Libraries across Idaho hosted Día events this year and by all accounts they had a great time. Pictures poured in and I was only able to use a small sample of images submitted. You can read all about the celebrations and see more pictures on the ICfL website here.

A discouraging article from the L.A. Times about Rosemarie Bernier - a teacher in the LA Unified School who truly makes a difference to her students. She is one of 85 teacher-librarians facing layoffs due to budget cuts.

To get them off the payroll, the district is arguing that librarians don't teach and thus don't qualify for the seniority protections given to teachers.

Lorry Hernández, a Garden City Public Library teen, demonstrated how much she values her library with her “You Are Here” video promoting the 2011 Summer Reading program to other teens. Hernández’s video was selected at the state level to be Idaho’s official “You Are Here” Teen Video Challenge winner for 2011.

HOLA is a support and learning group facilitated by the ICfL Read to Me program. The group is designed to provide the library community with the opportunity to help develop a statewide initiative on how to better serve Hispanic population in Idaho.