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A Message from PLA President Maria McCauley Regarding Recent Library Threats

FYI Podcast: Hosting an Expungement Clinic at the Public Library

Barbara Graham On The Joy Of “Not Knowing” In Crafting Her Compassionate and Suspenseful Debut Novel

Changing Expectations: New Ways to Entice the Public

Brave Voices, Brave Choices: A look into Howard County Library System’s racial equity initiative

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Just Where are We Heading?

Using Co-Design as an Approach to Better Serve and Engage Low-Income, Latinx Communities

Uso del diseño colaborativo como método para atender mejor e involucrar a las comunidades Latinx de bajos ingresos

“I Feel Like I Can Create The Rules Of The World As I’m Writing It” — K-Ming Chang On The Stories in Her Phenomenal New Collection

New FYI Podcast Episode! Directors Dialogue

“That Little Brown Ball Saved My Life” — Ray Scott On His Compelling New Memoir and Groundbreaking Career in the NBA

Public Libraries Celebrate Juneteenth

GIS-Mapping Exchange Grant Program

Brave Communities – A Conversation with Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada

Free and Fresh Fridge

“Whatever Job You Give Me, I’ll Learn” — Natalie Jacobson Reflects on Her Illustrious Career in Television News

HOW TO Manage Fiction Series

New Podcast Episode! Celebrate National Voter Registration Day @ Your Library

Federal Broadband Funding Guidelines Now Available for States to Begin Planning, Applications

The Conversation Around Policing and Public Libraries

Beyond Yuck and Yum: Programming with Picture Books about Food

Policing and Social Justice in Libraries

Inclusive Birding through the Library

Helping Patrons Keep Up in the Digital Age–Promising Practices in Libraries

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