Library Stuff

Arthur Gregg Sulzberger – “With this procession, another day starts at the city’s biggest daytime shelter for homeless people, drug addicts and the mentally ill: the Multnomah County Central Library.”

Cinnamon Stillwell – “At question is the publication of books and other writings that seek to shed light on the financing of Islamic terrorism. Increasingly, American authors who dare enter this territory are finding themselves at risk of being sued for libel in the much more plaintiff-friendly British court system in what amounts to an attempt to censor their work on an international level.” (via)

Michelle Slatalla – “With this year’s news about the ways some unscrupulous colleges make an extra buck off students’ naïveté — from loan officers who accepted lenders’ kickbacks to schools that got cash incentives to steer students to expensive study-abroad programs — I felt it was expedient to warn my daughter about a big expense that looms before her. Textbooks.” (via)

Debra Lau Whelan – ‘Wouldn’t it be great if Head Start was required to collaborate with public libraries? If the House and Senate can agree on the same language, it could very well happen.”

PLA Blog – “What has is your library’s perspective on the Harry Potter phenomenon?”

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