Jeremy Johannesen

Executive Director of the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies. Tweeting about library issues. Tweets are mine alone.

[Jeremy Johannesen @COSLA_XD]

Listen, when you set up your Doodle poll to schedule a meeting, no more than 1.5 times the number of invited participants as time options. #Doodle (Otherwise I'll wait until everyone else votes and only look at the most popular options...) #rules

[gabehudson @gabehudson]

Kurt Vonnegut on librarians & how they are the America he loves

[Stacked Librarian @StckedLibrarian]

Librarians are not forcing anything on children.

Except maybe:
Love
Empathy
Kindness
Knowledge
Understanding
Respect
Forgiveness
Tolerance
Compassion
Trust
Self-Love
Patience
Sympathy
Awareness
Optimism
Critical Thinking
Generosity
Hope
Well-Being

WAIT—

Those are bad things?!?

[American Library Association @ALALibrary]

The American Library Association applauds the Biden-Harris Administration’s steps announced today to address the rise in book bans and other attacks on LGBTQIA+ Americans. Read our full statement: https://t.co/bqXVIf4tSm.

#UniteAgainstBookBans

[James Neal @james3neal]

JOB: Associate Executive Director for Public Policy and Advocacy @ALALibrary ... "Starting salary range negotiable from the mid-100s; based on relevant experience..." https://t.co/QJgo0nIa6N

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Missouri’s Republican-led House voted to cut all funding for libraries in its version of the state’s annual budget, an unprecedented move that has angered librarians and patrons across the state. https://t.co/Q1vYasKv7H

[Noah Lenstra @NoahLenstra]

"Maine State Library launched telehealth program w/ 10 libraries. Goal, said Maine State Librarian Jamie Ritter, is to make access to health care more equitable." @COSLA_XD @MegWeis @PamDeGuz @chanyasulkit @james3neal @MaineStLibrary @NOSORH @NACCHOalerts
https://t.co/v78GTgxQHU

[American Library Association @ALALibrary]

📚 🚨 NEWS 🚨 📚

It’s time to stand up for library funding!

With the launch of the #FundLibraries campaign, ALA is calling on library advocates nationwide to make their voices heard. Take action and tell Congress that library funding is nonnegotiable: https://t.co/5Sb6id6bL8

[American Library Association @ALALibrary]

#UniteAgainstBookBans is a national coalition connecting, supporting, and mobilizing local advocates to fight book bans in their communities.
Join the fight for our right to read. ➡️https://t.co/mr2d4lzEIq

[Noah Lenstra @NoahLenstra]

North Carolina State Librarian Michelle Underhill says "most [public libraries] partner with their local employment office and 86% partner with local health organizations." https://t.co/GK6jIXqVSP @StateLibraryNC @chanyasulkit @NACCHOalerts @LibraryPolicy @COSLA_XD @AECNorman

[Julie Walker @juliewalkerSL]

SO excited to join @lessa4libraries in welcoming library advocates to Washington! We love telling stories about the amazing work we're doing. #FundLibraries @librarypolicy @COSLA_US

[Jeremy Johannesen @COSLA_XD]

When your hometown (Albany,NY) newspaper is quoted for a story out of Alaska.

[American Library Association @ALALibrary]

“The books that some would like to have removed are written for children, recommended by library professionals and selected by our own library professionals as appropriate for our community. They belong in the children’s section of the library,”
https://t.co/ZXoFjakPbB

[Jeremy Johannesen @COSLA_XD]

Good reading as we kick off a new year.

[Cory Muscara @corymuscara]

I meditated 15 hours a day for 6 months straight with one of the toughest Buddhist monks on the planet.

Here's what I learned:

[Maine State Library @MaineStLibrary]

The Maine State Library welcomes Lori Fisher as our new State Librarian! Prior to joining us, Ms. Fisher was the Assistant State Librarian for New Hampshire. We are excited to have her with us! https://t.co/UtHTm06STI

[Unite Against Book Bans @UABookBans]

📚 Libraries offer a variety of books for everyone to read. Help defend that variety at https://t.co/4QvE5QMdr5. #UniteAgainstBookBans

[ALA Public Policy & Advocacy @LibraryPolicy]

NEWS: ALA welcomes increases in annual federal funding for libraries passed by Congress!

This would not have happened without our tireless advocates. As @Lessa4Libraries said, "Thank you to every advocate who made their voice heard!" #FundLibraries

More: https://t.co/asUZkXvnVk

[Shabnam Nasimi @NasimiShabnam]

A day after of the Taliban BANNED female university education, women & girls have come out on the streets of Kabul protesting against the decree.

They chant —“Either for everyone or for no one. One for all, all for one”

Amplify their voices.

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

Military spending
🇨🇳: $207 billion
🇬🇧: $72 billion
🇮🇳: $65 billion
🇷🇺: $62 billion
🇫🇷: $59 billion
🇩🇪: $56 billion
🇯🇵: $49 billion
🇸🇦: $47 billion
🇰🇷: 47 billion
🇦🇺: $34 billion
🇮🇹: $34 billion
🇮🇷: $25 billion
🇮🇱: $24 billion
🇨🇦: $23 billion

🇺🇸: $858 billion

Totally obscene

[A.R. Moxon 🦋 @JuliusGoat]

Say your name is Joe.

You believe your name is Joe because that’s your name.

I insist your name is Jean because I believe I have the right to name you because of who I understand myself to be, and you do not have the right to name yourself because of who I understand you to be.

[Jonathan Friedman 📚 @jonfreadom]

This is the children's section in Patmos Library in Jamestown, Michigan.
Local citizens voted to defund it in Nov, after it refused to ban all LGBTQ+ books.

Now a local politician has suggested shutting down the library "by force." https://t.co/JXvLISdb7M…

[Vicky Yuki @vyuki]

Nominate yourself or an awesome colleague today for the 2023 Benton Digital Equity Champion Awards! Two awards will be presented by @netinclusion and @Benton_Inst at #NetInclusion2023 in San Antonio. https://t.co/TasUFERnNG