MBLC @mblclibraries
The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners: Providing every resident of the Commonwealth with full and equal access to library services. #mblclibraries mblc.state.ma.us Boston, MA Joined September 2013-
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📚👀 What have you been reading in #April? Find your next read with a library eCard: 🔗libraries.state.ma.us/books-and-eboo… Here's what some of the MBLC Commissioners are #reading: 📖Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 📖Fen, Bog, & Swamp by Annie Proulx 📖The Poet X by @acevedowrites
🎉 Join us in welcoming the New MBLC Director, Maureen Amyot! Maureen will start her new position with the MBLC on July 8, 2024. For more information, read the press release at 🔗mblc.state.ma.us/news/news-rele… 📸credit: Arthur Illman, Metrowest Daily News
📰 In #LibraryNews, @washingtonpost took a 👀look at recent #legislation across the United states regarding #BookBans, #censorship, and removing librarian exemptions from obscenity laws. Read the full article at 🔗tinyurl.com/librarylegisla… #PublicLibraries #IntellectualFreedom
🎮 For their 150th anniversary, staff at @morseinstitute created a video game! To download and play, visit 🔗morseinstitute.libguides.com/150th-game
DCR's annual Park Serve Day is a week away! 🌳Find a park, give a day, make a difference! Find an event near you and sign up for a day of volunteer service at your favorite DCR park. Check the link to register. bit.ly/DCRAprilBreak
🌟 Waiting for the #eclipse to start? Take a look at this deep dive from @librarycongress archives featuring journals & letters from scientists viewing solar eclipses during the mid-1800s & early 1900s. 🔗 Watch the video at loc.gov/item/webcast-1… #Archives #LibraryOfCongress
✨ @MassBook seeks your input! The best part of completing their short survey: they're giving away 3 $50 Bookshop.org gift cards to lucky MA readers! 🔗 Complete the survey at surveymonkey.com/r/MCB_Community #MALibraries #LibrariesInMA #CenterForTheBook #Massachusetts
✨ @MassBook seeks your input! The best part of completing their short survey: they're giving away 3 $50 Bookshop.org gift cards to lucky MA readers! 🔗 Complete the survey at surveymonkey.com/r/MCB_Community #MALibraries #LibrariesInMA #CenterForTheBook #Massachusetts https://t.co/cBCC4AStoB
⚠️ Due to the inclement weather forecast for much of the state, the Board of Library Commissioners meeting on April 4th at 10 am will be fully remote. 🔗Meeting information can be found at mblc.libcal.com/event/11638309
✨Excited for the solar #eclipse on April 8th? @perkins_library is making the eclipse audible with #LightSound devices! #EqualAccess #MALibraries
✨Excited for the solar #eclipse on April 8th? @perkins_library is making the eclipse audible with #LightSound devices! #EqualAccess #MALibraries
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200 Followers 446 Following Where genealogy and history converge. Studying a group of interconnected people, often family, within the context of their time and place. (Donna Cox Baker)Jody Jones @jodyjonesturner
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1.2M Followers 12 Following Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://t.co/KMH2LPXfZvCharlie Baker @MAGovArchive
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84K Followers 7K Following Governor of Massachusetts. Civil rights lawyer. Daughter. Sister. Aunt. Baller. she/herCarla Hayden @LibnOfCongress
86K Followers 12 Following Official account of the 14th Librarian of Congress. Let's explore @LibraryCongress & make history together. All Library accounts: https://t.co/omng4mnVAaHingham Library @HinghamLibrary
2K Followers 69 Following Hingham Public Library is no longer posting to Twitter. Visit our website to stay up-to-date on Library news and programs: https://t.co/6AXUdwySBd 66 Leavitt st.Boston Public Library @BPLBoston
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15K Followers 2K Following Tap Into Discovery. Read, Listen, and Watch with Your Library Card. For tech support, please email [email protected]CLAMS Library Netwrk @clamsnet
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20K Followers 1K Following Official account of Lt. Governor Karyn Polito of MA.JFK Library @JFKLibrary
111K Followers 2K Following Dedicated to the memory of our nation's 35th president. This account is run by the JFK Library Foundation. Follow JFK's words in today's world @JFKSaid.Newton Free Library @NewtonFreeLib
2K Followers 648 Following The public library of Newton, Massachusetts.ALA OIF @OIF
16K Followers 375 Following The Office for Intellectual Freedom is part of the American Library Association. Follow for library news about privacy, banned books and censorship.Massachusetts Commiss.. @massblind
688 Followers 850 Following Our Vision: All residents of the Commonwealth who are legally blind are empowered to live a fulfilling and independent life, with opportunities to work & thriveJoyce Linehan @ashmont
11K Followers 6K Following Lover of Mercy (the virtue and the dog). In love with Massachusetts. Faster Miles An Hour. Yes, I have a substack. Threads: joycetlinehan. (Neon: DJ Roberts.)Mass. Broadband Insti.. @MassBroadband
1K Followers 565 Following The Massachusetts Broadband Institute, at @Mass_Tech is working to extend affordable, high-speed Internet access across the Commonwealth #MADigitalEquityFreedom to Read Found.. @FTRF
8K Followers 214 Following A #FirstAmendment legal organization affiliated with the American Library Association. #FreedomToReadmaura deedy @mauradeedy
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952 Followers 523 Following The only event of its kind designed specifically for library marketing & communications. Follow us for conference/webinar updates, marketing convos, and more!Associates of Boston .. @AssociatesBPL
2K Followers 1K Following The Associates of the BPL is an independent, nonprofit dedicated to conservation and digitization of the @BPLBoston’s Special Collections.SchoolLibraryJournal @sljournal
114K Followers 962 Following School Library Journal is the largest reviewer of kids & YA content, from books to digital. Serving up tweets: the editors of SLJ.ALA-APA @alaapa
2K Followers 1K Following ALA-APA advocates for better salaries and pay equity for library workers and manages certification programs for library staff.Michelle Eberle @MichelleEberle
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3K Followers 2K Following We are an international initiative focused on supporting Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) through public library programs and partnerships.ALSC @wearealsc
17K Followers 5K Following The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of @alalibrary. Our members engage communities & advocate for better library service to children.IBBY @IBBYINT
4K Followers 397 Following The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a non-profit organization committed to bringing books and children together.ALA_Booklist @ALA_Booklist
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7K Followers 469 Following Research and advocacy for the future of libraries. A project of @NYUEngelberg. On Mastodon https://t.co/iVScJ4Hl7H, Bluesky @libraryfuturesUnited for Libraries @ala_united
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262 Followers 308 Following Destination Events Downtown Boston BID. Creative - Television Producer - Commissioner of Public Libraries and a Flaneur.Hanson Public Library @Hanson_PL
86 Followers 100 Following This is the official Twitter of the Hanson Public Library, located in Hanson, MA.YALSA @yalsa
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1K Followers 1K Following A group of more than 100 agencies and organizations committed to advancing healthy aging and age-friendly/dementia friendly communities throughout the state.The Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program (MPLCP) impacts communities just like East Forest Park Branch in Springfield. #PublicLibraries are busy spaces and the MPLCP helps #libraries adapt to the needs of #MA cities and towns as they grow and change.
✨Excited for the solar #eclipse on April 8th? @perkins_library is making the eclipse audible with #LightSound devices! #EqualAccess #MALibraries
"The Perkins Library — associated with the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts — plans to broadcast the changing tones of the #LightSound device over Zoom for members to listen online and by telephone." Contact our library for details. buff.ly/49ilrmG
🎉Congratulations to Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library, Griswold Memorial #Library and Worcester #PublicLibrary! These #libraries were announced as finalists for the 2024 #IMLS National Medal for Museum and #LibraryServices.
💜💚🤍 It's #WomensHistoryMonth and we're featuring some MBLC Staff Reads honoring and celebrating #greatreads #writtenbywomen this month. You can check out these books too with a library eCard: 🔗 libraries.state.ma.us/books-and-eboo….
Here's another recent 👀 look into expensive eBook pricing for #PublicLibraries, with interviews including #LibraryDirectors from #NorthAttleboro, #NewBedford, #Foxboro, and #Mansfield: thesunchronicle.com/news/local_new…
📚👀📖 What have you been reading for #WomensHistoryMonth? There's so much you can borrow right from wherever you are with a library eCard: 🔗 libraries.state.ma.us/books-and-eboo…. Here's what some of the MBLC Commissioners are #reading this month:
Mobile Library hits New Bedford: Think of it like the Bookmobile 2.0, an outreach vehicle that will ensure every City resident has access to library services.
🎉Congratulations to Nevins Library and Swampscott Public Library on winning PWHL Boston tickets! All #libraries that participated in the #PJDrive were entered to win raffled PWHL Boston tickets. Hooray for #WomensHockey🏒 and LET'S GO BOSTON! #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensSports
4,240: Number of book titles flagged for censorship across US schools and libraries in 2023, a 65% YoY increase, per data from the American Library Association. Of those books, ~47% were by or about LGBTQ+ people or people of color. Support Freedom to Read. @mblclibraries
📷 Photos from: Abbot Public Library, Boyden Library, Duxbury Free Library, John Curtis Free Library, Norwell Public Library and Seekonk Public Library #PJDrive #PajamaDrive #BruinsPJDrive #CollectPajamas #CollectPJs #CradeToCrayonsMA #CradlesToCrayonsBoston #PajamaDonations
✨ Today's the last day to donate pajamas to the 17th Annual Bruins PJ Drive! We're so grateful for all the #libraries that signed up to participate this year! ✨ ⭐ Anyone can donate PJs online until the end of the day to benefit children in need: nhl.com/bruins/communi…
Legislators in #Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois, Hawaii and New Hampshire have proposed bills this year aimed at regulating expensive eBook pricing for #PublicLibraries. For more, visit AP News at: 🔗apnews.com/article/librar…
🌟#lastFriday Wayland Free Public Library hosted a wonderful legislative breakfast and captured the special event here: 🔗 waylandlibrary.org/blog/2024/03/1… Thank you to all who attended and shared their love of #libraries!
We welcomed 40 guests, including City leaders, state and national legislators, and their designated representatives, for a Library Legislative Day Breakfast! Attendees heard first-hand about the work that the CPL and libraries across the Commonwealth do to strengthen communities.
It was an honor to hear remarks from Kaija Langley, Trustees Chair (@mizzkalwrites71), Deborah Conrad, @mblclibraries Commissioner & Chair, Mayor @E_DeniseSimmons, Rep. Steve Owens (@VoteSteveOwens), and Michael Dawson, Co-Founder & CEO of Innovators for Purpose.
@mizzkalwrites71 @mblclibraries @E_DeniseSimmons @VoteSteveOwens Thank you to our legislators for championing the MBLC’s legislative agenda and supporting the Cambridge Public Library’s programs and resources!
As Ways & Means member, I attended FY25 Budget Hearing Friday in Gloucester to hear from @MassAGO @MassLWD @MA_EOHLC @MassEOED @masscultural @MassCSW @MA_Cannabis & @mblclibraries. Thank you, @RepAMF, for hosting! Watch the hearing here-buff.ly/48PfJZd #mapoli
#MA #libraries host #journalist @strawburriez, #author of WE WERE ONCE A FAMILY (@fsgbooks); @MIRACoalition 's Jessica Chicco; Cheryl Aguilar of @Hope_Center_. Info: ow.ly/cGWB50QQmAs #immigration #CenterForTheBook @MassLibAssoc @mblclibraries
🥅For the game recap: 🔗 thepwhl.com/en/game-recap-… #justyesterday #womenshockey #pwhl #professionalwomenshockeyleague #bostonsports #womenssports #womenhistory #pwhlhockey #pwhlboston @PWHLBoston #bostonhockey #mblccommissioners