#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

There'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

#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

I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence,
Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt,
Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd...

#Whitman #BrooklynPublicLibrary #WhitmanAt200 #LeavesOfGrass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP-46qLeKm4&t=106s

@SallyStrange Just borrowed it from the #BrooklynPublicLibrary on #Libby ✅

Please support #brooklynpubliclibrary for supporting LGBT+ youth with free access nationwide to their digital collections. You can donate directly or buy their cool-ass #merch like this!

Y’all should follow Rachel Cabitt’s Substack. #album #recordalbum #vinyl #albumcoverart #nypl #brooklynpubliclibrary

https://open.substack.com/pub/theartofcoverart/p/the-future-of-vinyl-libraries?r=158tw&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Bravo to #seattlepubliclibrary for joining Brooklyn Public Library in allowing kids anywhere in the country to get a library card, thereby securing them access to books that might be banned by their state. Remember, kids, it’s never a good idea to be on the same side as book banners. Like, never. #spl #seattle #brooklynpubliclibrary

https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/teens/books-unbanned

@notsle
Well done to the Brooklyn Public Library.
#BookBans
#Brooklyn
#BrooklynPublicLibrary
#EBooks

“Brooklyn Public Library is adding our voice to those fighting for the rights of teens nationwide to read what they like, discover themselves, and form their own opinions. Inspired by the American Library Association's Freedom to Read Statement, BPL's Books Unbanned initiative is a response to an increasingly coordinated and effective effort to remove books tackling a wide range of topics from library shelves.“

#booksunbanned #bookbans #brooklynpubliclibrary #readfreely
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned

Join #WikiWednesday Salon at #BrooklynPublicLibrary tomorrow evening, pizza included! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/February_2023 #Q60

#brooklynpubliclibrary for the WIN! I always stay in #brooklyn when I visit NYC. It’s very Toronto x10. I simply love what they are doing for kids. The #censorship happening in the US is beyond disgusting. As a #Canadian, I have zero desire to live above the new #Gilead. Well done! https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/25/23041346/brooklyn-library-free-digital-cards-ebook-collection-banned-books

Last year, Brooklyn Public Library asked kids to write about censorship in their schools and libraries. The results were both sobering and hopeful.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88qp3b/i-helped-thousands-of-teens-impacted-by-book-bans-heres-what-they-had-to-say
#Censorship #Libraries #BookBans #librarians #brooklynpubliclibrary #Op-Ed

@sjgochenour On the BirdSite, I was following a lot of the BIPOC writers that I'd read and enjoyed. They generally recommended a lot of other great writers. Also, I attended the #BrooklynPublicLibrary's Climate Read bookclub on Zoom for the first year of the pandemic. Lots of great recommendations there.