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Videos From October 2008

2008 Reforma National Conference: Promoting Library Services to Latinos and Spanish-Speakers

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This overview of the Reforma National Conference, held September 18-21 in El Paso, Texas, features musicians at the exhibit hall opening, conversations with Author Luncheon speaker Diana ... View Video »

Why Not To Ban Books

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Author Stephen Chbosky shares a letter he received from a reader of his young adult novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Alternately funny and moving, it demonstrates the effect that a ... View Video »

2008 Banned Books Week Read-Out

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Scenes from the 2008 Banned Books Week Read-Out, held at Chicago's Pioneer Plaza September 27. Speakers include authors Judy Blume, Lois Lowry, Stephen Chbosky, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, and Luis ... View Video »

LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund

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The LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund supports librarians who are facing financial difficulty due to discrimination or because they have taken a stand in support of intellectual freedom. In this ... View Video »

LITA National Forum: Technology and Community

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A video review of the Library and Information Technology Association's 2008 National Forum, "Technology and Community: Building the Techno Community Library", held October 17-19 in Cincinnati, ... View Video »

Gaming at Oak Park Public Library

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During the summer and autumn this year, Oak Park (Ill.) Public Library has held monthly teen gaming tournaments. This is a video of sights and sounds from the September tourney, as well as an ... View Video »


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