#libraryfunding — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #libraryfunding, aggregated by home.social.
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Journal Square, Where the Library Only Takes Returns
On August 17, 2026, the Jersey City Free Public Library installed a book drop outside its Five Corners Branch at 678 Newark Avenue. The building behind it, sixty-nine years old and dark since early July, will accept what you give back. It will lend you nothing. A parking lot where a Bookmobile idles four days a week is now the whole of the public library in Journal Square, the neighborhood at the center of the loudest building boom in New Jersey's second-largest city. I live in this city. I have spent my working life writing, editing, and publishing books, and I can tell you what that steel drop says to a child walking past it on the way to school: the city will take from you, and the city has stopped giving. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/09/04/journal-square-where-the-library-only-takes-returns/
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‘Heated Rivalry’ author donates $300K to N.S. libraries slated for closure
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Guidance needed for beer garden events staff, East Petersburg emergency coordinator says | Community News https://www.allforgardening.com/1895653/guidance-needed-for-beer-garden-events-staff-east-petersburg-emergency-coordinator-says-community-news/ #BeerGarden #BoroughCouncil #EastPetersburg #garden #LibraryFunding #ParkVandalism #Zones
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American Library Association FAQ: Executive Order Targeting IMLS
This set of frequently asked questions is intended to help library workers, library advocates, and library users understand this Executive Order.
https://www.ala.org/faq-executive-order-targeting-imls
#Libraries #EndFascism #AmericanLibraryAssociation #LibraryFunding -
Libraries are already combating inequality, we need to make sure they have the funds to keep doing it
#PublicLibraries #LibraryFunding #NoCutsToLibraries #InvestInLibraries #Libraries #NYPL #BPL #QPL #NYCLibraries
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Now in stock! Combining easy‐to‐understand advice with a toolkit of practical worksheets and checklists, this book offers a proven, immediately applicable method for success that will enable #libraries to find the funding and resources they need. https://alastore.ala.org/wingrants3
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Research Tools: “Who is Funding Library Projects? New Open Data Resource” https://www.infodocket.com/2024/04/25/research-tools-who-is-funding-library-projects-new-open-data-resource/ #libraries #libraryfunding #opendata
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The US library system, once the best in the world, faces death by a thousand cuts
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/09/us-library-system-attack-digital-licensing
#USLibrarySystem #DigitalLicensing #LibraryCuts #LibraryFunding #ReadingCulture #LibraryAccess #Politics #News
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For The People has created a toolkit for anyone to host a Libraries & Lemonade event to get the word out about why taking action for our public libraries is essential
#PublicLibraries #ForThePeople #LibrariesAndLemonade #DefendPublicLibraries #ProtectLibraryWorkers #LibraryFunding #NoCutsToLibraries
🔗 https://librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/announcing-libraries-and-lemonade