ICfL Turns 125 on April 1
From stagecoach to high-speed internet, delivering books to Idahoans has changed in many ways since April 1, 1901, when the Idaho State Library (now the Idaho Commission for Libraries) [...]
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04, 2026
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02, 2026
Register for Regional Training
The Idaho Commission for Libraries is heading your way this April on a Library Director and E-Services Road Show! We are offering two full days of free training [...]
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01, 2026
ICfL’s 125th Anniversary in 2026
Welcome to 2026 – the year the Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL) turns 125. stagecoach delivery of first State Library In 1901, the Idaho State Library was [...]
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12, 2025
Dylan Baker Begins Tenure as State Librarian
I am happy and honored to begin my new role as state librarian. I never imagined attaining this position when I started out in libraries as a shelver at [...]
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11, 2025
Read to Me Rendezvous 2025
Every other year ICfL's Read to Me team hosts a two-day in-person early learning event for Idaho library staff working with young children. However, due to the uncertainty of [...]
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10, 2025
Dylan Baker Named Idaho’s 21st State Librarian
I am happy to announce that Deputy State Librarian Dylan Baker has been appointed to the role of Idaho state librarian and agency director of the Idaho Commission for [...]
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10, 2025
Library-Related Holidays
If you need an idea for a social post, blog, display, or more, check out a library-related holiday calendar. Did you know Thanksgiving Week is National Game and Puzzle [...]
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08, 2025
Notice of Board Meeting
The Idaho Board of Library Commissioners will convene for a regular meeting on Thursday, August 14, 2025, at 10 a.m. MDT / 9 a.m. PDT. The commissioners will meet [...]
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07, 2025
ICfL Budget Update
Funding for Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and many other agencies wasn’t part of the budget bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump [...]
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06, 2025
Update on E-Rate funding in Idaho
In July 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the funding mechanism for the Universal Service Fund (USF), which supports vital programs like E-Rate, was unconstitutional. This [...]