Hi there! I'm Kimberly Hirsh. My pronouns are she/ her/hers. I'm somebody's mom. I work as a school librarian. I have a PhD in information and library science. I love to read, play tabletop and video games, and make things. I used to perform in theater and improv comedy and I may one day again. I have been extremely online since 1993 and still enjoy tinkering on the web. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I'm married to my kid's dad. We have a cat.
Want to get in touch? You can reach me by email.
“… for the purposes of personal action research, the standards used by professional researchers might not be required.” Jennifer Robins, “Action Research Empowers School Librarians,” School Library Research, Volume 18 (2015) 💬📓
No formal proposal needed for a work project.
🔖 Read My Undiagnosed Chronic Illness Taught Me to Love Sci-Fi by Carli Cutchin (Electric Literature).
I love this essay.
Finished reading: When a Villain Calls by TJ Sky 📚
In the US, you can use Civic Mail to send postcards to your legislators urging them to oppose legislation revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act so that school librarians can’t exercise their professional judgment to determine what materials belong in their collections.
Use this ALA tool to encourage your senators to sign the “Dear Appropriator” letters in support of the Library and Services Technology Act, which provides grants to states to support a wide variety of library programs and services.
When I read prose generated by AI unprompted, I feel like all the training data was techbros saying things irrelevant to my interests. Not everyone’s interests, but definitely mine.
Finished reading: Wild Pitch by Cat Giraldo 📚
Finished reading: The Devil’s Delilah by Loretta Chase 📚
Finished reading: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan 📚
Another one I read with my kid.
💬 “In almost every case, our manner of appearing is our manner of being. The mask is the face.” Susan Sontag, “On Style” in Against Interpretation
