If ever you were looking for a library-related example of John Szalzi’s aphorism “the failure mode of clever is ‘asshole’” just take a gander at…
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Patrons Are People by Committee Of The Minneapolis Public Library Staff (1945)Source: Archive.org
“So how are you going to find her? This clue-giver of yours.”“I don’t know. I could just keep jumping into different pools.”“A librarian would suggest…
Olathe (KS) Public Library, November 2019
An investigation by the Colorado Civil Rights Division concluded that a Weld County library district violated state anti-discrimination laws when it fired a librarian in 2021 after she objected…
On January 1, 2023, a swath of books, films, and songs entered the public domain. The public domain is not a place—it refers to all…
The war on libraries is being fought on two fronts. On the first, we have extremists calling on librarians to repent for the sin of…
Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools,…