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Jared Newman writes: “Whenever someone sends me a question about how to fix their Wi-Fi, I wince. It’s not that I dislike helping people with their router problems. But it’s an art that’s hard to conjure without being physically present. Potential points of failure are everywhere. The best I can do is walk your through how I diagnose Wi-Fi problems myself. That way, you can make better decisions on whether (and how) to upgrade your own gear.”

PCWorld, May 3
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Annika Barranti Klein writes: “If I say (or sing) “Butterfly in the sky” to you, will you answer with the next line of the Reading Rainbow theme song? If you are an American of a certain age, I bet you will. [LeVar Burton] made his film debut at 19 in Almos’ a Man, based on the story “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” from Eight Men by Richard Wright. The same year, he was cast in another adaptation, one that would change his life… and the world.”

BookRiot, May 5
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Katherine Knox writes: “In May 2020, Black birder Christian Cooper had the police called on him in Central Park in New York City. I had only been birding for a few years but Cooper’s experience was not the first time I’d heard about the struggles of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women birders. How can public libraries help make birding more equitable? As community spaces, public libraries have the potential to reach birders (and all people) that do not feel welcome in other spaces.”

Public Libraries, May 6
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ALA President Patricia “Patty” Wong will moderate an esteemed list of authors, publishers, and literacy advocates at the ALA President’s Program at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. The panel will include authors Malinda Lo, Linda Sue Park, and Christina Soontornvat; Philip Lee, publisher of Readers to Eaters publishing; and Jane Park, senior content strategist at Google Kids & Families. They will discuss new ways to tell Asian American stories, how to get books into readers’ hands, and ways to build community. The program will take place Sunday, June 26, from 3:30–5:30 p.m.

ALA, May 6
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Mariko Tamaki’s skill at portraying the queer teenage experience has earned her many awards, including the Michael L. Printz Award and a Caldecott Honor for This One Summer (illustrated by Jillian Tamaki) and Eisner Awards for Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell). Her unflinching approach to telling these stories has also landed her books on challenge lists. Tamaki took some time after her session at January’s LibLearnX conference to talk with American Libraries about her latest book Cold (Roaring Brook Press, February), her new comics imprint Surely Books, and what it’s like having her works contested.

American Libraries trend, May
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Richard Byrne writes: “Removing the background from an image is a good way to protect your privacy and that of people who might unintentionally be in the background of your pictures. Removing image backgrounds is also a good way to get a stand-alone image of yourself to then place in front of a different background. In the following video I provide demonstrations of four quick and easy ways to remove the background from your images.”

Free Technology for Teachers, May 2
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Lauren Bauer writes: “I started my library career as a page at a branch of a midsize public library system, and I still maintain that it’s my favorite job I ever had. And even now that reshelving is no longer officially part of my job description, I still find some benefits to doing it once in a while. So, here are some links and tools I’ve used in the past to teach both Dewey and Library of Congress classification systems.”

Hack Library School, May 2

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