Laura Sill

DPLA's #BannedBook of the week is “Esperanza Rising”. A gripping and inspiring riches-to-rags story, this widely acclaimed middle-grade novel follows 13-year old Esperanza, who is forced to leave her privileged life in Mexico in 1930 to work in a California farm camp.

"Book bans are not just bad policy; they can raise civil rights issues" blog.ed.gov/2024/07/book-b… Join our upcoming online event "Confronting Book Bans" to learn more about recent trends in book banning.

Two national leaders in the battle against book bans, Emily Drabinski—2023-2024 American Library Association President—and Emily Knox—author of Book Banning in 21st Century America%… lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/con…

Read All Boys Aren’t Blue and 899 other titles in Illinois thanks to our partnership with @uchicagolibrary. Readers in Illinois can exercise their right to freedom of expression & inquiry by downloading The Palace Project app to read banned books today.

Read Lawn Boy and 899 other titles in Illinois thanks to our partnership with @dpla. Readers in Illinois can exercise their right to freedom of expression & inquiry by downloading The Palace Project app to read banned books today.  thepalaceproject.org/app/

Read Out of Darkness and 899 other titles in Illinois thanks to our partnership with @dpla. Readers in Illinois can exercise their right to freedom of expression & inquiry by downloading The Palace Project app to read banned books today. thepalaceproject.org/app/

In partnership with @digpublibrary and The Banned Book Club, we're making 900 banned book titles available to readers in Illinois. Celebrate freedom of expression and inquiry by downloading The Palace Project app to read banned books today. thepalaceproject.org/app/

Shocked by US book bans, particularly aimed at marginalised voices. Join our online event with @UChicagoLibrary @torstenreimer @laslibrary to discuss the impact on their communities & potential UK ramifications. 13 May, 7pm #WOWFEST 🎟️ tinyurl.com/yxv3tvv2

For #NationalLibraryWeek, we’re celebrating our partnership with @uchicagolibrary. Readers in Illinois can exercise their right to read by downloading The Palace Project app to read banned books today. thebannedbookclub.info

To kick off #NationalLibraryWeek #RightToReadDay, we’re celebrating our partnership with @digpublib and The Banned Book Club. Readers in Illinois can exercise their right to read by downloading The Palace Project app to read banned books. thebannedbookclub.info

If you believe that: 1) Reading is critical to democracy. 2) Books help us understand complex issues. 3) Parents shouldn't make decisions for other parents' children. 4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books. Join the campaign & #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action

Intellectual freedom is under attack in America. @DPLA is fighting back against book bans by providing access to all with #TheBannedBookClub.

Today until 5PM stop by the first floor of the Reg for Mystery Date With A Book and get paired with the perfect book for you from our Reg Reads collection: events.uchicago.edu/event/228642-m…

Zheng “John” Wang entered his new role as dean of libraries on Sunday. The position serves as the chief executive of libraries, charged with leading and innovating various programs and services. 📚 (🖋️ and 📸: @shawlings601) theshorthorn.com/new-dean-of-li…

The University in collaboration with the Library is expanding access to banned books for researchers and members of the public. lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/uch…

I'm hiring! Humanities Data Scientist at the National Endowment for the Humanities ($112k-$172k if working in DC; different if elsewhere). It's an opportunity to make a real difference in US-based humanities funding, research, & awareness. Share widely. usajobs.gov/job/735706500

@librarianbeth @upennlib @UVALibrary @NDLibraries Congrats Beth and many well wishes to you! Thank you for your incredible work and advocacy in the metadata field over the years!

Dear friends, I have retired from @upennlib after nearly 18 years, and more than 40 years working in libraries, including @UVALibrary and @NDLibraries. It's been a great ride--thanks for memories! #cataloging #metadata #linkeddata #librarytwitter #librarians

Congrats to these ALA Emerging Leaders on their amazing "APALA for Another 40" poster session! Here are authors María Fernández, Karleen Delaurier-Lyle, Gabi Kim Huesca, Stacey Akahoshi & Meng Qu 📷@catladylib Info on next poster sesh Sun. 6/25: tinyurl.com/2m7m44xp #alaac23

R. Bonner writes that @SteveBr65932691's Chained to History (@CornellPress) "makes a signal contribution to 19th-c. history: producing a comprehensive, well-written, & authoritative 1-volume account of the impact of Black slavery on early U.S. statecraft": digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewconten…

For Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, archivist at the University of Maryland, building archives is as much about building relationships as it is about collecting information. on.mellon.org/3MOoQQN