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Jeff Zentner announced that he was going to be reading his The Serpent King, Instagram Live shushed by a librarian. Almost immediately, all the librarians listening lost their minds —filling the screen with comments declaring that ‘librarians don’t shush anymore! ’ But even before their chorus of friendly outrage began, Jeff predicted the reaction, offering a caveat about how his understanding of librarianship has grown since the book was published.”
The Adventures of Library Girl, Apr. 6
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The Tennessee Association of School Librarians has received the 2020 AASL Chapter of the Year Award. The $1,000 award recognizes the AASL chapter most active and dynamic in achieving the goals of AASL at the state and local level. The group was cited for its work on Tennessee Library Legislative Day, developing school librarian leadership capacity through professional development, webinars, TASL Talks, Twitter Media Minutes, and promoting AASL events and elections.
AASL, Apr. 6
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Bruce Schneier writes: “Over the past few weeks, Zoom’s use has exploded since it became the video conferencing platform of choice in today’s COVID-19 world. (My own university, Harvard, uses it for all of its classes.) Over that same period, the company has been exposed for having both lousy privacy and lousy security. My goal here is to summarize all of the problems and talk about solutions and workarounds . In general, Zoom’s problems fall into three broad buckets: (1) bad privacy practices, (2) bad security practices, and (3) bad user configurations .”
Schneier on Security, Apr. 3
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all seven episodes of the hit show ‘Tiger King ’ and you’re looking for more, we’ve got some reading suggestions. ”
New York Times, Apr. 2
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Veronica Roth writes: “I am a pessimist. It has served me well in life—and in writing. Science fiction, my preferred genre in reading as in writing, is therefore a predictable match for me. Science fiction warns us. 1984 cautions us against government surveillance, propaganda, and totalitarianism. The Handmaid’s Tale shows us the horrors of systemic misogyny. Science fiction is also a mirror: It reveals us to ourselves, shows us both our complicity in harmful systems and our individual frailties. The Power by Naomi Alderman is an example of the former—what would women do with extraordinary power? The same things as men, it turns out; the system is the problem. People are always people, science fiction says. Even in the future. ”
Literary Hub, Apr. 6
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Sarah S. Davis writes: “Natural Poetry Month poetry into children’s lives. Thanks to generous online resources, it’s never been easier to find free, quality educational lessons on poetry for kids. In this article, we’ll review six great resource hubs to find children’s poetry for free online. Whether you’re looking for free, printable short poems for kids, rhyming poems for kids, or funny children’s poems, these dynamite websites offer what you need.”
Book Riot, Apr. 6
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1919 paper on the uncanny, Freud reckoned now returns. ’ As a nation whose traumatic past is still coming to light, it is safe to say Ireland remains a haunted place. There is also our unique relationship with the supernatural —not just the churchy stuff, but all the myth and superstition. We can be fierce believers in the sinister. Four years ago, I started writing The Butchers , mad cow disease. Here are 10 Irish Gothic offerings from which I drew eerie inspiration.”
The Guardian (UK), Apr. 1
