Ramapo Catskill
Library System
N e w s
February 14, 2022
Comic book store owners are offering to ship banned Holocaust novel 'Maus' to Tennessee students for free
From CNN  written by Sara Smart
 
After a Tennessee school board banned a graphic novel about the Holocaust from local middle schools, comic book store owners from near and far pledged to send students the book for free.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel "Maus" was banned on January 10 after a unanimous vote by the McMinn County, Tennessee, Board of Education.
 
Written by Art Spiegelman, "Maus" tells the story of his parents in the 1940's, following the Jewish family's experience with rising anti-Semitism to their internment at the Auschwitz concentration camp. It depicts the Jewish people as mice and Nazis as cats...
 
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Thank you to Sarah Northshield for this submission
 
Book Challenge Resources
The following resources may be helpful for libraries facing a book challenge, or who would like to prepare as a precaution. Click on the links for full details.
 
American Library Association Challenge Support
 
Calm, (Legally) Cool, and Collected webinar recording. Webinar hosted by ESLN
 
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
 


Sign up for the new RCLS Sustainability email list
 
Ask questions, workshop ideas, and get the latest system sustainability news. Click here to sign up for the sustainability list, and any other RCLS email list you may be interested in.
 
Updated 55+ Resources Guide
 
The 55+ Resources Guide has been updated for 2022! Print copies are available to all member libraries. To view the resource guide online, please click here. All requests should be sent to Eileen Acosta.

Community News
Become a Sponsor of the SCYBF

The goal of the Sullivan County Youth Book Festival is to create, sustain & nurture a culture of literacy in partnership with our community and schools.
 
Are you interested in becoming a sponsor? Click here for more information.

 
Member Library COVID Status
The Member Library COVID Status page of the RCLS website has been updated. If you would like to know your neighboring library's hours and services, click here.
 
To update your library's status, contact Eileen Acosta at eacosta@rcls.org
 
 
 
 
RCLS Blood Drive
 
 Thursday, February 24, 2022
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
 
To schedule an appointment please call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code: RCLSNY
 
Warm hearts, great gifts!
All donors who come to give Feb. 1-28, will receive a $10 Amazon.com Gift Card via email, thanks to our partners at Amazon!
Click here to learn more

RCLS Continuing Education
 
Check out these exciting RCLS continuing education opportunities! Please note that RCLS is now using LibCal for event registration.
 
102: Intermediate Library Trustee Education: February 15th; 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
An Ocean of Programming Possibilities: Children's Summer Reading Workshop: February 16; 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Trustee Handbook Book Club: Facilities: February 22; 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Self-Care Bootcamp: February 23; 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
 
Did You Know?
 
RCLS has switched to LibCal for our program calendar and registration. Did you just sign up for one of our many programs and continuing education opportunities? Save that registration confirmation! It contains the Zoom link for the program. The reminder email, which you will likely receive 24 hours before the program, will also include the Zoom information.
 

 
Internet LOL

Did you find something funny online that library staff can relate to?
 
We are now accepting library humor submissions to end our newsletter with a smile.
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Ramapo Catskill Library System
619 Route 17M 
Middletown, NY 10940
845.243.3747
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