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NLISN<p>Worth a share: A video from 'Autism Career Pathways' featuring Lauren the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Librarian%E2%AC%87%EF%B8%8F" target="_blank">#Librarian⬇️</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zglfZn5bak" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgl...</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Library" target="_blank">#Library</a> 📚 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LibraryWorker" target="_blank">#LibraryWorker</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Neurodivergent" target="_blank">#Neurodivergent</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Neurodiversity" target="_blank">#Neurodiversity</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Employment" target="_blank">#Employment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Workplace" target="_blank">#Workplace</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HiddenDisability" target="_blank">#HiddenDisability</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Autism" target="_blank">#Autism</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Autistic" target="_blank">#Autistic</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zglfZn5bak" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Lauren the Autistic Librarian</a></p>
oneinchheroes<p>Chief Librarian Mephiston of the Blood Angels I finished recently. Lot of fun, dynamic movement in this piece!<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bloodangels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloodangels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/minis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minis</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/minipainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minipainting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/paintingwarhammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paintingwarhammer</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/warhammer40K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warhammer40K</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/40k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>40k</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/scalemodeler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scalemodeler</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/tabletop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tabletop</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/wargames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wargames</span></a></p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>Hiring Librarians Podcast S02b E13: Talkin Union with Jaime&nbsp;Taylor</strong></p><p>We’re back!</p><p>After an unintentionally long break, we’re back. Let’s consider this Season 2b.</p><p>This episode my guest is Jaime Taylor. Jaime is a contributing person-who-hires-library-workers on the <a href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/category/further-questions/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Further Questions feature</a> here on Hiring Librarians (which returns tomorrow), the Discovery &amp; Resource Management Systems Coordinator at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts, a proud union member, AND a coordinator of library staff working in THREE different unions. On this episode of the hiring librarians podcast, we’re talking about unions, hiring, getting hired, and what exactly systems librarians do anyway. I hope you enjoy and <a href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/hiring-librarians/contact/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">I’d love to hear your thoughts on the topic</a>. </p><p>An AI-generated and not completely error free <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/129aoA8giq0T2cUyUZ6tXc4KBke2mtU1j5INDZspm-uU/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">transcript is here</a>.</p><p>Speaking of links, in this episode we talk about: </p><ul><li><a href="https://umassmsp.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Massachusetts Society of Professors</a> (MSP)&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://umasspsu.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Professional Staff Union of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Boston</a> (PSU)</li><li><a href="https://www.umass.edu/hr/labor-relations/collective-bargaining-agreements-cbas/usamtanea" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">University Staff Association</a> (USA)</li><li><a href="https://www.asme.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">American Society of Mechanical Engineers</a> (ASME)</li><li><a href="https://www.massteacher.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Massachusetts Teachers Association</a> (MTA)</li><li><a href="https://www.nea.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">National Education Association</a> (NEA)</li><li>Jorts (and Jean) <a href="https://x.com/JortsTheCat/status/1494459747247878144" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">One Step for Each Paw Four Steps to Form a Union</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.dc37.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">DC37</a> (New York City Public Employee Union)</li><li><a href="https://uaw.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America</a> (UAW)</li><li><a href="https://www.seiu.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Service Employees International Union</a> (SEIU)</li><li>And you’ll hear three different commercials for my <a href="https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1484" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">upcoming class through ALA CORE</a> which runs August 4 through August 29, 2025</li></ul><p>This podcast is available on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7iF73zo1jeGQ2Gh0i9lFk2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hiring-librarians/id1722140219" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7iV7io42YcgsolZXXSjbAzgC3lTWtfBY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">YouTube music</a> and other various podcasting sites (let me know if you can’t find it on your preferred platform). </p><p>I’d love to hear your requests or other feedback for moving forward. And please do reach out if you want to be a guest!</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-careers/" target="_blank">#libraryCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-unions/" target="_blank">#LibraryUnions</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/liscareers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/unions/" target="_blank">#Unions</a></p>
rowmyboat<p>I road three different bikes &amp; rowed two boats today. Maintaining my title of Only <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarian</span></a> Who Gets Picked First at Kickball. <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/rowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rowing</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a></p><p>(Retired Yeti ProFRO mtb, Redline cross bike, ANT box bike cycletruck; not new/not too old Vespoli mid weight 8+, 2023 Vespoli lightweight 4x)</p>
DidierdeschampsmagnetiquesLibrarian in Terminator Armour<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/paintingwarhammer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paintingwarhammer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/spacemarine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spacemarine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/warhammer40000?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warhammer40000</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/warhammercommunity?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warhammercommunity</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/librarian?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#librarian</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/librarianinterminatorarmour?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#librarianinterminatorarmour</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/terminator?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terminator</a>
Kurio 🌱<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sunny.garden/@brook" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>brook</span></a></span> this is a very useful concept! :blob3c: I'll check all my bookmarks later. Sharing this site saved on my phone, I'm sure somebody on fedi posted it but I don't remember who:</p><p><a href="https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">antiquepatternlibrary.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Also I am aware there are various online open scientific paper and data repositories but I'd have to check them first to confirm free access, download availability, etc.</p><p>Maybe a trained <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> could help the project suggesting links with more general information resources. :blobclipboard:</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/informationprofessionals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>informationprofessionals</span></a></p>
Canada News Beep<p>In Divided Times, Picture Books Connect</p><p>“Connection is really the thing that we’re leaning into with this batch of picture books,” …<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/BloomsburyChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomsburyChildren</span></a>’sBooks <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/CA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CA</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/collectiondevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collectiondevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/FreeSpiritPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpiritPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/GroundwoodBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GroundwoodBooks</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/jlg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jlg</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/JuniorLibraryGuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorLibraryGuild</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/picturebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>picturebooks</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/readingcategories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readingcategories</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/readinglevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readinglevels</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reviews</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SchoolLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SchoolLibraryJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLibraryJournal</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEL</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SequoiaKidsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SequoiaKidsMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/sponsored" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sponsored</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/TuttlePublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TuttlePublishing</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/14464/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/ca/14464/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
United States News Beep<p>In Divided Times, Picture Books Connect</p><p>“Connection is really the thing that we’re leaning into w…<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/BloomsburyChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomsburyChildren</span></a>’sBooks <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/collectiondevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collectiondevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/FreeSpiritPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpiritPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/GroundwoodBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GroundwoodBooks</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/jlg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jlg</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/JuniorLibraryGuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorLibraryGuild</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/picturebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>picturebooks</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/readingcategories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readingcategories</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/readinglevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readinglevels</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reviews</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SchoolLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SchoolLibraryJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLibraryJournal</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEL</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SequoiaKidsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SequoiaKidsMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/sponsored" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sponsored</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/TuttlePublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TuttlePublishing</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/27153/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/us/27153/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Canada News Beep<p>In Divided Times, Picture Books Connect</p><p>“Connection is really the thing that we’re leaning into with this batch of picture books,” …<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/BloomsburyChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomsburyChildren</span></a>’sBooks <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/CA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CA</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/collectiondevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collectiondevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/FreeSpiritPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpiritPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/GroundwoodBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GroundwoodBooks</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/jlg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jlg</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/JuniorLibraryGuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorLibraryGuild</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/picturebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>picturebooks</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/readingcategories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readingcategories</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/readinglevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readinglevels</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reviews</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SchoolLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SchoolLibraryJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLibraryJournal</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEL</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SequoiaKidsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SequoiaKidsMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/sponsored" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sponsored</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/TuttlePublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TuttlePublishing</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/13856/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/ca/13856/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/81698/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/81698/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> In Divided Times, Picture Books Connect <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BloomsburyChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomsburyChildren</span></a>’sBooks <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CollectionDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollectionDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreeSpiritPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpiritPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GroundwoodBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GroundwoodBooks</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/jlg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jlg</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JuniorLibraryGuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorLibraryGuild</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PictureBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PictureBooks</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ReadingCategories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingCategories</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ReadingLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingLevels</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reviews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SchoolLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SchoolLibraryJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLibraryJournal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEL</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SequoiaKidsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SequoiaKidsMedia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sponsored" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sponsored</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TuttlePublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TuttlePublishing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
NLISN<p>The slides from this event are now up on our website: <a href="https://nlisn.org/events/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">nlisn.org/events/</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Librarian" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Research" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Neurodiversity" target="_blank">#Neurodiversity</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Employment" target="_blank">#Employment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Workplace" target="_blank">#Workplace</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Equality" target="_blank">#Equality</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Diversity" target="_blank">#Diversity</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Inclusive" target="_blank">#Inclusive</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23EDI" target="_blank">#EDI</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ecwkd7xnxmxy2xjk7jvshywc/post/3lrs4ssm7s22n" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ecwkd7xnxmxy2xjk7jvshywc/post/3lrs4ssm7s22n</a></span></p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“the administration wants to eliminate a librarian position the next time it becomes vacant and make it a lower paid staff&nbsp;position”</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>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 </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>.&nbsp;</em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>Institution website and sometimes Indeed</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Other: Yes and no. If the institution does post it, they hide behind using the matrix indicator and not the actual dollar amount</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates?&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ N/A – we don’t hire librarians</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>Not enough applicable experience. Doesn’t have to be library experience, but needs to have transferable skills.</p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>√ Other: Morning the part, but I’ve asked to do so in current and future postings</p><p><strong>If you provide interview questions before the interview, how far in advance?</strong></p><p>Plan to provide the day before</p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ No, and I don’t think we ever have</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ None:&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ Other: I would if asked. This is something I would explore doing proactively in future postings</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>Follow instructions of application process/provide a complete application package</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is:&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Teachable </p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>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.</em></strong></p><p><strong>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?</strong></p><p>Coordinator of Library Services</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Within the last three months</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ 25 or fewer</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ more than 75%</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Applicable experience and education </p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 0-10</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 3-4</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 1</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ There are the same number of positions</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>√ 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</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Southwestern US</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Rural area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Academic Library&nbsp; </p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been:&nbsp;</strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise), </p><p>√ A member of a hiring or search committee </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam/" target="_blank">#GLAM</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraryjobs/" target="_blank">#libraryjobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis/" target="_blank">#LIS</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/70141/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/70141/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Juliet Menéndez On Reinvention and Revolution Through Children’s Books | The 2025 Stars Issue <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authors</span></a>&amp;Illustrators <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BestOf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BestOf</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CollectionDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollectionDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Illustrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illustrator</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/jlg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jlg</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JulietMenendez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JulietMenendez</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JuniorLibraryGuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorLibraryGuild</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Latinitas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Latinitas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Latinx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Latinx</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MargaritaEngle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MargaritaEngle</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ReadingCategories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingCategories</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ReadingLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingLevels</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SchoolLibraryJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLibraryJournal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StarredBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarredBook</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stars</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StarsSoFar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarsSoFar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
United States News Beep<p>Rory Power: Flipping the Script on Whodunit in ‘Kill Creatures’ | Stars So Far 2025</p><p>Bestselling author&nbsp;Rory Power’s new YA novel&nbsp;Kill Creatures&nbsp;is a tour de force of teenage friendship, crushes, and reve…<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/2025StarsSoFar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2025StarsSoFar</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/collectiondevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collectiondevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/jlg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jlg</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/JuniorLibraryGuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniorLibraryGuild</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/q" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>q</span></a>&amp;a <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/readingcategories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readingcategories</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/readinglevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readinglevels</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/RoryPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoryPower</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/SchoolLibraryJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLibraryJournal</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stars</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/YA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YA</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/15904/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/us/15904/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Scott Pfitzinger<p>Tonight it's the 3rd movie in the Librarian Trilogy: The Librarian III: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)! It's a great one and has something for everyone, like The Princess Bride. It's streaming free pretty much everywhere.</p><p>"A mild-mannered scholar scours mystical New Orleans to find an ancient silver cup, rumored to have the power to bring a Romanian vampire back to life."</p><p>It stars Noah Wyle, Bruce Davison, Stana Katic, Bob Newhart, &amp; Jane Curtin.</p><p>Directed by Jonathan Frakes.</p><p>Music by Joseph LoDuca.</p><p><a href="https://tubitv.com/movies/526872/the-librarian-curse-of-the-judas-chalice" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tubitv.com/movies/526872/the-l</span><span class="invisible">ibrarian-curse-of-the-judas-chalice</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> 🎬 <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NowWatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NowWatching</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a></p>
Scott Pfitzinger<p>Tonight is #2 in the Librarian movies: The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006) is free to stream almost everywhere.</p><p>This time librarian-turned-adventurer Flynn Carsen endeavors to find King Solomon's mines.</p><p>It stars Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin, Olympia Dukakis, &amp; Erick Avari.</p><p>Directed by Jonathan Frakes (William Riker), who also directed all the other Librarian productions and many other things.</p><p>Music by Joseph LoDuca, who also composed the music for the first one.</p><p><a href="https://tubitv.com/movies/526874/the-librarian-return-to-king-solomon-s-mines" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tubitv.com/movies/526874/the-l</span><span class="invisible">ibrarian-return-to-king-solomon-s-mines</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> 🎬 <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NowWatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NowWatching</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librarian</span></a></p>
Hiring Librarians<p><strong>“It’s offered but it’s their responsibility to reach out afterward to&nbsp;ask”</strong></p><p><strong><em>Please note: </em></strong><em>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 </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQhOVjdHaWxMTnwt1iGhoD0CICsewzzmX5ryqI2B2AJC_wmQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>filling out the survey here</em></a><em>.&nbsp;</em></p><p><strong><strong>Current Hiring Practices and Organizational Needs</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>These questions are about your current hiring practices in general – the way things have been run the last year or two (or three).</em></strong></p><p><strong>Where do you advertise your job listings?</strong></p><p>Partnership Job Board, Indeed, YMCA Job Board, LinkedIn, Town’s Website, Library’s Website, FB, Instagram, LIS School Job Boards (Western University and Toronto iSchool)</p><p><strong>Do you notice a difference in application quality based on where the applicant saw the job ad?</strong></p><p>Yes – Indeed is often the worst quality. Often no cover letters and a ton of spam.</p><p><strong>Do you include salary in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Do you use keyword matching or any automation tools to reduce the number of applications a human reads while considering candidates?&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you consider candidates who don’t meet all the requirements listed in the job ad?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Does your workplace require experience for entry-level librarian positions? (Officially or unofficially…)</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>What is the current most common reason for disqualifying an applicant without an interview?</strong></p><p>Meet no requirements, have to relocate (depends on the job and how fast we need to fill it)</p><p><strong>Does your organization use one-way interviews? (Sometimes also called asynchronous or recorded interviews)</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Do you provide interview questions before the interview?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>√ Other: Sometimes</p><p><strong>If you provide interview questions before the interview, how far in advance?</strong></p><p>24 hours</p><p><strong>Does your interview process include taking the candidate out for a meal?</strong></p><p>√ No, and I don’t think we ever have</p><p><strong>How much of your interview process is virtual?</strong></p><p>√ Other: Only if the candidate requests it</p><p><strong>Do you (or does your organization) give candidates feedback about applications or interview performance?</strong></p><p>√ Other: It’s offered but it’s their responsibility to reach out afterward to ask</p><p><strong>What is the most important thing for a job hunter to do in order to improve their hirability?</strong></p><p>No chapter book applications. Less corporate jargon, use the cover letter to advertise who YOU are and why you love libraries. Don’t just focus on the hard skills or what you think we want to hear.</p><p><strong>I want to hire someone who is:&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Adaptable</p><p><strong><strong>Your Last Recruitment</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>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.</em></strong></p><p><strong>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?</strong></p><p>Coordinator, Programming &amp;Outreach</p><p><strong>When was this position hired?</strong></p><p>√ Within the last three months</p><p><strong>Approximately how many people applied for this position?</strong></p><p>√ 25 or fewer</p><p><strong>Approximately what percentage of those would you say were hirable?</strong></p><p>√ 25% or less</p><p><strong>And how would you define “hirable”?</strong></p><p>Meet the basic requirements</p><p><strong>How did the recruitment for this position compare with recruitments in previous years?</strong></p><p>More applications, more qualified people but many who were very demanding in terms of work from home and more pay despite minimal experience</p><p><strong><strong>Your Workplace</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about your workplace, including if you have lost positions in the last decade.</em></strong></p><p><strong>How many staff members are at your library/organization?</strong></p><p>√ 10-50</p><p><strong>Are you unionized?</strong></p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time job openings has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 2</p><p><strong>How many permanent, full time librarian (or other “professional” level) jobs has your workplace posted in the last year?</strong></p><p>√ 1</p><p><strong>Can you tell us how the number of permanent, full-time positions at your workplace has changed over the past decade?</strong></p><p>√ There are more positions</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with part-time or hourly workers over the past decade?</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Have any full-time librarian positions been replaced with non-librarian, lower paid staff positions over the past decade?</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>√ No</p><p><strong>Is librarianship a dying profession?</strong></p><p>√ No </p><p><strong><strong>Demographics</strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This section asks for information about you specifically.</em></strong></p><p><strong>What part of the world are you in?</strong></p><p>√ Canada</p><p><strong>What’s your region like?</strong></p><p>√ Rural area</p><p><strong>What type of institution do you hire for (check all that apply):</strong></p><p>√ Public Library&nbsp;</p><p><strong>What type(s) of LIS professionals do you hire?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Cataloguers, children’s librarians, tech services (website, digital literacy support), CEO</p><p><strong>Are you a librarian?</strong></p><p>√ Yes</p><p><strong>Are you now or have you ever been:&nbsp;</strong></p><p>√ A hiring manager (you are hiring people that you will directly or indirectly supervise) </p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/1/" target="_blank">#1</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/14/" target="_blank">#14</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/25/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/35/" target="_blank">#35</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/books/" target="_blank">#books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/glam-jobs/" target="_blank">#GLAMJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarian/" target="_blank">#Librarian</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/librarians/" target="_blank">#librarians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-hiring/" target="_blank">#libraryHiring</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-interview/" target="_blank">#libraryInterview</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-jobs/" target="_blank">#libraryJobs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/library-work/" target="_blank">#libraryWork</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-careers/" target="_blank">#LISCareers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://hiringlibrarians.com/tag/lis-jobs/" target="_blank">#lisJobs</a></p>
Brian E. Young (he/him) 🌈<p>"Bombshell records expose political plot to oust rural Georgia librarian over LGBTQ+ book" </p><p><a href="https://www.advocate.com/news/georgia-librarian-fired-political-influence" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">advocate.com/news/georgia-libr</span><span class="invisible">arian-fired-political-influence</span></a></p><p>&gt; Behind the scenes, Pierce County officials shared conservative social media posts and strategized LaVonnia Moore’s removal after she displayed a book about a trans child at the public library.</p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>georgia</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a></p>
Scott Pfitzinger<p>Tonight's movie is The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004). It's free to stream pretty much everywhere. It's a fun movie; campy, sometimes silly, and a bit like Indiana Jones, but more academic.</p><p>It stars Noah Wyle, Sonya Walger, Bob Newhart, Kyle MacLachlan, Kelly Hu, Jane Curtin, &amp; Olympia Dukakis.</p><p>Directed by Peter Winther</p><p>Music by Joseph LoDuca</p><p><a href="https://tubitv.com/movies/527553/the-librarian-quest-for-the-spear" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tubitv.com/movies/527553/the-l</span><span class="invisible">ibrarian-quest-for-the-spear</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> 🎬 <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NowWatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NowWatching</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a></p>
Michael Meckler<p>Classics librarian job: The University of Cincinnati Libraries seek to fill the position of Head of the John Miller Burnam Classics Library. The Head of the Classics Library provides services to the internationally recognized Classics Department, researchers, faculty, and students. The successful candidate for this tenure track position will continue to enhance the library’s reputation as a world-class, top-ranking research library for Classics scholars at UC and globally.</p><p>(On a personal note, I can vouch that this is one of the top Classics libraries in the US. It has an individual endowment that has enabled it to maintain a vigorous acquisition policy in an era of library funding cuts.)</p><p>More information at the link below.<br> <a href="https://jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinnati-Head-of-the-John-Miller-Burnam%2C-UCL-Classics-Librarian-OH-45201/1281640300/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinnati-Hea</span><span class="invisible">d-of-the-John-Miller-Burnam%2C-UCL-Classics-Librarian-OH-45201/1281640300/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AcademicJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicJobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Cincinnati" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cincinnati</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClassicalAntiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalAntiquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ClassicalArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalArchaeology</span></a></p>