By Akshita Srivastava The national conversation on book bans in public schools has landed in Lubbock, prompting local advocates to consider its implications for the future. Since the passage of Texas Senate House Bill 900 in June 2023, Lubbock has begun to see book vendors forced to accommodate removal requests and rate books based on […]
Tech Librarian, Others Rebuke Book Ban Law
April 12, 2024 by Reece Nations
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At Your Fingertips: Knowledge or Trouble?
December 16, 2016 by JOUR 4350

By Courtney Plunk April 3, 1973, was a date that would change the world, although few knew it at the time. On this fateful day, an engineer made the first-ever mobile phone call. Four years later, the first home computer hit the stores, and ten years later, Motorola released the first commercial mobile phone. Shelley Barba, Texas […]
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