"What the open mic allowed was for people from the community to come out and share their own immigrant experience." - Denise Lopez Gomez, Coachella Library @Cal_Humanities #LibraryInnovationLab #LibraryLove

Are you as inspired as we are by these incredible @Cal_Humanities #LibraryInnovationLab participants?! If you're in California and want to apply, there's still time! Deadline is March 1: ch-grants.smapply.io/prog/LIL/

Working with a local bookstore to find a storyteller for Arab culture story time was INSPIRED. Good job to Curita Tinker at Anaheim Public Library. So fantastic that the story times have continued after the end of the program! #CalHumanities #LibraryInnovationLab #LibraryLove

"I'm coming to your safe space to show that [our library] branch can also be your safe space." - Denise Lopez Gomez on building trust with community members. #CalHumanities #LibraryInnovationLab #LibraryLove

To build trust within a community, it can't be a "one and done" thing. You need to keep returning to the community and participating. Bobbi Luster at Truckee Library. #CalHumanities #LibraryInnovationLab #LibraryLove

We love these journal prompts from Kaitlin B Curtice! #TakeCareTuesday

An update on the UW iSchool Misinformation Escape Room project, including libraries participating, and an opportunity to play at #PLA2022. Join other librarians to see if you can solve the misinformation mystery! TASCHA Center for an Informed Public #IMLSgrant webjunction.org/news/webjuncti…

Are you interested in making connections to expand your library's reach? Excited to work with organizations in the community that share the library's goals? There's still time to register for our course: Developing Partnerships to Provide Social Services! infopeople.org/civicrm/event/…

🎉You can now access the entire 2021 We Reads book list from @weherespace! And it's ~searchable~ 👀 airtable.com/shrCq3eSTM2C6g…

This #InternationalWomensDay explore and transcribe the beautiful words and calligraphy of groundbreaking painter Georgia O'Keeffe. Her letters in our newest Library of Congress transcription campaign reveal her ambitions, vulnerabilities, & sensibilities: go.usa.gov/xzBDm

#WeAreNotOkay #TakeCareTuesday

There's still time to register for our upcoming course: Asset-Based Community Development in Practice. April Doner will explore ways to deepen community connections and forge new relationships that amplify existing assets, talents and power! infopeople.org/civicrm/event/…

Libraries: Do you do any work with VR and neurodiversity? Or are you aware of a library that does? Let us know, we'd love to know more! And mark your calendars for this awesome SJSU iSchool #Library20 event on March 29!

For #NationalLibraryWorkersDay, take a moment to appreciate the work of the circulation desk, past and present. On our blog, we're talking vintage charging trays, book cards, & borrower's slips. Listen carefully & hear the ca-chunk of a date stamp: s.si.edu/3r64ecN

Accessibility isn’t extra steps, it’s steps you’ve missed.

What kind of training would make your work-life better? CALL wants to know! Please, take a few minutes to respond to our survey at lnkd.in/g5sD7qdN. Thank you!

#WeAreNotOkay

There is still time to sign up for "How to Create a Podcast for Your Library"!