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Important Update: Deep Cuts Proposed to the IMLS are a Further Erosion to Education and Democracy

Important Update: Deep Cuts Proposed to the IMLS are a Further Erosion to Education and Democracy
Karen Jensen, MLS | Blogs,  Mar 17, 2025
In the News: New Executive Order proposed to end IMLS funding and a call to support your local public library
Turning the Page on Book Bans, a guest post by Ashley Hope Pérez

Turning the Page on Book Bans, a guest post by Ashley Hope Pérez
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Mar 05, 2025
Even as we need to keep telling the painful truth of book bans, we also need to take extra care to celebrate and elevate the unique gifts that each book offers.
Book Review: Tear This Down by Barbara Dee

Book Review: Tear This Down by Barbara Dee
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Feb 20, 2025
This look at community, protest, art, and feminism is an excellent read that will leave readers cheering for Freya's determination to create change.
Book Review: Scattergood by H. M. Bouwman

Book Review: Scattergood by H. M. Bouwman
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Jan 23, 2025
This well-written look at one farm girl's eventful few months reminds us that we all have stories and challenges and that unexpected events and connections teach us things, even if they're lessons and truths we'd rather not know.
Time to Turn Talking Points to Policy | 2024 SLJ Summit

Time to Turn Talking Points to Policy | 2024 SLJ Summit
Kara Yorio,  Dec 17, 2024

EveryLibrary executive director John Chrastka spoke at the 2024 SLJ Summit, providing a playbook for statewide strategies to prioritize and protect school libraries and librarians.

Facing Book Bans, Libraries Need to Skill Up. Enter READCON.

Facing Book Bans, Libraries Need to Skill Up. Enter READCON.
Kathy Ishizuka,  Dec 14, 2024

IMLS-funded, READCON provides free, self-guided training to help library practitioners build strong community relationships, ­manage ­difficult situations, and engage stakeholders. Public, school, and academic library workers are also welcome to READCON's ­Legal Landscape of Librarianship Forum, February 18–20.

Of Indigenous Interest, Past, Present, And Future | Picture Book Spotlight

Of Indigenous Interest, Past, Present, And Future | Picture Book Spotlight
SLJ Reviews,  Dec 09, 2024

Cree, Sioux, and Ojibwa are featured in these picture books across fiction and nonfiction categories. Among them are an old favorite, vastly updated, plus a biography about the hero of the drum.

How a Graphic Novel of North Korean Refugees Can Help Students Today, a guest post by Tina Cho

How a Graphic Novel of North Korean Refugees Can Help Students Today, a guest post by Tina Cho
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Nov 19, 2024
I hope after reading our novel, hearts can empathize better with refugees in the community and be spurned to action. Perhaps students will take greater interest in the new classmate that just arrived in the states.
What Does This Election Mean for Your Library?

What Does This Election Mean for Your Library?
Karen Jensen, MLS | Blogs,  Nov 11, 2024
Teen librarian Karen Jensen rounds up some news articles that discuss how the election results may impact libraries and shares ways to support your library today
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