Library Link of the Day
May 2022
- Book battle erupts in a Georgia school district. Will more follow? [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
- Government surveillance, Elon Musk, and free speech, with EFF executive director Cindy Cohn [The Verge]
- The Librarians Are Not Okay [Culture Study]
- 2022 Library Systems Report [American Libraries]
- How a Debut Graphic Memoir Became the Most Banned Book in the Country [The New York Times]
- The History Of Bookmobiles: Bookmobiles Are Here, And There And Everywhere, To Stay [Book Riot]
- The origins of "Birds Aren't Real" [60 Minutes]
- An Art Collection Finds Its Way Home [Inside Higher Ed]
- Nashville library offers 'I read banned books' library cards [ABC News]
- How J. Edgar Hoover Used the Power of Libraries for Evil [Literary Hub]
- Meet the New Old Book Collectors [The New York Times]
- Thomson Reuters to Review Human Rights Impact of its Data Collection for ICE [EFF]
- Welcome to Hotel Elsevier: you can check-out any time you like … not [Eiko Fried]
- Conservative parents take aim at library apps meant to expand access to books [NBC News]
- Librarians push back against book-banning [Salon]
- Remote Work Doesn’t Negatively Affect Productivity, Study Suggests [Texas A&M Today]
- Attacks on Libraries Are Attacks on Labor [Truthout]
- Texas A&M Weighs Sweeping Changes to Library [Inside Higher Ed]
- What Does My Library Need to Know about Ebook Laws? [American Libraries]
- Anti-abortion groups target women with misleading ads [BBC News]
- Texas librarians face harassment as they navigate book bans [The Texas Tribune]
- Color E Ink displays could mean more to Apple’s future than a folding iPhone [Macworld]
- BARNES & NOBLE BEING SUED IN VIRGINIA BEACH OVER GENDER QUEER, COURT OF MIST AND FURY [BOOK RIOT]
- Our Hydraulic Press Broke Down While Exploding Books! [Hydraulic Press Channel]
- Florida Warns Against CRT, 'Social Justice' in Social Studies Textbooks [Newsweek]
- If publishers have their way, libraries’ digital options will see major cuts [The Hill]
- How the internet gets people to plagiarize each other [Vox]
- Uvalde librarian thought about canceling storytime. Instead, she made it a refuge. [NBC News]
- Hillsdale to consider banning Harry Potter as library wars hit Michigan [Bridge Michigan]
- John Oliver's Australia & Gun Control's Aftermath [The Daily Show]
- Fireproof "Handmaid's Tale" edition is up for auction: A "symbol against censorship" [CBS News]
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