INFODOCKET
Gary D. Price | September 27, 2011
In the past week, the eBooks in libraries topic grew even “hotter” when OverDrive and Amazon.com announced that their eBook lending partnership was going live for all OverDrive partner libraries.
When the announcement was made, I posted about a few concerns…
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Sonya Sones | September 27, 2011
The author of “What My Mother Doesn’t Know,” an acclaimed young-adult novel, reflects on the criticism levied at her and her writing and why parents resort to censorship.
In 2001, I wrote a novel in verse called “What My Mother Doesn’t Know.” It received a number of accolades, including being chosen an American Library Assn. “best book for young adults.”
But the acclaim wasn’t universal, as my mail made painfully clear.
Want to find an easy way to take part of Banned Books Week on a national level? Help celebrate Banned Books by uploading a YouTube video of you or your patrons reading a banned book!
Participants honoring the freedom to read from September 21 to October 1 are encouraged to take part in BBW’s Virtual Read-Out on YouTube. The criteria are simple: make a video that’s less than two minutes of anyone reading a book that’s been banned. If you choose to share a personal experience battling censorship, the clip can go to three minutes. Click here for instructions on how to upload videos.
Need help choosing a book to read? The American Library Association’s list of frequently challenged or banned books can be found at Banned and/or Challenged Books.
PC WORLD
Ian Paul | September 26, 2011
Should you be concerned about your privacy on Facebook’s recently announced “frictionless sharing” plan that lets online sites and services automatically share your activity with your Facebook friends?
The basic idea behind Facebook’s new sharing system is that clicking a “Like” button is too burdensome. So why not let a news site do the sharing for you, with almost no action on your part?
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