Join me Wednesday @ 6pm EST/5pm CST when #MusComEnt celebrates #NationalLibraryWeek with “The Breakfast Club” (1985). Available on N*tflix and for free here (https://tinyurl.com/4mc6wxah)
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Thanks for tuning in! If you can drop by #SatMat for a #PreCodeApril horror double feature (info https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/114369901757011894) + next week #MusComEnt celebrates #NationalLibraryWeek with “The Breakfast Club” (1985) & #RetroView kicks off #AANHPIMonth with “Always Be My Maybe” (2019). Enjoy the rest of your week

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, why not?) Day 15/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? They develop collections, through purchases, donations, and sleuthing through book fairs & auction.

#NationalLibraryWeek (month, why not?) Day 10/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? They participate in #InstitutionalGovernance. For PACSCL, this means folks run for the Board of Directors. Here's this year's candidates: https://pacscl.org/2025-pacscl-board-candidates/

American Library Association challenges Trump cuts in court, as #libraries face new tests

National Library Week doesn't generate significant political attention, but thanks to Trump & #DOGE, this yr's not like most.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/american-library-association-challenges-trump-cuts-court-libraries-fac-rcna200845?cid=eml_maddow_20250411&user_email=735ea60b869944de4ca894a31933dd24f17302de0ed1d99d06b799e8020520d6

#TechSoup's CEO Marnie @webb wrote this piece five years ago, and all the reasons to love and fight for #libraries is still true today.

Read more, via the #TechSoupBlog: http://spr.ly/6186FLvTO

From @internetarchive on Blsky : "How does #Wikipedia stay reliable? Dame Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight explains how the #WaybackMachine helps preserve verifiable references when sources vanish from the web.

Full video youtu.be/u8MAJ76sawU

#LibraryAdvocacy #InternetArchive #NationalLibraryWeek
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#digitalpreservation #web

Friendly reminder: It's national library week.

Please consider the ways you can protect the #FreedomtoRead and #libraries as a vital institution essential for preserving #democracy.

New on our #library #blog: "April 6 to April 12, 2025 is National Library Week. Here are some books about libraries and librarians."
https://libraryguides.berea.edu/blog/April-6-to-April-12-2025-is-National-Library-Week-Here-are-some-books-about-libraries-and-libra

#books #reading #libraries #NationalLibraryWeek

Through EveryLibrary’s advocacy, $5 can help return up to $8,000 in funding to libraries under threat.

Historically, EveryLibrary has delivered $1,600 in library funding for every $1 donated.

This National Library Week, turn your daily coffee into a powerful act of library advocacy.

Make an impact today: https://www.everylibrary.org/rapid

Here's the inscription on the facade of Boston Public Library's McKim Building: "The commonwealth requires the education of the people as the safeguard of order and liberty." #nationallibraryweek

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮:

It doesn't really matter if your library has a book handy: it has inter-library loans! You can get a book from anywhere the library is networked! Just ask! (That bestseller, too.)

What a great #library success story! Since it’s #NationalLibraryWeek, I supported my own #NewJersey township library — the Cherry Hill Public Library — by renewing my Friends of the Library membership at the “Benefactor” level.

How did YOU support #libraries today?

From: @everylibrary
https://mastodon.social/@everylibrary/114303877369634254

Question of the Day: In honor of #nationallibraryweek, what do you love about your local library?

Libraries need legal champions in the digital age.

At Georgetown Law's iPIP Clinic, future lawyers are stepping up to defend access, equity & preservation. Internet Archive's senior policy counsel, Lila Bailey, explains why that matters now more than ever: https://blog.archive.org/2025/04/08/defending-libraries-in-the-digital-age-lila-bailey-calls-for-library-legal-champions-at-georgetown-laws-ipip-clinic-celebration/

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮:

What are you studying for? Need some practice tests and guides? Most libraries have databases and networks for GMAT, AP, IB, SAT, and dozens of others! (and still free!)

Been meaning to get a library card? Do it now, and celebrate #NationalLibraryWeek with events every day: https://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek

It's #NationalLibraryWeek y'all! Where are all my #hamradio clubs that meet in #libraries? Y'all better make some #goodtrouble and noise to your legislators to restore funding! You may lose your meeting place. #AmateurRadio #amateurradioclub
https://ilovelibraries.org/national-library-week/