SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social Open archive of social science. Free. Academy owned. Posts by director Philip N. Cohen. Say it: so-SHAR-kive (soʊʃɑrkaɪv). Website: socarxiv.org. New papers post at: https://bsky.app/profile/socarxivbot.bsky.social
ThriveLib Reclaiming Joy, Balance, and Boundaries in Libraries @thrivelib.bsky.social Registration is open! August 11, 12, and 13, 2026. A virtual conference for librarians, creating space for their well-being.
https://www.thrivelib.com/
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Suzanne S. LaPierre @bookmouser.bsky.social I am a librarian, freelance writer, and artist. I co-authored the book Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries (History Press 2023) and am a columnist for Computers in Libraries magazine. I geek old manual typewriters and Alaskan brown bears.
Cornelia Vonhof @covo.bsky.social Professorin Public Management an der Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart. Interessiert an #Bibliotheksmanagement | #Qualitätsmanagement | #agilesArbeiten | #Prozessmanagement | #Organisation
The Palace Project @thepalaceproject.bsky.social Helping libraries expand access to ebooks 📚.
For more info: thepalaceproject.org
School of Information - UT Austin @utischool.bsky.social News + research from the iSchool @UTAustin.bsky.social | We are changing the future by engaging the present and preserving the past. | ischool.utexas.edu
Margy Avery @mavery.bsky.social university press publishing. books. motorcycles - Italian. kitties. horses. ardent lover of infrastructure. mobility. migration. borderlands. STS. landscape. animals. nature. environment. technology. participant researcher in publisher as boundary object.
Paul Bracke @pjbracke.bsky.social Libraries. Music. Detroit
Nancy @nancyreads.bsky.social Librarian at large, bibliophile, and wannabe archivist. Former bookseller, teacher, grant writer, and museum docent. 
Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social Library & Info Sci Prof @ U of Illinois | #Comics #Libraries #Education #Kids #History | '16 Eisner '20 Ringo '22 Lynd Ward ’25 Ignatz Juries | PhD | Queer | Hard of hearing | I debunked Fredric Wertham & lost on Jeopardy | https://ko-fi.com/caroltilley
Erin Dummeyer @erintheshea.bsky.social I am a public librarian who tweets about books, libraries, and Mark Twain.
Public Library Association @ala-pla.bsky.social Wherever public libraries are working, possibility lives. The Public Library Association helps shape that possibility for public libraries nationwide. #PLA2026
Learn more about PLA at ala.org/pla. 
@utlibraries.bsky.social @utlibraries.bsky.social 
Joe Williams @joemwilliams.bsky.social Librarian, husband, Dad. Views are my own.
Liz Phipps-Soeiro @lizp-s.bsky.social libraries & policy & public schools & pigeons
Drea Lorin (she/her) @drealore.bsky.social A very worried Texas School Librarian.
I’m with the banned📚
Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read
linktr.ee/mychalthreets
Nina James @thewanderingreader.bsky.social Spooky librarian, horror lover, coffee drinker, and old soul...like literally...I think there's an old woman living inside of me.
Bryan Ripley Crandall @brcrandall.bsky.social Nerd. Thinker. Maybe a writer. Philosopher? I don't know. Teacher, sometimes. Student always. Nerd suffices. Yep, Nerd. Professor of Literacy (Connecticut Writing Project~Fairfield)
Feliza @feliza.bsky.social She/Her | CisHet | Hard of Hearing | Library Assistant & Grad Student | Volunteer (any where, any shape, any how I’m needed in service) | Turner Syndrome (45XO) | Bay Area Sports Fan | Mexican, Native Hawaiian, and Portuguese
Celine Johnson @jrzgrlinfl.bsky.social Media Assistant/Librarian at the best elementary school in Naples. Voracious reader! Proud UD alumni. Mom of 2 amazing young women. One of the Crazy Book Ladies. https://bsky.app/profile/crazybookladies.bsky.social
ILL Communication @almullender.bsky.social LIS PhD Candidate (studying critical/experimental classification theory, and temporality in LIS), Contract Instructor, and Interlibrary loan library worker.
Immigrant (it's not a dirty word).
Me and my cat are The Jim Morrison Biscuit Cooperative
Jim Neal @jimneal.bsky.social University Librarian Emeritus at Columbia University. All things: libraries, technology, copyright, intellectual freedom, leadership, music, theater, museums, nature. Citizen of the world.
Lyndelle Gunton @lyndelleg.bsky.social Academic librarian @ QUT
All about libraries, higher education, reading, information literacy, research training & support, open access, and… coffee.
Claire Knowles @cgknowles.bsky.social Acting Director of Library Services, University of Leeds | RLUK Digital Shift | IIIF Executive Committee | Open Research | Research Culture | Digital Creativity | Knowledge Equity | Coffee and Cake | Personal views | ORCID 0000-0002-6969-7382
The Healing Library @thehealinglibrary.bsky.social The Healing Library creates kits for families who have experienced trauma featuring high quality picture books, holistic therapy activities, as well as trauma and wellness informed discussion guides.
www.thehealinglibraryus.com
Tina Coleman @arystocrat.bsky.social Library World resident, liaison to Comics Librarians and Gaming Librarians , idea-generator, connection maker, sparkler ✨
Jeanine Deckers @tenaanval.bsky.social Militante bibliothecaris, verder best rustig. Architectuurhistoricus.
Blijft nieuwsgierig.
'Niet alles wat geen nut heeft
heeft geen zin' (Stijn De Paepe)
Nicoloff @nicoloff.bsky.social For our purposes here: info lit librarian, poet of disgust, resist psychic death
Mariça van de Weerd @mvdweerd20.bsky.social ∞ hart&ziel ∞ innovatie ∞ creatief ∞ verbinding ∞ contact ∞
Amy Kautzman @kautzman.bsky.social I am larger than I appear.
Libraries are the center of my universe.
Birgit Schmidt @bschmid1.bsky.social Open Science enthusiast & head of Knowledge Commons at University of Göttingen (UGOE) / State and University Library | Also at @bschmid1@mastodon.social
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8036-5859
Nicki Clarkson @nickiclarkson.bsky.social Engagement Librarian at the University of Southampton, lover of cats, cake, coffee, knitting & Board Meeting Bingo, embarrassing parent. Please block me if you are a transphobe. Views: my own. She/her
Jackie Oliver @jackieo41.bsky.social A HE librarian based in a University in the NE of England. Interested in AI, digital upskilling and understanding student needs. All views are my own. Transitioning from X.
Thomas Padilla @thomaspadilla.bsky.social Librarian and Community Builder
https://www.thomaspadilla.org/
Angela @ezerangela.bsky.social Teen Librarian, Idaho. Looking for inspiration, community, and support. Libraries are for everyone.
Richard Nurse @richardnurse.bsky.social Librarian at the Open University. Interested in archives, open research, library data, systems and metadata
Sam Helmick @samhelmick.bsky.social 5k-er. American Library Association President. Author. Baker. Christian. #FreePeopleReadFreely. LEGO lover. #Library Worker. Policy Wonk. #ThoughtBunny Wrangler. 🐇
S Massey @msdrmassey.bsky.social School librarian, researcher, Steelers fan
@craigseasholes.bsky.social @craigseasholes.bsky.social Freely-circulating retired school librarian committed to supporting public libraries and the right to read.
Tucson Lisa @auntielisa.bsky.social Feed your head. Retired after 15 years as a social media librarian for my public library system. I’m trying to figure out how to move forward as fascists take over my country. Mum to Max the greyhound and auntie to some delightful humans. She/her.
Kansas City Public Library @kclibrary.bsky.social The Kansas City Public Library cultivates connection through experiences that educate, empower, and celebrate our stories.
EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social Let's support America's libraries. America's Library PAC.
Learn more : linktr.ee/_everylibrary_
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Julie Hoffman, EdD @hoffiecup.bsky.social She/her Educator. Reader. Writer. Poet. Researcher. Vegan. Abolitionist. Radical listener. NCTE. NAACP. Illinois Reading Council. Shattering barriers. Building bridges.
Actually, it’s Dr. Hoffman.
Read & Travel @read-travel.bsky.social Keeping up with politics and news. Librarian 📚 De facto defender of democracy and public spaces. Public library supporter! #FreadomToRead
Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science integrity consultant and crowdfunded volunteer, PhD.
Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner
NL/USA/SFO.
#ImageForensics
@MicrobiomDigest on X.
Blog: ScienceIntegrityDigest.com
Support me: https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik
Rick Prelinger W6XBE @footage.bsky.social Experimental archivist and librarian. Writes about useful radio. Makes archival events for noisy audiences. No film left unscanned. Lives and works in San Francisco, on Ohlone land.
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
School Library Journal @slj.com School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality, award-winning journalism and reviews for 70 years, SLJ publishes 5,000+ reviews annually.
Chasz Griego @chaszg.bsky.social STEM Librarian - CMU Libraries | PhD Chemical Engineering | Interests: Open Science, Reproducibility, Being good scientists/academics/humans
PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social We stand at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the U.S. and worldwide. Support and learn more at pen.org.
Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social 📎2023 NJLA Librarian of the Year📎Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians📎NCAC Outstanding Librarian📎AASL, NJLA & NJASL Intellectual Freedom Awards📎InsiderNJ 2025 Policy Makers Power List📎2026 MLK Spirit Hall of Fame📎Ban book banners!
Marzi @introvertdoodles.bsky.social Books + dogs + doodles. Introverted neurodivergence. Author, student, assistant librarian 🤓 Infodumping is encouraged 💡She/her
Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social What Do People Do at the Science Museum (illus Qin Leng, 8.26)
Bathtime for Snow Monkeys (illus Yas Imamura,10.26)
Profile pic by Yas Imamura
Prettyokmaggie.com
mc 🌈📚 @rainbowreader.bsky.social librarian, queer and disabled, and covered in rainbows
Jeff Scott @jdscott50.bsky.social Library person/reader
Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Sam Werberg @samwerberg.bsky.social Eukarya Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Mammalia Primates Hominidae Homo Sapien
Ciara McCaffrey @ciaramccaffrey.bsky.social University Librarian & Director of Library & Information Services at the University of Limerick. Current chair of CONUL: Consortium of National & University Libraries in Ireland
Thomas Gerdes @thomasgerdes.de Head of Library at Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science, Göttingen. Passionate about open science and supporting research. | Web: thomasgerdes.de | Photos & other accounts: thomasgerdes.link
Paul Ayris @ucylpay.bsky.social Open Science advocate
Chris Banks @chrisabanks.bsky.social Recently retired library director, somehow busier than ever being Co-Chair Besson Street Trust, soprano @LPChoir, #gardener, & continuing #OpenResearch #OA & #music interests
Lisa Carter @lisarcarter.bsky.social flickerfuzion elsewhere; Dean of Libraries, University of Michigan
Jessica Gardner @jessicagardner.bsky.social University Librarian and Director of Library Services, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Selwyn College. Loves libraries, archives, research and all things books and learning. Reads a lot of books. 
Simon Bains @simonjbains.bsky.social University Librarian, University of Aberdeen
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/simon.bains
Open research, digital preservation, library spaces, running
Views my own. "Woke grandstanding" (conference feedback) a speciality.
Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social Librarian, teacher & reader in north Alabama. Information science Ph.D. NBCT LMS. Doing my own thing.
Not the best mobile typist, so forgive my many misspellings
🩷@usbby.bsky.social
🩷@nctecla.bsky.social
https://wendyontheweb.blogspot.com/
Mike E @mbeisenberg.bsky.social Official old guy:
Likes - music, libraries, information science, pickleball
Dislikes - mean people, politics
kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social Senior Editor at Book Riot. Editor/Author of BODY TALK, HERE WE ARE, + (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY. Former librarian. Anti-censorship advocate. Yoga teacher. Your favorite infernal witch. She/her. Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2024.
Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social Book historian & research librarian at the Swedish National Heritage Board (@raa-se.bsky.social) & UiT The Arctic University of Norway. History of reading, Provenance, Cartography & Library history. @sharpweb.org aficionado.
Paul Allison @paulallison.bsky.social Working with National Writing Project teachers and students to create Writing Partners writingpartners.net a social annotation platform that supports AI-guided writing, reading, and discussion. I'll be posting here about what we are learning together.
Dan Bowen 🎸 🏴 🇦🇺 @dan-bowen.bsky.social #Microsoftedu Tech Strategist | educator | podcaster | School improvement |
| Luthier | Dad | Gamer | PhD student | Minecraft Edu | GBL #edusky #aiinedu #ai
Gina Caneva, PhD @ginacaneva.bsky.social Mom, wife, High School Librarian @e-leydenlibrary.bsky.social, writer of op-eds & wanna-be YA novel, former D1 vb & bb player, M.Ed, NBCT, occasional guest speaker, former CPS teacher-librarian, posts are my own & reflect my own opinions, not my workplaces
♂️Mel Day Physics PhD IT CAS Library MSLIS (he/they)♂️ @mamday.bsky.social DB Cloud Infra full time, library clerk part time, 41, Atheist/Discordian, Married/0kid/2cat/1dog, Trans 1y 30 mg/1y 50 mg testosterone HRT. PhD: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1054811 Web: https://blog-2qu.pages.dev Job: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamday
AASL President Amanda Kordeliski @aaslpres.bsky.social AASL President 2025-2026
Our Vision: Every school librarian is a leader; every learner has a school librarian.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Dr. Joan McGettigan @drmcgettigan.bsky.social Learner. Dreamer. Doer.
Director of Ed Tech
#curriculum #libraries
#ISTECommunityLeader
#ISTECertified #MIEE
#AppleDistinguishedEducator
#BookCreatorAmbassador
#EDUsky #EdTech
Kelsey L. Cohen @kelseylcohen.bsky.social Literacy Ambassador in NY. Goals include inspiring students’ reading lives, making libraries the heartbeats of schools, and engaging students in curriculum that will make the world a better place for all. Oh, and to get my son to the ice rink on time.
Z_Brarian @zbrarian.bsky.social TX Librarian|co-creator of @wakelet Student Ambassador Program|NetGalley/Edelweiss Reviewer|Wakelet CT|#freadom|Chair of SPOT/BGNA RC Vice Chair/TallTexans2024/ https://bit.ly/DZLinkTree
Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk We are an independent charity that supports, promotes and represents public libraries. Our work is driven and led by our membership, which includes almost every library service in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Crown Dependencies.
Thomas Brevik @miromurr.bsky.social Autist, ADHD
Barne- og ungdomsbibliotekar
Children's/YA librarian
Nerd
Forfatter av Felthåndbok for autister www.felthandbok.no
Jane Cowell @janecowell.bsky.social Library Industry Speaker, Librarian, Innovator, Digital Disruption, Democracy, views are my own, reposts are not endorsements.
ALA Public Policy & Advocacy @librarypolicy.bsky.social Updates from the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Public Policy & Advocacy team in D.C. #LibrariesStrong #BuildLibraries #FundLibraries #eBooksForAll #ForOurLibraries
Become a library advocate: ala.org/takeaction
Liz Jolly @lizjolly.bsky.social University Librarian, University College Cork. Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde. Hon. Professor, Teesside University. CILIP Trustee. PFHEA. FRSA. Views personal. She/.
Kaia Motter @kaiamotter.bsky.social Head of Academic Affairs, North America
Springer Nature
views my own
Rachel Scott @rachelescott.bsky.social Reading and posting as a librarian, editor, and author.
Lorraine Beard @lorrainebeard.bsky.social Digital Libraries, open research, digital innovation
Running, hiking, music and comedy
Cheshire/Liverpool 
David Prosser @davidprosser.bsky.social Executive Director of Research Libraries UK, supporting research libraries in the UK and Ireland. Chair of the Board for the Directory of Open Access Journals. He/him
Merrilee Proffitt @merrileeiam.bsky.social Democracy's Library @ the Internet Archive | Library and archives leader | People at the center of all I do; DEI advocate and practitioner
Jeroen Bosman @jeroenbosman.bsky.social scholarly communication specialist at Utrecht University library
Association of Research Libraries @arl.org Advancing an equitable, enduring, research information environment. On the web at ARL.org. Code of Conduct: http://bit.ly/ARLconduct
Michael Habib @michaelhabib.bsky.social Director, Impact & Engagement at Coherent Digital. Product management and strategy for scholarly communication, publishing, and library markets. Formerly Clarivate and Elsevier. My opinions.
Sayeed Choudhury @sayeedc.bsky.social "Find out what makes you kinder...what opens you up and brings out the most generous, and unafraid version of you." -- George Saunders
Roger Schonfeld @rschon.bsky.social JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services. Organizational strategy for ITHAKA. Contributor at the Scholarly Kitchen. Former Ithaka S+R.
LibraryLass @bedeslibrary.bsky.social School librarian, keeper of all things bookish, thoughts and opinions my own
Blog 'Books & Beyond' - https://www.bedes.org/senior/academic/library/library-blog
JennThistle @jennlidd.bsky.social What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? 🇨🇦
Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social Digital Initiatives Librarian, Copyright Agent, Archivist, Instructional Designer, Pianist, AI Consultant. #mormonsky #musicsky #aisky #edusky #frasier #infolit #skybrarian #tolkien
reedhepler.substack.com heplerconsulting.com
Todd Burleson @tburleson.bsky.social Educator, librarian, and author with 34 years of experience, 2016 SLJ Librarian of the Year, and global speaker. Passionate about reading, tech in education, ethical AI, and finding joy in creativity through photography, design, and storytelling.