#libraries are essential

[cheez-the-clown]

was organizing my art supplies and i found my old library card <3

I renewed it and as it turns out, you can actually do a LOT with a library card so y'know just a reminder, if you can ofc, maybe plan an outing to your local library? food for thought

[verschlimmbesserung]

Residents can collect N95 masks at Los Angeles Public Libraries, Recreation Centers, Senior Centers, and through local nonprofit organizations. For library locations, visit lapl.org/branches, and for recreation or senior centers, visit laparks.org/reccenter.

[harpersplay]

Libraries Transform

[lamajaoscura]

What happened to YOUmedia?

The Chicago Public Library's flagship teen program was a refuge for Black and Brown youth. Recent layoffs put that in jeopardy.

[redclaysoliloquy]

I'm making real headway on my reading goal this year. Using the Army MWR Overdrive has been transformative for me 🙌

Meanwhile, I read a YA novel cause the detective mystery I was reading was fucking me up and I wanted something lighter. Cut to me crying on my couch with that YA novel two days later. I'm just a lost soul with almost unlimited access to books now.

[lcarslibrarian]

Save IMLS because libraries are essential

Save IMLS because libraries are essential

If you didn’t hear that Trump is planning on cutting funds to SO MANY ESSENTIAL programs, then here you go. Also, some of these essential programs include the Institute of Museum and Library Services, an important source of funding for libraries and museums in the U.S. I want to talk a little bit about IMLS today because a lot of people don’t know what it does. IMLS gives grants to libraries and…

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[librarylinknj]

Timothy K. Quinn: Mover & Shaker

Princeton Public Library's own Timothy K. Quinn has been honored as a Library Journal Mover & Shaker for his exemplary work leading the effort to serve Princeton by re-opening PPL in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. For two days, the Library was the only public facility open in the town.

He says he tells staff and community members that the library is a first responder of a different sort. “I saw the storms as an opportunity to serve and that libraries are indispensable to lives in our community—and to lives in any community,” Quinn says. 

Many NJ libraries filled (and continue to fulfill) similar roles in the immediate and long-term aftermath of the storm. Thank you all, and let's hear it for one of our own -- we're so pleased to see you honored!