If I dug around in my LJ long enough, I could find the entry to give you the history for this, but it would be locked, so I'll give you the relatively shorter unlocked version. With less f-bombs. Possibly ( Read more... )

We have eight. Must place an order ( Read more... )

New Clean Reader App Removes Obscenities From Books On DemandIf it's an "age appropriate" issue regarding removing objectionable language, I hate to break it to them, but taking out certain words does not suddenly make it age appropriate. There's could be themes that aren't appropriate, or even turns of phrase that aren't easily recognized as ( Read more... )

I was perusing the digital library and noticed something a little odd and honestly, quite ridiculous. If I'm logged in, certain covers are replaced with a gray generic cover, but if I'm not logged in, I see the cover.

For example:

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The Daily Dot: Parent calls cops on teen for giving books away at a book giveaway

"So, this happened: Someone called the cops on a teenager for giving away free books.

At-wait for it-a book giveaway event."

Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha! [breathe] Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

As part of my job, I often have to go through our local paper's archive on microfilm searching for obituaries and the like. I really like when I have to search through the really old ones (our archive goes back to mid-1911) when I can cringe and/or laugh at advertisements and articles. Back in the day, the newspaper was the only way to get local, ( Read more... )

Gaiman's long been a library advocate, most recently evident in "Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming", a lecture given for the Reading Agency. I pretty much want to quote the whole damn thing, but I'll stick with this one about his local library growing up ( Read more... )

Minnesotans cancel Rainbow Rowell's book visit after parents' complaints

[reads article]

[checks library catalog]

Hmm... we don't have any of her books.

[orders books]

You Tube: Clergy Rebukes Media for Asking Wrong Questions About Amendment One

This is the kind of clergy message I can support. For those of you unfamiliar with Amendment One, it's a proposed amendment to North Carolina's State Constitution to ban gay marriage. Looks like it passed too.

The Mary Sue: PBS Delves Into Fanfiction

So it's a yes that PBS ( Read more... )

I try to keep up on the news, because I have a lot of people coming in asking about various subjects, because, you know... we're a library.

I just tried to go to Planned Parenthood's website to read their statement about defunding by Komen, and the city's recently installed censorware gives me the message Block reason: Forbidden Category "Sex ( Read more... )