@NextLibraries

Libraries, learning, and the free flow of information. We’ll need them even more tomorrow.

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Joined June 2011
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We’ve learned a lot about the nature of media manipulation and the ways we can counter it. It’s time to get serious about putting the research to work in more newsrooms. j.mp/2OdOFMD
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Have you been to the library lately? “As other communal support networks have suffered cutbacks and disintegrated, the library has found itself as one of the only places left with an open door.” Well done, @nickhunebrown @thewalrus bit.ly/3Cq2tN1
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On those book bans in Missouri Some details of this evolving story may already be dated, but boy not this passage @E_Hellerstein @CodaStory bit.ly/45P7hsv
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A Day in the Life of a Library About @mrrl, and what this Missouri library means to its community. Thanks to @JackieValley @csmonitor bit.ly/42c9FXo

Amid book bans and talk of defunding, this library lends on

Despite legislators’ threats to defund libraries, this busy one looks toward the future, with plans to expand its embrace of the community. 

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.@Surgeon_General has a 6-part prescription for rebuilding human connections: #1. Strengthening social infrastructure, which includes things like parks and libraries as well as public programs. npr.org/2023/05/02/117341826…

America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it

Lacking connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General.

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“Libraries, and librarians, stand at the crossroads of opportunity and information...” edsource.org/2023/gov-newsom…

COMMENTARY: Gov. Newsom’s love letter to librarians

California's governor pays tribute to librarians and the impact they have on students and communities.

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Once upon a time, there was an award-winning library system in Montana. bit.ly/3LH6stH @NewYorker

When the Culture Wars Come for the Public Library

A Montana county’s battle shows how faith in public learning and public space is fraying.

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At the same time they help others find jobs, libraries may be struggling with their own financial worries bit.ly/3nbDvNo @Marketplace
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A celebration of community libraries and their expanding role “There are so many things happening there that have nothing to do with books.” bit.ly/3EglT83
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“As local safety nets shriveled, the library roof magically expanded from umbrella to tarp to circus tent to airplane hangar. "The modern library keeps its citizens warm, safe, healthy, entertained, educated, hydrated and, above all, connected.” bit.ly/3xoLZC7

A Love Letter to Libraries, Long Overdue (Published 2023)

The New York Times sent photographers to seven states to document the thrum and buzz in buildings once known for silence.

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Thankful for libraries bit.ly/3gxAx2m

Opinion | Thankful for Libraries (Published 2022)

It was in these quiet spaces that I found myself, not only physically but spiritually.

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America's public libraries really are miracles. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The US Has No Early Childhood Infrastructure. Libraries Are Picking Up the Slack

Most American institutions pretend very young children don’t exist. Public libraries are one of the few places to put their needs front and center.

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Thank you for giving others a way to learn from your pain. You may have saved someone else today.
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Students Lose Access to Books Amid "State-Sponsored Purging of Ideas" Deborah Caldwell-Stone of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom said "she has never seen such a strong, successful movement to limit the ability to read." wapo.st/3pxXbZ6

Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purging of ideas’

Measures across the country aim to restrict what children can read.

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Public Libraries Try to Stay Politically Neutral as Calls for Defunding, Censorship Increase youtube.com/watch?v=zq6WVFHY…

Public Libraries Try To Stay Politically Neutral As Calls For Defunding, Censorship Increase

The number of challenges reported to the American Library Associati...

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We spoke with Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (@ALALibrary), about #bookbans and the threat they pose to public libraries and First Amendment rights.

Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Dir. of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom

The American Library Association tracked 729 book bans across the country targeting more than 1500 books in 2021–a record since the organization started counting, more than 20 years ago.

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The librarian who defied the Taliban “I've wasted too much time not being able to read... I don't want the same for the future generations of my country.” bbc.in/3PeS3nn

The librarian who defied the Taliban

Wahida Amiri became one of the leading voices against the Taliban's assault on women's rights.

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Book bans are threatening American democracy. Here’s how to fight back. My new column wapo.st/3zI7KxA

Perspective | Book bans are threatening American democracy. Here’s how to fight back.

It starts with organizing locally, where the greatest threats exist.

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