News & Features

August 31, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Latinx KidLit Book Festival

The 2025 Festival launches September 1st, two weeks before Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, and incorporates educators’ voices into pre-recorded sessions and age-appropriate lengths for easy classroom integration.

June 16, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Annual is Next Week!

The work we do as librarians has become incredibly political, so please do use opportunities at Annual to engage, get more informed, and to build community.

June 15, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Let’s Read Strong America

Kwame Alexander's Read Strong America has put together a couple of opportunities for us to commune during the Juneteenth celebrations this week.

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Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden

May 14, 2025 by Edith Campbell

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.

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."

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.

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.