by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 23, 2018 | Articles and Information
Banned Books Week 2018 starts today, September 23, and runs through Saturday, September 29. This year’s theme, “Banning Books Silences Stories,” is a reminder that everyone needs to speak out against the tide of censorship. Banned Books Week is an annual event...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 21, 2018 | Articles and Information
[su_table] [/su_table] From The ‘M’ Word – Marketing Libraries blog, we picked up this handy summary of recent reports to inform your library marketing. From the post: [su_quote]A handful of reports released this year offer useful data for marketing and PR planning in...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 21, 2018 | Articles and Information
From the U.S. Government Publishing Office Since its inception in late April of 2010, Government Book Talk’s mission has been to “spotlight the amazing variety of government publications and their impact on ourselves and our world – and have fun while doing it.” Well,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 20, 2018 | Schools
By Doug Johnson Reposted from the Blue Skunk Blog Here’s a little riff on ALA President Barbara Stripling’s Declaration for the Right to Libraries… Declaration for Student Rights to School Libraries Thomas Jefferson wrote, “An educated citizenry is a...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 20, 2018 | Articles and Information
First Lady Carol Mead has partnered with several corporate sponsors to provide a copy of her second children’s book, Blazing Wyoming Bonnets, to fourth graders throughout Wyoming. “Advancing early childhood literacy has been and continues to be a passion of mine,”...
