Maura Smale 😷💉
Chief Librarian at Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center, proud resident of the CUNYverse, striving for #critlib/antiracist practice, posts = my own. she/her maurasmale.com
also maurasmale@mastodon.social
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉The Librarians premiers on Independent Lens on Feb 9! @heykellyjensen.bsky.social has advice about how to support your local libraries: bookriot.com/how-to-suppo... + bookriot.com/gifting-with...)
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉I wrote about some of the unreasonable requests I've gotten as a candidate for library jobs, and how employers might make the interview process less dehumanizing. acrlog.org/2026/02/05/m... 📚
- Just gutted by this news, rest in power Fobazi. Please donate/share.
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉If you RTd the news of Fobazi's passing, work in LIS, or have ever uttered the phrase "vocational awe", it's time to put your money where your mouth is. We owe her that much at least. Please donate.
- Part 2 now published on ACRLog too, thanks so much @kaetrena.bsky.social for these posts: acrlog.org/2026/01/15/r...
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- Also unionized staff jobs in CUNY libraries, all CUNY employees are eligible for tuition remission, library-interested folks could get an MLS while in these jobs: Public Services Specialist cuny.jobs/queens-ny/pu... and Extended Day/ILL Coordinator cuny.jobs/queens-ny/ex... at LaGuardia CC
- Academic library folks: 2 faculty jobs in the CUNYverse, come join us! Revised Head of Tech Services at Hunter College cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/.... Collections/Acquisitions Libn at City College cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉If you're interested in helping an important volunteer run zine distro survive, please consider a donation to Brown Recluse: www.gofundme.com/f/secure-bro... - right now they urgently need to reach at least $5000 to get through this month and Feb. They need more to keep going throughout the year.
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉Very excited to share this! The new special issue of @jitp.bsky.social is on Minimalist DH Pedagogy. Co-edited by @danicasavonick.bsky.social @palermog.bsky.social @veritas44.bsky.social Patricia Belen and me. LOTS of great stuff in here. cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/jit...
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉Stuff those stockings with ideas. 🎁✨ Our latest roundup features new books by Graduate Center authors — perfect for the thinkers, readers, and revolutionaries on your list www.gc.cuny.edu/news/brighte...
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉Still plenty of time to put together an application. Three scholars held this role previously. Each of them made a significant impact working with graduate student instructors at CUNY, and then moved on to a tenure-track position at other universities.
- **We're hiring a post-doc @gctlc.bsky.social** Come join a fantastic team of scholars @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social committed to intentional, responsive, and liberatory pedagogy at @cuny.edu and beyond. Applications due February 1, 2026. Job call here: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉The CFP is now open for the second cohort of faculty fellows in the Critical AI Literacy Institute @gctlc.bsky.social. We’re recruiting in 3 tracks. 1. Critical Foundations of AI 2. Ecological Implications of AI 3. T(h)inkering with AI Read the full call here: cuny.is/cali2-cfp
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉Have you thought about submitting something to JITP but your idea didn’t quite fit with our themed issues? Submit to our **GENERAL ISSUE** by December 15th and show us how you think about the intersection of teaching, learning, and research with technology. See you in our inbox!
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- Academic librarians, come join us in the CUNYverse! This collections/acquisitions job is with great folks at City College of New York, like all CUNY library faculty positions is unionized and represented by the PSC-CUNY. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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- Academic library leaders, come join us at CUNY! Application review begins 12/10. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉There's a research guide for Anthropology! This guide provides you with access to anthropology and related resources. For example, the Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Learn more at: libguides.gc.cuny.edu/anthropology #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉There's a research guide for Africana Studies! For example, umbrasearch.org brings together items from more than 1,000 U.S. archives, libraries, and museums of African American history and culture. Learn more at: libguides.gc.cuny.edu/africana #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉The Ctr for Urban Research at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social (led by @jomoko.bsky.social) has prepared an online map for tonight's NYC mayoral results. Link below in #thread. For now the map is blank, but it'll fill in w/unofficial returns tonight. The map will do more than show the 2025 #s. 1/n
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- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉Upcoming Online Workshop: Introduction to Zotero 🗒️ Tuesday, October 28, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm Zotero is open source citation software enabling users to easily collect, organize, cite and share. Join @ tinyurl.com/464aje4u #academiclibraries #zotero #cunylibraries #citationmanagement
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉Tips! From Mina Rees Library Did you know? You can check out books from most CUNY campuses? You can also request books from across the globe through Interlibrary Loan. Visit: tinyurl.com/4v7mu7kk #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know. findmeatherapist.org
- Hey NYC pals, early voting starts on 10/25! Find yr poll site here: www.nycvotes.org/how-to-vote/... Also you can vote by mail! Info: requestballot.vote.nyc 🗳️👍🏻
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉Welcome (Back) to the Mina Rees Library! Check out a round-up blog post about how to get started with all the library has to offer tinyurl.com/46bkdj8a #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary
- Academic librarians, come join us in the CUNYverse! We have a few jobs open in CUNY libraries: cuny.jobs/queens-ny/in... cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... I’m not at these campuses but happy to answer questions!
- Reposted by Maura Smale 😷💉Alexandra E. LaGrand Wins 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...
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- Happy Climate Week Eve from my favorite house in midtown on this 83 (!) degree mid-September day.
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- And a there is a line for NYPL library card signups! Be still my librarian heart! Tysm to our #nypl colleagues for tabling at @minareeslibrary.bsky.social today!
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- New academic librarians, come blog with us at ACRLog this year! Info here, applications due 9/22: acrlog.org/2025/08/18/s...
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- So grateful to work with such incredible colleagues!
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- My fantastic colleagues in CUNY’s Office of Library Services are hiring! Come join us in the CUNYverse as our next University Director of Collections and Metadata Strategy! Review begins 7/24, more info: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... (boosts appreciated!)
- Application extended, review begins 7/28. Come join the fantastic librarians in the CUNYverse!
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