Last week there was a lot of online content and commentary about Banned Books Week. Seems this week, we can't even get to the books!
Although most local libraries are open, the larger government-funded ones were ordered to close until further notice. Here are a few sources you can visit to get your shutdown questions answered.
- American Libraries Magazine put together a detailed snapshot of who’s closed and who’s open.
- Library Journal’s take on the government shutdown.
- Library Journal blogger “The Annoyed Librarian” makes a few suggestions on how to spend all that extra time if you're on furlough.
- And did you know there’s a Huffington Post “Libraries in Crisis” page?
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