ResearchBuzz: FirehoseBK Reader: Brooklyn’s Fight Against Book Bans Reaches National Milestone. “Books Unbanned, the Brooklyn Public Library initiative launched in 2022 to give young people access to books affected by censorship, has hit a major milestone: cardholders have borrowed over one million e-books.”
Stefan BohacekIf you find yourself in Brooklyn in September/October, check out some of these courses taught by immigrant scholars, including on meditation, flower arrangement, and the poetry of bird flight.
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/university-open-air
#nyc #brooklyn #BrooklynPublicLibrary #BPL #libraries #UniversityOpenAir
Tuomo SuominenWhat, seriously (2/2)? The #moomin are coming to #newyork in a first-ever US exhibition celebrating the work of Finnish artist #tovejansson and her whimsical cartoon characters. The exhibition, titled ‘Tove Jansson and the Moomins: The Door Is Always Open,’ will open at the #brooklynpubliclibrary's central branch 28 June and transform the historic space into the Moominvalley world.
#moomin80 #80thanniversary
https://www.wallpaper.com/art/moomins-new-york-exhibition
#moomin80 #80thanniversary
https://www.wallpaper.com/art/moomins-new-york-exhibition
petersuber#Oklahoma revoked the teaching certificate of Summer Boismier because she set up a classroom display of #BannedBooks and gave her students a link to the #BrooklynPublicLibrary service providing free online access to banned books.
https://www.upworthy.com/oklahoma-revoked-this-teachers-license-for-standing-up-against-book-bans-shes-not-backing-down
From Boismier: "I've never had a teaching certificate revoked…, let alone revoked for informing [high school students] that #libraries exist online too."
OrganizingLISLeaders of New York City's three library systems have for months warned that if budget cuts instituted last year and funding reductions that together total nearly $60 million included in Mayor Eric Adams' executive budget are enacted, Saturday service across the five boroughs' 219 branches could be eliminated
🔗 https://thechiefleader.com/stories/city-libraries-face-prospect-of-5-day-weeks,52374
#LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions #NYC #AFSCME #DC37 #NYPL #NewYorkPublicLibrary #QPL #QueensPublicLibrary #BPL #BrooklynPublicLibrary #EricAdams
Sally StrangeHey New Yorkers (the city): Brooklyn Public Library requests your help in maintaining funding. Mayor Adams' fascist budget cuts have already strained libraries to their limits, leading to reductions in hours and services offered. They're asking us to sign an open letter to city leaders in support of library funding.
#Libraries #NYC #NYCpol #FuckMayorAdams #BPL #BrooklynPublicLibrary
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/standup/contact?utm_source=dedicated&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=stb-2024&utm_content=031224-letter
ScarabThere's a really interesting discussion with Collections Manager and librarian Leigh Hurwitz on their pioneering #BooksUnbanned program's history and technical implementation details along with more library geekery, on @jiminfantino and Lionel Cassin's podcast (https://www.patreon.com/jiminfantino/ for now, soon to be released to public on https://funnynotfunny.bigego.com/ ). See also #BrooklynPublicLibrary's podcast #Borrowed and Banned": https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts
Cory Doctorow#5yrsago You can request hand-crafted reading-list recommendations from the #BrooklynPublicLibrary online https://www.bklynlibrary.org/bookmatch
#5yrsago In America, the young find distinguishing fact from opinion easier than their elders https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/10/23/younger-americans-are-better-than-older-americans-at-telling-factual-news-statements-from-opinions/
#5yrsago High school class’s #ElectoralPredictions model is a model for electoral predictions https://web.archive.org/web/20181104020001/https://polistat.mbhs.edu/about/
#5yrsago #PublicDomain scores a huge appeals court victory: the law cannot be copyrighted https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/appeals-court-tells-georgia-state-code-cant-be-copyrighted
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Austengoals#LACountyLibrary has partnered with #BrooklynPublicLibrary and #SeattlePublicLibrary to join the #BooksUnbanned initiative, a response to an increasingly coordinated and effective effort to remove #books tackling a wide range of topics from #library shelves. #BostonPublicLibrary and #SanDiegoPublicLibrary are also joining Books Unbanned. All five library systems will work as crucial partners in defending and expanding the freedom to #read . #bookstodon
Ben KadenHow Library Cards Became the #JayZ Merch of the Moment
