COLUMN:FUTURE VOICES IN PUBLIC SERVICES Looking Around: Seeing the Library Anew Lauren Sullivan Master of Library and Information Science Student, University of Rhode Island This reflective essay explores how early experiences in a public library shaped the author’s understanding of libraries as spaces of belonging, empathy, and lifelong learning. Drawing on both personal narrative and professional insight, the essay connects these experiences to the author’s current work in an academic library and to the broader mission of librarianship as defined by the American Library Association’s Core Values of Librarianship. The piece also incorporates perspectives from librarian-mothers whose experiences illuminate the profession’s evolving balance between service, scholarship, and family life. Public Services Quarterly 2026

Check out the #FutureVoices column: An LIS student's experience in a public library shaped and connects to their work in an #AcademicLibrary. This essay discusses belonging, empathy, and lifelong learning, while touching on motherhood and family life. Read more:

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COLUMN:FUTURE VOICES IN PUBLIC SERVICES The need for sensory inclusion in academic libraries Ezra Landon School of Information, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Sensory inclusion is an oft-forgotten aspect of accessibility in academic library spaces. When sensory inclusion efforts are absent from the design and modification of academic library environments, neurodivergent people and those with sensory sensitivities are left feeling unwelcome in these library spaces. University student populations are growing more aware of their own and others’ neurodivergence thanks to the destigmatization of discussing non-normative ways of being and communicating, so it is important to keep up with this awareness through sensory inclusive initiatives in academic libraries. Ensuring that the people these sensory inclusive efforts are intended for are included every step of the way is vital.

Our current #FutureVoices column discusses ways in which #AcademicLibraries can use sensory inclusion to make spaces welcoming for #neurodivergent users and those with sensory sensitivities.

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We're thrilled to continue our partnership with Ikamva Youth and Youth Capital for a special off-programme three-part youth-focused workshop.

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Each year we welcome Uxbridge College ESOL students as part of our mission to widen participation in policy and public affairs. Excited to welcome our 2025 cohort this June! Hear from our last cohort➡️ shorturl.at/vKta4

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This Sunday is National Children’s Day UK!

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In This Climate: Did COP29 actually achieve anything? Keir Starmer was one of only a few major leaders who headed to Azerbaijan for the COP29 climate conference in Baku. We assembled a panel to react to whether the conference will help us in fighting the...

🌍 “Walking blindly into this future is no longer an option.”

Thanks to Voice Magazine for featuring my insights on #COP29 and the urgent need for strategic #ClimateAction

🔗 Read the full piece here: www.voicemag.uk/feature/1433...

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If you’re in or near Birmingham, come see the Midlands #FutureVoices cohort live on 15th Feb. I’ll be sharing poems I may not even hate. And you’ll get to see our rad films.

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Thank you to @ODIdev for including me in the #GlobalReset conversation on how to tackle some of our biggest global challenges moving forward! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHlW4tICj9E #FutureVoices #ODI60 @IMFNews