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PolicyMap

PolicyMap

Helping California Ensure Their Libraries' Direction Is Consistent with Community Needs Guest Post by PolicyMap and Meg DePriest, Library Programs...
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Get Fired Up About CATALYST

Get Fired Up About CATALYST

We are excited to invite all library workers in California to learn about Catalyst, a new leadership development program (formerly Developing Leaders...
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Library Building Projects: Learn from CALL!

Library Building Projects: Learn from CALL!

Thanks to the Building Forward state grant funds administered by the California State Library, many public libraries around the state...
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Autism-Ready Libraries Toolkit

Autism-Ready Libraries Toolkit

The University of Washington has recently released a new Autism-Ready Libraries Toolkit to help you develop more inclusive services and...
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A Brief Reflection on DLCL: Heroic Leadership

A Brief Reflection on DLCL: Heroic Leadership

A guest post by Ivan Aguirre “There are no heroes, only heroic decisions.” In upholding the freedoms to exist in...
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Seguimos Creando Enlaces Conference: Long-lasting Connections

Seguimos Creando Enlaces Conference: Long-lasting Connections

The 11th Annual  Seguimos Creando Enlaces (We Continue Creating Connections) conference was back in person with 167 attendees at the San Diego Central...
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Building Better

Building Better

Is your library in the midst of a building project? Are building codes a foreign language to you? As libraries around...
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On-ground Workshops

On-ground Workshops

The supported research was well presented. Great, confident presenter who has worked a variety of fields... I enjoyed the group...
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Trauma-Informed Practice In-Person Sessions

Trauma-Informed Practice In-Person Sessions

Trauma-informed practices are vital in today's libraries. Understanding what trauma is and how it affects individuals and communities, including your very...
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Join a Focus Group

Join a Focus Group

It’s that time of year again. We are starting our annual Needs Assessment and we want to hear from you!...
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Actively Anti-Racist Services to Readers

Actively Anti-Racist Services to Readers

Ibram X Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, writes that “Every policy in every institution in every community...
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Reflections on Leadership from a DLCL Coach

Reflections on Leadership from a DLCL Coach

A guest post by Fin Minjee Lee I've been reflecting a lot about the types of leaders I have encountered...
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CAreer Pathways: Resources for Climate, Agriculture, and Infrastructure Jobs

CAreer Pathways: Resources for Climate, Agriculture, and Infrastructure Jobs

This series of CAreer Pathways webinars looks at the CA Dept of Labor's 5 focus areas: Healthcare, Care Economy, Climate,...
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New CALL Calendar

New CALL Calendar

https://vimeo.com/787041187 The New CALL Calendar is launching January 16, 2023. Similar in look and feel to the old calendar, but...
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DLCL Meets In-Person

DLCL Meets In-Person

A guest post by Danis Kreimeier Developing Leaders in California Libraries (DLCL) met in-person Wednesday, November 30 and Thursday, December...
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Homelessness, Libraries, and Human Rights

Homelessness, Libraries, and Human Rights

Are you concerned about homelessness, housing, food insecurity, and other challenges facing your community and library? Join the ALA Social...
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Building Maintenance, Building Projects, and Building Forward

Building Maintenance, Building Projects, and Building Forward

California’s public library buildings need help. Thanks to the California legislature (and Senator Toni G. Atkins, a champion for libraries),...
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Tutoring for ALL

Tutoring for ALL

A guest post by Chris Durr, Library Programs Consultant, California State Library Tutors can be expensive, and families are often...
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Leadership Development with California Library Staff

Leadership Development with California Library Staff

As of Aug 2022, the Developing Leaders in California Libraries was merged into the California Libraries Learn (CALL) project. Leadership...
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Dyslexia Awareness

Dyslexia Awareness

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month…but libraries should be aware of dyslexia and neurodiversity throughout the year. Over 40 million Americans...
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