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Seed and Plant Swap Grows During COVID
Erie City Public Library in Erie, Kansas, serves a small town of about 1,085 people in Neosho County. We are a gathering place for the community.
One of the goals of our little library is to support the community as much as we can. We do the... -
Think Outside the Library with a Sidewalk Obstacle Course
Noah Lenstra (Let's Move in Libraries) looks at how libraries can engage communities safely by taking programs and services outside, including creating obstacle courses.
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Libraries and the Coronavirus: Evolving Information and Resources
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak is having a global impact, and affecting local communities. Staff in libraries of all types, geographic locations, and sizes are learning the facts about this public health crisis and helping to inform their patron...
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Call to Action: Public Libraries and the Opioid Crisis
We're excited to announce a new report from OCLC and the Public Library Association (PLA). Call to Action: Public Libraries and the Opioid Crisis, offers tested strategies to consider as libraries determine local responses to the nationwide public he...
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Library as a Social Assistance Office
With a determined stride and a big smile, Ida Abolins walks over to the writing desk at the window of the library in San Francisco and asks a young man bending over a pile of paper, "How are you doing?"
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Where Compassion Meets Action: California State Library Mental Health Initiative Webinar Series
In addition to webinars and courses created through WebJunction, we are pleased to include quality content from other organizations. As part of the California State Library Mental Health Initiative, Infopeople, the education and training branch of Ca...
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It's a Wrap! Wikipedia + Libraries: Health and Medical Information Course
When Finger Lakes Library System librarian, Jenny Shonk, recently faced a personal health issue, she found herself turning to the convenience of Wikipedia for research. Shonk, who is the continuing education and outreach public librarian in Ithaca, N...
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Denver Public Library: Opioid Response Profile
Denver Public Library's Community Resource Program (CRP) is the foundation for the library's response to the opioid crisis. The program launched in 2015 as a solution to staff interest in better serving individuals experiencing homelessness, and expa...
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Journal of Collaborative Librarianship - Libraries and the Opioid Response
The first in a series of two articles was published in Collaborative Librarianship, with an introduction to the project research. The article is available for review and download.
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New York State Library Provides Opioid Overdose Guidance to All Libraries in the State
In New York, state law was recently changed to allow public libraries to administer naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug. This prompted the New York State Library and several partnering organizations to collaborate in developing guidance, reso...