Although we’ve recently seen this issue arise when a book was challenged and retained at the Indianapolis public library and last year in the King County Library System near Seattle, the Tribune article was sparked by a controversy in the Chicago suburb of Morton Grove. The town’s library is currently running a film series that…
While cooking a tasty batch of Red Greek Lentils from the Rebar cookbook, I heard Jian Ghomeshi interview Judy Blume on CBC’s Q (16:08-:30:08). I can’t believe that she’s 70 years old now. The introduction was lovely: Name a book that was important to you as a kid. A novel that helped you negotiate the…
You have probably heard by now of Cory Doctorow, a co-editor of BoingBoing who publishes his novels — including this one — under a Creative Commons licence. You can check out the Wikipedia article for his Canadian connections and more, and have a look at his Little Brother page, where you can download the book…
Linda Braun wrote a fantastic post on the YALSA blog about being afraid of what the community might think when choosing items for a teen collection. She writes: As I kept hearing this comment I thought about how some librarians use “I know my community” as an excuse for not purchasing controversial materials for the…
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