Kicking Off 2022 with Staff Changes at ICfL
January 2022 has surprised us with a few changes to our staff at the Idaho Commission for Libraries. Like many others affected by The Great Resignation, we experienced our own [...]
28 01, 2022
10 06, 2021
New career-oriented Gale e-book titles on lili.org!
As you may have gathered, we at the Idaho Commission for Libraries are big on keeping students learning and adults earning, which is why it’s my absolute pleasure to announce [...]
7 06, 2021
IMLS ARPA OverDrive Funds for Public Libraries
All Idaho public libraries are eligible to participate in the ICfL’s IMLS ARPA OverDrive Funds opportunity, providing dedicated funding specifically to support public libraries in purchasing digital e-book and e-audio [...]
3 05, 2021
Survival Guide for Idaho Library Directors Now Part of ICfL Website
The Survival Guide for Idaho Library Directors is now part of the ICfL website. Now that the agency is moving away from the LibGuide platform, this quick-start, ready-reference source for [...]
1 03, 2021
ShareIdaho/OCLC Renewal and Enrollment for State Fiscal Year 2022
If you are a library director/manager/point of contact for all things OCLC, and your library currently participates in our statewide resource-sharing agreement, you should have received your annual renewal notice [...]
2 10, 2020
ALA Releases List of Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books
This year's Banned Books Week runs from September 27 to October 3, so I will begin by apologizing for the tardiness of this post. The good thing is that I [...]
28 09, 2020
Libraries Protect Americans’ Freedoms by Ensuring an Informed Electorate
Countdown to Election DayCountdown The ability to cast a ballot — and have it count — is a freedom that protects the other fundamental freedoms that we as Americans hold [...]
21 09, 2020
Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL) Recruiting for Broadband Services Consultant
The Broadband Consultant is available to help Idaho libraries of all types, but especially public libraries, with issues relating to any technology, not just the internet. The Broadband Consultant can [...]
31 08, 2020
$2 Million Available to Idaho Public Libraries to Boost Broadband in Small Communities
The Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL) has been awarded two $1 million grants for “Rural Libraries Connecting Idahoans via Wi-Fi Hotspots” to provide reliable, open, wireless internet access in Idaho’s [...]
23 07, 2020
Library Programs Benefit Both the Public Library and the Community
Idaho's library laws are found in Title 33: Education. Why? Because Idaho's public libraries form an integral part of the state's education system. Idaho Code section 33-2601 states, "It is [...]