Black Memory Workers — Zakiya Collier
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Uptick in First Amendment Audits | American Libraries Magazine
Libraries are now reporting more aggressive, targeted, and organized First Amendment audits than in years past.
How to address misinformation and sovereign citizens in law libraries
Beyond Book Banning: Efforts to Criminally Charge Librarians
Both the Indiana and Iowa State Legislatures have introduced legislation regarding criminally charging libraries and librarians over “inappropriate” material. These bills are closely related to widespread book challenges occurring at schools and public libraries across the nation, with people trying to remove books that address certain topics relating to gender, sexuality, and race from library collections. In many cases there is already a clear process for reconsidering materials in a collection, so how do legal defenses play a role in this and what do the bills change?
Library Patron Loneliness: Strategies for Building Community and Connection
Editor’s Note: This guest post has been authored by Alejandro Marquez (Science and Engineering Librarian at the University of Denver Libraries) and Brady Niemitalo Woods (Patron Training Specialist at Jefferson County Public Library, Colorado).
The fall semester started recently, marking the begi
Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves – In the Library with the Lead Pipe