#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."

#BookBans #Censorship

Leaders 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

Hey 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

#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

https://lacountylibrary.org/books-unbanned/

How Library Cards Became the #JayZ Merch of the Moment

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/style/jay-z-brooklyn-library-cards.html?unlocked_article_code=BNQHYE5KTs4eC_vtee_n0I77BUdWM3qCfqjYxFKE7kTjPkQ4_sAHfqFiBaBYr5XqDaW8xRmLXkmuY2ou7gFN9Ohh1FpNgBbRpfaB5Rq2CdCR3cQCKceR0CYx0ZzHWr-Uc_1fFob8GFGiuFdIOdPD41r0Os5kVCEWiDjZGlmqmkVF2bRPovvACkeoFrqzmf3tilBcXWYVByBdREkxKcupkYTsOrcZ8ot3K5GGuYC0Cg-7Zy0MfMZNBz-7rKY-cNya05x4cqXk2Kw49h0gt0-wAoiTVSxWUpSZxTnWB1NNUe8siZrVhhC1PuCaRPQ6Ux7VeH9C_zM6RXdUWtpVv0JjgeIk4PI&smid=url-share

#Bibliothekskultur #BrooklynPublicLibrary

Should a struggling public library be used as a shrine to a billionaire’s glamorous life?

#Art #Libraries #JayZ #BrooklynPublicLibrary

https://hyperallergic.com/834305/brooklyn-public-library-has-99-problems-but-jay-z-aint-one/

Books Unbanned | The Seattle Public Library

This brilliant program makes #ebooks and #audiobooks available to teens and young adults anywhere in the country. It was started by #brooklynpubliclibrary and #seattlepubliclibrary is the second one to join in helping kids and young people everywhere access books being banned by the religious right.

I hate that it has to exist. I love that it does.

If you know or are a young person living somewhere where books are getting banned because adults are afraid of change, follow the link and get your free card to private access to all the books.

https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/teens/books-unbanned
#library #libraries #bookstodon #books #freedomofthought #freedom
#seattle