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jessamyn
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Vermont librarian. Technology hobbyist. I love the post office. Fix your hearts. Live in hope if you can.
Notes and slides for my talk "Strategic and tactical decisions for positive engagement during challenging times" which is less dry than its title might suggest.

Links: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...

Read the talk including slides with alt text: www.librarian.net/talks/videot...
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Steve how do we get more books on axolotls into your library? Could we sponsor a couple?
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Such a ghost town here in shitty New England Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The Grokipedia article about me omits my middle name which is Charity. It also calls me a rabble-rouser which is a phrase not in my Wikipedia article. So on balance, okay?

I am kidding, it is not at all okay. But I had a fun 10 minutes reading it and being mad.
October 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I actually had a picture of mine handy. My current longtime partner and I both grew up in the same part of Massachusetts where we listened to Dr. Demento on the same radio station in high school. Didn't meet til 30 years later, it was an early thing we shared.
October 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Occurred to me that I should not presume everyone knows the history of public library service in the US, especially the formerly-segregated US, and how white library leaders could have acted sooner and done more than they did. Further reading on that topic.

www.librarian.net/talks/whiten...
October 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
When she passed in 2002 this was the eulogy that my woodworking cousin did for her. It fit her well www.jessamyn.com/journal/02/g...

RIP Jean, you were never dull.
September 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The public library would never do you like this.
September 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I was in a dark room talking to my guy on the phone and assumed there was a car parked outside my house because it was so bright. I even took a picture of my curtains so I could show him when I got off the phone.
September 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
“You can tell [the book] was made by some early-gen AI bot, because it can’t even spell monetization correctly” Clayton Cheever, Sarah Manning, @tuphlos.bsky.social @sonderbooks.com & others talk about the thorny problem of LLM-made books in libraries.

americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...
September 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My real question about the Anthropic copyright settlement is how good their is authority control? Like, can I claim damages for the OTHER Jessamyn West also? I wouldn't be me if I didn't at least try.

Authors: get your money. 📚

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today is my birthday. I am 57. Send GIFs, if you're the type to do that. I always enjoy them.
September 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Drop an old person you’re going to turn into.

(if I am lucky)
September 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Someone has "re-googled" the fire hydrants in my neighborhood (it was done once a long time ago, before my time with only one still googled) recently and no one will fess up to it. I have been asking lots of people and they mostly say "I thought YOU did it!" #vermont
August 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Facts.
August 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Polaris. But don't update it *too* much.
August 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"Bricks for the Blind is a non-profit organization that
brings the joy of building Lego sets to blind people."

As someone who works in one of the many libraries with a hefty Lego collection, this is RTMI

bricksfortheblind.org

More about the man behind it

www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha... #Lego
August 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My #FantasticFour

This one might need a little context for some people.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2021/09/01/d...
July 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children?
July 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Just found my one page crib sheet for my "online databases" class from library school the mid-90s. We were allowed one page of notes to bring to the test. (Librarian) kids today don't know the struggle.
July 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
While understanding that there is no such thing as perfect online privacy, I'd like to mention that there IS a tiny gear where you can turn off DuckDuckGo's Duck.ai "assist" Click the nearly-invisible cog in the upper right, choose "Never." Enjoy. #privacy
June 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Vermont too! I was just at a NH one for Father's Day. RIP my dad. Your drinking wasn't your best trait but it wasn't your worst one either.
June 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
BREAKING: Melville Dewey has endorsed Andrew Cuomo for mayor of NYC.
June 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM