is the waves crashing on a beach

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Could not put this down. I’ve been waiting on a hold for @williecarver.bsky.social’s Gay Poems for Red States from my library for a while. Got tired of waiting, so I bought it yesterday! Who thought a Jerry Springer story would make me cry???

Front cover of the book, Gay Poems for Red States, in the foreground with grass in the background. The cover of the book has a silhouette of a boy. The boy’s head is a starry night and the boy’s chest is a trailer with trees in the background.

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

If you need a reminder of what we're fighting for, here are a bunch of authors reading short excerpts of letters sent to them by grateful readers. Recommend having tissues handy.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Loving Little District Books. Too many great choices but not nearly enough suitcase space 😭 #BookSky

Inside of a bookstore. There is a white wall length book case with front facing books and Pride flag bunting

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Had to pay 11 euro to see the Austrian National Library. They really should have paid me to come in and weed. All these books and not a single copy of InvestiGATORS 🙄 #BookSky #LibrarySky

A baroque library. It’s filled with ostentatious statues, columns, and murals on the ceilings. Gold adornments and real old books.

Bookcases of aforementioned old books. They are very tall. Marble statue in foreground

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Reading is reading.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I went into my library's database of Chicago area newspapers to confirm this isn't fake, and it's not. @chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?

Image of a page from the May 18, 2025, edition of the print Chicago Sun-Times. It has "Summer reading list for 2025" as its headline. It is an AI-generated list of books–the authors are real but none of the book titles are. For example, "The Last Algorithm" by Andy Weir, "The Collector's Piece" by Taylor Jenkins Reid, etc. None of the descriptions of these books are real either.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

"The library has been open the entire time. The library has been the community’s anchor. It’s the heart of the community at good times and bad times." Dr. Hayden has always been the best of us. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-sc... #MyLibrarianForever

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Baltimore’s Library Stays Open During Unrest | American Libraries Magazine

Thanks so much for your time this morning, Dr. Hayden. Can you describe what’s going on at the library right now? Yes, I’m here at the Pennsylvania Avenue branch with National Guard troops surrounding...

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This is my fav profile of Dr. Hayden. Especially the part about her keeping the Baltimore libraries open after Freddie Gray’s murder in 2015. She is the absolute best of us. It’s a sad day. mag.uchicago.edu/hayden

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Librarian for the people

Under the leadership of Carla D. Hayden, AM’77, PhD’87, a revered institution is connecting Americans with their country through its treasures.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Working on our world languages section! Changed the signs to get rid of flags because, ya know, colonialism. Weeded languages not represented in our community any more. Got Korean parents with older kids to donate picture books because Korean is our third largest language group! #TLsky #Library

White bookshelf holding baskets filled with picture books. Each basket has a sign on it with a different language on it. There are Japanese, Korean, and Spanish signs.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

We are genrefying our Mandarin collection! This will make it much more browsable, and it should (🤞🏼) mean this section gets a lot more check outs. Mandarin is a home language for many of our students, so it’s exciting to be able to recognize and affirm that on our shelves! #TLsky #EduSky

Three brown bookshelves holding baskets filled with picture books. Most of the baskets have an index card label on the front. Some of the labels say home, seasons, living things, and pets

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Spring break book haul. I have missed shopping at Asia Books.

Stack of books on a patio table in front of a pool with the Gulf of Thailand in the background. The books are: Dancer from the Dance, Fake Dates and Mooncakes, Bored Gay Werewolf, Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, and Somewhere Beyond the Sea.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We are officially switching to Oliver tomorrow! We did double check outs for the last week to get us through the data migration this week when we can’t circulate in either LMS. We’ll be giving kids their pre-checked out stack of books this week. Hopefully see you never, Follett! 🤣😂🤓 #TLsky #EduSky

Stacks of picture books under a reading loft. Each stack is made of a bundles of picture books tied together with string or ribbon.

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William H @lankylibrarian.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is my fav bulletin board ever! Each student got a sentence starter for their hypothesis. They wrote/drew their prediction. Each class is a different color. We use it find similar hypotheses, and we use the progress pics to discuss if our hypothesis is being supported or rejected. #TLsky #EduSky

A bulletin board with a poster in the middle that says “kindergarten hypotheses.” There are many smaller pieces of paper that are different colors (pink green, red, orange and purple). Above the bulletin board are two sets of pictures. The first set of pictures says, “box of science number one.” It has four progress pictures of a pea plant growing inside of a box. The second set of pictures says, “box of science number two.” It also has four progress pictures of a pea plant growing inside of a box.

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