Congrats to Emma Boettcher! If someone had to end James Holzhauer's fantastic run, we're glad it was a #librarian. bit.ly/2XmRdeb The paper for her MLIS degree, “Predicting the Difficulty of Trivia Questions Using Text Features,” relied on #Jeopardy clues.
"Librarians are not trying to force your children to read material you don’t want them to read. They are fulfilling their role as information professionals tasked with upholding the constitutional promise of access to information for all." wapo.st/3Sw4opB
❤️It's inspiring to see the avalanche of love and support for @mychal3ts and libraries that this tweet ignited.
Don't mess with Mychal, y'all. His positivity and love for his library and community are forces to be reckoned with.
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MORE: Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich, founders of Moms for Liberty, whose members campaign to sit on school boards, have been proactive in getting fiction books that discuss race and racism, slavery, sex and gender identity, banned from school shelves.
Libraries work because library workers do. This #LaborDay, we're shouting out all library workers for their extraordinary service as they face an unprecedented level of harassment, threats of violence, and challenges to their expertise.
ALA offices are closed in observance.
Thank you to President @BarackObama for supporting libraries and the freedom to read. And thank you to all library workers on the front lines "fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and ideas available to everyone."
#UniteAgainstBookBans
Today, some of the books that shaped my life—and the lives of so many others—are being challenged by people who disagree with certain ideas or perspectives. And librarians are on the front lines, fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and
Here's a positive story to end the week. @mychal3ts, the one-man public relations machine for libraries, on @KQED's #Rightnowish spreading the word about the coolest place in earth. ❤️
