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National Library Week kicks off with the highly anticipated annual list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books and State of America's Libraries Report
National Library Week kicks off with the highly anticipated annual list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books and State of America's Libraries Report
CHICAGO — Today, the American Library Association (ALA) kicked off National Library Week with the release of its highly anticipated list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2022 and the State of America’s Libraries Report, which tells the story of how libraries are innovating and adapting to improve the well-being of their communities in the midst of censorship challenges. This year, however, there were multiple books that received the same number of challenges – resulting in the expansion of the list to 13 titles.
·ala.org·
National Library Week kicks off with the highly anticipated annual list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books and State of America's Libraries Report
National Library Week: April 23-29, 2023
National Library Week: April 23-29, 2023
The 2021 American Community Survey estimated 141,808 full-time librarians and media collections specialists. There are a total of 123,627 libraries in the U.S.
·census.gov·
National Library Week: April 23-29, 2023
Librarians With Spines
Librarians With Spines
The Librarians with Spines Channel focuses on providing viewers with rich content that is critical, topical, creative and fun. Information Science, Literature, Art and more are topics covered.
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Librarians With Spines
Librarianswithspines
Librarianswithspines
Discover the latest information agitators in our blog, recorded zoom meetings, and antiracist books at Librarians With Spines.
·librarianswithspines.com·
Librarianswithspines
Celebrate National Library Week - April 23-29, 2023 - Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library Blog
Celebrate National Library Week - April 23-29, 2023 - Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library Blog
National Library Week is April 23-29, 2023. This national annual observance celebrates the contributions of libraries and their staff to their communities and greater society. This year's theme is "There's More to the Story" - a reminder that while libraries are full of stories on their shelves, they are more than their collections of books.
·law-arizona.libguides.com·
Celebrate National Library Week - April 23-29, 2023 - Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library Blog
Missouri House Republicans want to defund libraries. Here's why
Missouri House Republicans want to defund libraries. Here's why
The proposal is not yet final; it must clear the state Senate. But for those who manage or use the state’s 160 library districts, especially in rural areas where services are not as robust, the threat feels real, librarians and patrons told the PBS NewsHour.
·pbs.org·
Missouri House Republicans want to defund libraries. Here's why
Tracking Banned Books
Tracking Banned Books
PEN America, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to free expression through literature, has created a dataset tracking books banned or restricted in school classrooms and libraries in the United States from July 2021 to March 2022. The dataset contains the book’s name and author, the schoo
·datainnovation.org·
Tracking Banned Books
OVERDUE: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries
OVERDUE: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries
A podcast attempting to shine light on the radical inequities and the oppressive nature of the library profession, specifically as it pertains to BIPOC professionals and the communities they serve in the state of Oregon. An Oregon Library Associat...
·buzzsprout.com·
OVERDUE: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries
2021 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey: Highlights and key academic library instruction and group presentation findings | Taylor | College & Research Libraries News
2021 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey: Highlights and key academic library instruction and group presentation findings | Taylor | College & Research Libraries News
2021 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey: Highlights and key academic library instruction and group presentation findings
·crln.acrl.org·
2021 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey: Highlights and key academic library instruction and group presentation findings | Taylor | College & Research Libraries News
When is a library not a library? When it’s online, apparently.
When is a library not a library? When it’s online, apparently.
pIn March 2020, the Internet Archive, a nonprofit created by the entrepreneur Brewster Kahle, launched a new feature called the National Emergency Library. Restrictions linked to the spread of COVID-19 had made it difficult or impossible for people to buy books or visit libraries in person, and so the Archive removed limits on the digital […]/p
·cjr.org·
When is a library not a library? When it’s online, apparently.
DEI and De-Credentialization: Why Dropping Degree Requirements Won’t Make Academic Law Librarianship More Diverse But Will Make It More Inequitable
DEI and De-Credentialization: Why Dropping Degree Requirements Won’t Make Academic Law Librarianship More Diverse But Will Make It More Inequitable
Guest Post by Anonymous In the last year, there has been much talk of de-credentialing (dropping degree requirements from) academic law librarian positions. While possibly driven by the shortage of…
·ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com·
DEI and De-Credentialization: Why Dropping Degree Requirements Won’t Make Academic Law Librarianship More Diverse But Will Make It More Inequitable
A Woman of Color Reflects on the DEI and De-Credentialization Debate
A Woman of Color Reflects on the DEI and De-Credentialization Debate
Guest Post by Trezlen Drake, Head of Digital Resources, and Foreign & International Law Research Librarian at Yale Lillian Goldman Law Library As a woman of color from a financially disadvantag…
·ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com·
A Woman of Color Reflects on the DEI and De-Credentialization Debate