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Fed up librarians struggle to contain rampant sex, drug use and violence at branches across the country

“There are times now you feel more like a security guard than a librarian,” one Brooklyn library employee told The Post this week. “This isn’t what a lot of us signed up for.” Many ... read more

A Popular South Korean Coffee Shop Is Opening Its First U.S. Location in Los Angeles

Camel Coffee, a popular chain of cafes from South Korea, is opening its first U.S. location in Silver Lake in the former Cafe Caravan space at 4459 Sunset Boulevard this May. “Camel focuses on ... read more

Alabama pushes two bills to restrict what’s in the library: ‘It’s creating a nanny state.’

New restrictions on what books children can look at in the library could soon become law in Alabama, as lawmakers debate adding libraries to an old law targeting adult video stores. On top of that ... read more

UT Martin’s Captains Challenge raises nearly 400 thousand dollars

“All gifts can be matched dollar for dollar up to three hundred dollars, so if someone makes a 300 dollars gift to the Paul Meek Library that gift becomes a six hundred dollar gift,” said Matt Borden, ... read more

Library users invited to celebrate National Library Workers Day

Apr. 3—Patrons of the Timberland Regional Library (TRL) are invited to celebrate National Library Workers Day on April 9. According to TRL, the library system employs 250 TRL staff members in 30 ... read more

Seattle Public Library resorting to rolling branch closures

Seattle Public Library has scheduled closures of some branches beginning this weekend and lasting through at least early June due to staffing challenges. It’s in an effort to cut down on having ... read more

Varsities turn their halls into vaccination centres

The Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) library hall in Johor Baru has been turned into a vaccine dispensing centre (PPV) until Oct 31. The hall is located at the Raja Zarith Sofiah Library ... read more

Summer Camp for Instructors

Summer Camp for Instructors is a collaboration between the Educational Developer at the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (RGASC; Ann Gagné), the UTM Library and Instructional Technology Team ... read more

California officials sue Huntington Beach over voter ID law passed at polls

California has filed a lawsuit challenging a voter identification law passed at the polls this year in the city of Huntington Beach ... read more

Where to go between classes at U of T

On desktop, use the yellow buttons at the top of the map. From on-the-go options to pubs, UTM has a number of places to fuel up. Visit UTM's Hospitality and Ancillary Services for up-to-date info on ... read more