An Interview with ALA President Sam Helmick on Youth Media

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As the current Past President of LASL, I am delighted to post this message.

Part 2 of Milk * Honey Discussion is up!

Brilliant

Events | News & Events | American Folklife Center | Research Centers | Library of Congress The American Folklife Center (AFC) documents and shares the many expressions of human experience to inspire, revitalize, and perpetuate living cultural traditions. Designated by the U.S. Congress as t...

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two crows on a wire
arguing like old rivals
drama in the sky

#dailyhaikuprompt (crow)
#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
#haiku

25 Years of the National Book Festival: Highlights from 2009 | Bookmarked Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week,

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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

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Do Your Book Reviews Change Over Time? [Discussion] #blogger #bookblogger #TopTenTuesday #bookx #booksky - Reading Ladies If you review books, do your reviews change over time? How have they changed or stayed the same?

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Fall for the Book Podcast Books Podcast · Updated Bimonthly · A podcast from the Fall for the Book Festival team - Director Kara Oakleaf, and Manager, Suzy Rigdon. Each season, they sit down with writers from across the genre ...

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So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.

STATEMENT: President Trump Fires the Librarian of Congress and Now Congress Must Push Back

Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause!

Read @everylibrary.bsky.social's statement here.
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“The Library of Congress,” a History of the Nation’s Library, Publishes with Georgetown University Press “The Library of Congress: From Jefferson’s Vision to the Digital Age,” publishing May 2, is a new comprehensive history of the nation’s library as the institution turns 225 years old.

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‘I’m locked up, not washed up’: Young people incarcerated at DC jail get poetry, music lessons - WTOP News Project Poetic Justice offers 18 to 24-year-olds taking traditional academic classes at the D.C. jail an escape from the usual routine of their incarceration.

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I'm at the library and I love it. You should go to the library.

Books

More books

Weekday evenings are the best times to browse.

#vss365
You call,
I come
in the dark.
Stumble, fall—
curse you.
I call,
you come
in the dark.
Stump your toe,
break glass—
curse me.
You call,
I come
in the dark.
Glass shards
cut me.
I curse you,
I call—
you don't come.
I find the light.
#Nirvana.
You're there,
in need of me—
no longer in the dark.

NEITHER. BOOKS GO IN LINE. SPINES OUT. LIKE GOD INTENDED. /joking 😂😂😂

Srsly aesthetics are nice but this upsets our poor brains! 🙃

#bookishqotd #reader #thanksihateit #booksky

Need graphics? Check out this pack!

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They tried to erase a 🌈 Little Free Library 🌈 in my town…here’s the update

Trump’s Military Academies Are Becoming Laboratories for Unconstitutional Censorship​​, Not Leadership Adults 18 and over attend these schools, not children.

At the nation’s elite military academies, the library stacks are being emptied by executive order.

Adults 18 and over attend these academies, not children.

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10 Favorite One-word Book Titles [Discussion] #BookX #BookSky #BookBlogger #TopTenTuesday #booklist #bookreviews #bookcommunity - Reading Ladies Do you love one-word titles? Do you have a list of favorite one-word titles? Have you read books on my list?

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One for all of you lovely lovely book nerds out there.
Day 1: The Year of the flood by Margaret Atwood, second in the Madaddam trilogy and the best of three although admittedly I love them all 📚💙