Map Thief Sentenced in Federal Court

Reading is Fundamental Program turns 40!

A catalogue of errors

Library 2.0

Drafted: I Want You to Deliver E-Government

California Passes Bill to Safeguard RFID Privacy

UCLA ALA Student Chapter Bookstore
Purchase your books, school supplies and more through Amazon.com!

I'm broke: please ban my book

Program will celebrate First Amendment Champions

ALA supports congressional effort to investigate closure of EPA libraries

New Study: Today’s Public Libraries Are Thriving Technology Hubs That Millions Rely on for First or Only Choice for Internet Access

Archives open up centuries of British sex

On Banned Books, Our View -- The opposite effect of intent

British Library calls for digital copyright action

Not-so-local lunar library


Vast library, thoughts of John Adams displayed

ALA's 25th annual celebration of intellectual freedom, Banned Books Week, starts tomorrow, September 23rd!

More information here:

http://ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm

SJSU library students involved with LISSTEN (Library and Information Science Students to Encourage Networking) have organized events for Oct. 1st at Cal State Fullerton.

Directions and a schedule of events that day are available here:

http://slisgroups.sjsu.edu/alasc/wordpress/?p=51

Have fun reading those challenged books!

Calif. library can bar worship, court says
The freedom to read is a basic human right

Harry Potter tops list of most challenged books of 21st Century

Vatican Opens Secret Archives from Pre-WWII Period

Make all your Amazon purchases with this link and support the UCLA ALA student chapter

The war over one book at a prestigious private school

Books To Be Removed From School Reading List

Harry Potter a hit at Guantanamo

Will it matter if people can’t read in the future?

Homeless Patrons Win in Worcester

Prison Uncovers Library Book Drug-Smuggling Scam

Australian University Library Removes Alleged Jihad Books

Google: Banning Books In The US Is Bad; Censorship In China, Not So Much

Librarians from Around the Nation Meet in Salt Lake City

Rethinking Google's system
Human-powered search premieres

Libraries are more security conscious

Library security boosted

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awards ALA grant to improve Internet connectivity in public libraries

Library upgrade bridges digital divide

No Glove No Love (Links to a paper about the problems with using gloves in archives)

The price is right for a library card

Libraries in the War on Terrorism

Do the crime, do the time in the library