Let's go "Around the Blogs" and check out some recent topics of interest from the tech, literary, library, and arts and entertainment sections of the World Wide Web.

• It's Banned Books Week. Find out which books have been banned throughout history and learn how to fight censorship of literature in all its forms.
   
• Can't get enough of GIF's? Check out these beautifully animated illustrations next time you want to post something to your Tumblr feed.
   
• If you have an iPhone, you may be excited by the recent iOS7 upgrade or you may be cursing its release. Find out all you need to know about the new smartphone upgrade and lots of other tech articles and news from around the web @ TheTechBlock.
   
• Nirvana's In Utero album turns 20 years old this month. Dave Grohl talked to Rolling Stone about the new box set that has been released to commemorate Kurt Cobain's sonic swan song.
   
• The City of Philadelphia is seeking its next Poet Laureate, so if you're a poet and you know it, submit your best verse today!
   
• TechGirlz wants to help teach technology to middle school girls across the country and you can help them beta test their workshops.
   
• Drexel University announced the formation of a College of Computing and Informatics, a new educational hub that will act as a home for the school’s computer science and technology programs—including the University’s ALA-accredited iSchool.
   
• School is back in session and we have helpful books, films, and other resources to help students succeed in school this year!
   
• Dr. Seuss' classic children's books are now available as ebook downloads!
   
• And finally, a cat in Russia that wears a bow tie and works in a library ; )

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