Massachusetts Library Association 📚

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[Mass Center for the Book @MassBook]

Celebrate #Juneteenth @ Longfellow House: Family activities, #poetry, #music, #art, & #documentary #film DESCENDANT. Info: https://t.co/00faC1Skb3 #history #aricanamericanhistory #emancipation #cambridgema #CenterForTheBook @MassLibAssoc @mblclibraries @MAAHMuseum @sharonshaloo

[MBLC @mblclibraries]

📃The MBLC, @MassLibAssoc , @masslibsystem & MSLA released a joint statement against #censorship and intolerance. We support #librarystaff & free, equal and #openaccess to information. Read the statement and join us in supporting #MAlibraries: https://t.co/YajroTZsdm
#msla

[Mass Center for the Book @MassBook]

@BPLBoston has published a list of #books for all ages, published in the past year, concerning the diverse experience of the #lgbtq community. See: https://t.co/JgIZBdCwi7 #pridemonth #pride #rainbow #CenterForTheBook @MassLibAssoc @mblclibraries @sharonshaloo

[Mass Center for the Book @MassBook]

It's #aapiheritagemonth! @BPLBoston has a booklist: https://t.co/N1reiDJt0X w/ 2 #massachusettsbookawards Must Reads: Betty Yee's GOLD MOUNTAIN (@LernerBooks); @pronounced_ing's MISSING HEARTS (@penguinusa) #CenterForTheBook @MassLibAssoc @mblclibraries @NEIBAbooks @sharonshaloo

[Lessa Nani Pelayo-Lozada @Lessa4Libraries]

Sound advice from the NMRT blog!
https://t.co/m0rkDMJM7k

[Noah Lenstra @NoahLenstra]

Mayor @wutrain announced that riders at 20 bus stops can access free digital content in @BPLBoston pilot program “Browse, Borrow, Board.” @MassLibAssoc @chanyasulkit @mblclibraries
https://t.co/xBg1Fe7oOZ

[Massachusetts Library Association 📚 @MassLibAssoc]

Congratulations @jmgold! 🥳

[Innovative, from Clarivate @iii_Innovative]

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

[Massachusetts Library Association 📚 @MassLibAssoc]

@mblclibraries Thank you for joining us!! See you next year in Framingham for #MassLib2024! 🥳

[MBLC @mblclibraries]

💗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

[Massachusetts Library Association 📚 @MassLibAssoc]

@RepRuthBalser @NewtonFreeLib Thank you for your session!! 💓

[maddi 🍉🇵🇸 @littlebrarian]

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

[American Library Association @ALALibrary]

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

[Kerry O'Donnell 🏳️‍🌈 @1KerryOD]

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.

#MassLib2023

[maddi 🍉🇵🇸 @littlebrarian]

panel 2 (for me): "launching a library comic con" with casey c of wakefield library, and brigid b of somerville library

#MassLib2023

[Mass Center for the Book @MassBook]

@MassBook & #MSLA announce the #Massachusetts #Student Edition of the #Reading Challenge! Encourage your #school, #library, #bookstore to partner! Info: https://t.co/IhEFgwHmXx #beanstack#KeepReading @zoobeanreads @MassLibAssoc @NEIBAbooks @mblclibraries @sharonshaloo

[Massachusetts Library Association 📚 @MassLibAssoc]

Stellar presentation today at #MassLib2023 on programming from Betsy Perry & @MeenaJain16!

🧵🧵👇

[Kerry O'Donnell 🏳️‍🌈 @1KerryOD]

Session 1 of Tuesday: Managing Programming from the Top Down

What does administration have to do to support programming at the Library?
#MassLib2023

[Kerry O'Donnell 🏳️‍🌈 @1KerryOD]

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

#MassLib2023

[Massachusetts Library Association 📚 @MassLibAssoc]

@masscultural @mbobbitt Thank you for your keynote!

[Massachusetts Library Association 📚 @MassLibAssoc]

Another excellent @LibraryFreedom presentation at #MassLib2023. Learn more about how to safely provide information on reproductive health in the surveillance age 🧵🧵👇

[maddi 🍉🇵🇸 @littlebrarian]

panel 1 of the day: "privacy and reproductive rights: what you need to know" with claire lobdell of @LibraryFreedom and online librarian and archivist

[Kerry O'Donnell 🏳️‍🌈 @1KerryOD]

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.

#MassLib2023