Here is a roundup of news and articles regarding libraries and library professionals.
Food for Thought: Library Kitchens and Cooking Programs-As community hubs, libraries can play an important role in promoting public health and wellness initiatives, including food and cooking literacy programs. But eating well involves more than just quality ingredients and culinary chops—joy, creativity, and community are all important ingredients in any good meal. This article explains how libraries are incorporating these elements in their food-related programming, and discusses how to gather inspiration for your library’s next program.
Expanding Collections with a Library of Things–Lending libraries offer community members the chance to share resources and minimize environmental impact, access items they might not be able to afford, try out a new skill or hobby, and build connection with others while promoting a sharing economy. Whether your library is considering starting a brand-new lending library, or you’re looking for ideas and inspiration to expand your collection, this article is here to help.
Tuzzy Consortium Library, Iḷisaġvik College-Crisis management and planning have become an increasing focus for the staff of libraries, archives, and museums. This illustrative example demonstrates how a remote Alaska library consortium balances connecting the community to information and resources, while keeping staff, students, and patrons safe.
Spreading Joy at the Public Library-Library workers are finding the joy in library work they have missed over the past few years.
Suggest Your Favorite New Digital Media!-The 2025 Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award Committee would love your suggestions! The Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award Committee is tasked with finding the most distinguished digital media created for an early learning audience (children ages 2-8) by a producer based in the United States.
Movement and Children’s Services-“Don’t sit down!” That might not be a sentence you’ve used with children at the library outside of often, but the value of movement-based activities in children’s services isn’t restricted to storytime. This blog post is a brief intro to how movement can make a difference in children’s services.
Health, Digital, and Research Literacy Support for Your Library Patrons-In celebration of Health Literacy Month, this article explores three health literacies common in library health programming—health literacy, digital literacy, and research literacy (addressed by participatory research, also known as citizen/community science programming)—and how increasing these literacies can help achieve health equity.
The Law Library of Congress Invites Applications for the 2025 Guggenheim Scholars Program-The Law Library of Congress invites applications for the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Scholars Program. The purpose of this program is to fund a scholar whose research will draw upon the Law Library’s world-class collections, target new acquisitions, and leverage the Law Library’s staff expertise. The focus of the program is to create new research at the intersection of demography, technology, and criminal justice. This research will generate benchmarks, metrics, best practices, and possible solutions to some of the emerging legal issues that fall at the intersection of these fields. The program will encourage a multidisciplinary and multinational approach for the greatest impact.
Are You Showing Up the Way You Want Others To?-When we’re going through a challenge, it’s easy to get wrapped up in our own stress, frustrations, or feelings of being overwhelmed. Your actions are not only speaking louder than your words, but they’re also setting an example for others.