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"Let's not play the game of five whys because the fifth why is always 'capitalism.'" ~Stuart Langridge
New Jersey State Senate passes bill intended to halt book bans, protect librarians
A bill aimed at limiting book bans in public schools and libraries and protecting librarians from lawsuits and criminal charges is now on the governor’s desk.
Titled the “Freedom to Read Act,” the legislation would require the state’s education commissioner to develop policies on how library materials are selected and how challenges to books on library shelves should be evaluated. Local school boards and library boards would then adopt their own policies using this model.
Books flying off the shelves. Shadowy figures roaming the hallways. Unexplained sounds. Is Peoria (Ill.) Public Library haunted?
Save Public Libraries and Schools By Voting Down-Ballot
One of the most crucial things you can do to save democratic institutions is to vote for board seats and other down-ballot initiatives.
Glad you enjoyed it! I need to look into other hosting solutions since the attack on the Internet Archive, but I'll get to that soon. Heck, I've got enough to do right now! 😄
Saskatoon Public Library workers are in a strike position following the rejection of a tentative agreement with the employer.
Montgomery County library will reclassify book about Native Americans amid pressure
Anti-censorship and pro-book advocates prevailed in Montgomery County on Tuesday as a children’s book about indigenous history was returned to its nonfiction categorization.
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs was moved to the fiction shelves of Montgomery County public libraries earlier this month. The move followed a decision made by the Montgomery County Citizens Reconsideration Committee, a group of community members that reviews children’s, young adult and parenting books.
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" author Jeff Kinney dishes on the latest book in his massively popular children's series and shares how he's using his "Hot Mess" book tour to donate 100,000 books to kids who might not have access. Kelly and Jeff also meet Baltimore's Radical Street Librarian Ms. Maze, who is ...
What’s Happening in York County Library (SC) Should Be A Wakeup Call
Poor recording keeping, debates over what was or was not said and voted on, and special interests plague more than just this library system.
Republican candidates sue N.H. library, claiming ‘clear partisan bias’ in election questionnaire
For those who need it, here's an archive.is link.
Weeding, or culling old, damaged or outdated books, is standard practice in libraries. But in some cases it is being used to remove books because of the viewpoint they express.
Here's an archive.is link for those who need it.
White House recognizes libraries’ efforts to save lives from overdose. American Library Association President Cindy Hohl participated in event with Administration officials and national leaders.
Who uses libraries? Even in the stacks, there’s a political divide
Archive.is link for those who need it.
RIGHT?! I mean, after Cory and Xeni left, I kinda stopped reading the site and haven't thought about it in ages.
Federal judge rules Crawford County library violated Constitution
Judge Holmes wrote that "it is one thing to restrict minors’ access to sexually explicit material, but a very different thing to restrict minors’ access to unpopular opinions."
It has folders marked ‘Grasping the victim’s head’ and now – after a £15m revamp and some help from Albert Einstein and the patron saint of the internet – the extraordinary Warburg Institute is letting passersby in to view its ‘books emanating sorcery’
Seattle Public Library officials expect to have a report in the coming weeks on what type of data was compromised during the May ransomware attack.
Computer labs at Delaware libraries are closed after a hacker seized control of servers and demanded a ransom to release them.
Weird! I know I put the URL in because I had it copy the headline from it. Sorry about that!
I literally got this error using a bootable SSD with Ubuntu Mate on it. Separate drives aren't immune to the issue.