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Your Free Pass To: Increasing Awareness of Library Services to Under-Served Neighborhoods

Posted on June 23, 2025

“Your Free Pass to…” was a partnership with Moline Public Library and Rock Island Public Library to create a cost-effective marketing campaign to increase awareness and library use in neighboring communities that are underserved, racially diverse, and may face language barriers.  

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IMLS Stories: Restoring a Community Centerpiece

Posted on June 18, 2025

On March 14, 2025, Executive Order 14238, “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” called for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). 

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Archive Display Cases Create a Museum-like Feel in an Academic Library

Posted on June 16, 2025

Does your academic library have an archive collection? Is it located in a storage closet? Or basement? If you asked your college community about the archive, what would they say?  

Our library team took an alternative approach to engagement and created multidimensional displays within glass display cases.  

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IMLS Stories: Digital Inclusion for All

Posted on June 12, 2025

On March 14, 2025, Executive Order 14238, “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” called for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).  

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My Library Is... Impactful

Posted on June 9, 2025

I am honored that Gower Middle School received one of the My Library Is... Grants for the 2024-2025 school year! 

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My Library Is… (Story) Walking!

Posted on June 2, 2025

At Washington District Library (WDL), we’re always looking for ways to bring library services into the community and are lucky to have a fantastic partner in the Washington Park District. Installing a Storywalk® in a nearby park was an obvious step for us. 

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Story Times in Academia: How a Grant Sparked Creativity and Fun for Children and College Students

Posted on May 27, 2025

At the Klinck Memorial Library at Concordia University Chicago (CUC), we believe that the library is not just a place for quiet study and academic research, it is a center for connection, learning, and creativity, starting at the earliest age possible.

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My Library Is... Removing Barriers by Translating Collateral into Community Languages

Posted on May 19, 2025

For the last several years, our library has worked to make our space welcoming, accessible, and inclusive. One of the areas we wanted to improve on was by reaching our whole community, which is diverse in languages spoken.

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My Library Is... Diverse

Posted on May 12, 2025

Research has shown that diverse books are beneficial in many ways: they provide students with affirmation of their identities, they allow students to see other perspectives and experiences, and they help to create empathy and community.

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My Library Is… Becoming Dementia Inclusive

Posted on May 5, 2025

What Dementia Is