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Patrick Vanhoucke

The release by the #American #Library Association (#ALA) of new data on book #censorship in 2024 and the Top 10 Most Challenged Books List, shows that the majority of book censorship attempts now originate from organized movements.

ilovelibraries.org/article/nat

I Love Libraries · National Library Week Kicks Off with Release of New Book Censorship DataThe American Library Association kicked off National Library Week with the release of new data on book censorship in 2024 and the Top 10 Most Challenged Books List, which includes “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” by George M. Johnson, “Gender Queer,” by Maia Kobabe, “The Bluest Eye,” by Toni Morrison, and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky. The data shows that the majority of book censorship attempts now originate from organized movements. Pressure groups and government entities that include elected officials, board members, and administrators initiated 72% of demands to censor books in school and public libraries. Parents only accounted for 16% of demands to censor books, while 5% were brought by individual library users.
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PrivacyDigest

#Librarians are dangerous - The Enthusiast by Brad Montague

Not in a “leap-out-of-the-shadows” kind of way. More in a “mercenaries of media literacy-knowers of where things are - masters of organized rebellion” way.
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Let me be clear: these modern librarians are not the nostalgic memory you may have of a woman with a bun & a stamp. Today’s dangerous librarians are much more. They are part educator, part tech wizard, part data analyst, & part myth-slayer.
#library #ala

bradmontague.substack.com/p/li

The Enthusiast by Brad Montague · Librarians are dangerous.By Brad Montague
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Einstein^Vaderbilt

Tor Project & Lebanon Public #Library #NH – exit down?
blog.torproject.org/tor-exit-n

sjpl.org/privacy – toolkit builder, #Anonymity and #Tracking

Libary Box
jasongriffey.net
makezine.com/projects
Library 2035 (Sandra Hirsh)
Standards (MIT 2025)

#Anonymity ( #ALA #OIF )
pg. 44 #tor
pg. 56 .onion
libraryfreedom.org - Tor Poster
pg. 58 #TAILS as a service
choose privacy everyday .org (captured domain – ‘gambling’ ops)

blog.torproject.orgTor Exit Nodes in Libraries - Pilot (phase one) | Tor ProjectHello Tor Community! We first introduced you to the Library Freedom Project back in February...
#SanJose#CA#Cupertino
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MineEyesDazzle

#ALA Officers/Members, if you're reading this thread, I ask for your help.

Please add the account registration link to the ALA Connect FAQ on how to create a free ALA Connect account.

Please add Circulation and/or Access Services to the Principal area of work: dropdown list for the ALA Connect account registration form.

Please fix your Paraprofessiona typo in the Type of responsibility: dropdown. (Consider adding Library Assistant to that list, but that's less critical.)

Thank you <3 #LSSIRT

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MineEyesDazzle

One of our library assistants is trying to make a free ALA Connect account (for non-members) to attend a webinar about IMLS' defunding and it's a webform nightmare. The ALA Connect FAQ on how to do it doesn't provide the account registration link! I find it for her. Then, the webform immediately presents a field they don't have the information for (e.g. ID Number field), which it turns out isn't even a required field +
#ALA #libraries #librarianship

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