I recently received my Fall 2009 issue of Young Adult Library Services (YALS) put out by YALSA. As I was reading it cover to cover (it’s my first issue in about 18 months) I was really interested in the YALSA Membership Engagement Survey Results by Candice A. Wing-Yee Mack and Melissa McBride. As I was [...]
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Connecting with librarians
Posted in In Response on November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Banned Books Week Redux
Posted in In Response, tagged Banned Books Week, In Response on October 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last Thursday, I was greeted by the latest American Libraries Direct in my inbox and being that we were in the throes of Banned Books Week, I was understandably intrigued by the headline Even Banned Books Week has its detractors. The link revealed a blog post by Kevin Melrose, who is “maddened” by a recent [...]