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Regina KammerAuthors Guild Petition to Reinstate Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights Tell Congress it must act to reverse this unlawful power grab. <a href="https://authorsguild.org/petition-to-reinstate-register-of-copyrights/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://authorsguild.org/petition-to-reinstate-register-of-copyrights/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CopyrightOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CopyrightOffice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AuthorsGuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AuthorsGuild</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Petition</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Copyright</a>

Kevin Gamin"On May 8th, Trump abruptly fired the 14th Librarian of the LOC, Carla Hayden, from her role for “the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.” Trump then immediately appointed Todd Blache - his personal attorney from his hush money trial and current Deputy Attorney General - as acting Librarian."<a href="https://mastodon.social/@5calls" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@5calls</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/5Calls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#5Calls</a>5 Calls - Protect the Library of Congress - Medi-Nerd 2<a href="https://medi-nerd.com/b/2KU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medi-nerd.com/b/2KU</a>

Kevin Gamin5 Calls – Protect the Library of Congress "On May 8th, Trump abruptly fired the 14th Librarian of the LOC, Carla Hayden, from her role for “the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.” Trump then immediately appointed Todd Blache - his personal attorney from his hush money trial and current Deputy Attorney General - as acting Librarian." Voice, Y. (2025). Protect the Library of Congress ⭑ 5 Calls. 5 Calls. https://5calls.org/issue/library-of-congress-librarian/ <a href="https://medi-nerd.com/2025/05/16/5-calls-protect-the-library-of-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medi-nerd.com/2025/05/16/5-calls-protect-the-library-of-congress/</a>

Shine My CrownEnd Of An Era! Alondra Nelson Resigns From National Science Board and Library of Congress <a href="https://shinemycrown.com/end-of-an-era-alondra-nelson-resigns-from-national-science-board-and-library-of-congress/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://shinemycrown.com/end-of-an-era-alondra-nelson-resigns-from-national-science-board-and-library-of-congress/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AlondraNelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlondraNelson</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalScienceBoard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalScienceBoard</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PublicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicPolicy</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Scholar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scholar</a>

Catherine Schmidt<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greed</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alt</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LibraryofCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryofCongress</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dei</a>Heather Cox Richardson 5/13/2025Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter Fired Under Charges of and so Library can be Used for AI Development

Mark StonemanCatalog card processing at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, ca. 1917–1920. Via Library of Congress, <a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016649543/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016649543/</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/OldPhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OldPhotos</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a>

Mark StonemanJewel Mazique at a Library of Congress card catalog, Washington, DC, ca. 1942. Via Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information photograph collection, <a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017828946/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017828946/</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/OldPhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OldPhotos</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a>

Jeannette Ho“Trump is Attempting to Take Over Congress Through Its Library”<a href="https://archive.ph/kvvh1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/kvvh1</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Libraryofcongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraryofcongress</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Universitätsbibliothek TUHHZur Entlassung der renommierten Direktorin der Library of Congress, Dr. Carla HaydenWas wir nie hätten teilen wollen 🖤 <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/CarlaHayden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarlaHayden</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/libraryofcongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraryofcongress</a> <a href="https://www.bibliotheksverband.de/sites/default/files/2025-05/Stellungnahme%20der%20deutschen%20Bibliotheksverb%C3%A4nde%20zur%20K%C3%BCndigung%20von%20Carla%20Hayden_20250513_final.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bibliotheksverband.de/sites/default/files/2025-05/Stellungnahme%20der%20deutschen%20Bibliotheksverb%C3%A4nde%20zur%20K%C3%BCndigung%20von%20Carla%20Hayden_20250513_final.pdf</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®“Though the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> is part of the Legislative Branch, its director is appointed by the president, with Senate confirmation.” <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/library-congress-doge-trump-takeover-b2749631.html#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/library-congress-doge-trump-takeover-b2749631.html#</a>

Bagolina<a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Arabesques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arabesques</a> n°117 <a href="https://abes.fr/publications/revue-arabesques/arabesques-117" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abes.fr/publications/revue-arabesques/arabesques-117</a> Qu’il s’agisse des normes formelles, portées par des organismes tels que l’<a href="https://sciences.social/tags/ISO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISO</a> ou impulsées par des acteurs comme la <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/LibraryofCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryofCongress</a> ou <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/ORCID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ORCID</a> des référentiels traduisent une volonté partagée d’harmoniser les pratiques, tout en laissant place à l’adaptation et à l’innovation. Le dossier questionne les réalités concrètes de la normalisation en France, à travers le prisme des défis institutionnels et économiques des partenariats interprofessionnels

LisaIf you are upset with the firing of our Librarian of Congress, please contact your congressional representatives and let them know.<a href="https://action.everylibrary.org/emailhayden" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://action.everylibrary.org/emailhayden</a><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a>

Data Rescue ProjectIf you are following the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LibraryofCongress" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryofCongress</a> challenges, here is a good analysis from <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/americalabs.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@americalabs.org</a> <a href="https://firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/a-constitutional-confrontation-at?r=8vu5c&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/a-constitu...</a> <a href="https://firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/a-constitutional-confrontation-at?r=8vu5c&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Constitutional Confrontation...</a>

NonilexI have encountered increasing barriers to the exercise of honest counsel. These repeated obstacles of procedural circumvention, particularly insidious to those of us who have long advocated for more democratic & inclusive knowledge systems, represent not just personal frustration, but institutional regression.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSF</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a>

NonilexIn both these roles, over the past few years, I've been asked to serve on diverse bodies that offer guidance about how the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Executive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Executive</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Legislative</a> branches can be stewards of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#knowledge</a> & create structure to enable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discovery</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#innovation</a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ingenuity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ingenuity</a>. In the instance of the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> Board, this ideal has dissolved so gradually, yet so completely, that I barely noticed its absence until confronted with its hollow simulacrum.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSF</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a>

NonilexPerseverance has its limits. The erosion of these institutions’ integrity—& the growing realization that it is impossible to fulfill their missions in good faith—has made the cost of continuing untenable. This is why I must step away from my work with two federal institutions I care deeply about.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSF</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a>

NonilexSince January 2025, scientists & librarians, program officers & policy analysts at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSF</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a>, & other federal offices & agencies have focused on their work, despite an increasingly hostile political environment. We’ve also seen civil servants fired & accused of not making the mark, vendors’s contracts ignored, & grants & fellowships cancelled.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a>

NonilexWhy I’m Resigning from Positions at the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> Foundation [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSF</a>] & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a>by Alondra Nelson…Even as the White House threatens the foundational tenets of constitutional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> & continues to slash <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#funding</a> for essential <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialServices</a>, it is tempting to hope that the public institutions charged with promoting & protecting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#knowledge</a> will, nevertheless, soldier on with their mission. I did.<a href="https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/</a>

Knut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸Very well written OpEd about the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nsf</a> and the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/libraryofcongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraryofcongress</a> . I'm dismayed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> put a lawyer as The Librarian...when i got my name changed, lawyers didnt help with that. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#librarians</a> did. And the Judge said she'd never seen such a well organized petition like mine. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/</a>

BakersRelay<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TheGremlinZoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheGremlinZoo</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/LibraryofCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryofCongress</a> From CNN.com: Senior Justice Department officials tapped by Trump to run Library of Congress are denied access<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/12/politics/library-of-congress-trump-justice-blanche?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/12/politics/library-of-congress-trump-justice-blanche?cid=ios_app</a>

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