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September 4, 2018
3-D Printed Gun Plans Ban Extended for 3-D Printed Gun Plans
By Matt Enis
U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik last week extended a ban on the online publication of digital blueprints that can be used to manufacture guns with 3-D printers and computer numerical controlled milling machines. The case has drawn attention from the library field.
Closed Georgia Libraries Win Reprieve Closed Georgia Libraries Win Reprieve
By Bob Warburton
On August 16, three branches were closed and a fourth in danger of shutting down due to lack of funding. But on August 21, county commissioners voted to approve a spending plan that fully restored funding to all four libraries in Macon-Bibb County.
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By Lisa Peet
Increasingly, public libraries have been finding creative ways to join forces with school administrators, librarians, and media specialists on collaborations that meet students’ evolving needs in and out of school.
"The likelihood of someone actually using a gun that was printed in a library is infinitesimal...but using the threat of it as a media hook, in order to push other agendas, is very likely."
IMLS Public Library Survey IMLS: PL Visits Up, Circ Down
By Lisa Peet
The Institute of Museum and Library Services issued its most recent Public Libraries Survey Report on August 2, offering a look at public library use, financial health, staffing, and resources in the country’s 9,068 active public libraries in FY 2015.
Drag Queen Story Hour Drag Queen Story Hour Brings Fun—And Continued Protests
By Kara Yorio
Lafayette Library Board of Control President Joseph Gordon-Wiltz has submitted a letter of resignation in the wake of Drag Queen Story Hour protests.
My Brilliant Friend My Brilliant Friend Is Finally On Screen, August 31, 2018 | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
HBO's adaptation of the first of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels, My Brilliant Friend, gets a teaser trailer. Polygon asks "What is cyberpunk?" Not to be outdone by NPR, Paste names "The 50 Best Horror Novels of All Time."
Sunday Reflections YA Literature Too Dark! Why Don’t We Ask the Teens?
By Karen Jensen
Whenever someone complains about how dark YA is, it is almost always an adult, writes Karen Jensen, who brings the discussion back to YA's primary audience:
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Pieces of Her New Bestsellers Arrive, August 30, 2018 | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter leads the new bestsellers this week. Fall movie coverage picks up and Nylon posts its Fall Book Preview. The New Academy prize in literature (the alternative to the Nobel) releases its shortlist.
Ngozi Ukazu Ngozi Ukazu On Hockey, Queer Romance, and Her New Graphic Novel
By Mahnaz Dar
Ngozi Ukazu's Check Please is a sensitive, incredibly funny sports story.
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Dark Tide Rising In fiction, Anne Perry's Dark Tide Rising, the latest in the long-running "William Monk" series, "delivers an excellent atmospheric Victorian mystery. While astute readers will identify the villain long before Monk does, longtime fans will delight in the camaraderie among the series regulars and the return to the dark underbelly of polite British society." In nonfiction, Tima Kurdi's The Boy on the Beach: My Family’s Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home "recounts [Kurdi's] childhood in Syria, her move to Canada, and her desperate attempts to save her family amid love, hope, and suffering. For all interested in current events, memoirs, and the refugee crisis." Fence, Vol. 1, by C.S. Pacat, with illustrations by Johanna the Mad and others, is this week's starred graphic novel. "Anyone who enjoys the intensity of competition will find this new series appealing. Fans of sports manga should especially pay attention, as there’s just the right mix of action and heartfelt storytelling to leave readers wanting more. Highly recommended." And Rebecca Hunter's Best Laid Plans is this week's starred e-original. "For those looking for a quick, smoking-hot read, this latest from Hunter (One More Night) will be sure to set them on fire while still embracing a romantic, feel-good vibe."

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