Check out this 10-episode podcast, On the Block, hosted by the team at Dallas PublicLibrary featuring the stories, opinions, and talents of community members experiencing homelessness.

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.Queens Public Library CEO Dennis M. Walcott said 'We are grateful to National Grid for their partnership and generous support to help us develop and maintain these oases that are open and accessible to all.”
qns.com/2024/05/queens… New York Library Association Emily Drabinski #EngagedLibraries National Grid US

'CBC Edmonton and CBC Calgary collaborated on an innovative initiative spanning nine libraries across the province. Our aim was to bridge the gap between the public broadcaster and people in rural areas, to hear their opinions and stories' cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… LAA

The Every Child A Library Member initiative offers a simple, consistent & nationally branded approach to children's library membership in Scotland's public libraries.
Learn more here➡️everychild.scot
#EveryChild #ScottiishLibraries

What a great feature on how public libraries are celebrating #BikeMonth ! Thanks Noah Lenstra!

Whitney Library hosted its monthly “I Heart Whitney” Resource Fair!! This summer we will be having our mobile shower twice a month!! If you know any organizations in Las Vegas that would like to provide resources to my community please reach out 🙏🏾🙏🏾!!

In the face of staggering inequality and a fraying social safety net, libraries step in to fill gaps. We need to address those first two issues at the same time that we fully resource one of the only public institutions that has as its mission meeting the needs of the public.

American states and cities are failing to address the housing crisis. Now, #libraries and #librarians are stepping up to do something, becoming, once again, the foundations of our safety net. The New Yorker reports on how it's playing out in Minneapolis. newyorker.com/news/us-journa…

I'm glad to be working to transform this: No one who takes my classes leaves unaware of this reality.
“A lot of people come into the public library, or go into librarianship, and are shocked by the fact that it’s not their childhood library” newyorker.com/news/us-journa…

New study of partnership between public libraries and seniors’ organizations reveals benefits and challenges, including 'different organizational structures and difficulties establishing a sustainable mode of partnership' ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cjil… dr. nicole dalmer Joseph Winberry, Ph.D.

Every year, we celebrate National Bike Month with our favorite event: Tour de DCPL! 🚴‍♂️ This past Sunday, 80+ riders joined us to cruise and learn about 4 DC Publica Library locations! We can't wait to do it again next year and ride together as a community! 📚🚴‍♀️

Thanks to Library Journal for the opportunity to write about some of the ways public librarianship and bicycling come together! #BikeMonth Featuring Hoboken Library Multnomah County Library Oklahoma Dept of Libraries and more! League of American Bicyclists Safe Routes Partnership
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🚲 Library outreach comes in forms of bookmobiles, Little Free Libraries, prison delivery, home delivery, and more. Now, book bikes have entered the conversation. bit.ly/3WNh0xB

#EngagedLibraries sow seeds of learning. 🪴 In a new article from OCLC’s WebJunction, discover how libraries worldwide are creating green spaces and gardening programs through the power of partnerships.

➡️ Explore resources to grow your program: oc.lc/3WMsu4y

I love seeing libraries part of multi-sector projects of this scale! In Alabama, Birmingham Public Library part of a coalition that helps City of Birmingham advance to next round of $24.5M federal grant competition alabamanewscenter.com/2024/05/20/cit… ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Urban Libraries Council

Great article from GBH articulating what social work adds to public libraries AND what public libraries add to social work. wgbh.org/news/local/202…

EXCITING NEWS! 🎉 DC Public Library has been awarded the 2024 National Medal for Museum and Library Service by IMLS! 🏅 This prestigious honor celebrates our exceptional contributions to the community. bit.ly/4aptQ8t

I'm thrilled to see this small town library among the 10 museums and libraries that today received the Nation's Highest Museum and Library Honor! Small and rural library workers are engaged, visible, and impactful members of their communities.
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In Australia, Yarra Plenty Regional Library's “revitalised space will enable a wide range of outdoor learning opportunities and activities focused on nature, health and wellbeing from gardening workshops to nature play” nillumbik.vic.gov.au/Council/News-a… Jane Cowell AALIA (DCP) Public Library ALIA

.Shareable has organized a series of free learning sessions on Libraries of Things this Spring! The last session is today (4 pm Eastern) and is on 'Working with Public Libraries, Presented by Hazel Onsrud of Curtis Memorial Library' in Brunswick Maine.
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