The Leddy Library supports the Canadian Library Association’s position on the libel suits against Dale Askey and urges Edwin Mellen Press to cease all remaining legal action in this regard. The Leddy Library considers these suits to be an affront to intellectual freedom.
Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
One of my responsibilities as a librarian at the Leddy Library is to purchase books for our collection. Each discipline at the University of Windsor has a liaison librarian who is responsible for the collecting material that supports the teaching, research and learning of that subject.
When you can find ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ readily available at your local grocery or drugstore, do we even need to worry about the Freedom to Read anymore?
Yes.
Have a blind date... with a book!
Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate, why not take a chance on one of our "blind date" books that are sitting across from the Circulation Desk. They are waiting for you!
Also. Leddy Loves You.
The Leddy Library will reduce its hours Monday, February 18, opening 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for Family Day.
Leddy Library will maintain regular hours of operation through the remainder of Study Week for your studying needs.
The Leddy Library can now be found in the University of Windsor's mobile app.
At the moment, you can check with a glance whether the library is open and with just a click, you can see what books you have out and when they are due back at the library.
The Leddy Library extends a hearty congratulations to the staff of The Paul Martin Law Library for their Service Excellence – Team award they received yesterday as part of the University of Windsor Employee Recognition Awards. Indeed, congratulations go out to all those who were recognized at yesterday's celebration.
This past weekend, ten University of Windsor Computer Science students took up the challenge of the HackWE Code Jam: use the City of Windsor's set of Open Data to create an interesting app. And that they did:
Leddy Library's Brian Owens will be one of the panelists who will be discussing the role of libraries in Windsor and beyond at an upcoming free event being held at Biblioasis on January 29th at 7pm
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