Well, Heather McGee brought me to tears.

This framing knocked me out: The more we're willing to see the darkness in our past, "the more we are able to see the stars." The more we're able to see those who made moral choices against great odds.

#acrl2023

Husband thinks they should have offered ketchup shots & ketchup cocktails at the ACRL soiree at the Heinz History museum.

Librarians have done weirder things. #acrl2023

Multiple presenters at #acrl2023 have included variations on the phrase "I thought I should ask ChatGPT what they would say about [presentation topic]." What an odd cultural moment.

Eileen Joy at #acrl2023 is fucking literally everything up :blobhyperthink:

(in a good way)

Last one for now. The panel session this morning "Academic Library Leaders Discuss Difficult Topics" was fantastic. Great insights from Jee Davis, Trevor Dawes, and Violeta Ilik. It got me thinking about different approaches to having real and frank conversations about expectations toward transparency & communication. The session was hybrid, so it was recorded for re-viewing. #acrl2023

From the same panel session, I liked the advice from Matthew Shaw to say "Invest to advance" rather than "cost to support" and to consistently use "advance" rather than "support" to emphasize how the library moves the institution forward. #acrl2023

Hearing great examples, perspectives, and quotes at ACRL.
Some favorites:
In talking about describing library value, Wanda K. Brown called front-line workers the "keepers of the stories" due to their daily interactions with the students, with faculty. Love that framing. #acrl2023

a new one for me: seeing qualitative analysis done in airtable #acrl2023

Day 2 of @ACRL2023 in Pittsburgh, PA! #ACRL2023

^ The links to these labor-related sessions and posters at #ACRL2023 no longer work, but you can look them up by name at https://web.cvent.com/event/2c47cb63-a540-46a6-b561-c93f75c86d12/websitePage:0255683f-f371-48f4-9b60-516c3852ec3b

#LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions #VocationalAwe #PrisonLabor

RT @utpjournals
Learn more about #SubscribeToOpen and the Community of Practice by visiting booth #731 in the exhibit hall at #ACRL2023 starting March 15. While you are there, say hello to UTP’s Editorial and Production Manager, Sandra Shaw!

http://subscribetoopencommunity.org

#S2O @ALA_ACRL

#Librarians and #libraryworkers: Are you attending #ACRL2023? If so, come by room 411-412 at 1pm on Friday and learn about how you can benefit from participating in our First Draft Matchmaker initiative! #loveatfirstabstract

Do I know anyone going to #acrl2023 #acrl23 who teaches (or wants to be teaching) text analysis? I can't go (shoutout to #c4l23), but I work on https://constellate.org/ , a platform for learning & teaching text/data/coding. People use it to teach library-based workshops, integrate these skills w/faculty classes, and offer classes taught by our experts to their staff & community. Some of my colleagues will be at ACRL. Want an intro? Hit me up.

Only two weeks to go until @ACRL2023! Are you attending? Let us know! #ACRL2023

« The January issue of C&RL News is freely available - with great articles about connecting school and academic librarians, the ACRL 2023 candidates and a look at the #acrl2023 host city, Pittsburgh. https://bit.ly/3W6ZH6o https://t.co/D9SdG6d3nb »

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Labor-related sessions and posters at #ACRL2023 (part 2/2):

- Forged in Solidarity: Library Workers in Union Environments https://acrl2023.us2.pathable.com/meetings/c6dXuceNzn5xPgmzZ
- Power to the Librarians: Lessons Learned from Union Work https://acrl2023.us2.pathable.com/meetings/nBqvPCoZ8DYtRwErs
- The Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) and the Library: An Investigation into Prison Labor, Preferred Sourcing and Library Furniture https://acrl2023.us2.pathable.com/meetings/abm8KjrPBjJC3rLwD

#LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions #PrisonLabor

Labor-related sessions and posters at #ACRL2023 (part 1/2):

- Union University: A sustainable future for academic library workers https://acrl2023.us2.pathable.com/meetings/qM2ZuHmvgiNFdabQJ
- Librarian Unions — the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly https://acrl2023.us2.pathable.com/meetings/iLtQJCcHnJnDo3Bit
- Re-Shaping Vocation and Resilience Narratives in Academic Libraries https://acrl2023.us2.pathable.com/meetings/xaSLXWcryrnxHLZYn

#LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions #VocationalAwe