#ala

[meredithmcclaren]

Excited!!

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Description: A black and white illustration of a little cartoon me. I'm holding up and peeking out from under my book MEAT EATERS, smiling. Text below reads: 'ALA June 28-29, Philadelphia' for the American Library Association gathering this week. I'm excited. I've never been to Philly.

[bubonickitten]

"HB 777 not only would fine libraries and librarians, but it would possibly require hard labor by those found guilty. Read that again: librarians would be sentenced to hard labor for daring to join their largest professional organization.

The bill would also potentially kill one of the largest graduate school programs in the state of Louisiana, Louisiana State University’s Masters of Library and Information Science program. Like all Master of Library and Information Science programs, it is accredited by the ALA and goes through a rigorous process to ensure that the curriculum is up-to-date and aligned with best practices in libraries.

Even if the bill is limited “only” to the use of tax money to support membership or attendance/enrollment in ALA-sponsored professional development, take a moment to look into whether or not police, fire, or other public entities are subject to similar legislation in Louisiana or elsewhere. You probably know the answer–and you probably won’t be surprised that one of the few institutional benefits offered to library workers is such membership.

If you haven’t been paying attention until now or you’ve thought these fears when laid out over the last several years were hyperbole and this is your wakeup call, there’s no time like the present to get to work advocating on behalf of your library. If you live in Louisiana, contact your representatives as soon as possible (here’s a very easy way to do that!). You can also reach out to Kellee Dickerson by phone at (225) 380-4232 and email hse064@legis.la.gov.

Then, reach out to your own libraries and offer your support, either by showing up at board meetings and/or running for those board positions when vacancies occur. Go borrow books from the library and get your writing hands going with letters to your local papers.

EveryLibrary also has a petition you can sign related to HB777."

Please take the time to sign the petition, spread the word, and support your local library.

[political-us]

[archivlibrarianist]

Banned Books Week 2025 Theme Unveiled: "Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights."

[amurder--ofcrows]

Self indulgent grelltaker yuri<3

w my partner as Undertaker and myself as Grell for ALA Day1! Also our first ever shoot(we don't know how to pose, I thank Pinterest for pose references<33)

[sdpubliclibrary]

Book Banning is just another form of Bullying...

[dimneo1010]

You guys seemed to like underbelly shark Vox

Well now you get shark mommy too

[uzlolzu]

Sevan. Storm demon, war correspondent, single.

[sciencebecameouraddiction]

title: playing with fire

author: sciencebecameouraddiction

fandom: hazbin hotel

rating: PG

genre: rivalry / could be viewed as budding romance or just alastor eventually tolerating someone

pairing: alastor x reader

summary: you loved tormenting alastor but one day you take it too far.

screwing with alastor was a favorite past time of yours. were you playing with fire? yes, and you knew you were. but you were at heart a pyromaniac. that’s why when alastor walked into the hotel, his shoulders a little too tense, his gait quickened and his smile seemingly stretched in annoyance across his face, you knew you had to act.

you quickly sent your own minions to crowd around alastor before he could get up the stairs blocking him. you smiled hearing his growl at the interruption, the smile still plastered on your face when he turned to you and gritted out of clenched teeth, “get them out of my way.”

you look surprised and walk over trailing them up the stairs, still in his way in an effort to help get them out of the way. “i am so sorry! i don’t know what’s gotten into them!” your tone overly nice to the point of sarcastic. alastor side eyed you and tried to make it past you when you had a final act to complete. you stuck your foot out and caught his own, thinking that he would go stumbling down the hall. instead, he pivoted to his left and brought the weight of his body against yours effectively pinning you to the wall near the stairs. your breath left your body the minute you hit the wall, almost like your lungs and heart had decided to stop working because of the shock you felt. his eyes, which stared down at you, shown with annoyance and disdain. you stared wide eyed up at him, rendered speechless for the first time.

“are you quite finished?” he asked leaning toward you. “normally, your mischief is endearing but i do not have the patience today. stay out of my way.” he brought his mouth next to your ear, “last warning.”

just as suddenly as you were thrown against the wall, he had pushed himself off and disappeared, leaving you trying to slow your heart and catch you breath.

[jeremywhitley]

I am thrilled to share with you all that Navigating with You is now a Stonewall Honor book!

Thank you so much to the rest of the team as well as Mad Cave and Maverick! And a huge thank you to the American Library Association and all the librarians fighting yo make sure kids and teens find the stories they need even as the government is working against them!

[nitewrighter]

Librarian Poll 2: Info Science Boogaloo

Decided to update this poll because it got pretty good circulation, but looking at people's answers I feel like I could get more data! So let's do this again!

Be sure to reblog for more data!!!

[ameetoe]

yesterday and today’s ribbons from ala!!!! i’ve never gotten this many before at this con i’m so happy 😭😭😭 ty to everyone that’s stopped by to shop and say hi!! super excited for tomorrow and sunday

[brookesmartt]

Yasha from ALA this weekend 💙

[hermanunworthy]

doing a thread of pics from my third year at anime los angeles!!! me (hermie) my gf (normal) and my friends @biirbi (scam) and @alien-bluez (taylor) did a dndads cosplay group for day 2!! i had SUCH a fun time, i was so insanely happy w how my hermie cosplay turned out this time and how many silly pics we got!!

starting out w solo pics:

[dimneo1010]

Ok I FINALLY redesigned my girls. I really wanted to do this for a while now. Happy how they turned out!!