Dr. Abigail L. Phillips

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assistant professor, UW-MKE. Research: cyberbullying, librarianship, empathy, mental health, social media, disability, accommodations, making. Red dirt girl. She/Her.

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🎶 ✌️Introducing a fresh new series from us: We Reads Monthly Mixes! Featuring recent releases from BIPOC artists/bands, these are the bops that helped us kick off 2024:

monthly mix: january 2024 (we reads)open.spotify.com monthly mix: january 2024 (we reads) · Playlist · 48 songs · 7 likes

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Library friends! Library Trends announces a Call for Papers for two issues on Generative AI and Libraries. The complete Call for Papers, including instructions for proposing an article, is available on our website. Proposals are due March 1, 2024.

Library Trendswww.press.jhu.edu

You see a conference CFP announced w/a theme that weirdly makes sense w/your research. My research never "fits in" at this one in particular. For funsies, you check last year's (2024 isn't up yet). Advanced attendee registration fee: $750. Ah. I have many words.

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Breaking news that should surprise nobody but infuriate us all: service work ion academic spaces is extremely gendered and massively undervalued (so women generally take on the burden) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

I talked for two hours about all things public libraries (including barriers, lack of diversity, accessibility issues, etc. Didn't want to sugarcoat it.). Not sure when the podcast will be released, but I'm not talking tonight! Maybe most of tomorrow morning too.

Readers' Advisory help: looking for authors similar to Kurt Vonnegut. Ideally, those who also write short stories, but general suggestions welcomed! I've read a fair amount of Vonnegut. Not a go-to author for me. Read none of his short stories. Ideas? #librarylife #librarians

Went to ULTA earlier. Now dealing with a scent/fragrance induced migraine. Has ULTA always been perfumed beyond any realm of normalcy?

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I am part of on an IMLS grant funded project developing OER for Librarians to teach about algorithmic literacy at the lib. We are asking library workers to help by completing our survey. 👉 Survey: cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 💡Info about grant: t.co/f0hMDWAwCw #Libraries #LibraryLife

RE-254893-OLS-23t.co The Cornell University Library plans to engage resourceful support to create open educational resources based on information and knowledge focused on algorithmic literacy with library instructors as t...

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another good one! 😍 Archives for the People: Building Ethical Community Archives. A panel discussion with Nancy Liliana Godoy, Elvia Arroyo-Ramírez, and Chaitra Powell. Jan 24 2024 at 12 pm PST. miami.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Libraries around my state have been hit with bomb threats, and yet somehow neither our largest newspaper nor our substantial public radio service have seen fit to cover it. I wonder why. Protect libraries. Sending love and solidarity to my beloved librarians.

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Another Round of Public Library Bomb Threatsbookriot.com Minnesota public libraries have had a wave of bomb threats called in over the last week, closing institutions early & increasing fear.

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I tried to talk about it on here the other day but no one noticed. It should be a much bigger conversation than it is. This is a significant escalation, even if expected.

The wind, and naturally the wind chill, is mighty this morning in Milwaukee.

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Library folks: please share, apply, and come work with us. It's a good spot, as universities go. I'm on the search committee and happy to talk to anyone.

College of Info Studies at UMD, College Park, invites apps for open rank TT faculty "focused on pursuing novel, innovative, + impactful rsch that examines the changing roles + landscape of libraries of all types in [our] interconnected, diverse, and info-rich world."

Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professorejobs.umd.edu The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park (the INFO College), invites applications for an open rank tenured or tenure track faculty position focused on pursuing no...

Yeah, I’m not going to be dragged into that library, playgrounds, unattended children mess of a discussion (?) on twitter. I don’t have the energy for fighting on the internet. Or see the point.

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Comics folks — Can anyone recommend me a cool graphic novel about pilots or aviation in general? Bonus points if it’s not specifically or exclusively about military planes

I don't know if I can mentally go through another round of strategic planning for the school. Just smile on the outside and drift off mentally?

Important writing support. lol

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Call for proposals from the Journal of Lesbian Studies for a special issue on the work and legacy of Minnie Bruce Pratt due Jan 15: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... (Gorgeous photo by Leslie Feinberg)

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today in being in public education: Faculty: we need to be paid enough to live here Management: paying faculty would undermine the educational mission of the CSU Faculty: can we have parental leave so we aren’t bleeding in the classroom? Management: you can have layoffs is what you can have

These random waves of exhaustion began early December. They haven't let up. Hopefully, I'm just overdoing. I don't want a new diagnosis and a new med to add to the collection.

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Happy New Year! This is your reminder that there are 2 excellent tenure-track opportunities available at San Diego State that you may wish to consider before your new semester gets too busy 📚 library.sdsu.edu/about/employ...

Finishing up that book proposal which was due Dec. 30th. Deadlines can be subjective (especially when you create your own, b/c your brain needs the pressure of a deadline to function).

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📣It's time to sign up for Skype a Scientist 2024 We match scientists w/classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & more for conversations about science! We have a growing list of scientist volunteers. We'll match you for FREE virtual Q&As! Sign up here: skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

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Join us for a discussion of salary equity for library workers! January 11, free to all. www.ala.org/news/member-...

Salary Equity and Library Workers Free Webinar January 11www.ala.org The ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) and the ALA-APA Standing Committee on the Salaries and Status of Library Workers (SSLW) will host a complimentary webinar entitled

Trying to figure out what I'm experiencing since turning 40 a few weeks ago. It's not the cliched "mid life crisis", anger at being this age, or fear of aging. It's an odd, overwhelming feeling of anxiety and confusion towards the future, where I want to go from here. Anyone?

My cat has taught me a lot about this recently. She sits along the back of a sofa chair, faces the wall, and stares. No thinking. No work.

Rest includes COGNITIVE rest, too! Thinking is work. Writing is work. Covid is not “time to catch up on emails.” You need to let your brain rest.

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www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/o...

Opinion | Claudine Gay: What Just Happened at Harvard Is Bigger Than Mewww.nytimes.com The demagogues won’t stop with Harvard.

Well, I tried a cleaning hack for cleaning my ceiling fans (from a trusted source). It was kinda exhausting and half worked(?). I need a rest now.