Things at #IUG2023 are underway, and Jeremy Goldstein of the @MinLibNet has been awarded the Innovative Users Group IUG Beacon Award!
The Beacon award awards exceptional service to the Innovative Users Community. Congratulations, Jeremy!
https://t.co/UVVPoFnUDI
💗Thank you, @MassLibAssoc for putting together a fantastic annual Conference in Falmouth! 📚Commissioners Karen Traub, Debby Conrad, Mary Ann Cluggish and Vicky Biancolo and the MBLC staff had a wonderful time. 👀next year's conference! #masslibraries#masslib2023#mblclibraries
FYI! if you were at our library programs for neurodiverse youth panel, slides will be available whenever the rest of the MLA panels go up online. that is also where the link to the discord server will be.
#MassLib2023
Strong relationships with your elected officials are key to library advocacy. Join @ala_united for tips and strategies on connecting with electeds tomorrow at 2pm ET. Free to those in MA, MD, MI, NE, SC, SD, TX, MT, ND, NH, OR, VA, & WI. https://t.co/XKxwUURL0c
These laws are meant to regulate the market only to increase it.
Also, these businesses might face backlash if they tried to pull out of offering materials in this time of extreme censorship.
We just need to be strong, and organize, to meet that challenge.
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There is a laundry list of items in the bill in MA’s legislature that would allow consumer protections for libraries when it comes to digital book contracts.
https://t.co/ItQty0krmO
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Another excellent @LibraryFreedom presentation at #MassLib2023. Learn more about how to safely provide information on reproductive health in the surveillance age 🧵🧵👇
There are legislative efforts underway to make the deals and pricing set by publishers much more transparent and reflective of MA law.
They are not barred from selling, they have to follow MA law when selling.
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