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More on LOEG and Censorship
Via Twitter, here’s a follow-up story on the library staffers who were fired over their actions denying a patron’s check-out of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier. It was interesting that the reason why they found out that it was on hold by an 11 year old was because one of the employees [...]
LOEG, Libraries, and 11 year olds
Here’s a brief story about library staff who claim they were fired for not allowing an 11 year old to check out League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. There seems to be an odd amount of grandstanding going on in the article.
Manga cataloging
I didn’t realize that Ohio State University had a manga cataloging project. This is sure to make your heart go pitter-pat if you enjoy manga and MARC records and cataloging procedures.
Dragon ball and libraries
There’s a roundtable discussion of Dragon Ball and libraries up on Good Comics for Kids in response to a recent challenge.
Banned Books Linkage
Even Banned Books Week has its detractors (surprise?) – Commentary from comics blog Robot 6 Banned Books Week, 2009 – Bookshelves of Doom provides a visual representation of how many banned books she’s read First They Come for the Guinea Pigs – Commentary and links about recent book challenges from Oz and Ends Ellen Hopkins [...]
Viz gets Library War: Love and War
I don’t remember the last time I was so excited about a new manga license. Viz is going to put out the shoujo manga version of Library War, called Library War: Love and War. Library War is a tender love story about librarians who defend intellectual freedom with machine guns. How could any self-respecting librarian [...]
Fighting Librarians Anime
I enjoyed Toshokan Senso (Library War) but I’m not sure about Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra, as some of the characters seem to be having issues with their cleavage. Here’s the summary from Sea Slugs Anime Blog: In a world where “Books†are the crystallized forms of the dead, Tonisu has his memory erased [...]
Library Linkage
Publishers Weekly on Quantifying Library Penetration for Graphic Novels. The biggest problem with using WorldCat holdings to gauge the library market for graphic novels is that not all libraries are hooked into the WorldCat system. Manga Maniac Cafe – Manga at the Library Julie visits her library’s manga collection and talks to a library employee [...]
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You can proclaim your intentions with a Kill Your Library T-shirt
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