Topic: American Library Association
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5 reasons graphic novels are the next big thing at your library
The book format is everywhere, from ESL classrooms to Ivy League libraries.
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Who are the 47 percent? 5 jobs held by people who pay no income tax.
Mitt Romney says 47 percent of Americans don't pay federal income taxes – and he was right. Half of that 47 percent are workers who hold jobs that don't pay enough for them to owe income taxes to Uncle Sam. What kinds of jobs are these?
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Banned Books Week 2011: Top 10 most challenged books of 2010
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Banned Books Week: Why these 10 classics got kicked out of class
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Chapter & Verse Michigan school: 'Anne Frank' will stay
The unedited edition of 'The Diary of Anne Frank' was put under review by a Michigan school district after a mother raised concerns about its use in a seventh-grade classroom.
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Chapter & Verse Is the unabridged 'Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl' too much of a good thing?
The unabridged version of 'Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl' includes passages in which Frank writes about her own anatomy – leading to a call for the book's removal from a 7th-grade classroom.
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5 reasons graphic novels are the next big thing at your library
The book format is everywhere, from ESL classrooms to Ivy League libraries.
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Chapter & Verse Hachette makes e-books available to libraries
Hachette, a longtime holdout among America's "big six" publishers, will make its full e-book catalog available to nonprofit public libraries and school libraries across the nation on May 8th.
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Chapter & Verse 10 most challenged books list for 2012 includes some newcomers
The most-challenged book series of 2012 was the 'Captain Underpants' books by Dav Pilkey. Former list-toppers 'ttyl' and 'The Hunger Games' are missing from the list entirely.
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Chapter & Verse New scorecard lets libraries give feedback on e-book offerings from publishers
The American Library Association has created a scorecard that asks library workers to grade publishers on the way that they are offering e-books for lending.
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Chapter & Verse Booksellers wait on Supreme Court decision: Could selling a used book become illegal?
A ruling on John Wiley & Sons Inc. v. Kirtsaeng – a case expected to come before the Supreme Court early next year – could make it illegal for non-profits and businesses to resell copyrighted works produced abroad.
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Chapter & Verse Banned Books Week celebrates its 30th anniversary
Events included in this year's Banned Books Week include the '50 State Salute.'
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Who are the 47 percent? 5 jobs held by people who pay no income tax.
Mitt Romney says 47 percent of Americans don't pay federal income taxes – and he was right. Half of that 47 percent are workers who hold jobs that don't pay enough for them to owe income taxes to Uncle Sam. What kinds of jobs are these?
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Chapter & Verse Asking 'Where's Waldo' helps increase local bookstore business
The 'Find Waldo Local' campaign, held nationwide for the month of July, had customers hunting for Waldo in independent bookstores and businesses.
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Chapter & Verse Pew study: library patrons largely unaware of e-book offerings
According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of respondents didn't know whether or not their local library had e-books.
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Chapter & Verse Author band the Rock Bottom Remainders calls it quits
The Rock Bottom Remainders, which includes writers Stephen King and Dave Barry, will play their last two shows this weekend in California.
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E-book battle: Libraries, publishers square off on pricing
E-book publishers are worried about profits shrinking if libraries go digital, and they're hiking e-book prices. Stretched thin by lean budgets, libraries are slow to embrace digital content. Can the two sides reach a solution?
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Maurice Sendak showed us 'Where The Wild Things Are'
Maurice Sendak wrote and illustrated the acclaimed 'Where The Wild Things Are,' along with other children's books. He passed away early Tuesday in Connecticut.
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The public library as community center: books, latte, yoga
The public library branches out with new ways to bring bodies to the stacks. Nationwide librarians are developing a community center model where visitors can do everything from drink their latte and do yoga, to speed dating and tax preparation – all while getting closer to books.
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Opinion: The firing of Brooke Harris: a teachable moment about free speech
Last month, Michigan teacher Brooke Harris was fired for allegedly helping students organize a 'hoodie' fundraiser for the family of Trayvon Martin. By all means, give Harris her job back. But let’s also support the free-speech rights of all of our teachers, not just the ones we agree with.
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Chapter & Verse 10 most challenged books on the American Library Association's 2011 list
The 'ttyl' series by Lauren Myracle and 'The Color of Earth' by Kim Dong Hwa top the 2011 rankings of most challenged books.
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Chapter & Verse 'A Wrinkle in Time' 50 years later
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publishing of Madeleine L'Engle classic "A Wrinkle in Time."
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Chapter & Verse Newbery, Caldecott winners: Jack Gantos, Chris Raschka take the top prizes
Award-winners Jack Gantos and Chris Raschka both wrote stories based on real-life incidents.
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Rahm Emanuel and public sector union play hardball over Chicago library hours
Across the US, financially strapped local governments are cutting back on library hours. In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has reduced the libraries' week to five days amid a stand-off with a public union.
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Facebook tracking now under federal investigation
Facebook tracking triggers another round of criticism for the social network. This time, the FTC is offering the company a settlement over a legal complaint, while a Senate committee starts to ask: is Facebook tracking both users and non-users?
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Patrons rally behind resilient public libraries
Even as libraries are facing steep cuts, Americans are using them more than ever – in more ways than ever.
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Banned Books Week: Join the virtual Read-Out protest on YouTube
The American Library Association urges users to read from banned or challenged books on YouTube.
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Banned Books Week 2011: Top 10 most challenged books of 2010
Each year during Banned Books Week, the American Library Association tells us which titles available in public US libraries and schools received the most complaints or challenges during the previous year. In 2010, it seems, it was modern bestsellers – rather than classics from earlier decades – that provoked the most heat. Banned Books Week 2011 is being observed from Sept. 24 - Oct. 1.
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Kurt Vonnegut gets the boot in a Missouri school
A high school in Republic, Mo. bans two books, including Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five," after a parent complains about material incompatible with the Bible.
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