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6Jun04 . . . . why is this man clean-shaven? 4Jun04 . . . . Roofie McSleepytime (clown hypnotist) @ your library Five controversial performers coming to your local library. [thanks lisa]
2Mar04 . . . . More books equal better brains. When I worked for The Princeton Review, one of the things we used to tell students was that the only thing that really significantly correlated with test scores was income. If you had more money, you'd generally do better, no matter how you had done in school, how much you studied, whatever. It definitely motivated kids to prepare for test, but it also made me really sad. Now that standardized tests are becoming mandatory, people in Florida have noticed that better libraries mean better scores, even as the amount spent on most of those libraries is "pitiful". [thanks mac]
15Jan04 . . . . self-censorship? An author's dilemma -- make your book more palatable to [some] librarians or risk losing sales, lots of sales. [thanks penny]
7Nov03 . . . . watch for the dramatic drop in YA circulation.... The Wisconsin state legislature is considering giving final approval to a bill that allows parents to know what their children are checking out of public libraries. [thanks clark]