{"id":25582,"date":"2020-06-30T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/?p=25582"},"modified":"2020-06-30T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T15:00:00","slug":"no-waitlist-or-holds-on-important-anti-racist-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/no-waitlist-or-holds-on-important-anti-racist-books\/","title":{"rendered":"No Waitlist or Holds on Important Anti-racist Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>You may have seen the new stories on how the demand for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/local\/305\/2020\/06\/10\/873662186\/demand-for-antiracist-literature-is-skyrocketing-at-local-bookstores-and-libraries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.npr.org\/local\/305\/2020\/06\/10\/873662186\/demand-for-antiracist-literature-is-skyrocketing-at-local-bookstores-and-libraries&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1593279701789000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbxi-69EnxTDQ5axQ-vG3DW80tSA\">antiracist literature has been skyrocketing at libraries<\/a>, ours included. It&#8217;s a good problem to have! But it&#8217;s also kind of annoying when there is a long wait time for the book you are interested in. Well, good news! <a href=\"https:\/\/company.overdrive.com\/2020\/06\/22\/now-available-free-to-libraries-without-waitlists-or-holds-black-lives-matter-titles-to-read-listen-learn-and-grow\/\">Overdrive has donated unlimited copies<\/a> of digital copies of important titles on the topic of race relations and social justice. Some are audiobooks and others are e-book format. All are available with no wait time &#8212; an unlimited number of readers can access them at once, using the BAPL e-book app (Libby).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:+info@bapl.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Please let us know if you have questions<\/a>\u00a0about\u00a0e-books.\u00a0We are happy to provide these important works to our community to read, listen, learn and grow.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Titles include:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/media\/2985772\/the-hate-u-give\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Hate U Give<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Angie Thomas<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/media\/5008327\/me-and-white-supremacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/media\/5008327\/me-and-white-supremacy&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1593279701789000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE4gyX56y9PRxq4lL9ok7HIl8_BQg\">Me and White Supremacy<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Layla F. Saad<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/media\/2398150\/the-new-jim-crow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/media\/2398150\/the-new-jim-crow&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1593279701789000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFswgJoAwWTQVgM9Vq7hxreVH_EMQ\"><em>The New Jim Crow:<\/em>\u00a0<em>Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Michelle Alexander<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/media\/3444426\/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/media\/3444426\/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1593279701789000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG9QvENJSlVxCPwcr7nZOE9Oo4emw\">So You Want to Talk About Race<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Ijemoa Oluo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25583 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blm-overdrive.png?resize=1024%2C520&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blm-overdrive.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blm-overdrive.png?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bapl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blm-overdrive.png?resize=768%2C390&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have seen the new stories on how the demand for\u00a0antiracist literature has been skyrocketing at libraries, ours included. It&#8217;s a good problem to have! But it&#8217;s also kind of annoying when there is a long wait time for the book you are interested in. Well, good news! 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