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Spotlight Book: “Change Sings” by Amanda Gorman
I had the opportunity today to do one of my favorite things: I got to read books to students at an elementary school. It was a follow-up to Read Across America. Which book did I […]
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ALA: Number of Unique Titles Challenged up for 2023
To no one’s surprise, censorship in the form of book challenges is up across all of library world. What may be a little surprising is that there were more challenges in 2023 – 4,240 to […]
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How Many Books Can I Check Out?
Walk into any library, whether school or public, and you are likely to get different answers to this age-old library question: How many books can I check out? What I hope and what you are […]
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CLA sets conference for April 25-26
The California Library Association Youth Services Interest Group will host a professional learning summit for those who work in Youth and Teen Services in public libraries. The conference is in Huntington Beach on Thursday, 4/25 […]
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YALSA needs 6 Young Adults to volunteer for ALA panel in San Diego
Youth Volunteer Opportunity The Young Adult Library Services (YALSA) division of the American Library Association is seeking 6 young adult participants for a panel discussion at the ALA Annual Conference. The panelists will provide perspectives on the freedom to read, […]
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From School Library Journal: “Documentary Film to Spotlight Black Librarianship”
From a 2/29/24 article on SLJ.com __________ Black librarianship—the history, impact, and present state of the profession—will get the documentary treatment with Are You a Librarian: The Untold Story of Black Librarians, a film in […]
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“The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”
It has been reported in a variety of places that WorldCon’s Hugo Awards for 2023 that took place in Chengdu, China had certain integrity issues. You can read about them at the two links below […]
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Book to Movie: “Turtles All The Way Down”
John Green is one of the premier young adult writers of this generation. He writes in a way, with distinct emotions from his characters, that makes the transition to film just work. We all saw […]
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Finding Library Jobs in 2024
This post will be updated as more websites dedicated to library jobs become available. Should you know of any, you can support our efforts by notifying us here: info(at)GoldenLibraries.com (and replace the (at) with the […]