Storytellers-in-Residence
Madison, Wisconsin, is on land that is the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk people. The tribe was forced to cede its territory in 1832, and in the decades that followed, state and federal governments...
View ArticleAn Uphill Battle
In November 2021, the Hinton (W.Va.) Police Department took to Facebook with a complaint. The department said shopping carts abandoned across the city were an “ugly sight” and warned residents that...
View ArticleMapping the Murals
Before she became a librarian and library school educator, Joan Beaudoin studied art history in Philadelphia. She was inspired by the city’s thousands of murals and the work of organizations like Mural...
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View ArticleLibraries on Call
When Las Vegas–Clark County (Nev.) Library District (LVCCLD) closed its doors at the start of the pandemic, the technological barriers that existed within the community were laid bare, particularly...
View ArticleOpioid Outreach
Opioid overdoses remain a significant health crisis not just in the US but also Canada. An estimated 32,630 Canadians died from an apparent opioid-related overdose between 2016 and 2022, with the...
View ArticleOlder Beginners
It’s not unusual for libraries to offer English as a Second Language (ESL) and citizenship preparation programs. But Jones Library (JL) in Amherst, Massachusetts, has designed a program specifically...
View ArticleIt’s in the Bag
Spartanburg County is the fifth most populated county in South Carolina—and it’s growing. In 2022, it had close to 346,000 residents, but nearly 14% of them were living at or below the federal poverty...
View ArticleA New Start
More than 1.8 million people in the United States were incarcerated in a prison or jail at the end of 2021, according to a February 2023 Bureau of Justice Statistics report. Research shows that...
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