On Sept. 15, 2016, AL Live! hosted a webinar featuring (in order of presentation) Bob Bocher (Fellow, ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy), Doug Archer (Peace Studies and Global Affairs librarian at University of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries), Michael Robinson… Read More ›
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Filtering: The Critical Difference between “All” and “Most”
One of the nine common beliefs set forth in the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner is as follows: “Equitable access is a key component to education. All children deserve equitable access to books and reading, to information, and to… Read More ›
Banned Books Week 2016: Moving Beyond Diversity of Content to Diversity of Information Access
Banned Books Week, hosted by the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom, raises awareness of an issue that is near and dear to the hearts of librarians everywhere: the freedom to read. What many librarians may not realize (and… Read More ›