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Nedda Ahmed

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Unrepentant Book Pusher. Film & Media Studies Librarian. Food enthusiast. Nerd.

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Dear @ebsco.bsky.social the new database interface is, in a word, awful. Exhibit A: WHY did you replace the easily understandable publication format icons with these nonsense images that make it HARDER for users to scan a list of results & see what's what??? #ebscohno Pls say this is being fixed???

14.05.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great book jacket? Or GREATEST book jacket? πŸ€”

13.03.2025 13:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week’s audiobook + book-book reading. Both are super fun & highly entertaining. An excellent diversion from [waves hand around] all this. #readmore #readingisfundamental

05.02.2025 20:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another book I might have to quit??? Current audiobook centers around a baking competition like #GBBO. The bakers are making bread and the author has them PUTTING THEIR DOUGH IN THE FRIDGE. THE FRIDGE?!? 😱🚩🍞πŸ₯– #ohhellno #iamshook

31.01.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Current reads… and a confession: gave up on Orbital 1/4 through… I almost never quit a book, but I need audiobooks that help keep me motivated to do my morning walks and… Orbital wasn’t doin’ it. #readingisfundamental #readmore

30.01.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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L➑️R: just finished; now listening; now reading. Hope I can finish Thursday Murder Club before the film comes out…
#readingisfundamental #readmore #whatimreading

26.01.2025 18:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These are very good suggestions, but a few key ones are missing: attend library board mtgs and speak in favor (many are on zoom), donate $, and vote for measures and bonds to increase funding. Patrons have real power. Don't let a handful of bigots destroy your library.

20.01.2025 17:08 πŸ‘ 682 πŸ” 339 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6
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What I’m reading this week…
#readmore #readingisfundamental #libbylady

20.01.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last week’s reads. Highly recommend both. #readingisfundamental #readmore

16.01.2025 03:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the bookshelf this week…
Last week I finished Dr. No, another highly enjoyable Percival Everett novel that I highly recommend to all friends working in academia.

16.01.2025 03:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But you should DEFINITELY read Thursday Murder Club

15.01.2025 15:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fun escapist queer "romantasy"--a good palate cleanser type of book after you read something Literary and Serious.

15.01.2025 14:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It probably thinks you're a bot sent to extract tons of content illegally. Not sure how your campus has it set up, but our user login = our Ebsco login too, so you can automatically save searches & stuff.

15.01.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Current reading (ears+eyes). #whatimreadingthisweek #readingisfundamental

31.12.2024 23:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#weeklyreading #libbylady #discworld

10.12.2024 01:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week’s reading (audio and eyeball). My first time reading Ballard, but Pratchett is a long-standing favorite. (so glad audiobooks of the Discworld series are finally on Libby!)

10.12.2024 01:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sometimes grad students remember stuff. And other times you have to get things put on a cake. #filmtvlitindex #letthemeatcake

04.12.2024 14:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Finished the last batch. What I’m reading now:
@scalzi.com Old Man’s War / @junodawson.bsky.social The Shadow Cabinet #currentlyreading #readingisfundamental

23.11.2024 13:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If civil war breaks out, meet up at the library. They don’t know where that is.

20.11.2024 20:01 πŸ‘ 4826 πŸ” 499 πŸ’¬ 105 πŸ“Œ 28
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What I’m reading this week: #currentlyreading #libbylady #wirtw #readingisfundamental

22.11.2024 02:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be β€œfor profit.”

20.11.2024 17:16 πŸ‘ 37483 πŸ” 4677 πŸ’¬ 387 πŸ“Œ 155

Then I had to explain that, when I wanted to learn about becoming a librarian, I had to get on a computer at the Brooklyn Public Library because, again, ye olde days before we had computers and the internet in our pockets.

21.11.2024 18:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love talking to the youths about librarianship but boy oh boy does it make me feel old. Yesterday I mentioned that I worked in the slide library as an undergrad. That led to me having to explain "This was ye olde days before digital photography... so art history lectures relied on slides." πŸ‘΅

21.11.2024 17:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

21 days left to submit your proposals! Come to Atlanta in June 2025!

19.11.2024 20:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SCMS Board expresses concern over cuts at Academy Film Archive & Margaret Herrick Library. These cuts risk compromising film preservation, research, and documentation of Hollywood's history. We urge AMPAS to reaffirm its commitment to preserving global film history. Full letter: bit.ly/3OfUWX1

20.11.2024 16:52 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Here for all your research and/or baking questions.

20.11.2024 18:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0