The public library is using some of the banned books I hoped to read this week in their display case and I decided that leaving them in the case for others to see would be better than me reading them this week, so I spent a fair amount of time locating alternate books to read. [...]
A few of you have expressed interest in me blogging about the mayoral race events I’m attending, so here goes. I went to a tea with Mayor Dorothy Kelly Gay this afternoon. Unfortunately, only a handful of those who were invited came and most were ardent supports, so the mayor took it as an opportunity [...]
I had tea with Mayor Dorothy Kelly Gay today at a friend’s house–one of many stops on her campaign trail.
Banned Books Week is one of my favorite librarian holiweeks. You’re going to have to put up with me blogging about it all week. It’s a great time to celebrate our freedom to read and remember that this freedom gets challenged all the time. Access to information and the freedom to read are principles I [...]
National Public Radio’s foreign correspondent Anne Garrels will speak at the Kalb Seminar Room at 275 Taubman on Tuesday, September 30 at noon. She also speaks at the Askwith Lecutre Hall in Longfellow Hall at the Graduate School of Education at 6 pm that evening. She’s promoting her book “Naked in Baghdad.” As the book [...]
A librarian at the Graduate School of Design’s library is suing Harvard for discrimination because she hasn’t been able to get a better job at a Harvard library and she thinks people with less experience have been hired instead. Part of the lawsuit involves remarks her manager made about what she wears to work. According [...]
Just what we need: a catchy song with a catchy tune that gets stuck in our heads. “The library, the library: it’s a place where books are free. The library, the library: it’s a lot better than watching TV.” Pay close attention to the stereotype that’s portrayed here.
Read a banned book to celebrate! Here’s a list of 100 to get you started.
This error is from the front page of this week’s Somerville Journal. It refers to one of last week’s front page stories, which was probably completely unworthy of the front page were it not for the connection the reporter made between one of the men who was arrested and a former school committee member and [...]
Responding to pressure from librarians and a statement by American Library Association President Carla Hayden, US Attorney General John Ashcroft has declassified information about library searches by the FBI under the USA PATRIOT Act. A memo obtained by NBC news indicates that there have been no searches. Read MSNBC’s or The New York Times’ coverage. [...]