Mass Center for the Book & #MSLA announce the #Massachusetts #Student Edition of the #Reading Challenge! Encourage your #school, #library, #bookstore to partner! Info: ow.ly/UIpm50OcG8R #beanstack#KeepReading Beanstack Massachusetts Library Association 📚 New England Independent Booksellers Association MBLC Sharon Shaloo

Strong relationships with your elected officials are key to library advocacy. Join United for Libraries for tips and strategies on connecting with electeds tomorrow at 2pm ET. Free to those in MA, MD, MI, NE, SC, SD, TX, MT, ND, NH, OR, VA, & WI. bit.ly/3ySBV4r

The Must-Read titles in the 23rd #MassachusettsBookAwards were announced at #MassLib2023! See: conta.cc/44FuT2c #Massachusetts #authors #books#fiction#nonfiction #poetry #childrensbooks #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association Mass Poetry Sharon Shaloo

Good morning #Masslib2023! 🏖️📚☀️🌺 It is shaping up to be another beautiful day! Buffet breakfast is underway. This morning at 8 AM our annual business meeting kicks off in the Seacrest ballroom. Reports & meeting materials are online: mla.wildapricot.org/AnnualMeeting

How are these books so different from physical materials? Why is there such a discrepancy in prices? How are they being set by who? #MassLib2023

There are legislative efforts underway to make the deals and pricing set by publishers much more transparent and reflective of MA law. They are not barred from selling, they have to follow MA law when selling. #MassLib2023

There is a laundry list of items in the bill in MA’s legislature that would allow consumer protections for libraries when it comes to digital book contracts. malegislature.gov/Bills/193/HD34… #MassLib2023

Another excellent Library Freedom Project presentation at #MassLib2023. Learn more about how to safely provide information on reproductive health in the surveillance age 🧵🧵👇

Stellar presentation today at #MassLib2023 on programming from Betsy Perry & Meena Jain! 🧵🧵👇

These laws are meant to regulate the market only to increase it. Also, these businesses might face backlash if they tried to pull out of offering materials in this time of extreme censorship. We just need to be strong, and organize, to meet that challenge. #MassLib2023

💗Thank you, Massachusetts Library Association 📚 for putting together a fantastic annual Conference in Falmouth! 📚Commissioners Karen Traub, Debby Conrad, Mary Ann Cluggish and Vicky Biancolo and the MBLC staff had a wonderful time. 👀next year's conference! #masslibraries #masslib2023 #mblclibraries

Congratulations Jeremy Goldstein 🚶‍♂️🦖! 🥳

Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 announced that riders at 20 bus stops can access free digital content in Boston Public Library pilot program “Browse, Borrow, Board.” Massachusetts Library Association 📚 Chris Chanyasulkit MBLC boston.gov/news/mayor-wu-…

Sound advice from the NMRT blog! nmrt.ala.org/notes/five-sim…

It's #aapiheritagemonth! Boston Public Library has a booklist: ow.ly/r0Rq50OtnAX w/ 2 #massachusettsbookawards Must Reads: Betty Yee's GOLD MOUNTAIN (Lerner Books); Celeste Ng's MISSING HEARTS (Penguin Books USA) #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association Sharon Shaloo

Boston Public Library has published a list of #books for all ages, published in the past year, concerning the diverse experience of the #lgbtq community. See: ow.ly/wc3a50OCVFO #pridemonth #pride #rainbow #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC Sharon Shaloo

📃The MBLC, Massachusetts Library Association 📚 , masslibsystem & MSLA released a joint statement against #censorship and intolerance. We support #librarystaff & free, equal and #openaccess to information. Read the statement and join us in supporting #MAlibraries: tinyurl.com/supporting-lib… #msla

Celebrate #Juneteenth @ Longfellow House: Family activities, #poetry, #music, #art, & #documentary #film DESCENDANT. Info: ow.ly/kzQ550OO1XU #history #aricanamericanhistory #emancipation #cambridgema #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC Museum of African American History Sharon Shaloo