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🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 MBLC Commissioner Award Winners! 🎉 We are thrilled to announce the exceptional individuals who have shown outstanding dedication and innovation for Massachusetts Public Libraries: tinyurl.com/mblc-ca25 ✨
📅Join us in celebrating our colleagues! The Commissioner Awards will be held on November 6th at the Massachusetts State House. Space is limited, RSVP and more details at the link in bio.
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✨🎥🎬 Meet Erin, a passionate teen librarian whose focus is creating a welcoming space for youth by celebrating their diverse interests, ideas and identities! You can learn more about Erin and her path to working in #libraries at the link in bio.
Each month, the MBLC will be spotlighting #LibraryWorkers in Careers in Libraries, a new video collection featuring #LibraryStaff from all over the Commonwealth. For more on the Careers in Libraries, visit the link in bio!
🤳Share your own journey to working in libraries on social media using the hashtag #MyLibraryCareer and tag us @mblclibraries! Select videos will be featured on our socials 😊
🖼️Image: Teen Librarian Erin speaking about her journey to becoming a librarian.
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📢 Calling all #LibraryTrustees! The Massachusetts Library Trustee Association (MLTA) will hold their annual conference this year on Saturday, November 1 from 10A-2P at the Shrewsbury Public Library, 609 Main St., Shrewsbury, MA 01545. Please register in advance as space is limited and lunch will be provided! 🔗Save your spot at the link in bio!
🖼️Image: MBLC Head of Library Advisory & Development Rob Favini speaking at the 2024 MLTA Conference.
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😊 Happy #FortifyingFriday! In this week`s ✨Fortifying Your Library✨ blog post by MBLC Library Advisory Specialist Al Hayden, she takes a look at how #LibraryBranches and #Bookmobiles would fare during a recession. Read more at 🔗tinyurl.com/mblc-fyl
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🌟🐾During the MBLC`s October Board Meeting, Lt. Sandy Picard and Oliver the therapy dog were honored as Summer Reading Champions! 📚🏆
Since 2019, Sandy and Ollie have been visiting libraries all across the Commonwealth with the MBLC and @NHLBoston to encourage kids to read over the summer and spreading joy. Over the years, thousands of kids have overcome their fear of reading aloud by reading stories to Oliver, who always listens without judgement. ❤️Thank you, Sandy and Oliver for being such an invaluable part of our summer reading team!
🖼️Image 1: MBLC Commissioner Jessica Vilas Novas and Lt. Sandy Picard and Oliver the Therapy Dog at the MBLC`s October 2025 Board Meeting with the Summer Champion honor.
🖼️Image 2: Bruins mascot Blades and Oliver in Charlton during a 2025 summer visit.
🖼️Image 3: Oliver smiling while meeting new friends during a 2025 summer visit at Attleboro Public Library.
🖼️Image 4: Lt. Sandy and Oliver with Blades at Rockland Memorial Library in 2023.
🖼️Image 5: Oliver and Sandy surrounded by friends at Memorial Hall Library in Andover in 2019.
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📕This #BannedBooksWeek, we`re celebrating the power of literature and the freedom to read with the Reading the Revolution Book Lists! 📖 These lists include banned books and works by authors and thinkers that honor the complex history of the American Revolution and our nation`s unfolding evolution by championing stories that challenge us. Explore the lists at 🔗massbook.org/ma250.
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💬“The idea of physically entering a courthouse for any reason can feel intimidating,” said Maureen Amyot, Director of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioner (MBLC). “Transportation issues, work hours, or lack of internet at home can also be barriers. The Access to Justice project helps people overcome those hurdles and get the help they need right in their own communities.”
➡️Learn more about the Access to Justice Project/Public Library Initiative and if your local public library has access to court resources through this program at the link in bio!
🖼️Image: Maureen Amyot, Director of the MBLC, reminded the audience how much libraries have changed over the years. (Photo Courtesy Town of Norwood)
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Join the MIRA coalition for a 📢Know Your Rights / Conozca Sus Derechos Community Workshop! ℹ️This event will be in English and Spanish online via Zoom. Spread the word!
📅 Date: Thursday, October 21, 2025
🕒 Time: 7PM
📍 Location: Zoom link at linktree in bio!
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