Coolish enough for me to break out this sweatshirt 🍂 ❤️

Our fall sale is happening right now at LibraryGiftShop.org, which means it's the perfect time to layer up with library advocacy and joy! Save 20% on everything thru Sunday, Oct. 19.

Washington, D.C.'s vending machine LitBox distributes books, with a serving of hope as local writers struggle with arts funding cuts. n.pr/4nYSLHq

Send legislators a message that’s hard to ignore! @civicmail.bsky.social made it easy to send a postcard to your elected officials at www.civicmail.org

Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s. n.pr/474wJvJ

Black stories are unfairly targeted in recent book bans. In the last six years, the book banning movement has increased significantly. A substantial amount of the ire is directed at Black authors and works highlighting Black stories.

COMMENTARY: The role of college in an AI economy

A new publication released today. This one was a long haul to get published, took almost two years. :) utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

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Beloved librarian @mychal3ts.bsky.social will take the helm as host of the reboot of 'Reading Rainbow' when it returns this Saturday, October 4! 🤩🌈 Read more: https://bit.ly/3WelbAT

Once more, due to popular demand, we share Rosa Parks’ pancake recipe in honor of 🥞 #NationalPancakeDay. Jotted down on an envelope, it came to the Library with the rest of her papers, a gift made possible by the generosity of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation in 2016. www.loc.gov/collections/...

A couple of new additions to our family. 🐶 ❤️

It's National Comic Book Day! Did you know the Library has one of the nation's largest collections of comic books? Unlike the heroes depicted on their pages, not all of the volumes are in great shape. Here's how Library technicians care for the collection. blogs.loc.gov/preservation...

On this day in 1957, U.S. Army troops escorted the Little Rock Nine to Central High School in Arkansas. Less well known—in August 1958 all the city's high schools were closed for a year to resist integration. Students learned through televised lessons, as shown in these photos.

Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Here are some of the most stunning libraries in America. www.fodors.com/news/photos/...

Right now there's a clear and obvious relationship between social media and anti-social behavior, and we cannot go on like this.

The ILF Board of Directors met this past Saturday for our combined board & strategic planning meeting alongside our partners at MCLS. We're hard at work charting the course for libraries over the next 3-5 years. More information to come at the Annual Conference!

Canceled federal grants cost Indiana institutions millions in disrupted projects indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/12/c...

Looking back on what happened in 2001 and all that has come since, we must hold to the memories and examples of those who were lost, those who responded, and what it was like for this country to come together as one.

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Changes to property tax revenue and local income tax (LIT) distribution are going to affect libraries in a major way. Our President, Julie Wendorf, is quoted extensively in this piece via the @indianacapitalchronicle.com:

Enjoying their Saturday 💤 🐱 #cat #cats #caturday

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Today we learned that in June the US economy lost jobs for the first time since 2020. We haven’t seen this kind of net job loss since - well, since the last time Trump was in charge.

IU Indianapolis MLIS student Michael White shares how the past two years of work with the Lake County (Indiana) Historical Society have helped him apply the skills he is learning in the program. blogs.iu.edu/dlis/2025/09...

#OnThisDay in 1888, George Eastman patents the very first roll film camera and registers @Kodak as a trademark. It revolutionised photography, making it truly portable. The first Kodak cameras produced circular snapshots, only 2.5 inches in diameter: publicdomainreview.org/collection/k... #OTD

We had our first meeting today for the editorial board of Crossroads: The Journal of Indiana Libraries that will soon be launching. The managing editor will be presenting about it at the ILF Annual Conference in November. @ilfonline.bsky.social

Love your librarian? Of course you do! Nominations are now open for the 2026 #ILoveMyLibrarian Award. Your librarian could win $5,000 and the recognition of a lifetime. Submit your nomination online by Dec. 15! https://bit.ly/3yiyT9C ❤️ @carnegiecorp.bsky.social

Stephen King has collaborated on a new project, a retelling of "Hansel and Gretel" using unpublished drawings by Maurice Sendak.

More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.

Libraries prepare for financial hit indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/02/l...

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The contract is signed for the book building off my dissertation work, so now the fun begins. ✍️ 📕 💻 👨‍💻

Use the Speaker Discount code (SPK25) for $100 off regular conference pricing. Register here: site.pheedloop.com/event/ILC25/...