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By: Bill Drew

Bill Drew — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:15:40 +0000

Karen – Can you give me your AOL IM? All I have now is your old one? Mine is BillDrew4. Congratulations on your new job.

By: Lorig Hamparian

Lorig Hamparian — Wed, 03 May 2006 14:34:56 +0000

Sorry, my spelling was atrocious. I should have spell checked!

By: Lorig Hamparian

Lorig Hamparian — Wed, 03 May 2006 14:28:36 +0000

Hi. My name is Lorig and I am a school librarian. I am new to blogging and correct me if this subject is inappropriate in this venue. There is an issue involving the schools as well as media centers that concerns me and I would like to be able to discuss this with fellow colleagues.
This year the New Jersey state curriculum includes teaching of many genocides. There have been incidents of Turkish student and parent protests against the teaching of the Armenian genocide in my school, contesting that this historical occurance is debatable. I recently learned that there is a court case in Massachusettes where the Dept. of Education is being sued because they will not include Turkish websites. They are invoking the first and fourteenth ammendments. The state of Massachusetts has adopted recognition of the genocide. The case is currently in the courts and I was wondering if there are other librarians who have encountered this situation. In my opinion the lack of understanding about historical occurances could lead to the inclusion of revisionist material could set a dangerous prescident. I would love to hear back on this issue.

By: PLD

PLD — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:08:58 +0000

I quit my MLS program 1/4 of the way through and sometimes miss it. Love finding other librarian blogs, including yours!

By: nanette

nanette — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:13:14 +0000

Thanks for the recommendations, Karen. I found them extremely helpful!