CBE August Library Newsletter:10 Most Awesome Librarians In Pop Culture

Banned Books Week ideas for libraries serving teens
Censorship leaves us in the dark. Keep the light on.

Banned Books Week is my favorite yearly celebration in the library because it offers so many learning opportunities to students, mostly importantly by opening the door to discussion about intellectual freedom and its role in a democratic, open society.

Different types of censorship create different types of darkness in our society. This year, offer the following topics for teens to consider:

E-readers for borrowing library ebooks

In Canada and the United States the vast majority of public libraries have an ebook collection. Overdrive stated that they power 95% of all libraries and there are a number of smaller companies that are involved in this field as well, such as Hoopla and Bibliotheca. There are a number of e-readers that have functionality to deliver ebooks right from the library and read them and today we look at the best ones.

10 Most Awesome Librarians In Pop Culture

Librarians are usually thought of as quiet, bookish types. If there's any pushback on this image in the public mind, it's the aggressive shusher of noisy children. However, this doesn't do justice to what librarians do. Librarians are information scientists, researchers, teachers, crusaders. Also, book nerds, but that's not the story's end! A Master's in Library Science is what makes someone a librarian. As Doctor Who's Alice Obiefune was fond of reminding The Doctor, without the MLS you're a library assistant.

Housing Finance 2020

Comprehensive guide to affordable mortgage programs. 50-state resource directory of grants and down payment assistance. 300 pages. Also available in Spanish: Hipoteca 2020. $9.99 e-book

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Hipoteca 2020

Spanish edition of Housing Finance 2020. Comprehensive guide to affordable mortgages. 50-state resource directory of grants and down payment assistance. 300-page softcover and $9.99 e-book.

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