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WSJ on new variations of book clubs, for people who don't like the traditional ones - and it does feature a cool "not-a-book-club book club" at the public library in Woodstock, Vt.

https://t.co/ilRA80oFzJ

Thanks @jenniferlevitz !

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FCC Considers Cybersecurity Funding For Schools And Libraries, Which Are Top Ransomware Targets

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Something happened when we shifted to digital formats that created a loss of rights for readers. Pulling back the curtain on the evolution of ebooks offers some clarity to how the shift to digital left ownership behind in the analog world.

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New from MoveOn... The Banned Bookmobile tour that will distribute some of the most frequently banned books in some of the communities most impacted by the bans. https://t.co/YbI1jICoN9

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Why Does the U.S. Copyright Office Require Libraries to Lie to Users about Their Fair Use Rights? They Won’t Say.
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Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter
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The entire story of Twitter under Elon Musk
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Nikki Haley embraces “terrorist” mantle at Moms for Liberty event.

#M4L is run by vicious political operatives who routinely terrorize #teachers, #librarians, #children & #parents.

Their allies the Proud Boys call M4L "Gestapo with Vaginas." https://t.co/76wYwGV1ZJ #Fascism

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Thanks to @WebJunction, Jennifer Peterson, Sunnie Scarpa, and all of the attendees for an invigorating conversation today! Here are resources from today's webinar: https://t.co/CslqfHBLU4

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North Oak Cliff Branch Library back to normal following city ransomware attack
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Hundreds of authors, including Salman Rushdie, Cheryl Strayed endorse anti-censorship initiative

Thanks @inmybook !

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The Unknown Librarian Who Saved Queer History
You probably don’t know the name Paul Fasana. But the librarian was instrumental in preserving hundreds of thousands of artifacts of queer history. https://t.co/yfbI83eBkJ

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In this article published in the Scholarly Kitchen, Sheila Rabun, Program Leader for Persistent Identifier Communities at Lyrasis, shares success stories, lessons learned, and an outlook for the next five years of ORCID and PIDs: https://t.co/dwLTeTDdw3
#scholarly #ORCID

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How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It’s Published

https://t.co/4RjisSWITx

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Heading to your first ALA? Here’s a recording from last week’s webinar: “My First ALA: Registration Confirmation to ALA Annual” for tips & tricks: https://t.co/zR4I4j2mms #ALAAC23

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What to Do If Your House is Overflowing with Books
Emily Grosvenor Offers Some Interior Design Tips for the Struggling Bibliophile https://t.co/U9jaovfSfh

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TX lawmakers OK bill that aims to keep sexually explicit material out of school libraries
When the bill becomes law book vendors will have to assign ratings to books based on depictions or references to sex. https://t.co/Ozy5V5hrE6

Thanks @inmybook !

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Bookshelf Sorting https://t.co/SV7C6oM1kv