by James Gordon | Apr 10, 2018 | Opinion
Public libraries cost money. In fact, public libraries are expensive. No surprise then that when it comes to cutting the cost of public services, our public libraries and their budgets are also up for grabs. I posted an article on Facebook recently lamenting the loss...
by James Gordon | Sep 11, 2015 | Opinion
A combination of shadow and light, curve and line, an ascending spiral toward the light of the sky beyond the glass roof. This is what you see when you step inside the library building at Aberdeen University in Scotland and look up at the staircase. It depicts the...
by Patrick Johnson and The Republican | Sep 30, 2010 | News
BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (RNS) Lord Jesus Christ has been booted from the library for recurring bad behavior. Lord Jesus Christ, a 50-year-old transgender woman who had his name legally changed after a revelation from God, received an order on Sept. 8 from the Clapp...
by Bob Allen | Dec 4, 2006 | News
Graphic novels, which use comic-book like graphics and dialogue balloons to address sometimes adult themes, are the latest front in what has been called the library wars. The Marshall Public Library in central Missouri recently pulled two such books from shelves...