Congratulations to the 2022 Associates!

It is a pleasure to welcome and introduce the 2022 Mortenson Associates from 8 countries: Ghana, Japan, Kuwait, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, and South Africa. The theme of the 2022 Associates Program, A Professional Development Program for Library Leaders and Innovators, is “Smart and Smarter: Leadership and Innovation in Libraries.” We appreciated the […]

Amazing NYT op-ed on book censorship by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the 27th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecturer (2017)

Amazing NYT op-ed on book censorship by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the 27th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecturer (2017) My Young Mind Was Disturbed by a Book. It Changed My Life. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/opinion/culture/book-banning-viet-thanh-nguyen.html Jan. 29, 2022 by Viet Thanh Nguyen When I was 12 or 13 years old, I was not prepared for the racism, the brutality or […]

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