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Tuesday, October 07, 2025
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Halloween Information Sources Takes New York!
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by Anthony Aycock
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Fifty years ago, a young couple named George and Kathy Lutz moved into their new house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York, a village in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island. With them were Kathy's three kids, Daniel, Christopher, and Melissa, along with the family dog, Harry. Two years later, Jay Anson published The Amityville Horror, a "nonfiction" account of the 28 days that the Lutzes stayed in the house. Of the house's supernatural activity, no evidence beyond the Lutzes' testimony has ever turned up. But that didn't stop the story from popularizing the "true hauntings" genre in American literature/film/television. In this fifth collection of Halloween information sources, I will discuss the best true hauntings sites on the internet.
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Banned Books Week Resources From ALA and PEN America
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It's Banned Books Week 2025! Visit ALA's website for a variety of resources.
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OverDrive Offers Engagement Ideas for Banned Books Week
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"This Banned Books Week ... join us in celebrating the freedom to read, reflecting on the importance of open access to ideas, and reminding ourselves why protecting that freedom matters," OverDrive states.
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Playaway Shares Banned Books in Its Collection for Banned Books Week
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Playaway states, "Playaway Products knows access isn't optional. For every reader, in every community, the freedom to read is a fundamental right."
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EveryLibrary Hosts Online Panels for Banned Books Week
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"Join us for more than two dozen panels and author conversations featuring authors, editors, narrators, publishing pros, and free-expression leaders for EveryLibrary Live! Banned Books Week Fest 2025," EveryLibrary shares.
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ARL Lists Library Events for Banned Books Week
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The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) marks Banned Books Week with a roundup of library happenings.
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Reskilling for the AI Era: Essential Competencies for Info Pros
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by Linda Pophal
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Librarians and other information specialists have been significantly impacted by the rapid and disruptive rise of generative AI (gen AI). In fact, says Yvette Brown, the co-founder of XPROMOS and a certified gen AI trainer and AI prompt engineer, "Librarians and information professionals are right in the middle of AI disruption because their work revolves around discovery, verification, and synthesis of information, which is exactly where generative AI is advancing the fastest."
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