#libaries — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #libaries, aggregated by home.social.
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CW: U.S. Politics, Illinois, libraries, call to action
#CallToAction via Kelly Jensen: llinois folks: District 65–that's Evanston and Skokie–is planning to "reallocate" middle school librarians. In the midst of a literacy crisis and ongoing attacks on books, show up in support of librarians if you can tomorrow. (April 20th, 6PM)
#USPolitics #Illinois #Libaries #SchoolLibraries #Librarians #LetKidsRead #District65 #Evanston #Skokie
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CW: racism, bigotry
#TIL but not surprised that the Dewey Decimal Classification, like many old things, is racist and bigoted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification
On #literature: “literature in European languages takes the entire range from 810 through 889, while the entire rest of the world's literature is relegated to the 890s”.
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#DeweyDecimalClassification #DDC #libaries #LibraryAndInformationScience #LIS #racism #bigotry
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Report: "This N.J. Library System Eliminated Late Fees. The Idea Was One For the #Books" (via @NJcom) https://www.nj.com/burlington/2025/09/this-nj-library-system-eliminated-late-fees-the-idea-was-one-for-the-books.html #libaries #publiclibraries
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Whoa! I haven't been a member since getting my mlis but this is big!
"The Special Libraries Association (SLA), a global organization dedicated to supporting information professionals and specialized librarians, has announced it will begin a dissolution process after 116 years of service to the profession."
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NEW Preprint: “Estimating Global Article Processing Charges Paid to Six Publishers For Open Access Between 2019 and 2023” https://www.infodocket.com/2024/07/24/preprint-estimating-global-article-processing-charges-paid-to-six-publishers-for-open-access-between-2019-and-2023/ #scholcomm #libaries #publishing #apc
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When chyrons tell you all you need to know about a #NewsMedia company
#FoxNews is a propaganda outlet masquerading as a #News company waging a war on #libraries and #Libaries.
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Kudos to @torstenreimer and the @uchicago #library for their words and action in support of banned books.
https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/taking-a-stand-against-banned-books/"The #UChicago Library has started work to build the #BannedBooks Collection, an attempt to bring together all books banned in the United States…We have already a quarter of the more than 1,500 banned books…We will grow this collection and keep it up to date…Importantly, this will also be a collection for access, available to everyone."