As Demographics Shift, Kids’ Books Stay Stubbornly White | NPR (June 25, 2013)
Story posted June 25, 2013.
When it comes to diversity, children’s books are sorely lacking; instead of presenting a representative range of faces, they’re overwhelmingly white. How bad is the disconnect? A report by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that only 3 percent of children’s books are by or about Latinos — even though nearly a quarter of all public school children today are Latino.
Read: As Demographics Shift, Kids’ Books Stay Stubbornly White | NPR.
Second OverDrive “Big Library Read” Project Includes School Libraries | GoodEReader
Earlier this year, digital content distributor OverDrive partnered with publisher Sourcebooks in an experiment aimed at establishing concrete data on how readers respond in terms of book borrows and book sales to digital titles they check out from their libraries.
Now, OverDrive is partnering with HarperCollins on a second installment of the project, this time using a children’s book and including school libraries in the experiment. In addition, the audiobook of this title will be available as well at no-cost and with multiple checkouts, just like the digital title.
Read: Second OverDrive “Big Library Read” Project Includes School Libraries | GoodEReader.
What APIs Are And Why They’re Important | ReadWrite
If you work with APIs, you already know why they’re important. But the rest of you may well be wondering: What are APIs, and why do we care so much about them?
A Facebook ‘Like’ Is Protected as Free Speech | PCMag.com
A Virginia court weighed in on the topic this week, and found that actions on Facebook – even if they only involve one click of a mouse – are indeed protected by the [US] First Amendment.
Read: A Facebook ‘Like’ Is Protected as Free Speech | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.
How to Make Your Entire Internet Life More Secure in One Day | LifeHacker
How to Make Your Entire Internet Life More Secure in One Day | LifeHacker
How to guides for:
- Encrypting your email
- Encrypting your chat conversations
- Using secure backups and file syncing
- Hiding your web traffic
- Using a password manager
- Using two-factor authentication
BBM for iOS and Android Hands-On: The Best Blackberry Thing In Years? | Gizmodo
Even as Blackberry has fallen from grace over the last few years, its proprietary messaging service BBM has remained a solid, well-designed product. A few months back, the company announced plans to bring the product to iOS and Android. We were excited then, and after spending a few minutes with the final build of both apps, we’re thinking this could be Blackberry’s foothold into a new future.
Read: BBM for iOS and Android Hands-On: The Best Blackberry Thing In Years? | Gizmodo.
The best and worst of iOS 7 | CNET Reviews
After reviewing Apple’s latest mobile OS, I gathered together what I liked most about iOS 7 and what I liked least.
Read: The best and worst of iOS 7 | iPhone Atlas – CNET Reviews.
Invisible Man Banned: Ralph Ellison’s Landmark Novel Banned From School Libraries | HuffPost
A lack of “literary value” has apparently left Ralph Ellison’s landmark 1952 novel, Invisible Man banned from school libraries in Randolph County, N.C., the Asheboro Courier-Tribune reports.
Read the full story: Invisible Man Banned: Ralph Ellison’s Landmark Novel Banned From School Libraries | HuffPost.
New York librarian fired after speaking up for child who read too much | NY Daily News
Note that Lita Casey was a library aide. The article title is misleading.
9-year-old Tyler Weaver was accused of ‘hogging’ the Hudson Falls Free Library summer reading contest after winning five years in a row. The library fired Lita Casey after she spoke up for her little friend.
The Full Story: New York librarian fired after speaking up for child who read too much | NY Daily News.
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