Booksology Carla Hayden has something to say
Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African-American to serve as a librarian in Congress, spoke with CBS about being fired by the Trump administration. If you’re furious with the news, I’ll tell you, this CBS Sunday morning interview about Hayden’s firing will not heal those internal fires. From the arrangement of “The inappropriate Library Books for Children,” the use of Day Dog whi and pointless lines depicted in the role of Congressional librarians from White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavbit would make you laugh if they weren’t so vicious. Hayden said he was worried that he had no awareness of what the Library of Congress would do after hearing these comments. Hayden continues to talk about how strange it is to hear inclusion spoken in such negative terms, the importance of young people seeing themselves in books, and the attack on freedom to read and democracy itself. What kind of intelligence will it calm? Trump’s administrators may have fired Hayden, but they cannot erase her legacy.
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Stephen Colbert launches a book club
Usually I roll my eyes and sigh, “another celebrity book club,” but I’ll skip Pettiness because there’s a soft spot for Stephen Colbert. As this announcement from Latenighter Colbert is not the first late-night host to hit Book Club. Jimmy Fallon’s book club highlighted and promoted major hits like Rhythmour’s The God of the Woods (Loved It) and Tomi Adeyemi’s Blood and Bone (Loved It Loved). Colbert is launching his own book club with Orbital, a Samantha Harvey Booker Award-winning sci-fi novel. It is not clear how many viewers are involved in these late-night host book club hashtag campaigns, but I am sure the author appreciates the special attention his book gets from it. If I roll all my eyes, celebrity support can have a big impact on book sales. I’m also very interested in how these books are chosen.
Judges will support Trump administration to win the ALA vs. Sonderling IMLS lawsuit
While this news is not something I should celebrate, my colleague Kelly points out that the Trump administration’s ruling in the ALA battle with the demolition of the Museum and Library Services Institute (IMLS) is a setback rather than a full victory. Read here what Judge Richard J. Leon’s decision and what this means to be the case and IML.
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