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 [...]
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10, 2020
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07, 2020
Library Staff Encouraged to Attend Regional Town Hall Discussions
The University of Idaho McClure Center for Public Policy Research and the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Id AEYC) invite you to a town hall meeting in [...]
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05, 2020
Electronic Resources for Public Libraries in the Time of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
Digital content may include eBooks, audio books, comics and graphic novels, movies, music, and television programs.
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05, 2020
Suggested Best Practices for Zoom Meetings
Test your video and audio. Turn on your video. Position yourself so that most of the light is coming from in front of you. Use a headset if you have one....
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04, 2020
Legislative Update 20200421
Please find below a summary of bills introduced during the second regular session of the 65th Idaho Legislature, January 6 – March 20, 2020, that most directly impact Idaho libraries [...]
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03, 2020
Temporary Changes to Idaho’s Open Meetings Law
Idaho’s Open Meetings Law [chapter 2, title 74, Idaho Code] specifically authorizes the holding of a meeting using telecommunications devices which enable all members of the library board participating in [...]
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02, 2019
The Idaho Library Districting Handbook, 2019 edition is now online!
The Idaho Commission for Libraries is pleased to announced that the 2019 edition of the Idaho Library Districting Handbook is now available. It can be accessed: from the Trustee page [...]
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07, 2018
July 12 is Summer Learning Day in Idaho
Governor Otter proclaimed July 12, 2018 to be “Summer Learning Day” in Idaho. The day is observed throughout the United States to raise awareness of the importance of keeping youth [...]
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01, 2018
Community Engagement – Where to Start?
If you have been in the same room as I for any length of time,you have heard me talk about “community engagement” as an important task for all library staff [...]
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12, 2017
Legislative Outreach Tips by State Librarian Ann Joslin
The American Library Association (ALA) recently invited me to contribute a piece about legislative outreach, which was placed in ALA’s magazine, American Libraries. If you would like to read the [...]