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DuBose, Amanda

June 4, 2022

Amanda DuBose started as music and performing arts librarian at Syracuse (N.Y.) University Libraries March 15.

Donner, Jennifer

June 4, 2022

November 8 Jennifer Donner started as district director of Iosco–Arenac District Library in East Tawas, Michigan.

Dean, Blue

June 4, 2022

March 28 L. Blue Dean joined Duke University Libraries in Durham, North Carolina, as associate university librarian for development.

Dallis-Comentale, Diane

June 4, 2022

Indiana University Bloomington appointed Diane Dallis-Comentale Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries effective April 15.

Council, Floyd

June 4, 2022

Floyd Council started as executive director at Jackson (Miss.)–Hinds Library System March 15.

Bruhn, Christopher

June 4, 2022

April 1 Christopher Bruhn became music librarian at University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem.

Aaylor, Jessica

June 4, 2022

Jessica Aylor joined University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill April 4 as director of development and interim executive director of library development.

Evangelestia-Dougherty, Tamar

June 4, 2022

Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty joined the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives in Washington, D.C., as director in November.

Gore, Emily

June 4, 2022

May 23 Emily B. Gore became associate university librarian at University of Georgia Libraries in Athens.

Hayes, Nichelle

June 4, 2022

Indianapolis Public Library appointed Nichelle Hayes interim CEO in March.

Holmgren, Jeanne

June 4, 2022

Carteret County (N.C.) Public Library System named Jeanne Holmgren library director March 25.

Jester, Ashley

June 4, 2022

Ashley R. Jester joined Boston University Libraries as associate university librarian for research and learning June 1.

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Douglas Soule writes: “Facing a federal lawsuit with accusations of unconstitutional censorship, a Florida school board has agreed to place books it banned back on library shelves as part of an out-of-court settlement. In total, 36 books will be returned in the Nassau County School District, according to a settlement agreement signed September 11. They range from classics like Beloved by Toni Morrison and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini to And Tango Makes Three, a children’s picture book about a same-sex penguin pair.”

Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat, Sept. 12, July 24
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Becky Siegel Spratford writes: “I am constantly correcting people—educated people, library users, readers—who think that when we buy a book for the library we get it in all formats for one price. They assume we pay slightly more [for electronic formats] than them, but they think for that price we get all those copies they see in our collections. We need to also work on how we communicate this issue to our card holders. So how can we share this complex issue more easily?”

RA for All, Sept. 11
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Chris Lewis writes: “For my generation and generations before us, the public library was an equalizing force in every town, helping anyone move toward the American dream. A ruling in Hachette v. Internet Archive has just thrown that promise of equality into doubt by limiting libraries’ access to controlled digital lending (CDL). On September 4, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals [affirmed a lower court’s decision that CDL through the National Emergency Library was not fair use.] If the courts won’t recognize CDL-based library lending as fair use, then the next step falls to Congress.”

MIT Technology Review, Sept. 11
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“Hispanic Heritage Month honors the contributions and influence of Hispanic and Latine Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States, and is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 annually. Check out these recent releases from authors of Hispanic or Latine background!”

Seattle Public Library, September
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Cara S. Bertram writes: “The year 2023 was another record-breaker for book bans. ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) documented 1,247 attempts to censor library books and other materials—most of which were works by or about people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, or both. But attempts to limit access to literature in the US are as old as our nation itself. American Libraries travels through time to outline our country’s history of censorship—and the library workers, authors, and advocates who have defended the right to read.”

American Libraries feature, Sept./Oct.
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The Library of Congress’s 2024 Literacy Awards recognized four top honorees on September 8, International Literacy Day: The LaundryCares Foundation, an Illinois-based nonprofit that installs learning spaces in laundromats across the country; New Zealand’s Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori Inc., a network of schools working to preserve and promote the Māori language; We Need Diverse Books of Bethesda, Maryland, which helps authors and illustrators with diverse backgrounds get their books published; and the Alsama Project in Beirut, Lebanon, which educates Syrian refugee youth frequently left out of Lebanese schools.

Library of Congress Timeless, Sept. 9
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Michael Rodriguez writes: “In the first half of 2024, institutions of higher education in the United States closed permanently at the rate of one per week, according to one estimate, with little sign of slowing down. Where the author lives in Pennsylvania, eight colleges have closed, consolidated, or announced plans to do so since January 2024 alone. These closures directly impact small private colleges and the communities built around them, but closures also ripple throughout the academy, disbanding libraries and archives and endangering access to and preservation of the scholarly record.”

The Scholarly Kitchen, Sept. 5

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