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"You are capable of anything because you are so bad at everything!" Everything Everywhere All At Once

Today, the Trump administration plans to release their full budget proposal for FY 2018. As expected, the proposal effectively eliminates federal library funding, including cutting the IMLS budget by 90%. You can read ALA’s statement here.

Ready to take action? Find out if your senators have signed the LSTA and IAL “Dear Appropriator” letters in support of federal library funding, and if not, give them a call today. There are talking points and background information available on our website or you can use the call script on 5calls.org.

ARGUING WITH FRONTLINE STAFF ABOUT PROPER CATALOGING

Falling in Love with Hominids

Nalo Hopkinson (Brown Girl in the Ring, Skin Folk) has been widely hailed as a highly significant voice in Caribbean and American fiction...

I have read this and now I have to go find more by Nalo! 

"A life lived in a simulation is still a life." Emily St John Mandel, Sea of Tranquillity

"Sometimes information about the Library gets out" she said slowly. 'not just in conversations like this. Librarians are observed, or they talk too much, or maybe the Fae are involved." … "And often when this does happen, this information ends up being recorded in works of - well, fiction."

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Is Looking for a Librarian

weekend plans 📚 (📷: @mywhisperedcolors)