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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Oct 1

First full month of empty nesting #1secondeveryday

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Sep 17

I love this one. The tap dancing!

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Sep 1

End of summer, start of college, birthday weekend #1secondeveryday

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Jul 31

Vacation and back, college orientation, cats, cooking, and the July weather #1secondeveryday

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Jun 30

We went all over the place this month, including across the ocean. Somehow it got hotter the further north we traveled. #1secondeveryday

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Jun 25

As a head’s up, I had previously turned on “require alt text before posting” and I just checked and it had been turned off again (maybe after an update? I’m not sure!). Check and make sure it’s still selected (or turn it on if you haven’t. It’s a helpful feature ).

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · May 31

Quiet and rainy May... except for the Derby, high school graduation, and travels out west #1secondeveryday

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · May 1

Protests, parades, Streets Alive, conferences, car washes, National Poetry Month. and stunning spring weather. Busy April! #1secondeveryday

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Mar 31

Spring things (softball, ATL Science Festival, Warm Springs and Pine Mountain), some familiar sights (cats, robots), our last high school musical (😭), and The Pollening! #1secondeveryday

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Mar 21

"The legislation’s practical effect would be to criminalize library workers for simply doing their job."

Library workers deserve protection, not prosecution georgiarecorder.com/2025/03/17/l...

Library workers deserve protection, not prosecution • Georgia Recorder

Georgians have access to a public library in every county in the state, adding up to more than 400 public library branches. In 2024, Georgia’s library cardholders borrowed more than 11.7 million items...

georgiarecorder.com

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Mar 19

IMLS funding cuts hurt libraries and everyone who uses them - children, rural library users, genealogists, readers with disabilities, and you! Please sign and share the petition before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

PETITION: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacks on Federal Funding for Libraries

In a new executive order, President Trump has targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state librari...

action.everylibrary.org

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Feb 28

A considerable amount of time outside this February, whether because of or in spite of the weather. #1secondeveryday

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Feb 4

I am!

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Feb 4

The Georgia Tech Library is hiring a Head of Research Data Services - read more at library.gatech.edu/about/jobs

Job Opportunities | Georgia Tech Library

Interested in working at the Georgia Tech Library? Check out our job opportunities. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.

library.gatech.edu

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Feb 4

Some pleasant moments in a long, strange January #1secondeveryday #1se

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Ashlee @ashleemboyer.com · Nov 20

Never forget alt text again:

1. Settings
2. Accessibility
3. Require alt text before posting

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Nov 19

Andre Rieu!

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Sep 17

Hopping on this train...

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,365,194!

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Sep 11

Reading your post on the bus!

Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Aug 1

Revisiting one of my most rewarding work experiences
digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol61/is...

Georgia Tech Library Reaches Out in Native Languages

The Georgia Tech Library recently launched a series of multi-language welcome videos for students and faculty. The videos, which are available in French, Arabic, Mandarin, Korean, Hindi, Tamil, Spanis...

digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Jul 31

Big news! "FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she is proposing a rulemaking to use the FCC’s E-Rate program to purchase Wi-Fi hotspots so that school and public libraries can lend them out to patrons and students for home use." www.ala.org/news/ALA-wel...

ALA Welcomes FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel’s Learn Without Limits Initiative

In a speech at the American Library Association’s annual conference, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she is proposing a rulemaking to use the FCC’s E-R...

www.ala.org

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · Jul 24

Nice write-up of the Lost in the Stacks podcast, where I've been a co-producer for a few years.
www.charleston-hub.com/2024/07/podc...

Podcast Parade | Charleston Hub

www.charleston-hub.com

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Jul 18

The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements science.anu.edu.au/news-events/... this is rather wonderful

The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements

After reading hundreds and hundreds of PhD theses, we accidentally discovered how to write the perfect PhD acknowledgement: it's a kind of poetry.

science.anu.edu.au

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Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · May 9

Medar de la Cruz, an artist who works as a jail-and-prison-services assistant for Brooklyn Public Library, received the Pulitzer in the illustrated-reporting-and-commentary category for “The Diary of a Rikers Island Library Worker,” which takes readers inside New York City’s largest jail complex.

Library Worker Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize

Medar de la Cruz, an artist who works as a jail-and-prison-services assistant for Brooklyn Public Library, received the Pulitzer Prize in the illustrated-reporting-and-commentary category for “The Dia...

ilovelibraries.org

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Marlee Dorn Givens @dorngivens.bsky.social · May 8

Not a drug, but NeilMed sinus rinse has helped me tremendously

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