Written by academic librarian Julie Gaida, this newsletter critically examines how anticapitalist values clash with library acquisitions and academic publishing, including the pressures on public university libraries in politically hostile states. Readers get a practitioner's reflections on vendor shifts like subscription ebook models alongside political commentary on censorship and library workers' rights.
Website: https://the-anticapitalist-acquisitions-librarian.ghost.io/
A personal essay newsletter reflecting on process through everyday subjects like libraries, cameras, and community soup nights. Each issue links small observations to larger questions about shared systems, reality, and how we sustain one another.
A librarian's year-long exploration of generative AI, written as short essays on how AI affects work, misinformation, and personal writing. Readers get reflective, practical takes on where AI helps, where it fails, and what it means for libraries and society.
Mita Williams shares three links every other Saturday, each framed with a short personal essay about a thought-provoking web find, such as a Kevin Slavin video or a Julia Evans thread on library tech help. Readers get a warm, curious guide to unusual corners of the internet and ideas about technology, cities and teaching.
Words & Money is a subscription newsletter covering the business of publishing, libraries, and reading, with a weekly library news roundup and reporting on legislation such as book-ban laws and New Jersey's library ebook bill. Readers get updates on court cases, legislative progress, and publisher-library disputes with analysis of what they mean for library access.
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