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The plague of censorship infecting its way through the nation has reached the halls of Congress, with two congressional hearings putting librarians in the hot seat. Historically beloved by students and parents alike, school librarians in particular are under attack for doing their jobs. Under the guise of “parental rights,” some vocal and well-funded groups…
“Kirk Cameron exaggerated ‘record’ turnout at book reading: library” Paging a statistician! Actor Kirk Cameron claims a record crowd showed up Thursday to hear him read his new Christian-themed children’s book at the Indianapolis Public Library. “This is a message to every library in the United States,” Cameron’s publisher, Brave Books, tweeted at the time. “In 137…
“Here are the most popular books of 2022 for New Yorkers” New Yorkers just can’t stop checking these out. The Big Apple’s public library systems revealed their most popular books of 2022 on Monday — showing city residents were drawn to spooky mysteries about missing people and dreamy escapes from reality over the last year….
“#Indonesian library creates literacy from litter” PURBALINGGA, Indonesia — A librarian in Indonesia’s Java island is lending books to children in exchange for trash they collect in a novel way to clean up the environment and get the kids to read more. Each weekday Raden Roro Hendarti rides her three wheeler with books stacked up…
“#New York Society Library is the city’s best-kept secret” Shhhhh! The New York Society Library might just be one of the city’s best-kept secrets. Located in a beautiful townhouse at 53 E. 79th St. (near Madison Ave), the members-only library is New York’s oldest. For an annual fee of $270 per person ($350 for a…
“#New Midtown library exactly what NYC needs after COVID-19 ” Last week, after more than a decade of false starts, the New York Public Library unveiled its fully renovated Midtown book-lending building on Fifth Avenue. The eight-story library is a Midtown triumph. As New York recovers from the pandemic, Gotham needs more projects like this: less…
“#New York Public Library reopens with $200M upgrade” Check it out. Before-and-after photos show the dramatic $200 million renovation of the New York Public Library’s biggest branch — complete with 400,000 books, floor-to-ceiling shelves, and an entire level for kids and teens. The venerable building on 40th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan was upgraded…
“#S.Africa’s UCT campus salvaging books from burned library” Staring helplessly as flames from a weekend wildfire on the slopes of Table Mountain spread and razed the University of Cape Town’s library, chief librarian Ujala Satgoor was back amid the smouldering ruins on Tuesday to try and salvage what was left. One of Cape Town’s worst…
“#Vartan Gregorian, savior of the New York Public Library, dead at 87” Vartan Gregorian, a philanthropist and scholar widely credited with saving a down-on-its heels New York Public Library system in the 1980s, died Thursday in Manhattan after being hospitalized for stomach pain. He was 87. Gregorian was a former president of Brown University, which…
“#Multiple people injured, 1 killed in stabbing at Canadian library” One person was killed and a half-dozen people hurt after a suspect went on a stabbing rampage at a Canadian library. A suspect was in custody in connection with the lone wolf Saturday afternoon attack in North Vancouver, officials tweeted at 6 p.m. The violence…