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Who You Gonna Call? Libraries and Open Access Are Busting Misinformation Ghosts

Within the walls of the library, or more often now, behind the authentication screen, is expertly researched and peer-reviewed scholarly literature that can help anyone make important decisions about their health or habits or inform their understanding of complex social problems. Unless you have a university login, however, you may not be able to access that scholarship or use it to improve your personal and professional life. Even those fortunate enough to have institutional access can’t get everything, not even at the richest universities.

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Shamella Cromartie, I love My Librarian Award winner

I Love My Librarian Award Winner Spotlight: Shamella Cromartie

Equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the center of Shamella Cromartie’s work at Western Carolina University (WCU), in Cullowhee, North Carolina, where she serves as associate dean of library services. And it has led her to be chosen as a 2022 I Love My Librarian (ILML) Award winner. Awarded annually, the ILML honor recognizes exceptional academic, public,

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The New Golden Era for Libraries

Libraries will be beacons of hope and light in 2022, according to the Washington Post. The newspaper’s Editorial Board ushered in the new year with praise for public libraries, touting the abundance of new libraries that have opened around the world in recent years, their architectural beauty, and the variety of services they offer to

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Not a Badge of Honor: Jason Reynolds on book banning in libraries

Jason Reynolds, YA author and the Library of Congress’s National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 2 to discuss his new book, Stuntboy, in the Meantime, as well as the detrimental effects of banning books in libraries and schools across the US. When asked by Colbert about

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Books Under Siege: How you can help fight censorship

School and public libraries across the U.S. are currently experiencing an unprecedented increase in book censorship attempts. And many of the books being challenged and removed focus on LGBTQIA+ issues; document the Black and BIPOC experience; or are written by Black authors. As Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual

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5 Reasons to love school libraries (and the librarians who work there!)

It’s back-to-school season, and if your students are coming home with books in their backpacks that channel their interests and enthusiasm into learning and literacy, there’s likely a school librarian to thank. There’s no better time to stop and celebrate school libraries and librarians. Here are just five reasons they’re the heroes we need now

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