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Ruth Cuadra

Libraries as neutral community spaces - 0 views

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CAMLF libraries community cultural+attitudes

shared by Ruth Cuadra on 28 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Ruth Cuadra on 28 Sep 13
     
    "We need to make this a landing strip for people who may not be culturally attuned to using a public building"
Ruth Cuadra

Millennials read more books than their elders, Pew study finds - 0 views

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CAMLF millennials books reading libraries

shared by Ruth Cuadra on 17 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Ruth Cuadra on 17 Sep 14
     
    Among younger Americans who did read at least one book, the median or typical number read in the past year was 10, but they seems to value libraries less than older adults.
Ruth Cuadra

The Future of the Stacks - 3 views

medium.com/...ure-of-the-stacks-f035ce6c327b

CAMLF third+space libraries

shared by Ruth Cuadra on 06 May 15 - No Cached
  • Ruth Cuadra on 06 May 15
     
    If libraries were to disappear, cities and towns would lose essential "third places" that are open to the public.
Elizabeth Merritt

A Texas superintendent ordered school librarians to remove LGBTQ books. Now the federal... - 0 views

www.nbcnews.com/...-library-books-texas-rcna61087

libraries censorship DEAI training

shared by Elizabeth Merritt on 21 Dec 22 - No Cached
  • The U.S. Education Department’s civil rights enforcement arm has launched an investigation into a North Texas school district whose superintendent was secretly recorded ordering librarians to remove LGBTQ-themed library books.
  • accused the district of violating a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender. The ACLU complaint was based largely on an investigation published in March by NBC News, ProPublica and the Tribune that revealed that Granbury’s superintendent, Jeremy Glenn, instructed librarians to remove books dealing with sexual orientation and people who are transgender.
  • An Education Department spokesperson confirmed the investigation and said it was related to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, gender and sexual orientation.
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  • After a volunteer review committee voted to return all but a few of the titles, two disgruntled members of the committee filed a police report in May accusing district employees of providing “pornography” to children, triggering a monthslong criminal investigation by Hood County Constable Chad Jordan, which remained open as of August.
  • The ACLU of Texas made similar legal arguments in another civil rights complaint filed last month against the Keller Independent School District in North Texas in response to a policy banning any books that mention “gender fluidity.” The Education Department has yet to decide whether to open an investigation in Keller,
  • the nonprofit PEN America, which has tracked thousands of school book bans since last year,
  • If the Education Department finds Carroll students’ rights have been violated, experts said, the federal agency could require the district to implement the same types of diversity and inclusion training programs that conservative activists have fought to block in Southlake.
Garry Golden

Cultural Institute - Google - 1 views

www.google.com/...about

google project CAMLF Library libraries

shared by Garry Golden on 07 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Garry Golden on 07 Oct 12
     
    ummm
Ruth Cuadra

American University Intellectual Property Brief » YouTube Unveils Creative Co... - 0 views

www.ipbrief.net/...veils-creative-commons-library

CAMLF creative commons intellectual property trends

shared by Ruth Cuadra on 15 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Ruth Cuadra on 15 Aug 12
     
    YouTube hopes this will cut down some of the concerns over copyright infringement of user-created content that plague the site.
Karen Wade

sn04.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 1 views

dpi.wi.gov/sn04.pdf

CAMLF Disabilities Demographics Cognition

shared by Karen Wade on 04 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Karen Wade on 04 Jun 12
     
    A good overview of issues related to cognitive disabilities, geared primarily to libraries.
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