In celebration of National Poetry Month, the ALASC team hosted a virtual Poetry Open Mic Night on April 28, 2025 to give current iSchool students a space to share their creative work in community. The event began with a structured speaker lineup of five MLIS students reading their poetry followed by an open mic session. During a time of national…
On April 25th, the ALASC hosted the virtual ‘Magic & Myth in the Stacks’ trivia night celebrating fantastical literature, mythical creatures, and some of your favourite fictional characters! The quiz tested players in four main categories: Introduction to Magic and Myth; Quests, Adventures, and Legends; Magical Books and Libraries; Mythology and Magical Artefacts. Each category had 4 rounds ranging from…
During the 43-unit course here at SJSU, you learn a lot about how libraries are an integral part of their communities. Whether it is an academic library providing resources to a university’s students and professors or a public library providing early literacy programs, libraries are a net positive for their communities. We also learn about the challenges facing libraries, such…
*All images taken from the Uncensored Library press release kit When countries ban literature, censor and murder journalists, and block websites and apps containing certain information, free speech and the sharing of ideas becomes limited. The people’s narrative becomes controlled and prevents the truth from being spoken and shared. While censorship is the death of knowledge and thought, censorship also…
ALASC and SLASC were excited to host a joint event featuring the Toronto Public Library on 3/13/25 at 4pm. You can learn more about the Merril collection here: Lucas shared some information on the Merril Collection with us such as: It contains over 80,000 items of fiction, non-fiction, graphic books, art, and more! The collection hold genres like romantasy, horror,…