jlepler.bsky.social
Historian at UNH. Teaches early America, capitalism, & animals. 1st Book (2013): "The Many Panics of 1837." 2nd Book (2025): "Canal Dreamers" https://uncpress.org/book/9781469690551/canal-dreamers/
👤 Joined on 17 November 2023
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@jlepler.bsky.socialThis is so critically important.Department admin can’t be automated unless you want nothing to get done ever.Has anyone met an experienced admin?Half of what they do is remembering who wrote what line of the deep magic that makes the place run& being able to call in their favor at the right time
Show PostI remember UNH mass culling books by tossing them in a dumpster in 2014. I think it was 30K or 32K volumes? Libraries do have to remove, repair, replace books, but usually it's a year-long process with faculty & student participation.
Show PostWell, they can start by keeping the real books in their libraries! I heard UNH is culling 300,000 books!
Show PostUniversities have an unquenchable thirst for spaces to refurbish. Library public stacks get axed. Weeding imperils thinning numbers of precious print edns. I'm allergic to the idea!
Show PostSign here if you are in New Hampshire, have a connection to UNH, NH and books Sign here to protest this decision
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