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A free speech expert defines censorship and applies that lesson to current political struggles in the US to ban books from public schools and libraries.
The study revealed a link between youth, troubled behaviour and a lack of access to recreational spaces in marginalised communities.
Public and community health experts highlight four ways that communities can collaborate to encourage physical activity and fun.
These efforts are growing due to the coronavirus pandemic. They involve partnerships with school districts, food banks and other institutions.
During economic downturns, local governments tend to cut spending on libraries, even as the need for their services grows.
In our digital age, libraries are spaces for community and connection. The new State Library Victoria proves libaries have an exciting future.
We commonly think of libraries as repositories of knowledge accumulated over centuries. But the public library also connects people in ways that can enable communities to plan for their future.
ParentsNext requires places like libraries and public pools to monitor parents’ attendance at activities. This undermines their role as spaces of inclusion and support.
In our world of pervasive consumerism, libraries continue to be founded on humanism. Their core purpose as accessible places is vital – yet they are also now popular tourist destinations.
The Ford government’s cuts to library services are unwarranted and must be rescinded.
In the digital age, libraries got creative about how to translate services they’ve always offered into new formats. And they’ve transformed their spaces to have a variety of community uses.
Australia’s plan to extend ISP ‘safe harbour’ copyright immunities to cultural institutions avoids more nuanced thinking about the nature and social value of culture, art and education.
Essays On Air: Why libraries can and must change.
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The much heralded 'death of the book' has nothing to do with the death of reading or writing. It's about a radical transformation in reading practices, as explained in this episode of Essays On Air.
The history of the library is replete with mechanical marvels. More than collections of books, libraries are social, cultural and technological institutions that house the very idea of a society.
A new website allows you to see what other people search for in the State Library of NSW’s vast collection of artefacts – and discover things you’d never think to look up in the first place.
The popularity of libraries has not diminished. Numbers show more people are going to libraries than ever before. Here’s why.
It’s a common assumption that library use is plummeting – but that depends on which libraries you look at.
Australia has one of the world’s best reference libraries, available freely to anyone with an internet connection. Severe funding cuts will cripple Trove’s capacity – and that should worry everyone.
Libraries are warm, dry and safe spaces with free Internet, which many people need. But academics and researchers in the 21st century can get along very well without them.
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Associate Professor in Learning Environments, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine
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Open Research Manager: Data & Methods, Loughborough University
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Deputy University Librarian, University of California, Merced
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Professor of E-Learning and Dean of Informatics and Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Fellow—Indigenous and Colonial Histories, University of Tasmania
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Head of Assessment at Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Lecturer and tutor in Visual Communications, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Law, King's College London
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Beverly Cleary Professor for Children & Youth Services, University of Washington
