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May 14, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden

Here she was, my contemporary moving this historic institution into the future. I could well image the barriers she faced, and the vision she imagined.

May 5, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Monday MorningReads

I’ve created a Literary Gomoku for the AAPI Book Challenge by adapting a traditional game board. Your goal is to read five books in a row – horizontally, vertically, or diagonally or you could choose to complete the five corners.

April 29, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Closing Down Poetry Month

We always need a good poem, I think now we can use one that reminds us that what seems like a social and political setback isn’t new; progress always seems to be one step forward and two steps back.

Monday Morning

April 28, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Somewhere between the rising (waking up) and the shining (the bits of love scattered about) is hope

review and a pairing: All the Noise At Once

April 23, 2025 by Edith Campbell

When does protecting someone because we love them turn into something harmful? How do Black parents protect their children when racism is so pervasive?

A Few Basic Facts about IMLS

April 21, 2025 by Edith Campbell

"People who cannot read, who do not read, who aren’t allowed to read, are no longer free."

interview: Emely Rumble, LCSW

April 10, 2025 by Edith Campbell

"And to all the librarians reading this: you are doing sacred work. Please keep showing up, even when it feels invisible. Our kids are watching. Our communities are grateful. And your efforts matter — more than you know."

89 Days Remaining

April 1, 2025 by Edith Campbell

feel a loss for what libraries can do in communities that are already poorly funded. I feel an attack on an institution that provides information and supports literacy, two cornerstones of any democracy. I feel an attack on our democracy.

review: Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories

March 31, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Urban Native young adults from numerous intersecting identities venture to this communal space to meet a crush, read a poem, mourn, or reconnect with family.

AI and Scholarship

March 26, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Tech leaders don’t like libraries because they are meant to provide inclusive, open and equitable access to information. Libraries are meant to protect user access and privacy. They provide an equitable flow of information.

About Edith Campbell

Edith Campbell is Librarian in the Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University. She is a member of WeAreKidlit Collective, and Black Cotton Reviewers. Edith has served on selection committees for the YALSA Printz Award, ALSC Sibert Informational Text Award, ALAN Walden Book Award, the Walter Award, ALSC Legacy Award, and ALAN Nielsen Donelson Award. She is currently a member of ALA, BCALA, NCTE NCTE/ALAN, REFORMA, YALSA and ALSC. Edith has blogged to promote literacy and social justice in young adult literature at Cotton Quilt Edi since 2006. She is a mother, grandmother, gardener and quilter.

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