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Creative Learning @ Your Library
Measuring Civic Impact a Theme of Knight Public Spaces Forum
Flatter, Focused, and Community Led – Public Library Staffing Continues to Evolve
FYI Podcast: Library Marketing with Cordelia Anderson
Media Literacy Ideas
Do’s & Don’ts of Supervising Library Volunteers
Staying Social: Why Your Library Needs Social Media Policies
A Woman’s Place is in the House (And Senate!)
FYI Podcast: Social Services at Hennepin County
FYI Podcast: REFORMA’s Children in Crisis Task Force
It’s About Who Knows You
Go For It! Advice From Library Directors
The 24/7 Library
Superheroes Need Not Apply
500 Year-Old Library Catalog Found in University Collection
How to Attend a Conference
Providing Healthcare Information Services in Small and Rural Libraries
PLA Leadership Development Programs Offer Lessons for a Lifetime
A Fresh Approach to Job Rotation
The Mission-Informed Library–Internal Marketing to Improve the Organizational Climate in the Public Library
If You Want to Figure Out What America Is Go To a Library – An Interview with Jose Antonio Vargas
We Are All Welcome in Libraries – A Conversation with Eric Klinenberg
Librarians Respond to Humanitarian Crisis at the Border
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