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Not Real News: An Associated Press Roundup of Untrue Stories Shared Widely on Social Media This Week
From the Associated Press: A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts… Direct to Full Text See Also: More “Not Real News” […]
North Carolina: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Reverses Ban on Banned Books Week Events at Schools
From The Charlotte Observer: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools quickly reversed a ban Friday on Banned Books Week events planned in schools. In an email to principals Friday afternoon, a CMS spokeswoman warned that the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week Oct. 1-7 “is not aligned with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools academic curriculum or our pillars of excellence. “It is […]
South Carolina State Library Leaves American Library Association (ALA), Does Not Renew Membership
From the Charleston City Paper: Librarians are learning the S.C. State Library in August quietly notified the national trade association for libraries that the state was not renewing its membership because it felt the group was “tone deaf” on local book bans and other issues. [Clip] To some, the State Library’s letter appears to be […]
Former Campbell County, Wyoming Library Director Terri Lesley Files Workplace Discrimination Complaint, Defamation Lawsuit
From the Gillette News Record: Two months after she was fired and nearly two years after a criminal complaint was filed against her, former library director Terri Lesley is taking legal action. This week, Lesley filed a charge of discrimination against the Campbell County Commission and the Campbell County Public Library Board, alleging that her […]
SAGE Releases a New Free-to-Read Collection with Research into Academic Freedom and Censorship
From a SAGE News Release: Sage has launched a new collection of free-to-read research highlighting the effects of academic censorship on democracy, social-emotional learning, higher education, and more. Categories in the collection include: academic freedom banned content cultures in the classroom intellectual freedom social emotion learning Sage’s guaranteed independence means that we are free to […]
New Online Resource: University of Maryland Libraries Announces Online Launch of the “Advancing Workers’ Rights” Digital Collection
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Annoucement From the University of Maryland Libraries: The University of Maryland Libraries announces the debut of a significant, newly digitized collection, making available online for the first time tens of thousands of records documenting the intersection of the labor and civil rights movements in the United States. Featuring materials from the […]
In Affiliation with Arizona State University, “President Biden to Create Library Honoring His Friend and Rival John McCain”
From The New York Times: President Biden plans to announce on Thursday that he will devote federal money to create a new library and museum dedicated to his old friend and adversary, Senator John McCain, seeking to embrace a Republican who stood against former President Donald J. Trump. [Clip] The McCain project was compared by […]
Boston Public Library Joins Books Unbanned Initiative to Fight Censorship
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Boston Public Library Announcement: The Boston Public Library (BPL) is joining the Brooklyn Public Library’s Books Unbanned initiative to fight censorship and book banning by offering teens and young adults across the nation free access to the books in its digital collection. The BPL is the third library to enter the growing network, […]
Merriam-Webster Adds Adds 690 New Words to the Dictionary (September 2023 Update)
From the M-W Website: Signs of a healthy language include words being created, words being borrowed from other languages, and new meanings being given to existing words. Based on our most recent research, we are pleased to inform you that English is very (very!) healthy. Examples of New Words Added zhuzh noun : a small improvement, adjustment, or […]
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