In another somewhat strange library altercation, man with assistance dog is allowed to proceed with his lawsuit against the library because the library cat [now deceased] scratched his dog. You remember the lawsuit right? Well it’s going ahead as scheduled. [thanks eric]
Month: December 2003
censoring Jesus?
“Perhaps [librarians] would have been more at home with a portrait of Lucifer?” Slight overreaction from the president of the Catholic League from librarians’ decision to remove some, but not all, depictions of Jesus from a library art exhibit. The library stands by its decision, but ALA-OIF says the library policy doesn’t make sense. [thanks Natalia]
seasonal online collection of note
One of the nicest online collections I’ve seen, and seasonlly appropriate: the photographs of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley at the Schwerdtfeger Library at UW. [thanks rebecca]
crossing fingers
New York City is voting on their anti-PATRIOT Act resolution today. Hopefully we’ll have good news tomorrow.
it’s calendar time again!
A few little birds have told me that it’s calendar time again this year. In this one, librarians pose naked for charity. Maybe American libraries will start doing this as a way to raise funds for their own libraries.[thanks all]