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Public Libraries Online The online counterpart to Public Libraries magazine Public Library Quarterly . The Public Library Quarterly is "addressed to leaders-directors, managers, staff, trustees, and friends-who believe that change is imperative if public libraries are to fulfill their service missions in the twenty-first century."
The national network of Little Free Libraries — tiny cupboards perched outside homes holding free books — is partnering with Banned Books Week, PEN America and the American Library Association ...
Human rights is a professional ethic that informs the practice of librarianship. [8] The American Library Association (ALA), the profession's voice in the U.S., defines the core values of librarianship as information access, confidentiality/privacy, democracy, diversity, education and lifelong learning, intellectual freedom, preservation, the public good, professionalism, service and social ...
Additionally, the ALA's Office for Library Advocacy has an initiative called I Love Libraries, also known as ilovelibraries, which attempts to "spread the world about the value of today's libraries," promotes value of librarians and libraries, explains key library issues, and "urges readers to support and take action for their libraries." [102 ...
A federal court recently said the Internet Archive is not protected by fair use doctrine.
The libraries’ policy calls for “freedom of information for all and does not restrict a user’s right to read, view, or listen to Library materials,” the documents state, making accessible ...
The culmination of centuries of advances in the printing press, moveable type, paper, ink, publishing, and distribution, combined with an ever-growing information-oriented middle class, increased commercial activity and consumption, new radical ideas, massive population growth and higher literacy rates forged the public library into the form that it is today.
The Beaufort County School District on Thursday announced the next 10 titles to be reviewed by committees set up to make decisions on 97 books removed from school libraries in October.