Library director

Confessions of a Director – Library Worklife:

WHAT DO LIBRARY DIRECTORS DO? The answer to this question may seem self-evident, but it is actually a lot more complicated than it first appears.

Despite developing her love for reading and libraries at age of 3, Jo Bonell spent the first half of her working life as an attorney. But after years in the legal profession, Bonell decided she need...

Librarians: here's how to host a book tasting for adults at your library. Fun, easy, and worthwhile. library programs | library programming | library programs for adults

The nonfiction collection at the Urbana Free Library was gutted over the course of just one weekend. Thousands of books were removed from the shelves, placed in boxes, and shipped away.

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Volume 10, Number 2 (Spring 2011)Greetings from the ChairCaption: Melanie Kimball, current chair of LHRT. Image courtesy of Melanie Kimball. As I write this I look out on a sight I thought I would never see again—budding and flowering trees and bright sunshine. After what seemed like the longest winter ever and, at least here in Boston, record amounts of snow, it is wonderful to be able to bask in the warmth and light again.

Library fundraisers raise money for books, resources and programs. They also build community within your schools and local communities.

A library parent (who occasionally does things he’s not exactly proud of) shares the deep, dark secrets his family has kept from their local librarians.