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Archive for April 9th, 2007

09 Apr

Harry Potter Handling for Libraries

The new Harry Potter novel, like others before it, will be a source of headaches for some libraries because of challenges to its appropriateness, because of the content (or how that content is perceived). But Scholastic, the series’ publisher, is making libraries sign a burdensome agreement in order to purchase the final volume.
“Libraries must limit [...]

09 Apr

Libraries as Homeless Shelters

This article was forwarded to an email list I subscribe to, with the query, “Is it really like that for you?”
It describes how, in the absence of good day treatment options and other activities, many homeless people have gravitated to the library as a refuge. This is primarily a problem of public libraries, but also [...]

09 Apr

Inclusiveness: A Liturgical Advantage?

Other people have the profound and lovely — I’m just skimming a few tidbits out of the feast.
On Amy Welborn’s blog, scroll through the comments on this post about the Easter Vigil service, which will show another advantage of being inclusive.
If your lectors know Braille… you can leave the church in darkness longer (except for [...]

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