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#MemoriesMonday 👏 Congratulations, Westford! Last Monday, community members, local officials and legislators celebrated the groundbreaking of the J.V. Fletcher library expansion and renovation project. 🔗Learn more at the link in bio or tinyurl.com/westford-gb
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👏Congratulations, @worcesterpubliclibrary on your John Cotton Dana (JCD) Award! Each year, the ALA honors exceptional public relations efforts to elevate the awareness and impact of library services with the JCD award. Worcester Public Library`s "March Meowness" captured attention across the nation by eliminating barriers to library access by waiving fees in exchange for photos of cats. 🐈
🔗You can learn more at tinyurl.com/2025-jcd
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🏗️ Amherst residents, state representatives and local officials recently gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Jones Library. The Jones Library renovation and expansion project is partially funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) with a base grant of over $13.8 million from its Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program (MPLCP).
📰To read more, visit the link in bio or tinyurl.com/amherst-gb
📷For more photos of the event, visit the MBLC`s flickr account at flickr.com/photos/mblclibraries/
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💝🏛️The Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library will be renamed to honor Sarah-Ann Shaw, Boston`s first Black woman TV reporter. Shaw was a lifelong resident of Roxbury, who "paved the way for generations of journalists, storytellers, and leaders. Her passion for her Roxbury community and brilliance in reporting stories that otherwise would not have received the coverage they deserved reshaped Boston`s media landscape," said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
🔗For more on this special dedication, visit the link in bio.
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📺 Check out this fun spotlight on Newton Free Library`s Library of Things from NBC Boston!
The Newton Free Library offers a Library of Things featuring 800 items from games to medical equipment to tools for your next DIY project. Check to see if your local library has a Library of Things too at: https://libraries.state.ma.us/resources/library-of-things
🔗Watch or read NBC Boston`s coverage of Newton`s Library of Things at the link in bio!
Pictured: Newton Free Library Supervisor of Material Services Alan Long and NBC Boston`s Bianca Beltran.
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📰 "Vineyard librarians told the MV Times that the databases are important community resources…students use the “peer reviewed, authoritative resources” for their research papers. Town officials do as well. The Oak Bluffs shellfish department used the databases for accessing up-to-date research for its field work."
🔗To read more of the MV Times` article "Federal Funding Cuts Reach Vineyard Libraries", visit the link in bio.
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💖 We`re delighted to announce the appointment of a new MBLC Commissioner! Kemarah Sika joins the board with extensive experience as an organizational development consultant, non-profit leader and school librarian. ✨
🗨️“I am honored to join the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and to support the vital role libraries play in advancing equity, lifelong learning, and community connection across the Commonwealth. Libraries are not just repositories of knowledge. They are safe havens and essential hubs of access, inclusion, and opportunity for all,” said Sika.
🔗To read more about Commissioner Sika, visit the link in bio or MBLC website at mblc.state.ma.us
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#MondayMemories 💓🎞️ MBLC Director Maureen Amyot and MBLC Head of State Programs Cate Merlin recently had a fantastic visit at Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library with Director Kim Charlson! Perkins circulates more than half a million copies of accessible books, newspapers and publications in braille, large print and digital audio formats in Massachusetts, New England and beyond.
🔗You can learn more and apply for free access at the link in bio!
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🖼️1: Left to Right, Cate Merlin, Kim Charlson and her service pup Idabelle, and Maureen Amyot in front of Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library.
🖼️2: Director Amyot tries a Braille eReader
🖼️3: Director Amyot filling a patron order at the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library
