Trump's new EO is going after #libraries and #museums now. :(
What #OpenStreetMap routing method would you use to draw a reasonably efficient route to visit a number of coordinates (dozens, hundreds of places)?
#OpenRouteService is the only option mentioned in https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Track-drawing_websites .
For example: tour of 35 #Helsinki city #libraries. I did the track manually on #GraphHopper and imported it on #uMap. Surely there's a better way?
https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=60.211976%2C24.899321_Haagan+tori%2C+00320+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.211892%2C24.891851_Isonnevantie+16%2C+00320+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.196842%2C24.875807_Munkkiniemen+kirjasto%2C+Riihitie+22%2C+00330+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.226117%2C24.860429_Pit%C3%A4j%C3%A4nm%C3%A4en+kirjasto%2C+Jousipolku+1+C1%2C+00370+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.232278%2C24.886046_Kaupintie+4%2C+00440+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.238828%2C24.876173_Kanneltalo%2C+Klaneettitie+5%2C+00420+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.24641%2C24.860333_Malminkartanon+kirjasto%2C+Puustellintie+6%2C+00410+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.249305%2C24.941267_Palohein%C3%A4n+kirjasto%2C+Palohein%C3%A4ntie+22%2C+00670+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.231191%2C24.933162_Maunulan+kirjasto%2C+Mets%C3%A4purontie+4%2C+00630+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.227988%2C24.962491_Kyl%C3%A4nvanhimmantie+27%2C+00640+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.210845%2C24.947109_K%C3%A4pyl%C3%A4n+kirjasto%2C+V%C3%A4in%C3%B6l%C3%A4nkatu+5%2C+00610+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.20931%2C24.977825_H%C3%A4meentie+135%2C+00560+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.227515%2C25.01288_Infokeskus+Korona%2C+Viikinkaari+11%2C+00790+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.2498%2C24.99122_Pukinm%C3%A4en+kirjasto%2C+Kentt%C3%A4kuja+12%2C+00720+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.250265%2C25.014819_Malmin+kirjasto%2C+Ala-Malmin+tori+1%2C+00700+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.265566%2C25.019094_Tapanilan+kirjasto%2C+Hiidenkiventie+21%2C+00730+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.276121%2C25.004456_Suutarilan+kirjasto%2C+Vaskiniitynkuja+5C%2C+00740+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.274555%2C25.033988_Ajurinaukio+5%2C+00750+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.271422%2C25.058756_Nurkkatie+2%2C+00760+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.260506%2C25.076276_Jakom%C3%A4en+kirjasto%2C+Jakom%C3%A4enpolku+3%2C+00770+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.237708%2C25.085237_Ostostie+4%2C+00940+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.224182%2C25.072526_Kiviparintie+2%2C+00920+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.211928%2C25.080165_It%C3%A4keskuksen+kirjasto%2C+Turunlinnantie+1%2C+00900+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.208802%2C25.143585_Vuosaaren+kirjasto%2C+Mosaiikkitori+2%2C+00980+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.194521%2C25.052814_Roihuvuoren+kirjasto%2C+Roihuvuorentie+2%2C+00820+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.179617%2C25.051353&point=60.195079%2C25.033528_Herttoniemen+kirjasto%2C+Linnanrakentajantie+2%2C+00880+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.18731%2C24.980518&point=60.192129%2C24.962442&point=60.183607%2C24.953627_Kallion+kirjasto%2C+Viides+linja+11%2C+00530+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.17394%2C24.937982_Helsingin+keskustakirjasto+Oodi%2C+T%C3%B6%C3%B6l%C3%B6nlahdenkatu+4%2C+00100+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.166128%2C24.94627_Rikhardinkatu+3%2C+00130+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.159987%2C24.920857_J%C3%A4tk%C3%A4saaren+kirjasto%2C+Tyynenmerenkatu+1%2C+00220+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.158703%2C24.883285_Lauttasaaren+kirjasto%2C+Pajalahdentie+10a+A%2C+00200+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.183347%2C24.917451_T%C3%B6%C3%B6l%C3%B6n+kirjasto%2C+Topeliuksenkatu+6%2C+00250+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.200775%2C24.935879_Pasilan+kirjasto%2C+Kellosilta+9%2C+00520+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&point=60.211976%2C24.899321_Haagan+tori%2C+00320+Helsinki%2C+Manner-Suomi%2C+Suomi&profile=racingbike&layer=OpenStreetMap
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/helsinki-culture-tour_1191485#12/60.2286/24.8284
American Library Association (ALA) Statement on White House Assault on the Institute of Museum and Library Services https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/15/ala-statement-on-white-house-assault-on-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services/ #libraries #museums #IMLS
Executive Order "Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy" gives in Section 2 a laundry list -
(iv) is the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Do you use digitized newspapers at a site maintained by your state library, like North Carolina's https://www.digitalnc.org/ or Georgia Historic Newspapers at the Digital Library of Georgia https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/
Tell your Congress Critters that you support these resources.
This tickles us just right! "My library kit", complete with the iconic date stamp!
fill out comment cards to leave positive comments. request new materials that you’d like to see added to the stacks. like and share your library’s social media content.
get library cards and use them often (online e-book and audiobook rentals count!). sign up to volunteer at your local library. donate money to your library’s general fund. run for a spot on the library board.
join and participate in your local “friends of the library” group. donate books (if your library accepts book donations). set up your own little free library. vote for library funding when it’s on your local ballot.
Free People Red Freely. Save our #libraries stop #censorship in #education #choice #diversity #women #girls #education #freespeech #knowledge
call your senators and tell them to fight for the IMLS!
if you need any more information about why this is important to literally every community throughout the entire country, let me know, or talk to your local library staff
I've been upset about Clarivate/ProQuest's surprise exit of "perpetual access" ebooks. I thought it'd be cathartic to blog about but it might have made me angrier. The big problem is that librarians have gradually ceded our control of collections & collection-building in the digital realm to a few commercial vendors. Among other things, this has professional ethical implications. We must host our own digital resources or be subject to censorship and extortion. https://chroknowlogy.ca/memory-institutions/2025/the-harm-of-e-book-platform-vendors-like-clarivate-proquest/ #libraries
Ik kan er echt niet bij! Hoe haal je het in je hoofd om bibliotheken te sluiten ("to reduce") ?! In de VS is het nu zo ver, en daarmee geeft Trump de blauwdruk voor Nederland. Bezuinigingen op het onderwijs zijn al gepland! Waar gaat dit heen?!
This is not what democracy looks like.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-continues-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/
#libraries #library #books #politics #ExecutiveOrder #USA #VS #bibliotheken @bibliotheken
How dare you reduce libraries?! They are the backbone of the communities, the guardians of knowledge and history!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-continues-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/
(Thanks Nik for sharing.)
#libraries #library #books #politics #ExecutiveOrder #USA
New Journal Article: “Book Bans in American #Libraries: Impact of Politics on Inclusive Content Consumption” https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/15/journal-article-book-bans-in-american-libraries-impact-of-politics-on-inclusive-content-consumption/ #books #bookbans
EveryLibrary: “Statement on Trump’s Attack on Federal #Funding for #Libraries” https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/15/everylibrary-statement-on-trumps-attack-on-federal-funding-for-libraries/ #libraries #IMLS @everylibrary
@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia
"The guide to contested Illinois public school board elections, taking place April 1, is live.
This guide is different from the public library guide, in that it's intended to be 1. collaborative and 2. an exercise in how to find info on local elections."
#Libraries #Illinois #BookBans
https://buttondown.com/wellsourced/archive/the-illinois-library-lovers-guide-to-public/
The Guerrilla-Librarian Resistance
“My dad’s from Bosnia, and that’s informed my outlook on what can be irretrievably lost,” he said, citing the destruction of nearly two million books when Sarajevo’s National Library was shelled in 1992. Now he’s teaching dozens of Americans to save data from their own rogue government
#libraries #DOGE #RESIST
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-data-hoarders-resisting-trumps-purge
Library passport adventures continue — and I found a rare stash of passports at this one! Snagged one for a friend, but if you want to take a library passport adventure in PGH, start at Sheraden!
#libraries #booksky #Pittsburgh
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