L Slingluff (she/her)
@caffeinebrarian.bsky.social
University librarian and trauma-informed leader. Advocate for college in prison and OER. Very crafty, very nerdy. Perpetually curious and caffeinated.
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Heading to #ACRL2025 today! Don't forget to join me, @kaetrena.bsky.social @elizabethdill.bsky.social @caffeinebrarian.bsky.social and Alma Ortega on Friday at 4:30 to talk about Trauma-Informed Leadership Approaches to Legacy Toxicity: The Road to Wellness
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ACRL 2025. Online registration by Cvent
The ACRL 2025 conference is the premier event for academic and research libraries.
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April 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Heading to #ACRL2025 today! Don't forget to join me, @kaetrena.bsky.social @elizabethdill.bsky.social @caffeinebrarian.bsky.social and Alma Ortega on Friday at 4:30 to talk about Trauma-Informed Leadership Approaches to Legacy Toxicity: The Road to Wellness
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Great article about the Peterson Library's recent exhibit featuring the work of Hector Bori Rodriguez. We also launched our first ever digital exhibit highlighting Hector's work on his lived experience with incarceration, and dealing with themes of mental health
www.newhaven.edu/news/blog/20...
www.newhaven.edu/news/blog/20...
Marvin K. Peterson Library Launches Its First Digital Exhibit - University of New Haven
“Resilience, Reflection, and Reclamation,” an online exhibit, features the work of Hector (Bori) Rodriguez, who uses repurposed material to create art that celebrates nature and also explores mass inc...
www.newhaven.edu
March 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Great article about the Peterson Library's recent exhibit featuring the work of Hector Bori Rodriguez. We also launched our first ever digital exhibit highlighting Hector's work on his lived experience with incarceration, and dealing with themes of mental health
www.newhaven.edu/news/blog/20...
www.newhaven.edu/news/blog/20...
Thank you @bobbinewman.bsky.social you're so kind!
Read this ->Trauma-Informed Leadership: Managing Legacy Toxicity. In J. Crum & D. H. Ketchum (Eds.), Trauma-Informed Leadership in Libraries (Vol. 44, pp. 5–20). doi.org/10.1108/S073...
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#skybrarians #medlibs #📚 📚
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#skybrarians #medlibs #📚 📚
March 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Thank you @bobbinewman.bsky.social you're so kind!
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If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...
EFF Border Search Pocket Guide
border-pocket-guide-2.pdf
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March 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...
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"If individuals who have experienced incarceration or the traumatization of racist policing cannot access archival material documenting the history of that experience and the people who have fought back against it, then carceral collecting reinforces exile."
Radical Trust: Access Services and Archives Engaged in Carceral Collecting by Madeleine Murphy 📜
Radical Trust: Access Services and Archives Engaged in Carceral Collecting – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"If individuals who have experienced incarceration or the traumatization of racist policing cannot access archival material documenting the history of that experience and the people who have fought back against it, then carceral collecting reinforces exile."
Very excited to be presenting on resource allocation as part of Library Journal's "Budget Management Fundamental's" course in March. www.libraryjournal.com/event/budget...
Budget Management Fundamentals
Empower yourself and your team by learning fundamental budget management skills.
Recommended for any library worker who manages a budget.
www.libraryjournal.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Very excited to be presenting on resource allocation as part of Library Journal's "Budget Management Fundamental's" course in March. www.libraryjournal.com/event/budget...
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President Trump has ordered federal agencies to identify countries that pose such a significant security risk that their citizens should be barred from American soil. This “travel ban-lite” could affect international students and scholars. chroni.cl/4gmGw2C
What Trump’s First Week Means for International Ed
A travel ban-lite, funding freezes, ICE on campus, and more.
chroni.cl
January 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
President Trump has ordered federal agencies to identify countries that pose such a significant security risk that their citizens should be barred from American soil. This “travel ban-lite” could affect international students and scholars. chroni.cl/4gmGw2C
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Truly harrowing reporting by @samtlevin.bsky.social on what's happening inside federal prisons after Trump's anti-trans executive order.
“The officials were degrading them and saying disgusting things, like: ‘We don’t have to call you women anymore. Where you’re going, you’re going to be a man.’”
“The officials were degrading them and saying disgusting things, like: ‘We don’t have to call you women anymore. Where you’re going, you’re going to be a man.’”
Trans people in US federal prisons face brutal crackdown under Trump order
Advocates report harassment and loss of gender-affirming care as trans women face transfers to men’s prisons
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January 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Truly harrowing reporting by @samtlevin.bsky.social on what's happening inside federal prisons after Trump's anti-trans executive order.
“The officials were degrading them and saying disgusting things, like: ‘We don’t have to call you women anymore. Where you’re going, you’re going to be a man.’”
“The officials were degrading them and saying disgusting things, like: ‘We don’t have to call you women anymore. Where you’re going, you’re going to be a man.’”
Alright, "How High We Go In the Dark" was my second book of 2025 and may be the best I read all year. I won't lie, it was challenging to read about a devastating global pandemic and global warming, but it was beautifully done and transcendent. #librarianbookrecs
January 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Alright, "How High We Go In the Dark" was my second book of 2025 and may be the best I read all year. I won't lie, it was challenging to read about a devastating global pandemic and global warming, but it was beautifully done and transcendent. #librarianbookrecs
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1 in 3 people behind bars is in jail. Most have yet to be tried in court and are legally innocent.
Does that look like a system built on justice?
Does that look like a system built on justice?
January 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
1 in 3 people behind bars is in jail. Most have yet to be tried in court and are legally innocent.
Does that look like a system built on justice?
Does that look like a system built on justice?
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AI in Libraries: Let’s Talk Accessibility
AI is transforming library services, but without careful attention, it risks reinforcing ableism. Biased datasets, inaccessible interfaces, and a lack of diverse testing can create barriers for users with disabilities.
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AI is transforming library services, but without careful attention, it risks reinforcing ableism. Biased datasets, inaccessible interfaces, and a lack of diverse testing can create barriers for users with disabilities.
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January 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
AI in Libraries: Let’s Talk Accessibility
AI is transforming library services, but without careful attention, it risks reinforcing ableism. Biased datasets, inaccessible interfaces, and a lack of diverse testing can create barriers for users with disabilities.
🧵👇
AI is transforming library services, but without careful attention, it risks reinforcing ableism. Biased datasets, inaccessible interfaces, and a lack of diverse testing can create barriers for users with disabilities.
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SCOOP: Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content"
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January 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
SCOOP: Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content", Meta said they are fixing this “error” after I reached out for comment.
This whole thread is sadly necessary for those of us in countries with poor health insurance coverage and predatory practices of denial
To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for:
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
December 6, 2024 at 3:43 PM
This whole thread is sadly necessary for those of us in countries with poor health insurance coverage and predatory practices of denial
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What if destroying the department of education is (also) about imposing - forcing - a way of life?
December 2, 2024 at 8:57 AM
What if destroying the department of education is (also) about imposing - forcing - a way of life?
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Listen to librarian Amanda Jones opens up about the personal toll of book bans, the threats she’s endured, and the difficult decisions librarians now face when choosing which books belong in schools on @viewpointsradio, available on your favorite podcast platform.
December 2, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Listen to librarian Amanda Jones opens up about the personal toll of book bans, the threats she’s endured, and the difficult decisions librarians now face when choosing which books belong in schools on @viewpointsradio, available on your favorite podcast platform.
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Matching gift through tomorrow for therapy for formerly incarcerated folx. This is one of my favorite projects because everyone deserves and needs healing and I hope you will consider donating
December 2, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Matching gift through tomorrow for therapy for formerly incarcerated folx. This is one of my favorite projects because everyone deserves and needs healing and I hope you will consider donating
Just wrapped up teaching with Library Juice Academy on library budgets. I teach this every year and with online asynchronous courses it's not always easy to know if it's meeting your students expectations/needs. But I just got the nicest email from a student that will have me smiling all day 🥰
December 2, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Just wrapped up teaching with Library Juice Academy on library budgets. I teach this every year and with online asynchronous courses it's not always easy to know if it's meeting your students expectations/needs. But I just got the nicest email from a student that will have me smiling all day 🥰
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Here are some isolation tactics that show up in my research data & data collection projects - along with some responses you can practice. Abusers seek to isolate their victims in order to manipulate or exploit them. If you've had a low-morale experience, did any of these tactics play a role?
November 21, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Here are some isolation tactics that show up in my research data & data collection projects - along with some responses you can practice. Abusers seek to isolate their victims in order to manipulate or exploit them. If you've had a low-morale experience, did any of these tactics play a role?
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November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance.
TDOR was founded by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman, in 1999 to honour the life of Rita Hester, a black trans woman who was murdered in 1998.
Protect your trans friends and family, speak up for them, and listen to them.
TDOR was founded by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman, in 1999 to honour the life of Rita Hester, a black trans woman who was murdered in 1998.
Protect your trans friends and family, speak up for them, and listen to them.
November 20, 2024 at 9:54 AM
November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance.
TDOR was founded by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman, in 1999 to honour the life of Rita Hester, a black trans woman who was murdered in 1998.
Protect your trans friends and family, speak up for them, and listen to them.
TDOR was founded by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman, in 1999 to honour the life of Rita Hester, a black trans woman who was murdered in 1998.
Protect your trans friends and family, speak up for them, and listen to them.
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since more people are coming here, here's the abolition resource guide I put together for those who may be interested! micahherskind.com/abolition-re...
Prison Abolition Resource Guide
“Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the worlds you cannot live within.”Ruha Benjamin This guide contains resources on the abolition of policing,…
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November 20, 2024 at 1:58 AM
since more people are coming here, here's the abolition resource guide I put together for those who may be interested! micahherskind.com/abolition-re...
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Libraries and Library workers are not the frontline resistance in the administration to come. We are the canaries in the coalmine and we have been singing for years! I put this podcast out in 2022 but it is as relevant as it ever was! 📚📜
The Canary in the Coalmine by The Pod(y) in the Library
Libraries (public & school) are the canaries in the coal mine, whenever we hit a fascist strata they are the first places we see the impact; with books being removed & minority/dissenting voices silen...
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November 19, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Libraries and Library workers are not the frontline resistance in the administration to come. We are the canaries in the coalmine and we have been singing for years! I put this podcast out in 2022 but it is as relevant as it ever was! 📚📜