Library Ties

Where does the time go? I had this ready to post at the end of March and then the response to the White House petition arrived, it turned to April, and I’m just now getting back to it. Anyway, the update below covers until the end of April. One last update will be out at […]

We’ve been waiting patiently (ok, maybe not so patiently) for almost two months now since we crossed the threshold of 25,000 signatures to the White House petition I posted. When I say we, I mean the countless librarians of all kinds of libraries, parents, students, and community members that took the time to sign the […]

Last week was truly an exciting experience. The petition for school libraries that I posted on the White House “We the People” site reached 25,000 signatures. As of this moment, it is nearing 27,000. I, along with many others, I could tell from Facebook and Twitter, were clicking the refresh button often as the ticker […]

Before the holidays, I shared with you that I thought it was worth taking another stab at trying to get the 25,000 signatures on a White House Petition about school libraries. I am excited to say that I posted the petition today! Thank you to the many librarians and friends who offered support and offered […]

Over the last 30 days, there have been lots of blogs posts, tweets, LM_net postings, etc. over the petition on the White House website started by California librarian Seanean Shanahan. There was a considerable amount of effort put forth by many in our field to get to the need 25,000 signatures. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen. […]