Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee Flux, 2015 360 pages ages 12 and up Carr “the Raptor” Luka is an athletic phenom, a rising star in the weightless combat sport of zeroboxing. Training and competing aboard the lunar orbiting city-station of Valtego (where It’s More Fun on the Dark Side TM), all he’s ever wanted is to… Read More Saturday Trailer: Zeroboxer

I’m currently working with Debbie Reese, Sujei Lugo, Lyn Miller-Lachman, Sarah  Park Dahlen, Nathalie Mvondo and Eboni Elizabeth Thomas to create a summer reading list. We’d like to include picture books, chapter books, middle grade and young adult written by authors of color. The YA list could include adult books with teen appeal. What have you read… Read More We’re the People: Summer Reading 2015

I received the following in an email from the Association for Research Librarians (ARL). Please, feel free to copy or link to this post. ARL is accepting applications for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW), a program designed to recruit master of library and information science (MLIS) students from traditionally underrepresented ethnic and… Read More Diversity in Libraries Wanted

Librarians who choose to make a difference address issues such as net neutrality, the Patriot Act, freedom of information and workplace discrimination. We identify information trends in their nascent stages. I get that we’re called a dying profession. Because we’re information workers and because the nature of information constantly changes, the job of working with… Read More Librarians-Part 2