Last week, The September Project received a nice write-up in American Libraries, the magazine of the American Library Association (ALA). The article’s author, Greg Landgraf, did an excellent job highlighting the diversity of September Project events. To show the range of events, Landgraf mentions an academic library (O’Grady Library at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, [...]
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The September Project in the news
Posted in academic library, public library, school library on September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Robert R. Muntz Library at UT Tyler (TX) participating
Posted in academic library, banned books, banned books week, constitution day, discussion, film screening, public library on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome back, UT Tyler! What an impressive slate of events they have planned. Read on… The UT Tyler Robert R. Muntz Library is announcing the following events in observance of the International September Project. This is our third year participating in the September Project. Since 2004, libraries around the world have organized events about freedom [...]
University of Toledo organizes a banned books vigil
Posted in academic library, banned books week, reading on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Celebrate the right to read and think freely! This inspired (and fun!) all-day event is organized by faculty and staff at the University of Toledo. Open to the public, it features 20-minute presentations about the right to read and think freely, punctuated by song, poems, doughnuts, and door prizes. When has a vigil sounded so [...]
surveying the landscape
Posted in academic library, public library on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
david and i would like to know your thoughts on the future of the september project. if you have participated in the project, please consider completing a short survey. we’d love to hear from you. thanks!
University of Pretoria Library’s September Project
Posted in academic library, banned books on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We recently received an email from Fatima Darries, Faculty Library Leader of Economic and Management Science at Merensky Library at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Fatima writes: Dear Colleagues, Rather late than never, I would like to tell you about the Library of the University of Pretoria’s September Project. September is heritage month [...]
“Walking in New York”
Posted in academic library, art exhibit, artwork on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TSP event update: Just got some exciting news from Esperanza Sanchez in Argentina! The Argentinean Cultural Institute and Lincoln Library Are hosting “Walking in New York” Intervened pictures and paints by Sabrina Díaz August 28th to September 25th at 672 Maipu Street, Buenos Aires – Argentina The show will be opened from Monday to Friday 9am-9pm [...]
Exploring the Cultures of Iran: A Global Project
Posted in academic library, cool project, discussion, displays, film screening, public talk, tagged academic library, collaboration, film screening, Iran, O'Grady Library on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Irina Gendelman just notified us that Saint Martin’s University O’Grady Library in Washington will participate in The September Project 2009 by educating their patrons on the history and current events of Iranian culture. As one of the world’s oldest civilizations, Iran has contributed greatly to our understanding of literature, art, science, math and philosophy. [...]
Bringing the community together through music
Posted in academic library, music, music concert, public library on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the best ways to bring a community together is through music. Music can have the power to transcend racial, cultural, religious and generational barriers, just to name a few. In the past few years, librarians all over the world have discovered different ways to use music as a way to share ideas and [...]
Academic and School Libraries
Posted in academic library on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While many of our participating libraries in The September Project are public libraries, we also have several academic and school libraries that host some of our favorite events. What we love about these libraries is that they have the opportunity to reach out to so many students. This year my academic library, the University of [...]