Today is Blog Action Day!
What does that mean? Here's the information from the website:
"Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion."
This year's (REALLY RELEVANT) theme is POVERTY. As urban public librarians poverty is something we see everyday, often without even realizing it. In my guise as Super Librarian (saving the world one library card at a time) I often wonder if we couldn't do more to fight poverty, but we do many things already, and pretty well, if you ask me, including
--free access to books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, CDs--pretty much all of the world's accumulated knowledge!
--free internet and computer access (and printing!)
--free recreational, cultural, informational programs
--a warm in the winter, cool in the summer safe place for people of all ages to spend time and be part of a community
Poverty IS a library issue. Here are some places to learn more:
ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services
ALA's Social Responsibilities Round Table
NYLA's Social Responsibilities Round Table
Kathleen de la Peña McCook's (my librarian hero!)Blog A Librarian at the Kitchen Table
So what do YOU ALL think?
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