Helen Kwaka

Coffee drinker, cyclist, attempts 🇯🇵, and long time reader. Work supporting public libraries across SA.

[liz McGettigan @lizmcgettigan]

Deep Dive: The Right-Wing Whitewash of American Libraries https://t.co/sTL3zKtkAR #Libraries #censorship #democracy #education

[ra ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ📖 @memoirsofra]

We’ve been seeing a lot of Asian literature books, especially Japanese ones, features cats on their covers. Have you ever wondered why they put cats on the covers, even when they aren’t even the characters in the novel? Is it to attract readers’ attention?

[Helen Kwaka @Helen_kw]

@NickStoll …they have it at the @AdelaideUnited games as well. I don’t see the value in the pyrotechnics…. There for the game…

[liz McGettigan @lizmcgettigan]

The Seattle Public Library 2024-2033 Strategic Plan is a guide to improve services for everyone and make a lasting impact on the city. Watch the video to see how it will shape the next decade of the Library. #libraries #librarystrategy https://t.co/lwc0rYEWo5 #librarydesign

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

I’ve had 3 days off work with no one emailing me every few minutes and I’ve written more new stand up in that time than in the previous 3 months. Admin is the enemy of creativity.

[LibrarIN_eu @LibrarIN_eu]

🔍 How do #libraries innovate? #librarIin_eu introduces a framework for analysing #library #innovation, blending service economics with library science.

From new technologies to partnerships, libraries are leading the way!

Learn more: https://t.co/XQHHylojMo

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

[Jane Cowell AALIA (DCP) Public Library @janecowell8]

Book, a room: Why teens are flocking to Australian public libraries https://t.co/OJdmW0wT7m

[Public Libraries News @publiclibnews]

All Toronto libraries to be open seven days per week. “Increased branch hours are a cost-efficient way to increase access to library services that achieve important economic, social and health outcomes for Toronto residents," ⁦@RhonddaBryant⁩ https://t.co/E2pubF28Ec

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

"Somewhere along the way, publishing has convinced itself that it doesn’t know how to market books for teens, particularly teen boys."

Read more 👇 https://t.co/PrM87wqOtK

[liz McGettigan @lizmcgettigan]

6 PUBLIC LIBRARIES RECOGNISED AS TOP INNOVATORS 2024 by @UrbanLibCouncil as part of its annual Innovations Initiative. Via @marshallBreeding
https://t.co/sz32LVFCux #innovation #Libraryleadership #libraries #libraryawards

[Andrew Hansen @andrewjhansen]

Australia missed the Dark Ages so we’re having them now.

[Jane Cowell AALIA (DCP) Public Library @janecowell8]

Telling stories is a core outcome for National Collections - it’s not just the collecting that is important it is the sharing of the stories & engaging the next generation @LibnOfCongress Vision is inspiring #IIFS24

[Christian Lauersen @clauersen]

We can learn a lot from history on the consequenses of underfunding libraries https://t.co/jslrj7qv29

[Adam Posen @AdamPosen]

As welcome as Taylor's version is, please read Linda Ronstadt's statement

[LibrarIN_eu @LibrarIN_eu]

📢 Early in May, #LibrarIN_eu kicked off its first #cocreation session with 15 Stakeholder Panel members & 14 Consortium members!

Read all about the library policy tracker that we are developing, to boost #innovation in #libraries across Europe 👉 https://t.co/gUtEP40enW

[David Moore @ppolitics]

"More than 90% of the public library digital market is controlled by one private equity leveraged company that bypasses the library through their app..."

Read @library_futures on the decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive:

https://t.co/oScvHh5AWU

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

BREAKING: The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the long-running, closely watched copyright case over the scanning and lending of print library books. Full story to follow.

[Helen Kwaka @Helen_kw]

… best idea EVER..

[ian karmel @IanKarmel]

We have, for too long, shackled the bakery to the morning. Night bakeries. Fresh croissants at 11pm. It is possible.

[Public Libraries News @publiclibnews]

“It’s a soft target, isn’t it? If you close libraries, nobody dies – that’s what they think. But what’s happening is it’s society who suffers and people who suffer.” Says Michael Rosen https://t.co/RyNOCEMXkV