Librarians Reinstate Book Burning After Lauren Conrad Announces Release of Third Novel
Posted on Tuesday, September 21st 2010
Tags: acrl, ala, banned book, book burning, lauren conrad, library
Tags: acrl, ala, banned book, book burning, lauren conrad, library
By Brody Truce Senior Staff Writer This week, the International Association of College Librarians (IACL), voted unanimously to reinstate the long-denounced practice of book burning after Lauren Conrad announced the release of her third L.A. Candy Novel, Sugar and Spice. “A friend gave me Conrad’s second novel, Sweet Little Lies, to read at the beach [...]
Librarians Abandon Dewey Decimal System in Favor of Netflix Categories
Posted on Wednesday, August 11th 2010
Tags: acrl, ala, dewey decimal, humor, librarian, library, netflix
Tags: acrl, ala, dewey decimal, humor, librarian, library, netflix
by Brody Truce Senior Staff Writer Citing shifts in student needs and ever-decreasing student satisfaction scores, librarians at The College of Eastern Nevada have elected to abandon the Dewey Decimal system for categorizing books. “We found that we were spending an extraordinary amount of time explaining the Dewey Decimal classification system to our students, and [...]

