Notices by Peter Binkley (pbinkley@code4lib.social)

Jesse Shera, “The College Library of the Future,” 1936. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25688791 - "Librarians have their faults, many of them, but in a mad academic world, blindly seeking distinction through athletic glory, led by fascist minded administrators who have completely forgotten the meaning of education, there seems to be little hope for any very important role for the librarian. This is not said, however, to excuse the librarian for his inactivity-- ... 1/2

@inthehands for me it's "incredible" meaning "really really good", when credibility is the issue, as it usually is these days - "X's incredible reporting on Y" 😕🤔🙄

Mastodon habits I'm trying to lock in, rather than revert to my Twitter habits:

1) use CWs liberally
2) when threading, set first post to "public" and the rest to "not listed"
3) don't forget the description text when posting images (had to work on that in Twitter too)
4) throw in hashtags like it was Tumblr or Instagram when you want to reach beyond your followers
5) pin and visit hashtags to find more people
6) boost a lot