Welcome to the Banned Books Blog! This April 2024, we have a young teen dealing with racism and trauma in his community and a young boy visiting his incarcerated mother. These titles may be available in other formats or languages. Check our catalog for availability! Currently, a librarian faces a lawsuit for her actions in…
Research 101: HathiTrust
When researching, you may need to find something obscure or little-known. It might not be a scientific article but instead an old edition of a picture book or sheet music. That’s where HathiTrust comes in. Not unlike the Internet Archive, HathiTrust Digital Library offers a variety of books and book-like items such as magazines, newspapers…
Banned Books Blog: February 2024
Welcome to the Banned Books Blog! This February 2024, we have a young Iranian girl growing up during the Islamic Revolution, a young trans boy wondering what makes a good brother, and a woman who finds her confidence after being married to an abusive husband. These titles may be available in other formats or languages…
Research 101: JSTOR
If you’ve researched a topic for a school paper, news article, or your own personal findings, you might be familiar with JSTOR. If you’re a superfan, you might just remember their discontinued and enviable baseball hat. Nearly synonymous with knowledge and education, this online database boasts more than 2,800 scholarly journals from more than 57…
Summer Reading Bingo in Review
As the weather starts to turn and we begin to bundle up in sweaters and blankets, many of us long for warmer times. So, let's reminisce about this past summer, and all about Summer Reading Bingo! After plenty of manpower in totaling up bingos and participation across all Boston Public Library locations, the results are…
Check Out What’s Cooking!
With the holidays coming so soon, we are sure that you are all on the lookout for the best cookbooks out there. You will need inspiration, recipes, and a list of ingredients to create the best meals for your family, especially as the weather gets chillier and you want to hunker down with something filling…
Banned Books Blog: October 2023
Welcome to the Banned Books Blog! This October 2023, we have a young girl who wants blue eyes, a memoir about a young queer black boy (who now identifies as nonbinary), and a boy who journeys to find his father. These titles may be available in other formats or languages. Check our catalog for availability…
“Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine?”: Unveiling the New Zine Collection
This is a guest blog post by the Zine Selection Team. Have you seen something new floating around some of our branches? They're stapled, independently made, and photocopied. They're zines! But wait—what's a zine? Short for "magazine," zines are self-published works that have a limited print run, often created by cutting and gluing text and…
Banned Books Blog: August 2023
Welcome to the Banned Books Blog! This August 2023, we have a non-binary student experiencing homelessness and romance, a discussion about incarceration and the Jim Crow era, and a young girl who is ready for womanhood. These titles may be available in other formats or languages. Check our catalog for availability! Banned and challenged books…
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