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News and Updates

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Waiting in vain: The behind-the-scenes challenges that impact your ability to access ebooks and other digital content from your library

The pandemic continues to fuel increased demand from library users for digital content like ebooks, digital magazines, and more. According to OverDrive, a leading provider of digital library content, in 2020, readers worldwide borrowed more than 430 million ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines, an increase of 33% compared with 2019 figures. While patrons continue to discover and …

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Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month This May and Every Day

Each May, we celebrate the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history and culture of the United States. To mark the month, I Love Libraries rounded up recent articles from American Libraries that shine a light on the experience and art of the AAPI community. Newsmaker: Gene Luen Yang Honorary chair of National …

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Urgent Action is Needed to Support Libraries this Infrastructure Week

There’s been a lot of debate on the Hill and in the media about what constitutes infrastructure. As the Biden Administration begins its push to pass a $2 trillion package designed to reshape and rebuild the economy – and the country – library supporters like Eric Klinenberg are asking: why aren’t libraries a part of this bill? Writing in …

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May the Fourth Be with You – and with Libraries

Star Wars and libraries go together like R2D2 and C3PO, like Luke and Leia, like Mando and Grogu. After all, when you can’t explore a galaxy far, far away…why not explore your library? Check out these literary Star Wars tributes and explore a universe of reading and adventure. Baby Yoda Poster He has many names: …

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Library Advocates Share Their Favorite Pump Up Songs

The American Library Association’s advocacy team has been thinking about ways to keep library advocates energized and can help to keep us moving. We asked several of our members advocates to suggest a “pump up” song that they listen to before they make calls to your Congressional office or their favorite political track that makes them …

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This Nickelodeon Show Features a Magical Secret Library

by Burkely Hermann What if I told you that there was an all-ages animated series where a special and magnificent library was so central, it even surprised the series creator? There is such a show-Nickelodeon’s Welcome to the Wayne, created by Billy Lopez. It features a library that exemplifies the series’ quirkiness. The role of the library in the show goes …

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Meet the Athlete-Turned-Archivist Preserving Olympic and Paralympic Stories

After more than a decade on Team USA, wheelchair racer Amanda McGrory is starting a new chapter with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC). As the organization’s staff archivist, she’s drawing on personal experience as well her professional expertise to preserve and share the nation’s athletic history. McGrory has been competing at the highest …

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Lights, Camera, Library: Behind the Scenes at the Motion Picture Academy Archives

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may be best known for its annual Oscars ceremony, but the organization’s work continues year-round. Its efforts to uplift the medium of cinema are aided by a team of expert librarians and archivists, tasked with preserving and sharing the history of film. About 70 staff work at …

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