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☀️😊Happy #FortifyingFriday! In the latest installment of Fortifying Your Library, MBLC Library Advisory Specialist Al Hayden gets into the details of Public Comment Policy. Does your library have open meetings with public commentary? What about policies to keep public commentary as orderly as possible? Read more at 🔗the link in bio!
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‼️ It`s been just over 2 months since President Trump issued an executive order targeting the IMLS and library funding. Librarian Kelly Jensen has put together a comprehensive timeline with updates at 🔗the link in bio!
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✨ Hey, it`s a #FortifyingFriday! In the previous post from MBLC Library Advisory Specialist Al Hayden, we looked at meeting room policies and today she`s got an even closer look at *use agreements* for meeting rooms. What`s that all about, you ask? Find out at 🔗the link in bio!
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✨ 👏 This week, 25 students and their families, legislators, teachers, and members of the library community gathered at the State House to celebrate the 25 years of the @masscenterforbook Center for the Book (MCB), and 25th Annual Letters About Literature (LAL) Awards! 📝 Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa congratulated the students “for reading voraciously, for being committed to learning more about the world that surrounds [them], and for sharing [their] experiences.”
📜 For more about the awards, the honorees and their letters, please visit the link in bio!
Photo Credit: Mass Center for the Book. Pictured: Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa addressing the audience at the 25th annual LAL awards
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Monday was a gorgeous day to celebrate the ribbon-cutting and completion of construction of the new @@sharonpubliclibraryma! 🥳😍 Congratulations, town of Sharon and the dedicated #LibraryStaff, #LibraryTrustees, Sharon #LibraryFoundation, and Friends of the Sharon Public Library! 💖
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Did you know that there`s a long history of dogs and #libraries in Massachusetts? In 1869, the dog tax became a funding source option for public libraries. Our very own Preservation Specialist at the MBLC, Jessica Branco Colati, puts the dog tax from 150 years ago into perspective in this piece from New England Public Media.
🔗 You can read more at the link in bio!
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"Every employee at the library plays an invaluable part," said 14th Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in a recently recorded video honoring the crucial and important work performed by the Library of Congress staff for Public Service Recognition Week. "The staff will continue to serve the United States Congress, the American public, and users across the world as the caretakers of our nation’s treasures and our collective history."
📺 You watch Dr. Carla Hayden`s entire message at 🔗 the link in bio.
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✨ It`s not just #Friday, it`s a #FortifyingFriday! If your library offers space that outside groups are permitted to use, it`s extremely important that you have a solid, actionable meeting room policy. You can read this week`s blog post all about Meeting Room Use policies at 🔗 the link in bio or at tinyurl.com/mblc-fyl
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