A crucial tool for library workers is a strong, updated collection development policy. If it’s been several years since visiting whatever is in place, it is more than worth it to pull it out and update it as your library continues to grow and evolve. It’s vital to keep this updated all the time, but
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DC-area novelist Kimberly Greer has won a 2021 Incipere Award for women’s fiction. Her debut novel, “Masked Intent: A Modern-Day Morality Play,”was released in Sept. 2021 and is set in the Washington, DC,suburb of Brambleton, Virginia. The Incipere Awards, sponsored by Entrada Publishing, recognize exceptional writing across multiple genres with particular focus on works that
We Need Diverse Books (WNDB), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting diversity in the world of children’s literature, is teaming up with others in the kidlit community to support LGBTQIA+ youth and their families. With this latest fundraiser, WNDB is raising money to “share love and affirmation” with LGBTQIA+ kids and teens by sending book
Last week, the Eanes Independent School District, which encompasses part of Austin, Texas, and communities west of the city, opened up information about the status of book challenges in the district. Since March 20, 2022, over 120 books have been submitted for formal reconsideration to the district, which has a single high school, two middle
The Brevard Public School system has removed a math game and an online library geared towards children 12 and under. This is in response to HB 1467, a bill that “requires school districts to be transparent in the selection of instructional materials, including library and reading materials.” Russell Bruhn, a public school spokesperson, shared how
The Nashville Public library has designed a limited edition library card that reads “I Read Banned Books.” The card is in response to cases of nationwide book banning, some of which have been in Tennessee, like in the case of Maus and Walk Two Moons. “Our job is just to ensure that if you want
Comparing the current climate around book bannings to 9/11, Idaho State Representative Heather Scott introduced a workshop called “How to remove inappropriate materials from our schools/libraries” co-sponsored with Amy Henry, founder of Parents for Freedom and Liberty. The event, advertised through the official Idaho state legislature dispatch, called it a a way to learn what
May the 4th be with you. And the trailers, since Disney has released a full trailer and poster for the new series Obi-Wan Kenobi to celebrate Star Wars Day. With a TV age-rating of 9+, the show has the lowest age-rating so far of any Disney Star Wars show. It will follow Obi-Wan as he
On Tuesday, hours after a draft was leaked detailing the Supreme Court’s desire to overturn Roe v. Wade come summer, venture capitalist and bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance won the Ohio state Senate primary election. Despite courting Trump fervently, former state treasurer Josh Mandel, former Ohio Republican Party Chair Jane Timken, and banker
Wendy Stuart and Steven Bloomer Teague will be hosting TriVersity Talk! This Wednesday at 7 PM ET in a replay with featured guest Alexis Hunter. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn.
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SYNC is a program hosted by AudioFile Magazine that allows teens to download up to 32 audiobooks to keep over the course of 16 weeks. Each title is only available to download for a week, and each pairing by week shares a theme. This is SYNC’s 13th season. Audiobooks can be accessed by downloading OverDrive’s
“I’d rather go down in history as one lone Negro who dared to tell the government that it had done a dastardly thing than to save my skin by taking back what I said. ” —Ida B. Wells Journalist. Activist. Feminist. All these words are accurate for describing Ida B. Wells. While she is best
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This week, NPR and several other major media outlets ran a story about how one Florida man chose to respond to book bans throughout his state. Chaz Stevens is a middle age white activist, known for doing some tongue-in-cheek protests. His latest involves petitioning Florida schools to remove the Bible from libraries because of its
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Looking for a great mystery? This year’s slate of Edgar Allan Poe winners, given by the Mystery Writers of America, was just announced and it has something for every kind of reader. Take a peek: BEST NOVEL Five Decembers by James Kestrel BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR Deer Season by Erin Flanagan Today In Books
Author Simon James Green was scheduled to visit John Fisher School in South London for World Book Day in March. A few days before the visit, though, the Education Commission of Southwark Archdiocese released a statement saying that the visit was “outside the scope of what is permissible in a Catholic school,” presumably because the
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If you follow Kelly Jensen’s weekly Censorship News Roundup, you’ll likely recognize the Llano County library board. They’ve been mentioned in several roundups for “auditing” the library of controversial books, removing In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak from the shelves among other titles, closing their library board meetings to the public, and firing the
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Independent Bookstore Day is April 30th, but Libro.fm is holding a $5 audiobook sale to celebrate the whole week, from Monday the 25th to Sunday, May 1st. It does not require any other purchases or memberships. The audiobooks can also be gifted. Here are a few of the audiobooks on sale. The complete list of
Iredell-Statesville Schools in central North Carolina have dealt with near nonstop book challenges and read-alouds over the last six months during school board meetings. Moms For Liberty has a large and vocal presence in the community, and that group led the efforts to challenge 75 books in the district. One of the leaders of the
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