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Scott Walter

@slwalter123.bsky.social
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Librarian | Teacher | Speaker - San Diego State University Fighting against book bans and for public schools & libraries. Loves cats & dogs (since you asked)

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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 13h
Looking forward to a busy weekend of @sdsulibrary.bsky.social engagement with students at SDSU's Family Weekend as well as the SDSU-hosted California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education. It's going to be a hot one but library tours are air-conditioned (and informative)
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026
Checking in on how things are going over at the Chronicle Against Higher Education:
Screenshot of Chronicle of Higher Education website showing featured articles: "Anthropology Has a Truth Problem"; "The Social Sciences Have a Politics Problem"; "Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?"; "Colleges Should Take Linda McMahon's Call to Action Seriously."
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our first event for @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social - our “banned comics” exhibit @cbldf.bsky.social @comicsatsdsu.bsky.social @sdsulibrary.bsky.social library.sdsu.edu/news/2026/ba...
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Banned Comics Exhibit Returns | University Library | SDSU
The annual Banned Comics Exhibit is up in the Comics Corner and will remain through October.
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What may be a different type of censorship story ahead of Banned Books Week @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event
City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talks
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More attention for @sdsulibrary.bsky.social podcasting services from our local press timesofsandiego.com/community/20...
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Podcasting expands across San Diego State University as more classes take the microphone
SDSU operates five professional-grade podcast studios for students, faculty and staff. Recording sessions jumped from 96 to 662 last year.
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Back to back in my in box this morning: an essay behind a paywall at @insidehighered.com and a freely available workshop from my colleagues at the San Jose State University Library
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And re-start things …
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The low placement of The Good Place, alone, is enough for me to question the entire list.
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My friends at @everylibrary.bsky.social lose me with their unfortunate use of the word “just.” A better argument is at www.seemybrotherdance.org/seemybrother...
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"Comics Are Reading" ALA poster available for download now! — Nate Powell
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Things I am reading today
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
An important reminder ahead of Banned Books Week: "there is little question that we’re in for several more years of tireless advocacy on behalf of the right of all people in this country to read and access diverse, inclusive library collections" @bookriot.bsky.social bookriot.com/book-censors...
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“We Need To Tell The Story”: Literary Advocates Nationwide Reflect On Five Years of Relentless Attacks on the Freedom to Read
Advocates for the freedom to read across the country share their wins, challenges, and opportunities as the work enters year six.
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Shades of the Howard the Duck campaign of 1976! Get down, America, and viva la revolución!
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Excellent group of faculty, staff, students, and community members on campus today for “debate and dialogue” about AI in higher education (a program they would not let me call “AI Thunderdome”)
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The fight for the freedom to read goes on and we're looking forward to welcoming faculty, staff, and students to another @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social Read-Out on 10/6 - Aztecs encouraged to learn more and sign up to read! @sdsulibrary.bsky.social library.sdsu.edu/news/2026/bb...
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Kudos to our Comics Curator, Pamela Jackson, who provides a deep dive into one part of the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social Comics and Graphic Arts Collection in her new article, "Donna Barr: Independent Comics Visionary," in the current volume of Inks @comicsatsdsu.bsky.social
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The one thing #Uber could do to vastly improve my experience would be to let me filter out all Teslas when calling for a ride
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Great overview of the hero scene, again, but nothing is going to get me excited about Midnight @sktchd.bsky.social
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy Batman Day to those who celebrate it
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hey, Aztecs! Come to the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social today and help save lives (and get a blood drive exclusive while supplies last)
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When you have one of the largest collections of vampire literature, including comics, in the country, you’re always looking for a great new addition @mattwagnercomics.bsky.social @sdsulibrary.bsky.social @comicsatsdsu.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/09/2026
While RFK Jr.'s been shouting "Make America Healthy Again" from the rooftops, over 160 foods have been recalled so far this year. There’s nothing healthy about food-borne illness.
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
See also: the difficult work of original thinking, of grappling with the deep questions informing ethics or politics, of creating original art or drama, and of teaching both the next generation and lifelong learners how to do all of the above
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"“They will do it anyway,” she said. “How do we teach them responsible use?”" YOU CAN'T. The point of the article is that it is basically melting their brains! STOP INSISTING ON THIS IN CLASSROOMS.
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This one may be worth reading bookshop.org/p/books/prof...
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Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era
“Valuable and dauntless.” —The New York Times"We badly need [this] book.” —Tina BrownA devastating reckoning with the people and institutions whose failure to stand up to Trump’s brazen grab for autho...
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On my way to a library meeting but still managed to pay observance to the Princess on my way through Seattle @mattdinniman.bsky.social
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/09/2026
This is one of the objections I have when people talk about how useful LLMs can be for literature searches or for any kind of search, really. Even beyond the biases that inevitably (and, in some cases, intentionally) show up, part of a good literature search is seeing information *in context.*
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 06/09/2026
Guess who won an Emmy!!!! @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Working with colleagues in Academic Affairs and @sdsuresearch.bsky.social to promote discovery of SDSU scholarship through @sdsulibrary.bsky.social library.sdsu.edu/news/2026/or...
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Promoting Discovery of SDSU Research through the Library | University Library | SDSU
Using the ORCID identity management system
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A reminder for our new Aztecs at the start of Library Card Sign-Up Month that a @sdpubliclibrary.bsky.social card gives you access to resources and spaces that add onto what you already have through @sdsulibrary.bsky.social - sign up now! www.sandiego.gov/public-libra...
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Get a Library Card | City of San Diego Official Website
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We are looking forward to seeing all our new Aztecs in the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social (both in San Diego and Calexico)
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Only through the new first issues of Legion of Superheroes and Doom Patrol so far, but I feel confident is saying that “Next Level” is an appropriate term - DC Comics continuing to dominate the superhero genre in 2026
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Sara | Bodice Tipplers Podcast @bodicetipplers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’ve been saying this in libraries for decades but nobody gives a shit when I say it.
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I was lucky enough to grab the ARC at ALA this year; this is a book you should read and have in your library. I’m hoping this one comes with a bookmark from the shop because I don’t have one from Cleveland, yet.
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
One thing I did today (as the start of something bigger) with support from my colleagues at SDSU Global Campus
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Public libraries can be a foundational democratic institution only if they can speak to everyone and only if librarians’ curation decisions can occur free from partisan pressure or restriction” @penamerica.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US public libraries at ‘breaking point’ amid ideological attacks, report finds
PEN America study details verbal and physical threats to librarians, funding cuts and proliferation of book bans
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The @calstate.bsky.social Libraries have been working on a number of AI literacy and sustainability initiatives in recent years, including with our colleagues at @ithakasr.bsky.social - this Environmental AI Literacy Framework is worth a look sr.ithaka.org/blog/ithaka-...
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Ithaka S+R’s Environmental AI Literacy Framework - Ithaka S+R
As campuses introduce trainings and resources to promote AI literacy, how can they also ensure that students, faculty, and staff understand the environmental impacts of the technology? This question i...
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Happy to be able to make a donation of my own in time for our upcoming @sdsulibrary.bsky.social Dune event (stay tuned)
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A good overview of many growth-related projects at multiple institutions of higher education in San Diego www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/08/28/s...
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San Diego County’s many colleges and universities spending big bucks on construction boom
Thirteen local colleges and universities are spending nearly $11 billion to build everything from science centers to high-rise dormitories and athletic fields.
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 30/08/2026
I still can't get over that the same book made it onto both the Texas state-wide school library recommendation list and the Texas state-wide illegal-in-school-libraries list. Luckily, the first is real and the second is a politician abusing imagined power. Fight back w/ @txfreedomread.bsky.social!
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A great zine bundle arrived today from @pmpress.bsky.social and will soon join our zine collection at @sdsulibrary.bsky.social
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I have seven invitations from student groups to talk about A.I. They know what I think about A.I. That's why they asked me. They aren't feeling it, y'all.
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I was a 1G student at Georgetown 40 years ago when a less expensive education and more generous aid packages allowed my single mother to send me to DC. I saw this issue then, even if I threaded the needle, and I’m sure it’s much worse now @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...
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New Paper Takes Aim at “Meritocratic” Admissions Policies
Wealthy students with high standardized test scores make up the majority of students at the most selective universities, which also spend far more on student instruction than less selective institutio...
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Welcome to our new Aztecs from @sdsulibrary.bsky.social library.sdsu.edu/news/welcome...
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Weeks of Welcome @ Your Library | University Library | SDSU
Welcome to the Library!
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Truth
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Looking forward to another year of community partnerships around One Book One San Diego www.kpbs.org/one-book-one...
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One Book, One San Diego
One Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program. Now in its 20th year, the purpose is to bring our community closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing th...
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Podcasting has emerged as an extraordinary medium for instructional innovation and public scholarship as part of the @sdsulibrary.bsky.social Digital Humanities Center library.sdsu.edu/news/2026/po...
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All You Really Need Is A Mic And An Idea | University Library | SDSU
The Digital Humanities Center is the place for podcasting at SDSU
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026
here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Good morning to our newest Aztecs! Today is the start of move-in for students and also New Faculty Orientation! How well do you know your new library? If the answer is, "I could know more!" here is a great place to start @sdsulibrary.bsky.social library.sdsu.edu/news/2026/se...
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Self Guided Library Tour | University Library | SDSU
The library offers a self-guided tour that explores the physical library and online library spaces that you can take on your phone. The self-guided tour uses QR codes to access the content for each st...
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.
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Scott Walter @slwalter123.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Some of what I’ve been up to for the past 10 years #Pokemon
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