ICfL staff members have had their eyes out for relevant stories, tools, and tricks so you don’t have to. We hope you find these resources useful and inspiring. Enjoy!
Calendar
January
- Braille Literacy Month
- Financial Wellness Month
- National Mentoring Month
- New Year’s Day is January 1
- Lunar New Year is January 22
- World Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27
- Tax Identity Theft Week starts January 30th
February
- Black History Month
- Low Vision Awareness Month
- American Heart Month
- National Library Lovers Month
- World Read Aloud Day is February 2
- Valentine’s Day is February 14
March
- Women’s History Month
- National Deaf History Month
- National Nutrition Month
- March 20th is the First Day of Spring
Programming
- Still Kicking – a scripted presentation from Old School you can use with staff and community members to get the conversation going about ageism and abelism.
- Styrofoam snowmen were decorated by community members as part of a contest hosted by Marshall Public Library
- Drop-in Tech Help sessions are being offered by Caldwell Public library on a variety of topics
- McCall Public Library is hosting their own version of Let’s Talk About It
- An all ages coloring contest was hosted by the Rathdrum branch of the Community Library Network
Resources
- Remembering your patrons with living with memory loss – a webinar from WebJunction.
- “Reference behind bars” is a Library journal article about providing library services to community members who are incarcerated (Thanks to Marina for the suggestion!)
- COVID-19 Tests are available for free from USPS again
- Crush the Curve Idaho’s Mental Health Directory is a place for your community members to find mental health resources close to home.
- ChORUS (Clearinghouse for Older Road User Safety) has resources for staying safe on the road as one ages
