Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Names Kate Zwaard as New Executive Director https://www.infodocket.com/2025/07/22/coalition-for-networked-information-cni-names-kate-zwaard-as-new-executive-director/ @cni_org #libraries #infotech #edtech
Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Names Kate Zwaard as New Executive Director https://www.infodocket.com/2025/07/22/coalition-for-networked-information-cni-names-kate-zwaard-as-new-executive-director/ @cni_org #libraries #infotech #edtech
But the GAO’s recent work on #impoundment has proved more politically contentious, & under #Trump, it has been met w/fierce #Republican opposition.
In May, the #watchdog found that the admin wrongly blocked funds under a $5B program to build #EV charging stations, a component of the #Biden-era #bipartisan infrastructure #law that Trump sees as *wasteful*. In June, the #GAO determined the admin mishandled funding for #libraries & #museums, after Trump curtailed the agency overseeing the money.
Those marvelous librarians at the Seattle Public Library have put together another wonderful book list, twenty-seven books by women writers in translation that have been published this year and are available now. Just in time for August's Women in Translation month.
#books #reading #libraries #WomenInTranslation #PNW #Seattle @bookstodon
https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/72450558/2814755497
With the Kagi for Libraries program, we'll offer free access to Kagi for public library patrons worldwide
If your library is interested or you know a local public library that could benefit, encourage them to apply and help us expand this program: https://kagi.com/libraries
Please do share with anyone who you think might be interested: https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/whats-on/lse-library-fellowships
#CND #nuclear #peace #CampaignForNuclearDisarmament #CAAT #CampaignAgainstArmsTrade #PatArrowsmith #Enviornmental #Enviornment #ClimateChange #ClimateProtest #ClimateEmergency #Green #Greens #GreenParty #SouthAsia #India #Bangaldesh #Pakistan #GLAM #galleries #libraries #museums #archives #curators #curator #curating @CNDuk
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Akin Free Library, United States historic place.
Anyone using WhaZoodle! in the library? I have some feelings. #Library #Libraries
My #littlefreelibrary in #Ottawa is highly successful. People love it, kids want to see it close up. In the last few years, hundreds of books have gone through it. I remove books that sit there too long and once in a while I have to remind people to also bring books, not take only. I rarely see books being returned. I put effort in keeping it clean and neat bc so many little libraries I check are just a dusty mess. Also having great convo’s with people I never met before. #libraries #library
1. Freshly paved road on the commute to work; bike feels like it’s gliding.
2. Stopping by the *public library* and picking up this weeks read: Bullshit Jobs be David Graeber.
3. No work meetings until after lunch.
#books #bookstodon #BikeTooter #libraries #library #bloomingtonin
#indiana
"The Art of Solving Impossible Problems" @ Katina Magazine: https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/future-of-work/2025/the-art-of-solving-impossible-problems
"Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is by admitting that you can’t".
#leadership not only in #libraries
Intellectual bugs…
𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙮'𝙨 𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 100,000 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5467062/hungary-library-books-beetles
Why has 69-year-old Takuji Yasunaka devoted several decades of his life to running a Tokyo complex featuring Middle Eastern and Central Asian culture? “In a way, I guess I am hoping to create a kind of utopia.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/19/lifestyle/pao-compound-central-asia-higashi-nakano/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #shopping #travel #libraries
#Hungary #libraries #books #bugs
'Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could wipe out centuries of history.'
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/hungary-s-oldest-library-is-fighting-to-save-20767847.php
Update. Laws like the one in #Connecticut are under consideration in #Hawaii, #Massachusetts, and #NewJersey. Big #publishers and the #AuthorsGuild are lobbying against them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/books/libraries-e-books-licensing.html
From Alan Inouye (@alansinouye), former director of public policy for the American Library Association (@alalibrary): “It’s really sad [that opposition limits libraries] to what we had [in the age of print]. In effect, we’re excluding the possibility of being better in the digital world.”
#BostonWeekend 7/x Thu KIDS Stuffed Animal Sleepover @ east branch of #SomervilleMA Public Library https://somervillepubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/stuffed-animal-sleepover-at-east-3/
#BostonKids #Libraries
Six ALA Editions | Neal-Schuman authors - who are among the world's leading experts in information and evidence literacy - answer commonly asked and new questions for scholars and working librarians in this webinar. Check it out!
“the administration wants to eliminate a librarian position the next time it becomes vacant and make it a lower paid staff position”
"I’m prepared to vigorously oppose that action leading up to and when the attempt is made" #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #LibraryJobs
“the administration wants to eliminate a librarian position the next time it becomes vacant and make it a lower paid staff position”
Please note: This is an anonymous response to an online survey; I do not have any way of contacting the respondent or verifying responses. Their answers may reflect good, bad, or middling hiring practices. I invite you to take what’s useful and leave the rest. If you are someone who hires Library, Archives or other LIS workers, please consider giving your own opinion by filling out the survey here.
Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs
These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).
Where do you advertise your job listings?
Institution website and sometimes Indeed
Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?
Do you include salary in the job ad?
√ Other: Yes and no. If the institution does post it, they hide behind using the matrix indicator and not the actual dollar amount
Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates?
√ No
Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?
√ Yes
Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)
√ N/A – we don’t hire librarians
What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?
Not enough applicable experience. Doesn’t have to be library experience, but needs to have transferable skills.
Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)
√ No
Do you provide interview questions before the interview?
√ Other: Morning the part, but I’ve asked to do so in current and future postings
If you provide interview questions before the interview, how far in advance?
Plan to provide the day before
Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?
√ No, and I don’t think we ever have
How much of your interview process is virtual?
√ None:
Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?
√ Other: I would if asked. This is something I would explore doing proactively in future postings
What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?
Follow instructions of application process/provide a complete application package
I want to hire someone who is:
Teachable
Your Last Recruitment
These are questions about the last person you hired (or the last position you attempted to fill). This person may not have been a librarian, and that’s ok.
Think about the most recent time you participated in hiring someone (or an attempt to hire someone) at your organization. What was the title of the position you were trying to fill?
Coordinator of Library Services
When was this position hired?
√ Within the last three months
Approximately how many people applied for this position?
√ 25 or fewer
Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?
√ more than 75%
And how would you define “hirable”?
Applicable experience and education
Your Workplace
This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.
How many staff members are at your library/organization?
√ 0-10
Are you unionized?
√ No
How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?
√ 3-4
How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?
√ 1
Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?
√ There are the same number of positions
Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?
√ No
Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?
√ Other: No, but the administration wants to eliminate a librarian position the next time it becomes vacant and make it a lower paid staff position. I’m prepared to vigorously oppose that action leading up to and when the attempt is made
Is librarianship a dying profession?
√ No
Demographics
This section asks for information about you specifically.
What part of the world are you in?
√ Southwestern US
What’s your region like?
√ Rural area
What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):
√ Academic Library
Are you a librarian?
√ Yes
Are you now or have you ever been:
√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise),
√ A member of a hiring or search committee
#1 #14 #25 #35 #books #GLAM #GLAMJobs #Librarian #librarians #libraries #Library #libraryHiring #libraryInterview #libraryJobs #libraryWork #libraryjobs #LIS #LISCareers #lisJobs