State of Florida considers legislation to require filters on all public library computers, since 46% of FL’s public libraries don’t take Erate money and so aren’t mandated to filter by CIPA. [thanks dsdlc]
Author: jessamyn
one more NLW post…
Seems like the American Chemical Society removed the “quiet please” portion of their National Library Week campaign [though you can still see it on their t-shirts]. [thanks mita]
computers are hard? no, they just look that way
Libraries, Wired and Reborn. I really like the computers we have in our public library, thanks to the Gates Foundation, however technology without staff training and staff funding only reinforces the “computers are hard” myth at our rural-ish public library. [thanks all]
King & King “not what God wants”
Religious parent objects to public library kids book “King & King” being on a shelf where kids can find it.
“By him finding that book and asking why two men were kissing in it, I had to tell him about the two men being gay, which is something we disagree with and not what God wants” [thanks eoin]
how to apply for a library job
How to apply for a library job. From the library link of the day guy, John Hubbard.