Save the Date: Summer Learning Workshops for 2025
The ICfL will host six regional Summer Learning Workshops around the state to help libraries prepare for Summer 2025. Each workshop will be four hours long and is designed [...]
The ICfL will host six regional Summer Learning Workshops around the state to help libraries prepare for Summer 2025. Each workshop will be four hours long and is designed [...]
The ICfL is excited to launch another year of the Idaho Teen Reading Challenge (ITRC), with a whole new look! Based on feedback from last year’s evaluations, we have revamped [...]
The ICfL is excited to offer another round of Teen Connection Kits to help teens reestablish social connections and create learning experiences to help them build practical skills and [...]
The ICfL is once again partnering with the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation to offer free state park passes to Idaho libraries hosting summer reading programs. The Youth [...]
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and is a time when libraries can highlight resources for their communities that help prevent child abuse and raise awareness about prevention. The [...]
The application for this year’s Summer STEM from Your Library grant is now open. This grant is open to publicly funded school, public, tribal, or academic Idaho libraries that [...]
In celebration of Smokey the Bear’s 80th birthday in 2024 the USDA Forest Service is coordinating a free reading program for libraries nationwide. This challenge, available through Beanstack and [...]
In the past few months, the ICfL has awarded $561,000 in ARP ESSER funds to Idaho libraries. Students spend 80% of their time outside of school, and libraries are [...]
ESSER stands for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief. ESSER is part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), a federal law that was passed in 2021 to provide relief [...]
Materials challenge. Request for reconsideration. Whatever term you use, addressing objections to your library’s collection is a difficult subject. It is also one that libraries across the country are facing [...]