Resources from 'Brighter social media skies: exploring Bluesky for library-worker online community'

Links mentioned in my May 6th talk for METRO NY on Bluesky for library-worker social media community.

General

My Bluesky guide: https://TinyURL.com/DHBluesky
https://Bsky.social to join Bluesky
Just the “recommend who I should follow” list of feeds & packs at the bottom: https://TinyURL.com/starter-packs
Just basic settings to set up & why https://TinyURL.com/basic-bsky-settings
Pronoun labels
“Discover” feed: (algorithm that will expose you to new folks/posts that are similar to the communities you interact with on Bluesky)
“Mentions” feed: easy way to see people @ing you not mixed in with follow/RT/etc. alerts (which all appear in “Notifications”).
https://@LiteratureGeek.bsky.social for bio and pinned post examples
https://ScholarsLab.bsky.social for institutional account example

Critical tech

Critical tech example project I admire: https://ArchivingTheBlackWeb.org

Alternatives to Bluesky

Knowledge Commons (https://hcommons.org) & its Mastodon instance (https://hcommons.social)
https://LinkedIn.com (including paper & project sharing, blogging, news, jobs)
DH Slack: lots of GLAM folks, topic channel, content; https://tinyurl.com/DHSlack to join, zero DH expertise required)
ACH DH+Libraries working group https://ACH.org/activities/working-groups
Zine-making & -sharing: my https://ZineBakery.com & especially some GLAM-zine resources from other GLAM zines folks at https://ZineBakery.com/zine-references, and GLAMorous zines at https://tinyurl.com/GLAMorousZines

Bluesky tools for safety, security, peace of mind

Safety & security readings & guides

Free zines on activist digital cultural heritage archiving, safety, surveillance: http://zinebakery.com/subsets/activist-digital
Jenna Freedman’s roundup of zines on surveillance https://library.barnard.edu/news/weve-got-zine-surveillance
EFF’s “Surveillance Self-Defense Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications” https://ssd.eff.org/
EFF “How to clean up your Bluesky feed” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/how-clean-your-bluesky-feed
PEN America’s “Book Challenges In Your Library: Tips for librarians facing harassment and threats”, including social media advice https://pen.org/librarian-tip-sheet-harassment/ and quick “digital safety snacks” videos https://pen.org/digital-safety-snacks/
Library Freedom Project (HT Violet B. Fox) https://libraryfreedom.org/resources/ including academic contexts, prevention and emergency responses if you’re experiencing doxxing, how to talk to admin
Libraries for the People https://www.librariesforthepeople.org/: Not just social-media specific, but how to advocate vs. these threats & build power against them, e.g. getting on library boards including as library workers; enrolling non-library folks to help; proactive planning)

Initial recommended follows

https://TinyURL.com/starter-packs (my curated multipage list of good packs+feeds)
BIPoC in Libraries and Archives https://bsky.app/starter-pack/wehere.bsky.social/3laqwvudkcp2w
CritCat/Lib/Arch/Muse (critical approaches to catalogs, libraries, archives) https://bsky.app/starter-pack/brimwats.com/3layv6attww2p
Skybrarians (librarians on Bluesky!) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a55ia2ojiv2cnshifmrc7wr6/feed/skybrarians
LIS Jobs https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lyrmsmhhg7vzz4ghj44y5xzq/feed/2807fadd6cf4
Multi-librarians (academic, school, & public librarians) https://bsky.app/profile/mamday.bsky.social/lists/3kooicxzh772y
GLAMS https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rea3amxwqfkfzhilivubtrib/feed/aaabfz334lr66
https://BlueSkyDirectory.com

Example online community: #DHmakes

Example online community work: 2024 ACH Working Group

(Me, Quinn Dombrowski, Brandon Walsh, José Eduardo González, James Cummings)
A 2024 ACH working group exploring social media community design strategies: