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LISTEN | Full interview with former Wyoming librarian Terri Lesley: As It Happens6:28Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement Terri Lesley never expected to become a key figure in the heated debate about free speech and book bans that has embroiled libraries across the U.S. …
Read More »Rare Catholic prayer book printed in 1596 uncovered at McMaster University had librarian ‘freaking out’
Ruth-Ellen St. Onge was busy preparing for an upcoming exhibition that will showcase a variety of texts published by the renowned Plantin Press when she saw something in the McMaster University Libraries catalog records that had her “freaking out.” “I saw this note on something called the universal short title …
Read More »Meet the librarian in rural Vermont helping stranded travellers with the ArriveCAN app
Sharon Ellingwood White says that 10 years ago, she was helping local residents create Facebook accounts. Now the part-time librarian in Canaan, Vt., says she’s become the “de-facto” local expert in another must-have app: ArriveCAN, the COVID-19 health data entry program that’s mandatory for anyone seeking to enter Canada by motor vehicle or airplane. “I live it day in …
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