Katherine Ahnberg
@teach-research.bsky.social
Assessment & UX at Princeton University Library| Bay Area expat, found in museums, between trees, and thinking about how to make libraries a place for everyone.
Op-eds my own.
Op-eds my own.
Pinned
Contacts transferred, 12 years of X data pulled down; like learning basic html to customize myspace social networking once again facilitates the basic skillset of being a connected human on the intertubes. Joined Twitter to find LIS/altac community; searching for same in the dystopian diaspora (hi!)
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“They now exclude nursing, physician asst, nurse practitioner, physical therapy, occupational therapy, public health, audiology, speech-language pathology, counseling & mental health therapy, social work” & more.
Chiropractic and theology degrees are still included.
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
Chiropractic and theology degrees are still included.
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter?
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Dept of Education proposes redefining "professional degrees" to exclude degrees in nursing, NP/PA, Public Health, PT/OT and more
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
“They now exclude nursing, physician asst, nurse practitioner, physical therapy, occupational therapy, public health, audiology, speech-language pathology, counseling & mental health therapy, social work” & more.
Chiropractic and theology degrees are still included.
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
Chiropractic and theology degrees are still included.
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Seems like as good a day as any to remember that it was once possible to “log off.”
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Seems like as good a day as any to remember that it was once possible to “log off.”
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I'm sure I'm not the only person to say this, but just look at the new org chart ontology here: school funding under the Dept of Labor, conveying that education is solely abt job training; language programs under the State Dept because statecraft is of course why we learn languages...
The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department. https://to.pbs.org/4a1sm7z
Education Department offloads programs to other agencies as Trump accelerates plan for its closure
The Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
www.pbs.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I'm sure I'm not the only person to say this, but just look at the new org chart ontology here: school funding under the Dept of Labor, conveying that education is solely abt job training; language programs under the State Dept because statecraft is of course why we learn languages...
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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Apps are open for our spring session of the Cross-Reference Coalition! We're exploring Search & Discovery! "Our journey will encompass the history of exploration + cartography, legacies of inquiry, tools of discovery, theories of curiosity, and counter-algorithmic means of 'finding things out.'"
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Apps are open for our spring session of the Cross-Reference Coalition! We're exploring Search & Discovery! "Our journey will encompass the history of exploration + cartography, legacies of inquiry, tools of discovery, theories of curiosity, and counter-algorithmic means of 'finding things out.'"
Now downloading: Yuletide cheer
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Now downloading: Yuletide cheer
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“What these pundits are nudging us to do, ever so politely, is accept that women, in the main, are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be.”
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“What these pundits are nudging us to do, ever so politely, is accept that women, in the main, are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be.”
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
“Assessing Large Language Models: Architectural Archive Metadata and Transcription”
Researchers at UT Austin found that GPT 4.0 was the overall best scored, still requiring human review
www.conftool.org/asist2025/in...
#ASIS&T
Researchers at UT Austin found that GPT 4.0 was the overall best scored, still requiring human review
www.conftool.org/asist2025/in...
#ASIS&T
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“Assessing Large Language Models: Architectural Archive Metadata and Transcription”
Researchers at UT Austin found that GPT 4.0 was the overall best scored, still requiring human review
www.conftool.org/asist2025/in...
#ASIS&T
Researchers at UT Austin found that GPT 4.0 was the overall best scored, still requiring human review
www.conftool.org/asist2025/in...
#ASIS&T
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Up early this Sunday to attend the #ASIS&T conference in DC. Going to be chatting about public data in open infrastructure and the @datarescueproject.org
Looking forward to it but need so much coffee.
Looking forward to it but need so much coffee.
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Up early this Sunday to attend the #ASIS&T conference in DC. Going to be chatting about public data in open infrastructure and the @datarescueproject.org
Looking forward to it but need so much coffee.
Looking forward to it but need so much coffee.
Post-truth, post integrity, post trust in the bureaucratic process to leverage expertise and policy.
When I think about how exquisitely careful NEH staff were to be fair, impartial, and rigorous, and how much work people put into grants so small they’re pocket change…I just want to scream.
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Post-truth, post integrity, post trust in the bureaucratic process to leverage expertise and policy.
“Artificial Intelligence, Misinformation, and Libraries: A New Frontier for Information Professionals”
Dr. Salubi sets the stage for erosion of civic trust and plausible deniability in journalistic inquiry.
Dr. Salubi sets the stage for erosion of civic trust and plausible deniability in journalistic inquiry.
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“Artificial Intelligence, Misinformation, and Libraries: A New Frontier for Information Professionals”
Dr. Salubi sets the stage for erosion of civic trust and plausible deniability in journalistic inquiry.
Dr. Salubi sets the stage for erosion of civic trust and plausible deniability in journalistic inquiry.
Always nice to see old friends ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Always nice to see old friends ❤️
Early quiet car for a quiet day trip to the DC metro to catch up with a conferencing friend today 😊
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Early quiet car for a quiet day trip to the DC metro to catch up with a conferencing friend today 😊
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My wife just called ankles “leg wrists.”
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My wife just called ankles “leg wrists.”
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Saying it again.
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Saying it again.
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It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
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"Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartments—many of them affordable units—have been built in complexes that combine new housing with new libraries. These projects can both address a communities’ housing needs + improve local infrastructure by replacing aging library complexes..." (see also: Inwood)
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartments—many of them affordable units—have been built in complexes that combine new housing with new libraries. These projects can both address a communities’ housing needs + improve local infrastructure by replacing aging library complexes..." (see also: Inwood)
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Local woman wakes up, encourages the ghost of Mary Shelley to haunt all the misogynists until their end of days, makes oatmeal.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Local woman wakes up, encourages the ghost of Mary Shelley to haunt all the misogynists until their end of days, makes oatmeal.
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
🧵As a native northern californian, I'm forever perplexed over the alarm "no worries" raises in my professional spheres. I hear it's often taken as a brush off or passive aggressive diffusion.
a woman with curly hair says " no worries " in a dark room
ALT: a woman with curly hair says " no worries " in a dark room
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🧵As a native northern californian, I'm forever perplexed over the alarm "no worries" raises in my professional spheres. I hear it's often taken as a brush off or passive aggressive diffusion.
Spirals this weekend 😊
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Spirals this weekend 😊
The absolute legend
Happy Birthday to the one & only Bonnie Raitt, the only interviewee who has ever cried tears of joy – & disbelief – when I told her what her music has meant to me over the years. Genuinely one of the most humble & altruistic people I’ve ever had the privilege to profile:
‘I’m living for the ones who didn’t make it’: Bonnie Raitt on her unquenchable thirst for music
As she wins a lifetime achievement Grammy at 72, the US singer who crossed blues with pop is still determined to support artists who never got their dues
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The absolute legend