Author Archive: Heather Cho

Top 10 Tweets—Tuesday Edition

By Heather Cho | June 26, 2018

You wore your nice socks. dressed up fancy in my @OutofPrintTees banned books #socks for the last day of #alaac18 pic.twitter.com/QABM6rzfZu — Louisa Lebwohl (@llebwohl) June 26, 2018 You made it to the Closing General Session. https://twitter.com/kjanek/status/1011629531881525248 And you’re happy you did. Almost in tears listening to @violadavis tell us how libraries provide access to … Continue reading Top 10 Tweets—Tuesday Edition →

Top 10 Tweets—Monday Edition

By Heather Cho | June 25, 2018

You on a Monday. #alaac18 #MondayMorning 8:30AM sessions actual footage pic.twitter.com/9jgnvX5Wrp — Katherine Ahnberg📚 (@teach_research) June 25, 2018 You asking an important question. With 36 hours of conferencing left, I just shipped 30 lbs. of books to myself. How did this happen? 🤦🏾‍♀️ #ALAac18 #ocpsreads #SummerReading — Ms. Garner (@GarnerDP) June 25, 2018 … Continue reading Top 10 Tweets—Monday Edition →

Top 10 Tweets—Sunday Edition

By Heather Cho | June 24, 2018

You can squeeze a lot into a morning when you start at 4 a.m. Good coffee, great colleagues, and ALA Council make for a memorable #alaac18! pic.twitter.com/906c3lBkuL — SamHelmick (@GeometricRabbit) June 24, 2018 You talked to a conference newbie. Conference newbie: I’ve never seen so much rainbow hair before!Me: Just wait until you get to … Continue reading Top 10 Tweets—Sunday Edition →

Top 10 Tweets—Saturday Edition

By Heather Cho | June 23, 2018

You’ve gotten used to the New Orleans weather. New Orleans has me like #alaac18 pic.twitter.com/JXLI56qqdn — Matthew Noe is at #ALAAC18 (@NoetheMatt) June 23, 2018 You brought your fashion game. #librarianfashion #alaac18 pic.twitter.com/4ktvbPhVC6 — Erin Schramm (@PaperPickles) June 23, 2018 You ate a good breakfast. Praline bacon? Oh good lord, New Orleans, and yes please! … Continue reading Top 10 Tweets—Saturday Edition →

Top 10 Tweets—Friday Edition

By Heather Cho | June 22, 2018

You’re ready for Annual to start. Or maybe you feel like this. This is my OMG-I-won-the-Newbery-Medal-and-now-I’m-on-my-way-to-#ALAAC18-WTH-is-happening-right-now face. #ALA18 pic.twitter.com/C3pl90vr0v — Erin Entrada Kelly (@erinkellytweets) June 22, 2018 You are psyched for all the sessions. Awwww yyeeaaahh #alaac18 pic.twitter.com/qFs7FE0vCM — Tasha Nins (@TashaCMN) June 22, 2018 It's begun! #alaac18 #diversity #equity #inclusion pic.twitter.com/YRfFPsVukH — J ChaCha … Continue reading Top 10 Tweets—Friday Edition →

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Sadie Trombetta writes: “Libraries provide essential resources to children and adults all across the country. Not only do they grant free access to books, computers, and other educational resources, but they preserve history, protect the truth, connect communities, and provide refuge to those who need it. Modern day librarians act as public servants, record keepers, academic scholars, information professionals, community builders, fundraisers, and so much more.”

Bustle, July 20
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Joseph Esposito writes: “In an attempt to improve the quality of data on the book industry, Ithaka S+R has released a preliminary report on book acquisition patterns in academic libraries. Katherine Daniel of Ithaka summarizes the report, prepared by Daniel, Roger Schonfeld, and myself. This project was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In this blog post I review some of the implications of the report, comment on its preliminary status, and explain how it came to be.”

The Scholarly Kitchen, July 23
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Marcus Gilmer writes: “There are bad takes, and then there’s the take by Forbes contributor Panos Mourdoukoutas (chair of the Long Island University Department of Economics) that local libraries should be replaced by Amazon bookstores. Some of the reasons he offers: Libraries don’t have as many public events as they used to, people go to places like Starbucks to read, and technology makes physical books obsolete.” Twitter was happy to push back on these specious arguments.

Mashable, July 22
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Shatha Baydoun writes: “There are a few occasions in one’s career that are groundbreaking. Being selected to represent Wayne State University as a Student-to-Staff at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference was such an occasion for me. Between June 21–26, I attended my first conference as an LIS student at New Orleans. I was assigned to the International Relations Office. The choice was serendipitous since I am of Lebanese descent with roots in Sierra Leone and living in Dearborn, Michigan.”

ALA Membership blog, July 20
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Casey Stepaniuk writes: “Looking for Muslim romance novels? You’ve come to the right place! Here are 10 of the best Muslim romance novels in which one or more of the main characters identifies as Muslim. I have, however, erred on the side of highlighting books that are also by Muslim authors. I’ve also tried to choose books with a range of characters from diverse ethnic and national backgrounds. Some are contemporary, some are YA, and one is historical.”

Book Riot, July 19
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Beth Cramer and John Boyd write: “After working for 26 years as academic librarians, we have reached a point in our careers where we are right-sizing professionally and personally. This year, Appalachian State University granted us a nine-month contract, enabling us to pursue our dream of cycling across the US from Washington, D.C., to Astoria, Oregon. Along the way, we are visiting public libraries, taking photos, and making notes about library services and programming, in particular services available to bicycle tourists and other non-residents.”

OUPblog, July 19
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Chris Hoffman writes: “Losing your hardware is bad enough, but what happens to your personal data? Could a thief with your phone, tablet, or laptop access your apps and files? It depends on the device you lost—unfortunately, most Windows PCs aren’t encrypted. Thieves can always erase your device and keep using it—unless you enable something like Activation Lock on an iPhone or iPad—but they can’t get at your personal data if your device’s storage is encrypted.”

How-To Geek, July 20

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