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December 14, 2025 by Edith Campbell

AI AI Oh!

As educators and information leaders, I think librarians have the responsibility to provide information and skill development so that our students and community members can make informed choices about using AI.

April 1, 2025 by Edith Campbell

89 Days Remaining

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.

March 26, 2025 by Edith Campbell

AI and Scholarship

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.

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March 21, 2025 by Edith Campbell

I think I’m missed the fact that wanting to feel confident, seen and heard is not the same as being politically engaged. Sometimes, self-care needs to simply be self-care.

Monday Morning

March 17, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Young people don’t need to settle into feelings of doom, despondency, or powerlessness, and they don’t need to settle for anything less that what they believe in for this country.

Right to Read Day

March 14, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Right to Read Day offers fun and engaging ways to connect with freedom fighters in our libraries who have had to endure all the stress brought on by challenges in their workplace.

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Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez: Latine Heritage Month in the Library

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The library didn’t give my mother, my sister, and me our strength. But the library was a place where we could learn to unlock our power ourselves.  

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Taking those books home allowed me to escape the entrapment of those silent days when I could not communicate in English. I will never forget the feeling of joy upon receiving that first library card!

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