Top 10 Tweets — Monday (Day 4)

By Crystal Carrazco | June 27, 2017

With conference winding down, it’s time to say goodbye to all our friends and time to get ready for tomorrow’s closing speaker, Hillary Clinton!

You get very inspired by every speaker at #alaac17.

My last session at my first ALA conference is done. Lots of great ideas from sessions, vendors & friends. Was fantastic! #alaac17

— A. Fickert Paterek (@TrainingPassion) June 26, 2017

Especially from people like Rep. John Lewis.

If @repjohnlewis can leave #ALAAC17 & get right back out there at the Capitol tonight, we are ALL capable of necessary action. #goodtrouble

— Wendy Stephens (@wsstephens) June 27, 2017

You leave the exhibit floor with amazing ARCs and art!

https://twitter.com/gerry_mcdade/status/879536113760776197

You realize that your guest may have made more friends than you did.

Made it through #alaac17 and met tons of cool authors. My baby might have made more new friends than I did though… #babybrarian pic.twitter.com/0eUEKxfgSH

— Celeste Rhoads (@CelesteMRhoads) June 27, 2017

You begin planning for Hillary Clinton’s closing session.

https://twitter.com/winelibrarian/status/879512076624048130

… or begin heading to the airport.

On our way to the airport #alaac17 pic.twitter.com/4Qo5MO85rR

— FrenchComix (@FrenchComix) June 26, 2017

And once you arrive at the airport, you get treated like a celebrity.

A flight attendant legit asked me if I was a celebrity on my way back from #ALAAC17 because of my sunglasses. I assume he was imagining pic.twitter.com/mkiRZgayZ4

— Bri Lockhart (@bri_lockhart) June 27, 2017

When land you get several cuddles from your cat.

Tucker was definitely glad to see me after #alaac17 pic.twitter.com/9k5feHYuZv

— Kristen Whitson (@kwhitson525) June 27, 2017

And at the end of the day, you feel successful but tired.

I survived my first #alaac17! Thank you so much to everyone for such an amazing conference! I GOT TO HUG AWESOME FOLKS.

— Summer Heacock (@Fizzygrrl) June 26, 2017

https://twitter.com/tollula8/status/879551113304956928

To #alaleftbehind, you’re here in spirit!

I am #alaleftearly so I am missing @HillaryClinton tomorrow #alaac17 @alaannual Please send some pics!

— Kyle K. Courtney (@KyleKCourtney) June 27, 2017

CRYSTAL CARRAZCO is a membership/marketing assistant at the American Library Association.

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Daniel M. Rothschild writes: “Discussions of reading habits typically break down, at least in the first instance, along the binary of fiction and nonfiction. If you ask most people what they read, they’ll give you some version of ‘mostly fiction’ or ‘mostly nonfiction.’ I write today in praise of a third genre that few self-respecting intellectuals admit to reading regularly, though many do: the reference book. Real reference books are unpretentious, which is part of their charm. You as the reader can make them comply with the demands of your knowledge, intellect, and time constraints, not vice versa.”

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Kurt Schlosser writes: “All tech-enabled systems and services are back up and running at Seattle Public Library this week, roughly three months after a ransomware attack impaired services at the institution and its 27 branches across the city. Cybersecurity experts are praising some of the steps taken to protect against future attacks. The breach over Memorial Day weekend affected access to staff and public computers, online catalog and loaning systems, ebooks and e-audiobooks, in-building WiFi, the library website, and more.” The library said it will issue a public report later this year but it has revealed some steps taken to prevent future attacks.

GeekWire, Sept. 5; Seattle Public Library, Sept. 3
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Matt Hudson writes: “Great Falls (Mont.) Public Library Board of Trustees voted September 5 to approve a counter-proposal to a city plan to [cut seven mills of library funding that have been in place since 1993]. The board’s proposal would reduce funding by 2.5 mills, or about $300,000 annually.” The city had proposed reducing funding from seven to 3.5 mills for two years and eliminating it after that. This funding is separate from an increase approved by voters last year, but “library representatives have said that the 2023 campaign was based on keeping the seven mills in place.”

Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Sept. 8; American Libraries feature, Jan./Feb., 2024
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Caitlyn Byrd writes: “Last year, Angelina Davenport ignited a firestorm in Berkeley County (S.C.), launching a sweeping challenge that targeted 93 books in the district’s school libraries—all in a single day. Now, with an open school board seat up for grabs, Davenport is making her next move, complete with a campaign logo that features a stack of six books.” In Nebraska, Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Terri Cunningham-Swanson, who was recalled from the Plattsmouth Community School District Board in January after she attempted to have more than 50 books removed from school libraries, to the Nebraska Library Commission.

Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), Sept. 5; KOLN-TV (Lincoln, Neb.), Sept. 6
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Steve Tetreault writes: “Educators face more pressure and push-back than at any point I can recall. Decision-makers at the national, state, and local levels resist the idea of educators as trained professionals. Too many parents feel entitled to dictate every second of students’ lives, both in and out of the classroom. Even students exhibit widespread attitudes of disrespect and disdain for school. In short: Education is in a dark age. But within that darkness, there are points of light. We are each a star. And if we are willing to connect with others, we can create fabulous constellations.”

Knowledge Quest, Sept. 9
3d

“Choice and LibTech Insights have published a white paper that offers an innovative framework for AI literacy, developed by Sandy Hervieux and Amanda Wheatley, two librarians from McGill University in Montreal with extensive experience in artificial intelligence (AI) and librarianship (long before the wave of generative AI). ‘Building an AI Literacy Framework: Perspectives from Instruction Librarians and Current Information Literacy Tools’ integrates interviews with many librarians on the ground who are teaching AI and AI literacy to highlight the shortcomings of current models and the needs a new one must address.”

Choice 360 LibTech Insights, Sept. 4
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Betsy Gomez writes: “Award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay has been named honorary chair for Banned Books Week 2024, which takes place September 22–28. DuVernay will be joined by youth honorary chair Julia Garnett, a student activist who fought book bans in her home state of Tennessee. A staunch advocate for education and free expression, DuVernay directed two films inspired by frequently banned books: A Wrinkle in Time and Origin. Garnett has been honored for her advocacy for the freedom to read by First Lady Jill Biden and is a leader in the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Student Advocates for Speech program, educating other students about advocacy.”

Intellectual Freedom Blog, Sept. 6

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