Pasadena library director says central library construction has entered phase 2; reopening still on track for 2028 Tim McDonald, Pasadena library director, told attendees at the 1 City, 1 Story event that Phase 1 of the central library renovation is complete, Phase 2 construction has begun and the city remains "on track to open in 2028."

The Pasadena Public Library's central renovation is moving forward with Phase 2 underway, keeping the promise of reopening in 2028 alive!

Learn more here

#PasadenaLosAngelesCounty #CA #CivicAccountability #CitizenPortal #PasadenaLibrary #PublicLibraries #CommunitySupport

Day 2 of #PLA2026 is underway!

Stop by booth #215 to connect, explore new titles, grab signed books & enter our iPad giveaway 👋

✍️ Katherine Applegate
✍️ Mitali Banerjee Ruths
✍️ Marley Dias & Dr. Janice Johnson Dias
✍️ T.L. Simpson

#publiclibraries #follettcontent

Trustees outline temporary library plan, logistics for Harrison Memorial renovation Trustees and library staff described plans to operate a temporary library at the Church of the Wayfarer during a multi-year restoration of Harrison Memorial Library, discussed moving logistics for roughly 6,000 items, and asked the Carmel Library Foundation to consider funding earthquake-compliant shelving and a laptop-lending kiosk.

Exciting changes are coming to the Harrison Memorial Library as plans for a temporary location and renovation progress, ensuring the community stays connected to its beloved resources!

Learn more here

#MontereyCounty #CA #CommunityEngagement #CitizenPortal #PublicLibraries #CulturalPreservation

Day 1 at #PLA2026:

Great conversations with library partners and an incredible start at the booth!

Loved hosting:
✍️ Kody Keplinger
✍️ Sayantani DasGupta

Thanks to everyone who stopped by! Visit us at booth #215!

#FollettContent #PublicLibraries #PublicLibrarians

We have arrived! Thrilled to be here at #PLA2026 supporting #PublicLibrarians! Come and visit us at booth #215!

#FollettContent #PLA #PublicLibraries

My Minnesota nice display for the Winnetka Public Library. So many wonderful authors from #minnesota! And musicians!
#prince #bobdylan
And let’s not forget it’s home to the #mayoclinic

#minnesotanice
#minnesotaauthors
#booksky 💙📚💙
#authors
#publiclibraries
#louiseerdrich
#williamkentkrueger

We’re heading to #PLA2026! 🎉📚

📍 Booth #215

✍️ Author signings
💬 Library conversations
🎁 iPad giveaway

Stop by and say hi! We’d love to see you! 👋@ala-pla.bsky.social

#PublicLibrarians #PublicLibraries #FollettContent

Hello Resisters! 😎

The Best Dog in the World, edited by #alicehoffman

I cannot wait to read these essays! 💙🐕💙
#dogs
#dogsofbluesky
#booksofbluesky 💙📚💙
#authors
#publiclibraries

Running a scavenger hunt at our public library where kids find an egg that has a joke inside. They bring it to the desk to read to us and get a prize. Y'all gotta get your kids off these iPads or something bc I have never met so many kids who don't know what a knock knock joke is. #publiclibraries

Rutherford County library director could face disciplinary action over LGBTQIA book stance Rutherford County Library System Dir. Luanne James recently took a 1st Amendment stand on children's LGBTQIA books that could draw disciplinary action.

Rutherford County library director could face disciplinary action over LGBTQIA book stance - #BookBans #Tennessee #PublicLibraries #Libraries

Bonding through books: How The Library Dads are reversing the literacy crisis and building brotherhood A group of Metro Atlanta fathers is bringing new life to story time. Known as The Library Dads, they're turning libraries into high-energy spaces that promote bonding and early literacy.

Bonding through books: How The Library Dads are reversing the literacy crisis and building brotherhood - #Books #Dads #Publiclibraries

Come see us at: PLA 2026 Conference, April 1-3, Minneapolis. We're Exhibiting! Booth #222. Library Speaker's Consortium.

LSC will be at #PLA2026 in #Minneapolis from April 1-3! Come see us at Booth #222. If you’re already an LSC member, come say hi and learn about what’s next.

Not an LSC member yet? We’ll be available to answer all your questions about our virtual author talks.

#PublicLibraries #Library #LibSky

#OTD in 1940
Chicago Public Library Week March 30-April 5 -- The Public Library - an American Institution
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #publiclibraries

I love the two #publiclibraries I have access too!! We don’t talk about how many resources they provide in addition to books. Right now I have a #radondetector checked out. I get free #naloxone to keep in my first aid kit every year. And there is so much more I’ve yet to utilize. #publiclibrary

Library 184: Champlain College Library Do something with your life that would make a 1950’s straight white man angry.

At Library 184 on my quest to knit in every public and academic library in Vermont I thought about the fate of higher ed, gender and crafts, planting trees, and beavers. 28 left to go!

#knitsky #booksky #publiclibraries #vermont #academiclibraries #lakechamplain

Rutherford Co. library board seeks new lawyer as it weighs action against director over book move dispute Emails show the board is seeking legal counsel before a meeting to consider action against its director after a dispute over moving books to the adult section.

Rutherford Co. library board seeks new lawyer as it weighs action against director over book move dispute - #Tennessee #BannedBooks #Librarians #PublicLibraries

Join us for Teen Game Night at 6 p.m. in the Teen Space, where just now Zoe H. (new Youth Services Librarian) has discovered every single game box in the gaming closet is filled with—you guessed it!—more soil.
More.
Fucking.
Soil.

#publiclibraries #teenservices #gamenight

#Canada has over 642 #publiclibraries. This library in Toronto is the busiest with over 2.8 million users.

CDN libraries have offered an increasing amount of digital services, including e-books, audiobooks, streaming media, and online databases accessed on their own electronic devices.

cover of hardcover book Asian Pickles: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Cured, and Fermented Preserves by Karen Solomon lower right, small white bowl with preserved chopped summer squash in a red brine and a stainless steel spoon; center right, small dark grey stoneware plate on which sits some pieces of cabbage kimchi; center left, preserve jar full of whole pink and white shallot bulbs; along the spine side are three more jars of pickled vegetables.

Another win from the library! Asian Pickles by Karen Solomon is going to be my next used book purchase after borrowing it from the library. I think this is the fourth cookbook we have discovered through the library that we have decided we want to own it forever. #cookbook #pickles #PublicLibraries

Just finished ‘Second Chance Duet’ by #chicago author Ana Holguin and it’s a delight! The Winnetka Public Library has your copy, and if your local library doesn’t own it, ask them to purchase. Libraries are big buyers of books!

#booksky 📚💙📚
#authors
#publiclibraries
@wnpld.bsky.social

📚✨The new Therapy Hub Patient Library at Edward Street is complete! The top shelf of books was purchased thanks to funding from West Bromwich Building Society, with the rest kindly donated by our local #publiclibraries in West Bromwich, Wolverhampton and Dudley. #NHSLibraries #workingtogether

The best opportunity for enjoying conversations with authors and experts on a range of important and fascinating topics @lsc-author-talks.bsky.social -- and all free, thanks to #PublicLibraries

I wish more citizens would consider how even MORE difficult it would be without public libraries to be a place for free activities for kids, especially if we remain a country that stupidly does 3 month summer breaks. #YouthServices #PublicLibraries

DEFINITELY getting a hint of the activity to come this summer! Main school district doesn't have school today and everyone is here being loud. I'm adjusting! #PublicLibraries #YouthServices

Southern York policy bans books that offend 'good taste or propriety' Southern York County's school board approved a new policy banning library materials that "offend good taste or propriety."

Southern York policy bans books that offend 'good taste or propriety' - #BannedBooks #PublicLibraries #Libraries

An old microfiche/film reader in front of a black curtain.

Public computers are currently down at the Main Branch. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The microfiche reader plods on, as per usual. Can we interest you in a very old newspaper, an obscure government document, or an out-of-print genealogy book?

#sundaylibrarian #microfiche #publiclibraries

She Had a Good Idea Library on Wheels: Mary Lemist Titcomb and America’s First Bookmobile

#BookSky #libraries #publiclibraries #womeninhistory
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AWE early literacy station in a public library where the screen image doesn’t fill the screen.

Does anyone out there know how to fix my AWE early literacy station screen so the images fill it again? A child pressed all kinds of buttons and I don’t know how to get it back. Manual not helpful. #PublicLibraries #SaturdayLibrarian

An eye drawn in the Victorian style, with the word “sight” under it

Here at SDPL, we want our patrons to feel seen.

That’s why we’ve installed three extra cameras in the north parking lot.

Violators will be towed. #publiclibraries #security

Calgary Public Library moves forward with AI artist residency despite criticism Office of Mayor Jeromy Farkas, who's opposed to the idea, says no official meetings with library officials so far

Calgary Public Library moves forward with AI artist residency despite criticism - #Calgary #PublicLibraries #AI