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Amber Brown

@Abrown_LibSci

Library Science student at UNO

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Two very different essays today @lithub, both about the way the American state prepares to commit violence on innocent people. First Layli Long Soldier: "This country, the structure—if it were a dinner table, I’d flip it." lithub.com/layli-long-sol…


Funding for libraries and library staff that have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. I’m lucky that I still have my job and I hope that this fund will benefit many librarians nationwide who aren’t as lucky in these uncertain times. #TLDE2020 libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=e…


Libraries, museums, and archives including where I work, @ransomcenter, has been donating protective supplies to healthcare such as masks and gloves initially used for conservation projects. We are all in this together! #TLDE2020 libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=L…


Here is an interesting article on how reading books is becoming a popular pastime again during this quarantine!! #TLDE2020 libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=c…


While everyone is in quarantine mode, Austin Public Library allows you to apply for a library Ecard to use their online databases. If you live elsewhere, make sure to find out whether your library is doing the same!! Austinites, apply below! #TLDE2020 register.library.austintexas.gov/index2.cfm?pro…


This is an interesting article about how librarians all over the world are working to keep their communities safe and informed amongst our current pandemic crisis. #COVID19 #libraries #TLDE2020 americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoo…


On the day after Super Tuesday, here’s an interesting article on why voting at the library exemplifies the main mission of what we, as librarians do- protect intellectual freedom. #TLDE2020 publiclibrariesonline.org/2020/03/voting…


Representing the importance of books in the 21st century. Lovely graffiti on my New Orleans morning bike ride!#saveourlibraries #readmorebooks #TLDE2020

Abrown_LibSci's tweet image. Representing the importance of books in the 21st century. Lovely graffiti on my New Orleans morning bike ride!#saveourlibraries #readmorebooks #TLDE2020

Here are some interesting ideas on up and coming technology to use in the library!! #TLDE2020 goalexandria.com/2019-library-t…


NYC Books Through Bars is doing some amazing work in getting books to prisoners. Literacy for the incarcerated is such an important step in improving our society. Read more on how to get involved! @ElectricLit electricliterature.com/how-to-help-pr… #TLDE2020

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How to Help Prisoners Get Books - Electric Literature

NYC Books Through Bars explains how you can support prison books projects—or start your own


A hefty digitization project that will give new insight and access to internet users into American history. These primary documents are so important in educating people about our history and how it shouldn’t be glorified but understood. #TLDE2020

Report: “Decade-Long Project to Digitize Every 17th- and 18th- Century Manuscript and Archive in Harvard’s Collections Relating to North America Will Be Finished This Semester” ow.ly/OK8O50ybm62 #digitization #libraries

LibraryJournal's tweet image. Report: “Decade-Long Project to Digitize Every 17th- and 18th- Century Manuscript and Archive in Harvard’s Collections Relating to North America Will Be Finished This Semester” ow.ly/OK8O50ybm62  #digitization #libraries


This is such an interesting podcast for those who are wondering what the future of libraries will look like. #TLDE2020

Why are authors including Margaret Atwood and David Mitchell writing books that no-one will read until 2114? Step into the Future Library with our podcast #AnythingButSilent ow.ly/dIf650xWUA9



As librarians, we need to constantly have conversations about censorship and the importance of advocating for intellectual freedom. #TLDE2020

TWO UPDATES: AP Report: "ACLU Pressing Nat’l #Archives on Censored Women’s March Photo" & Archivist of U.S. on "Accepting Responsibility, Working to Rebuild Your Trust" ow.ly/DBIr50y2sjx



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