12/18/15
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12/9/15
11/30/15
11/29/15
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9/21/15
Shelf Check #544
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Goodreads) is the most challenged book of 2014, and has appeared on the Top 10 Most Challenged Books list every year since 2010.
Banned Books Week 2015: September 27-October 3
Posted by Emily Lloyd at 8:41 AM 0 comments
Labels: bannedbooks, challengedbooks, titles, yaliterature
9/20/15
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9/11/15
9/10/15
9/9/15
Shelf Check #84
Greg Rucka's Whiteout (highly recommended!)
[RR, strip from 09/07]
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Labels: school, serviceswedon'tprovide, supplies, titles
9/4/15
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8/24/15
8/19/15
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8/13/15
Shelf Check #521
Brain-to-brain interfaces have arrived, and they are absolutely mindblowing (i09)
[RR, strip from 3/13]
8/10/15
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8/3/15
Shelf Check #487
Posted by Emily Lloyd at 11:56 AM 0 comments
Labels: children'sliterature, princesses, shouldbeeasybut
7/29/15
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7/27/15
Shelf Check #131
"Libraries to be 'new channel' for direct marketing" at Guardian Unlimited
[RR, strip from 11/07]
Posted by Emily Lloyd at 8:36 AM 0 comments
Labels: advertising, apple, inthenews, marketing, titles
7/22/15
Shelf Check: Now Serving Leftovers!
I haven't written new strips for a good while, but I thought digging around in some of the older ones might jolt me into inspiration. While the librar* world is fast-paced and constantly changing, it also drags its heels and isn't changing all that much--so many of the older strips remain relevant topic-wise. People still land on this page (mostly for Cards Against Librarianship these days), so I've decided to repost strips on a regular basis for a bit. I recently got in a conversation about "human book" libraries that reminded me of this series, originally from Feb 2012, so to kick things off: