Beyond Book Bans | Censorship By Steve Zalusky Censorship efforts in the 2020s have moved beyond concerned parents to include restrictive legislation, library board power plays, and defunding. |
HB 2789 Ties Illinois Library Funding to Anticensorship By Bob Warburton A bill that explicitly prohibits Illinois libraries from banning books is speeding its way toward passage by the General Assembly, and the Illinois Secretary of State said he wants “every librarian in the country to know we have their backs.” |
One Last Chance | Sustainability By Rebekkah Smith Aldrich Public and academic libraries should be leaders in moving away from fossil fuels, prioritizing investments in net-zero energy construction, renewable energy, and electric vehicles. This requires commitment from leadership in facility and budget planning. Library administration and governing boards of trustees need to step up to prioritize greenhouse gas emission reduction in their strategic and operational planning. |
Display Shelf | Crafts By Melissa DeWild If you're looking for display inspiration or need to update your collection, check out these 115 books on crafting. |
Display Shelf | Gardening By Melissa DeWild If you're looking for display inspiration or need to update your collection, check out these 115 books on crafting. |
“Today we are seeing small groups of people challenging multiple books they have not read. Even more worrisome, some lawmakers are using the power of government to limit the freedom to read.” —From Beyond Book Bans | Censorship |
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month | 10 Books To Add to the Collection and Share With Readers By JoAnne E. Lehman First proclaimed Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in 1999 and expanded by President Obama in 2011, LGBTQIA+ Pride Month marks the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan and celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community. The titles on this list range from short stories to a dystopian novel and from a graphic memoir to social sciences. This list also contains historical fiction and nonfiction history titles that librarians may want to feature in October, the month designated in 1994 to spotlight exemplary figures of the LGBTQIA+ community and their contributions. |
Call for Nominations | Libraries Defying the Odds Award LJ Library Journal and Gale are pleased to announce the inaugural Libraries Defying the Odds award, created to help address the needs of public libraries in a continuously changing landscape. As libraries confront obstacles that range from natural disasters to inadequate infrastructure to intellectual freedom challenges, many have used creative problem solving, activated community support, forged strong partnerships, and otherwise found new ways to overcome these barriers and meet the needs of the people they serve. The 2023 Libraries Defying the Odds award will provide $10,000 to a U.S. public library that is stepping up for its community and staff in the face of adversity—and to celebrate library workers providing services, programming, and collections for those who need them most. Nomination deadline: May 13, 2023. |
Simply Lies by David Baldacci Tops Library Holds Lists | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene Simply Lies by David Baldacci leads holds this week. The Wager by David Grann gathers buzz, along with Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal and City of Dreams by Don Winslow. Four LibraryReads and four Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel. The Age Book of the Year 2023 announces its shortlists. |
Granta’s 2023 Best of Young British Novelists List Announced | Book Pulse By Anita Mechler Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists are announced. Scotland’s Highland Book Prize shortlist and Canada’s Donner Prize shortlist are out. Author interviews include Rachel Heng, Maggie Smith, and Ella Berman. New books are on the way from Salman Rushdie and Beth O’Leary. |
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Alchemy of a Blackbird, by Claire McMillan, is a starred fiction selection. "Readers of historical fiction and those who are interested in women’s roles in art and occultism will enjoy." In horror, Kaaron Warren's Bitters is a starred title. "Well known in Australia for her critically acclaimed and compelling speculative fiction, Warren has written a must-read for fans of menacing, thought-provoking, horror-laced dystopias like Agustina Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh and Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves." Night Fever, by Ed Brubaker with illustrations by Sean Phillips, is a starred graphic novel. "Another masterwork from a collaborative team that seems increasingly incapable of producing anything less." And Mister Mammoth, by Matt Kindt with illustrations by Jean-Denis Pendanx, is another starred graphic novel. "Kindt (Mind MGMT: Bootleg) and illustrator Pendanx (A Fake Story) present an engrossing existential noir with a finale as shocking as it is genuinely affecting." See All Reviews››› |
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The Enoch Pratt Free Library is seeking applications for the next Chief of Neighborhood Library Services Division. |
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