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Public Libraries Promoting Health Literacy

No health insurance is required to receive support with finding health information from your local public library. Public libraries are great resources where patrons can access reliable health information due to their ability to reach people beyond formal health care settings. In this blog, I wanted to highlight a few public libraries who are doing great work in providing health…

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December 2, 2025
Read more about the article The Good, the Bad, and the Funny: Public Library Worker Edition
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The Good, the Bad, and the Funny: Public Library Worker Edition

Andrea, it must be nice to work in a library- it’s so nice and quiet, you probably get a lot of reading done! …. uhm... Working at a library can be very wonderful, just not in the way you’d expect. It’s a customer service job, so you are in the position of helping people enjoy their time at the library-…

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November 14, 2025
Read more about the article What’s going on with the IMLS?
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What’s going on with the IMLS?

During the 43-unit course here at SJSU, you learn a lot about how libraries are an integral part of their communities. Whether it is an academic library providing resources to a university’s students and professors or a  public library providing early literacy programs, libraries are a net positive for their communities. We also learn about the challenges facing libraries, such…

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April 27, 2025
Read more about the article The Uncensored Library: How a Minecraft Server Can Fight Censorship
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The Uncensored Library: How a Minecraft Server Can Fight Censorship

*All images taken from the Uncensored Library press release kit When countries ban literature, censor and murder journalists, and block websites and apps containing certain information, free speech and the sharing of ideas becomes limited. The people’s narrative becomes controlled and prevents the truth from being spoken and shared.  While censorship is the death of knowledge and thought, censorship also…

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March 24, 2025
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LA Fires and LA Libraries

  Los Angeles is no stranger to fires. In fact, you can say there are four things you become accustomed to in  LA: traffic, earthquakes, drought, and fires. Wildfires are so ubiquitous in LA that when Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) and Los Angeles County Library (LACPL) collaborated in 2024 for their “One Book, One County” program, the book chosen…

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February 2, 2025
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