U.S. Congress Members Reintroduce Federal ‘Right to Read’ Act
U.S. lawmakers reintroduce legislation that would support "evidence-based reading instruction, well stocked and staffed school libraries, family literacy programs, a wide range of reading materials, and the freedom to choose what to read."…
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/12/u-s-congress-members-reintroduce-federal-right-to-read-act/
#AdelitaGrijalva #FreedomtoRead #JackReed #Libraries #RighttoRead
Disability advocates and government representatives from nine Pacific nations pledged to drive forward uptake of WIPO’s Marrakesh Treaty as well as inclusive reading initiatives during a “Right to Read” Conference for Pacific Island Countries held in Sydney, Australia. (2024) https://www.accessiblebooksconsortium.org/en/w/news/2024/right-to-read-conference-champions-access-for-the-visually-impaired-across-pacific-islands #copyright #disabilityrights #Pacific #righttoread
The Dangerous #Legal Strategy Coming for Our #Books
Our picture book was pulled from #library shelves in #Florida. The argument being used to defend the #ban threatens the #RightToRead.
#GiftArticle #BookBans #PublicSchools #Libraries #education #censorship #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #democracy #Trump #Republicans #Trumplicans #Nazis #freedom #PursuitOfHappiness
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/book-bans-public-schools/683921/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxQRB7Ir4-5StHTgxE4TeNao
When Copyright Enters the AI Conversation
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/15/when-copyright-enters-the-ai-conversation/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/09/trump-congress-librarian-fired
I'm pretty sure he fired her right after he read that tweet. There's no way he knows how libraries work. I feel terrible for what the country is doing to future generations of minds. 😔 #libraries #righttoread #dystopia
"The Library is a Free Space," Erik Ruin, 2023 --
justseeds.org
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮:
Friends to talk books! Find reading groups, buddy reads, talks and free classes and more. (You can even improve your skills!) Share your excitement for reading!
#NationalLibraryWeek #useyourlibrary #readreadread #literacy #books #literature #RightToRead #bookworm
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮:
The Library of Things! Check out what you can borrow besides books! Games, videos, music, seeds, fishing poles, cake pans, tools, hiking kits, who knows? Find out what your branch offers! Mine offers therapy lights!
#NationalLibraryWeek #useyourlibrary #readreadread #literacy #books #literature #RightToRead #bookworm
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮:
It doesn't really matter if your library has a book handy: it has inter-library loans! You can get a book from anywhere the library is networked! Just ask! (That bestseller, too.)
#NationalLibraryWeek #useyourlibrary #readreadread #literacy #books #literature #RightToRead #bookworm
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮:
What are you studying for? Need some practice tests and guides? Most libraries have databases and networks for GMAT, AP, IB, SAT, and dozens of others! (and still free!)
#NationalLibraryWeek #AP #SAT #GMAT #IB #useyourlibrary #readreadread #literacy #books #literature #RightToRead #bookworm
I went to two public libraries last weekend and enjoyed some really amazing public programs: Night of Ideas at the SF Public Library and the Foster Youth Museum - Lost Childhoods Exhibit at the Redwood City Library. Then I sat down and wrote a piece about the right to read, because I wanted to talk about that today, Right To Read day. I put the piece up on Medium--I'm not a part of the partnership program, so it should be accessible to both members and nonmembers. Please take a look, and happy National Library Week!
https://kma500.medium.com/our-right-to-read-684f6cc639b3
#righttoread #libraries #books #writing #writersofmastodon #WritingCommunity #bookstodon @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @bookstodon@fedigroups.social
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮:
Many libraries have eBooks and audiobooks for loan to your favorite reading device! Why are you paying money to Audible or Kindle or Nook when you can borrow and read or listen for free? Save some money and read and listen more! Talk to your librarian about their approach!
#NationalLibraryWeek #ebooks #audiobooks #useyourlibrary #readreadread #literacy #books #literature #RightToRead #bookworm
"T𝐡e L𝐢b𝐫a𝐫y i𝐬 𝐚 𝐁a𝐭t𝐥e𝐠r𝐨u𝐧d," E𝐫i𝐤 𝐑u𝐢n, 𝟐0𝟐3.
Justseeds.org
#library #righttoread #books #reading #education #literacy #criticalliteracy #democracy
𝐓h𝐞a G𝐚h𝐫, "𝐓e𝐚c𝐡 𝐖h𝐚t Y𝐨u K𝐧o𝐰, L𝐞a𝐫n W𝐡a𝐭 𝐘o𝐮 𝐂a𝐧," 2016. Justseeds.org
#edusky #booksky #libraries #literacy #readreadread #freedomtoread #righttoread #education #lifeskills
"𝑶𝒏 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑼𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒚, & 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑲𝒂𝒇𝒌𝒂," 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 & 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 -
Not certain we should talk. . . .
But if so, catch a sample newsletter here and subscribe!
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#hannaharendt #franzkafka #RightToRead #unwoven #literature #uncertainty #limerick #vietthanhnguyen #daniyalmueenuddin #democracy #advocacy #audiobook #poetry
Right to Read ND will host Read-Outs outside libraries across North Dakota on Saturday, March 1st, from 2 to 2:30 PM CST.
Current Read-Out locations:
📚#Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library
📚#Dickinson Area Public Library
📚#Fargo Public Library (Main branch)
📚#GrandForks Public Library
📚#Minot Public Library
📚#WestFargo Public Library
📚#Williston Community Library
📚Do you want to have a Read-Out in your community? Please send us a message or email us at righttoreadnd@gmail.com
North Dakotans are invited to bring a book and read silently on the public sidewalk outside their local library to show their opposition to Senate Bill 2307, a bill that targets library content. The North Dakota Senate passed the bill in a narrow vote last week, and it now heads to the North Dakota House for a hearing and a floor vote. #RightToReadND ✊✊
@altbot
#NorthDakota #Fargo #FargoND #libraries #censorship #fightfascism #FightCensorship #RightToRead #SB2703 #readout
Image by Erik Ruin, 2023
#literacy #righttoread #education #freedomtoread #LibrariesAreForEveryone #libraries
[ACTION NEEDED] You have up to Feb 25 to download your kindle ebooks locally (in a way that you may or may not -decrypt for personal use later) - this is needed so you are ensured to keep access to books you purchased even in case something happens to your amazon account
#books #ebooks #drm #righttoread #hashtagsupressedforsecurityreasons
Update. Last month, Canada's Prison Libraries Network (#PLN) issued an excellent statement on prisoners’ right to read.
https://cfla-fcab.ca/en/guidelines-and-position-papers/prison-libraries-network-the-right-to-read-position-statement/
"For incarcerated people inside Canadian correctional institutions, reading and access to information is a rare connection to the outside world. It is also a basic right. "
The statement was just endorsed by the Canadian Federation of Library Federations (#cfla, @cflafcab)
https://cfla-fcab.ca/en/advocacy/cfla-fcab-endorsement-of-the-prison-libraries-networks-position-statement-on-the-prisoners-right-to-read-soutien-de-la-fcab-cfla-a-lenonce-de-position-du-reseau-des-bibliotheques/
