Posted in Freedom to Read Week on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
This is my last Freedom to Read week post this year, I promise.
The McGill Branch of Burnaby Public Library has got to be one of the prettiest libraries in BC. I love the clothesline display of There’s something in my library to offend everyone sweatshirts. Not visible in this photo are the quotes [...]
Posted in Freedom to Read Week, contest on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Thanks to everyone who participated in FTRW and to everyone who took time to send in photos of their libraries for our contest.
Mitzi Fortin, Community Librarian with the Lumby Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library writes:
Lumby is a village located in the Okanagan interior. We have a population of about 1700 and are a well [...]
Posted in Freedom to Read Week, events, international on February 29, 2008 | No Comments »
When people find out that I’m a librarian they often respond “Oh, I love books”, mostly because I think they don’t know what else to say. The “I love books” people drive me nuts, and I usually respond with a snarky”I don’t like books at all” or “I don’t read fiction.” That usually shuts them [...]
Posted in Freedom to Read Week, LGBT, Little Sister's, censorship, government censorship, queer on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Written by and posted on behalf of Jon Scop
Janine Fuller ended her talk to a group of about thirty librarians and library students today by telling us that we inspired her, but I’d venture to say that it was Janine who provided a source of great inspiration to us. Janine has been [...]
Posted in Freedom to Read Week, contest on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Photo by mclib dot net
Last year’s contest was a huge success, so we’ve decided to do it again. Send in pictures of how you are celebrating Freedom to Read week (FTRW) at your library that we can use on our blog and in the Reporter. Your entry could be a photo of a [...]
Posted in Freedom to Read Week, events on January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The IFC is cosponsoring three events over Freedom to Read Week in Vancouver. Order kits and posters, learn more about challenged books and magazines, and check out the blah, and find other events across Canada at the Canadian Book and Periodical Council’s website.
