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The Atlantic
Developed countries like the United States have seen a remarkable transformation in education over the last century: Girls and young women — once subjected to discrimination in, and even exclusion from, schools and colleges — have “conquered” those very institutions, as a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) put it.
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The Associated Press via Brownsville Herald
Tatiana Mala-Niña says good entertainers know their audience.
The Houston Chronicle reports so when the 31-year-old drag queen reads to children at the Freed-Montrose Neighborhood Library, she brings all the shiny glitz and glamour to satisfy their curiosity.
"I'm a fantasy character for these kids, and I love it," she said.
But, in reality, the Drag Queen Story Hour that Mala-Niña performs with is a lightning rod.
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American Libraries
Environmental justice affects everyone — and, according to a landmark 1971 Council on Environmental Quality report, it affects racial minorities and the urban poor more adversely.
“We are all familiar with what happened in Flint,” said Cassandra Allen, outreach librarian at the National Library of Medicine. So what part can libraries, universities, and other organizations play in making sure people of all races, cultures, and income levels are treated fairly when it comes to environmental development, implementation and policy?
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KXAN-TV
After more than a decade since the city's first library closed, a group of dedicated volunteers are just about ready to bring the service back to Jarrell.
"It's amazing," Julia Dade said, laughing. "Generally it takes about five to 10 years for a city to get a library. For us to do it in four, I'm really excited."
The new Jarrell Community Library will be housed in a 2,500-square foot space in the Sonterra Municipal Utility District office building, located at 113 Limestone Terrace.
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Dallas Innovates
The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries recently installed the first short story dispenser in the state of Texas.
The UTA Library has installed a short story dispenser on the second floor of the UTA Central Library for readers and writers.
The dispenser delivers literature, both classic and contemporary works of art, in a vending machine style.
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The Gazette
Cedar Rapids middle school educators are betting on a new tool to better identify struggling readers in grades 6, 7 and 8.
The reading screener and diagnostic tool, called iAsk, is one of few that focuses on middle school students — rather than young children in kindergarten through third grade, where learning to read is a top priority.
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The Associated Press via Fox News
Interest in a Louisiana library's planned "Drag Queen Story Time" is so high that the event is moving to a community college auditorium.
A notice on the Lafayette Public Library's webpage states that it's moving the Oct. 6 event from the library to South Louisiana Community College's Health and Sciences auditorium because of safety concerns resulting from an expected overflow crowd.
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Newark Advocate
Those of us of a certain age can remember libraries that didn’t have even one computer within their buildings. Instead, we flipped through drawers of catalog cards, searched through the fat green volumes of the Readers Guide to Periodical Literature and wrote down all the information that was required to find the item on the library shelves.
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CBS News
With a collection of more than 1.6 million items, the Library of Congress is the world's largest repository of moving images. But beyond storing and cataloging precious films from the earliest days of motion picture photography, the Library is now making hundreds of its digitized treasures more easily accessible to the public, with the launch of its online National Screening Room.
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The Associated Press via Star Telegram
Fewer than half of the branches of Philadelphia's public libraries will be open on Saturdays this fall because of a lack of funding.
The library system says only 23 of its 54 branches will be open on those days because the system can't hire sufficient staff for the facilities. But Philly.com reports a grassroots effort called #FundOurLibraries is calling on city officials to provide more funding.
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