2019LIBRARYDESIGN SHOWCASE

Toronto Public Library’s Tor Browser

ALA expressed concern about changes announced on June 17 by Hachette Book Group (HBG) and on July 2 by Simon & Schuster (S&S) to their ebook and digital audiobook lending models for libraries

The American Library Association (ALA), along with seven other professional organizations, released a joint statement on June 17 promising to uphold the standards of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

NEWSMAKERGeorge Takei p. 10International Innovatorsp. 28PLUS:Exhibit Hall Highlights and Battling MisinformationAnnualConferencewrap-up2 019p. 12July/August 2019

Digital BadgesHow schools and libraries use them today

Rather than simply posting event information on social media, give your followers a task within the post

NETHERLANDS

Wi-Fi in the “White Space”Unused TV spectrum offers libraries potential for rural broadband

80%Percentage of 2014–2015 MLIS graduates who were women.

A Resolution in Support of Civil Rights Protections for People of Diverse Gender Identities

2019 Virtual Membership Meeting

All people, regardless of origin, age, back-ground, or views, possess a right to privacy and confidentiality in their library use. Libraries should advocate for, educate about, and protect people’s privacy, safeguarding all library use data, including personally identifiable information.

Privacy Article Added to Library Bill of Rights

Funding cuts may have forced libraries to limit hours and curtail services, but the need for children’s literacy programming hasn’t disappeared.

May 2019

Library users’ privacy rights are another urgent issue.

As a result, most challenges to library resources in 2018 focused on materials and programs addressing issues of concern to those in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgen-der, queer, intersex, asexual, and related (LGBTQIA+) communities, most notably drag queen story hours and books affirming transgender youth, like Alex Gino’s George.

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Libraries and the law

a collaborationof ALA with Grow with Google

Libraries Ready to Code

Here are the “Top 11 Most Challenged Books in 2018”:

200+Books donated to Orange City (Iowa) Public Library after four LGBTQIA+ library books were burned by a religious activist

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THE STATE OFAMERICA’STHE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONSPECIAL REPORT | APRIL 2019LIBRARIES

Libraries and the future of secure, distributed databases