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Giovanni’s Room Bookstore in Philly to close?
The end of an era? Since opening in 1973, at the beginning of the post-Stonewall era, Giovanni’s Room bookstore in Philadelphia has been an important source of books for people of all stripes and...
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Diversity forums at Public Library of Youngstown (Ohio)
Kudos to the Public Library of Youngstown, Ohio, for their series of noontime brown-bag lunch discussions, where they will be addressing issues of diversity and inclusiveness. I see that they just had...
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Remembering 9/11…
Today marks the 12th anniversary of one of the saddest days in American history. Although this blog is about library diversity and diversity in general, I feel it is more than appropriate to use this...
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Career Enhancement Program: Call for Applications
Pictured: Mark A. Puente (ARL Director of Diversity and Leadership Programs) and the 2012 Career Enhancement Program participants. Graduate library science students from racial and ethnic minority...
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ALA-REFORMA Announces 2013 Día de los Niños Mora Award Winner (Diversity in...
(This is the “Book Fiesta” by Pat Mora.) Felicitaciones, Arizona State University! REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking,...
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UPDATE: ARL Career Enhancement Program Deadline Extended
Pictured: Mark A. Puente (ARL Director of Diversity and Leadership Programs) and the 2012 Career Enhancement Program participants. Last month, I posted about the Association of Research Library’s...
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Update: Nasser Sharify Memorial Gathering in New York, Nov. 2
Pictured: Current Pratt School of Information and Library Science Dean Tula Giannini and Dr. Nasser Sharify, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor. I posted in August about the passing of Dr....
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Skipping Stones Book Awards: Celebrating Diversity & Multiculturalism
The 2013 Skipping Stones Honor Awards I recently learned about Skipping Stones, a wonderful multicultural children’s magazine. They’re celebrating 25 years of promoting diversity and multiculturalism...
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LAMBDA: Libraries Serving LGBTQ Homeless Youth in California and Tennessee
I wonder: How many of us think of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning) homeless youth when talking about underserved library populations? Although more and more libraries and...
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Philippines Library Relief Fund
Leyte Provincial Library (before) Libraries, and librarians, have been known to stand up to all kinds of menaces, but not even the best of the best can withstand winds of up to 195 mph (513 km/h)!...
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