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HOW TO — National Voter Registration Day Initiatives

Azar Nafisi on How Reading Is Crucial To Our Survival

FYI Podcast: A Trauma-Informed Framework for Supporting Library Patrons

“To Make Meaningful Long-Term Change We Have to Take a Systemic Approach To It”—Ruchika Tulshyan on Creating a More Inclusive Workplace

Jane Pek on Subverting Genre Tropes and the “What If” Scenario at the Heart of Her Ingenious New Mystery

Advancing Digital Equity by Expanding Tribal Library Access to E-Rate

Asexuality On the Shelves

Bertha Winborne Edwards: An Icon of Library Black History

FYI Podcast: Public Library Anti-Hate Statements

Public Libraries are Feeling the Impact of the Latest Surges

Renée Branum on Buster Keaton, Giving Herself More Freedom, and Her Secret Shelf at the Library

We Can Do Better — Best (And Worst) Practices for Managers Responding to Sexual Harassment Claims

We All Win — Training and Advancement for Non-MLS Library Workers

Stop Trying to Make Book Banning a Thing

Ravi Shankar on His Revelatory Memoir and The Embrace of The Totality of The Experience

Gazing Into the Crystal Ball

“Memoir is a Strange Word When you Don’t Remember a Whole Lot” – Tim O’Brien on How Memory, History, and Literature Inform his Joyous New Book

Improving Virtual Reference Services for LGBTQIA+ Users

Missing Karen

FYI Podcast: PLA Benchmark & Library Staff Diversity Survey

Readers Advisory Reimagined

2021 Public Library Staff & Diversity Survey

TikTok as a Primary Source

Criminalizing Book Selection

“Anything That Strikes You As Very Different From Now Is A Very Good Place to Start” – Lynne Truss On Creating The Delightfully Funny World Of Constable Twitten

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