Ferguson

August 21, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

An update on Ferguson Library

I woke up this morning and the first thing I did was a Twitter search of “Ferguson Library” to see what the library was doing today. They are serving meals and holding classes for kids grades K-12 today and tomorrow as the town waits for schools to reopen next week. I took a couple of […]

August 20, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This is Why Libraries Matter: Ferguson Library

Today I feel very overwhelmed by world events. So I thought I would take a moment and share with you what the Ferguson Library is doing for its residents, a very important reminder to us all that libraries do in fact matter. With schools delayed another week because of the protests in Ferguson, the library […]

August 19, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This is what happened when I asked Twitter to recommend MG & YA lit titles for those asking about Ferguson

Inspired in part by Robin’s post yesterday on talking with her middle grade students about Ferguson and the book Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth, I wondered what kind of list we could put together quickly to recommend to students who were wondering about the events happening in Ferguson. So I went to Twitter and […]