Improve Society – Kate Gukeisen

Reader Response: War and Peace

I loved War and Peace from the moment Pierre bumbled into scheming Anna Pavlovna’s party and proceeded to horrify everyone by fawning over Napoleon.

September 25, 2017 Banned Books / education / Finding Balance / Improve Society / Intellectual Freedom / Librarianship / New Libarianship / politics / Uncategorized

Censorship, Selection & Banned Books

Banned Books Week kicked off yesterday. I love Banned Books Week. It is a whole week dedicated to awesome stuff

January 1, 2017 Book Review / education / Improve Society / Reading for Pleasure

Book Review: Praying for Sheetrock

Melissa Fay Greene’s Praying for Sheetrock is a well-researched, detail-oriented, unhurried read about a tumultuous time in the history of McIntosh County, Georgia.

December 3, 2016 Banned Books / Collection Development / education / Improve Society / Inquiry / Intellectual Freedom / Knowledge Creation / Librarianship / politics / Reading for Pleasure

Reading the Hard Stuff

We believe that free communication is essential to the preservation of a free society and a creative culture. -ALA’s The Freedom to Read Statement

October 12, 2016 Improve Society / Inquiry / Knowledge Creation / Librarianship / politics / voting

Informed Voters

Photo credit: The featured image on this post is Vote by Theresa Thompson, made available via a Creative Commons 2.0 license by personalincom.org/vote.

June 16, 2016 Afghanistan / Book Review / education / Improve Society / Inquiry / Knowledge Creation / Librarianship / military life / Reading for Pleasure / Uncategorized

Book Review & Library Lesson: Tribe

This book…will serve as a valuable learning tool to emphasize to young writers the importance of maintaining a clear main idea in their writing and of utilizing an organized system of citation to give credence to their work.