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Vicki

@librarydove.bsky.social
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Libraries. Social Work. Advocacy. Outreach. 🖤 Libraries are for everyone. She/Her.

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American Libraries magazine @amlibraries.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
“There are many ways to customize [controllers] for adaptive gaming.” Learn how Deerfield Public Library makes videogame programs accessible to people with disabilities in "Adaptive Arcade." americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/…
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Adaptive Arcade | American Libraries Magazine
Adaptive controllers can help to make video game programs accessible to library patrons with disabilities.
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Vicki @librarydove.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Excited to be presenting this @ala-pla.bsky.social webinar on adaptive gaming in the library next week with @stevenspohn.bsky.social!
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
NPR has reported an estimated 46 million gamers with disabilities in the US. “They’re living in the communities we serve, whether we’re aware of them or not.” Vicki Karlovsky, inclusion coordinator at Deerfield (Ill.) Public Library americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-sc... #ALAAC25
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Adaptive Arcade | American Libraries Magazine
Spohn, the former COO of AbleGamers and current director of the Mount Sinai Back to Life Center, and Vicki Karlovsky, inclusion coordinator at Deerfield (Ill.) Public Library (DPL), discussed how libr...
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
An overview of standard accessibility services provided by American public libraries.
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Libraries and the Americans with Disabilities Act
An overview of standard accessibility services provided by American public libraries in honor of National Disability Independence Day.
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Vicki @librarydove.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Thank you @amlibraries.bsky.social for featuring our program at #alaac25, and for bringing the topic of adaptive gaming in libraries to the forefront. @stevenspohn.bsky.social and I were honored to present.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
#ALAAC25 Timely, relevant, and aligned with your daily work, these education programs address Artificial Intelligence, Accessibility, Immigrant Support, and Information Literacy—delivering practical, community-focused solutions. Learn more & Register Today! annual2025.eventscribe.net/SearchByBuck...
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Education Program: Advancing Accessibility
Adaptive Arcade at the Library:
Video Games are for Everyone
Sunday, June 29, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm ET
Presenter Photos: Vicki Karlovsky and Steve Spohn
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ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition 2025
Philadelphia - June 26-30
FOR OUR LIBRARIES.
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Education Program: Navigating Artificial Intelligence
Beyond the hype: how 2 urban libraries are approaching AI
Monday, June 30, 2025
1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
Presenter Photos: Justin Bumbico and Vicky Varga
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ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition 2025
Philadelphia - June 26-30
FOR OUR LIBRARIES.
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Education Program: Serving Immigrant Communities
School Libraries that Speak:
Empowering ENL Students
Monday, June 30, 2025
10:30am – 11:30am ET
Presenters: Emily B. Cohen and Loriana N. Donovan
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ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition 2025
Philadelphia - June 26-30
FOR OUR LIBRARIES.
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Education Program: Promoting Information Literacy
Wonder Media:
Media & News Literacy for Tweens & Teens
Saturday, June 28, 2025
2:30pm – 3:30pm ET
Presenter Photos: Sue Ellen Christian, Cathy Lancaster, Carrie Sanders
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ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition 2025
Philadelphia - June 26-30
FOR OUR LIBRARIES.
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Vicki @librarydove.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I am excited to be presenting "Adaptive Arcade at the Library: Video Games are for Everyone" with @stevenspohn.bsky.social at #ALAAC25. If you are attending, check out our session: cdmcd.co/8YnyBB. Hope to see you there!
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work. Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
The American Library Association praises servic of Dr. Carla Hayden, decries 'unjust dismissal' of Librarian of Congress. [Image of Dr. Carla Hayden standing in the stacks in a library]
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 09/05/2025
BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
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President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services. The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
We're suing Trump to save library funding. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 15/03/2025
This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
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🌹Mx. Vero💢☮️ @verolynne.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Don't just protect libraries; protect library workers too. 📚 www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202...
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Behind the stacks: research exposes sexual harassment of library workers
For those who work in public libraries, the risk of sexual harassment by patrons is high, according to professors in the U of A’s School of Library and Information Studies.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally. Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...
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Lake County library leaders expect to see more challenged books
A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, according to the American Library Association. Challenges lead to censorship.
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Vicki @librarydove.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Please take a moment to help protect access to Medicaid. Lives are at stake. Thank you. ❤️
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Protect Access to Medicaid Caregiving Services for People with SMA
Many individuals with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and their families rely on Medicaid for their access to healthcare, including in-home caregiving services provided by a nurse or personal care atten...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Support local libraries. We’re witnessing censorship on a massive scale. Digital scrubbing is modern day equivalent of book burning Our ability to get accurate info about public health, science, history, LGBTQ & marginalized groups is under threat Libraries will be critical part of the resistance
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination. Our response: Book bans are real. Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
Book Bans Are Real. American Library Association
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Vicki @librarydove.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Don’t forget the self-care today, loves. ❤️
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Colleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Librarians Face a Crisis of Violence and Abuse (All examples in this article are from public libraries) 📚 Gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/w...
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Librarians Struggle With Mental Health After Traumatic Events at Work
As libraries become public stages for social problems — homelessness, drug use, mental health — the people who work there are burning out.
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Vicki @librarydove.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
“and here you are living despite it all” — Rupi Kaur
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Vicki @librarydove.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
“Boats that stay in the harbor are safe, sweetheart, but that's not what boats were built for.” ― Fredrik Backman
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