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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

A Salute to the Schneider

“My Process is Usually One of Necessity and Escaping Disaster” — Jeffrey Lewis On His Haunting New Novel

Ending Late Fees: A Case for Equity

Surveying Library Services to the Justice-Involved

Kevin Young on the Poets in Conversation in His Extraordinary New Anthology

Creating Safer Libraries

Giving Thanks for the Activists Who Integrated Public Libraries

Is COVID-19 Still Preventing Indoor Library Activities?

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