Town Square
Who decided what is on our library shelves?
Posted on · Experts examine the role of challenged books in society and education.
Tag: library
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2009: The End of Books: 1894
Posted on · Episode: 2009 The End of Books, as seen in 1894. Today, a surprising vision of a future.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1666: The Aging of Books
Posted on · Episode: 1666 In which we watch books growing old. Today, we watch books grow old.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1592: Specialized Language
Posted on · Episode: 1592 In which we use fancy words instead of simple ones. Today, the quotidian denominator.
News
Downtown Houston Library Now Open on Sundays
Posted on · Officials say those new hours will be a huge benefit to people who depend on the library’s services
Houston Matters
Katy ISD Pulls Book From Its Library, And Sports Illustrated Honors Watt And Altuve: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News
Posted on · When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of non-experts to parse The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of it all.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1406: Medieval Age of Reasoning
Posted on · Episode: 1406 The end of the medieval age of reason. Today, a brief bright era in medieval Europe.
Education News
New Home Library Project Aims To Close “Book Gap” In Houston
Posted on · Three more schools are expected to join the “My Home Library” program later this year.
Houston Matters
Houston Director Uses Childhood Library As Short Film Inspiration
Posted on · Jason LaMotte is an award-winning writer and director from Houston, having collected Silver Screen Awards for his writing, and Best Film and Best Director awards for his short films, the latest of which, The Terms, has featured at over 30 festivals worldwide, including the prestigious Tribeca and Los Angeles Film Festivals. He began as a […]
Houston Matters
Houston Director Uses Childhood Library As Short Film Inspiration
Posted on · Jason LaMotte is an award-winning writer and director from Houston, having collected Silver Screen Awards for his writing, and Best Film and Best Director awards for his short films, the latest of which, The Terms, has featured at over 30 festivals worldwide, including the prestigious Tribeca and Los Angeles Film Festivals. He began as a […]
Houston Matters
Getting People Across Greater Houston to Read the Same Book
Posted on · We learn more about Gulf Coast Reads, an annual reading initiative where communities across Greater Houston read the same book. Elaine Plotkin of the Harris County Public Library System tells us more.
Houston Matters
Houston’s Gandhi Library Seeks to Promote Non-Violence
Posted on · We learn about Houston’s Mahatma Gandhi Library, which seeks to promote the teachings of non-violence championed by Mahatma Gandhi.
Houston Matters
Houston Libraries Adapt for the Digital Age
Posted on · The Houston Public Library last week announced itâs making available thousands of audiobooks, movies and music titles for free borrowing and streaming online and on mobile devices. Itâs a reminder that libraries are much different places today than they once were â or, at least, what we may have once perceived them to be. You […]
Houston Matters
Banned Books Week and Creationism in Texas Schools
Posted on · We have a complex relationship, at times, with what books we use, and how we use them, in public education here in Texas. We have, at times, been at the center of controversy over the language and information presented in Texas classroom textbooks, most notably in the form of occasional challenges to the teaching of […]