Pinwheels for Prevention
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 [...]
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02, 2024
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07, 2023
Applications Open for Connecting Communities Digital Inclusion Program
The Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL) is once again offering public libraries a unique opportunity to bolster local digital inclusion, equity, and literacy efforts. Through the Connecting Communities Digital [...]
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06, 2023
Bicultural Resources 2023-2024
The Idaho Commission for Libraries is excited to bring you our first Bilingual Resource Letter. The hope for this blogpost is to create a document that holds important dates, [...]
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11, 2022
Kindergarten Readiness Grant: 2022-2023 Awardees
2022-2023 Cohort of Kindergarten Readiness Grant Recipients Twelve Idaho libraries received a Kindergarten Readiness grant (KRG) from ICfL this year, for a total of $60,000. Six libraries are implementing [...]
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02, 2022
A Little More For Your Reconsideration
Note: The guidance and resources in this post are from 2022. For up-to-date information on Idaho statute and library best practices, please consult the ICfL’s Public Library Knowledge Base. [...]
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01, 2022
For Your Reconsideration
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 [...]
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05, 2021
New Digital Inclusion Webpage
We at the Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL) have recently launched a new webpage on our site that is devoted to the topic of digital inclusion. You can find it [...]
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10, 2020
ICfL’s My First Books program celebrates 25 years
My First Books program is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year! This program establishes home libraries for children who have limited access to books.
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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 [...]
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08, 2020
Child Care Crisis: How your library can support early learning
Thank you to the library staff who joined us for today's conversation regarding the child care and preschool crisis in Idaho and throughout the nation. As mentioned during the [...]