Audiobooks from the Public Library
Note: Originally inspired by our topics posted in October for Disability Awareness Month, there’s no better time than the stressful period during exams and right before the holidays to repurpose a … Read More
Little Free Library
Disability awareness month: Female voices
Libraries are proud to recommend reading material to raise awareness, share information, and as discussion tools for therapeutic purposes. During Disability Awareness Month Books We Read bloggers are honored to … Read More
Paralympics vs Special Olympics
Note: In October, Books We Read is publishing a series of blog posts throughout the month to help promote and honor Disability Awareness Month. The modern Olympics (which date back … Read More
Believe Eric LeGrand
October is Disability Awareness Month at Rutgers, when the community comes together to raise awareness highlighting diversity and disabilities with events hosted by the Office of Disability Services. October 16 … Read More
The Country of the Blind
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or “NDEAM,” celebrating the value, talent and contributions workers with disabilities bring to America’s workplaces and economy. NDEAM’s purpose is to educate the … Read More
My Favorite Banned Books from Past Years
Honestly, I don’t know why this week exists. I don’t know why books have been banned and/or challenged every year, month, week, and day of my life. I don’t understand … Read More
Banned Books Week 2024
As a large academic library in the United States, censoring, challenging, and banning books is out of the question. Our collection development policies allow us librarians to add pretty much … Read More
Staff Picks: “Breaking Through: My Life in Science” by 2023 Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó
Breaking through: My life in science, a modest and unpresuming title, sounds unlike the typical editorializing titles of memoirs published by “celebrities” in the popular culture sense of the word. … Read More
Hamburger America: Burgers and Books (Part 2)
This post continues my (non-competitive) efforts to highlight a cross-section of food, books, and libraries, previously detailed in Hamburger America: Burgers and Books (Part 1). Our Hamburger Story (cont’d) While … Read More
Hamburger America: Burgers and Books (Part 1)
Without trying to compete with our in-house foodie and accomplished food writer, Becky Diamond, in this post I’d like to highlight a cross-section of food, books, and libraries that I … Read More