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RE: FYI - ND Senator Calls for investigation of ALA

Posted By Michael Gorman Aug 04, 2023 05:42 AM
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Facts, shmacts. When you are an anti woke warrior, who needs facts, evidence and expertise? Not these rubes. -------------------------------Michael Gorman 525 W. Superior, #225 Chicago, Illinois 60654 ------------------------------- 312-475-0857

Puritan and banning books

Posted By Michael Gorman Jul 22, 2023 09:45 AM
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"Moms for Liberty" Gene Lyons, Chicago Sun-times: Something tells me I've seen this movie before. Back in my own elementary school days, we read about Dick and Jane. Even at that tender age, it was clear to me that they were Protestants and Republicans, although I had only the foggiest idea what ...

RE: DPLA Launches Banned Books Club

Posted By Michael Gorman Jul 22, 2023 09:41 AM
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"Moms for Liberty" Gene Lyons, Chicago Sun-times: Something tells me I've seen this movie before. Back in my own elementary school days, we read about Dick and Jane. Even at that tender age, it was clear to me that they were Protestants and Republicans, although I had only the foggiest idea what ...

RE: Researching NYPL's Labor History

Posted By Michael Gorman Jun 15, 2023 07:30 AM
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It was one moment when I realised how exciting catalogues and cataloguing can be! All the best, Michael -------------------------------Michael Gorman 525 W. Superior, #225 Chicago, Illinois 60654 ------------------------------- 312-475-0857

RE: Researching NYPL's Labor History

Posted By Michael Gorman Jun 14, 2023 08:24 PM
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When I was a young library assistant in a small London branch library, two little hooligans took two rods out of the card catalogues and were found "fencing" with them near the library entrance. Michael

The Plot Against America

Posted By Michael Gorman May 18, 2023 01:54 PM
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Washington post "Librarians could face years of imprisonment and tens of thousands in fines for providing sexually explicit, obscene or 'harmful' books to children under new state laws that permit criminal prosecution of school and library personnel," Hannah Natanson reports. ...

The Plot Against America

Posted By Michael Gorman May 18, 2023 01:52 PM
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Washington post "Librarians could face years of imprisonment and tens of thousands in fines for providing sexually explicit, obscene or 'harmful' books to children under new state laws that permit criminal prosecution of school and library personnel," Hannah Natanson reports. ...

RE: Not sure if you all saw this, but thought it would be of interest to our Round Table

Posted By Michael Gorman Apr 15, 2023 07:05 AM
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Amen.  I have ordered it from Bookshop.org--it is on back order--I hope because they  have sold a lot of copies.  Michael ------------------------------ Michael Gorman Chicago, Illinois michaelg@mail.fresnostate.edu ------------------------------

RE: New article on ALA's Black Caucus

Posted By Michael Gorman Apr 08, 2023 06:53 AM
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An important and enlightening contribution. Thank you. Michael Gorman -------------------------------Michael Gorman 525 W. Superior, #225 Chicago, Illinois 60654 ------------------------------- 312-475-0857

RE: How to respond to an administrative ban on banned books

Posted By Michael Gorman Oct 27, 2022 06:09 AM
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Ranganathan wrote that "Bad thought laid bare to the world is rendered sterile." I have always thought that was true and a powerful idea against any censorship. Is it the effect of "social media" that makes me wonder if Ranganathan was right? Or does the statement just lack a final "eventually"? Michael ...

RE: Disturbing development in Missouri

Posted By Michael Gorman Oct 19, 2022 06:41 AM
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This is beyond distressing (I assume this Ashcroft is the son of the Ashcroft who was Dubya's ''PATRIOT" Act enforcer?)--another brick in the totalitarian MAGA edifice in which women are second class citizens, LBTQ people are persecuted, children are the chattels of their parents, and a perverted "Christianity" ...

Freedom of access

Posted By Michael Gorman Sep 03, 2022 07:37 AM
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Crooked Media ​Summer Boismier, a high school teacher in Oklahoma, resigned on August 24 after another teacher complained that Boismier gave students QR codes with access to the Brooklyn Public Library, which would allow them to borrow books banned ...

Freedom of access

Posted By Michael Gorman Sep 03, 2022 07:36 AM
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Crooked Media ​Summer Boismier, a high school teacher in Oklahoma, resigned on August 24 after another teacher complained that Boismier gave students QR codes with access to the Brooklyn Public Library, which would allow them to borrow books banned ...

RE: Iowa library

Posted By Michael Gorman Jul 17, 2022 07:49 AM
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Dear ReneeYou have my sympathy in the confrontations you had with these bigoted yahoos and I am so sorry you had to give up your job. I do hope people and groups in ALA note your statement about the origins of the "dispute" and, at very least, issue a strong statement about the right of all to employment ...

Iowa library

Posted By Michael Gorman Jul 15, 2022 08:53 PM
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(CNN)A small-town library in Iowa is scrambling to reopen after community complaints about its book selection prompted full-time staff members to resign. The controversy started over complaints about books on display for children with information on the LGBTQ community, according to Jimmy Kelly, board ...

Iowa library

Posted By Michael Gorman Jul 15, 2022 08:52 PM
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(CNN)A small-town library in Iowa is scrambling to reopen after community complaints about its book selection prompted full-time staff members to resign. The controversy started over complaints about books on display for children with information on the LGBTQ community, according to Jimmy Kelly, board ...

With gratitude

Posted By Michael Gorman Jul 12, 2022 06:25 AM
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Dear Ms PekollThank you for your sterling service to the profession and to all concerned with intellectual freedom.All the best in your next endeavors.Michael Gorman -------------------------------Michael Gorman 525 W. Superior, #225 Chicago, Illinois 60654 ------------------------------- 312-4 ...

RE: Ginny Moore

Posted By Michael Gorman May 23, 2022 08:16 PM
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I am so sorry to hear that. Ginny Moore was a Council stalwart, a warm and altogether wonderful person , and someone whom ALA should honor in any way possible. May her memory be a blessing. Michael

Speaking of librarians being "neutral" and "non-political" ...

Posted By Michael Gorman Mar 01, 2022 05:31 AM
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The English translation of this appeal from the Presidium of the Ukrainian Library Association was posted on the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres website: The appeal of the Presidium of the Ukrainian Library Association to the Library Community of ...

Speaking of librarians being "neutral" and "non-political" ...

Posted By Michael Gorman Mar 01, 2022 05:31 AM
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The English translation of this appeal from the Presidium of the Ukrainian Library Association was posted on the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres website: The appeal of the Presidium of the Ukrainian Library Association to the Library Community of ...