2026
Confessions of a Second Career Youth Librarian www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2026…
Sharing More Than Food Through the Giving Garden www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2026…
US Library Survey 2025: Under Pressure is released sr.ithaka.org/publicati…
LISNews has a great summary here www.infodocket.com/2026/05/1…
The Canadian Repair Convention will be held tomorrow (May 21) and Friday (May 22) in Halifax, and livestreamed from their website. www.canadianrepairconvention.ca
Toronto Public Library’s Bridlewood branch wins a 2026 Design Excellence Award! www.linkedin.com/posts/bri…
Toronto library finally reopens four months after abrupt shutdown www.blogto.com/city/2026…
Wake Now in the Fire by Jarrett Dapier (Circulating Ideas podcast episode 311)
circulatingideas.com/2026/05/1…
Great interview with the librarian who penned the graphic novel “the story of Chicago public school students fighting back against censorship, the irony of Persepolis being the target of that censorship, and what librarians can do to fight quiet censorship.”
Survey Results: What Is It Like to Work in a Library Right Now? (April/May 2026 Survey of the Library 2.0 Community)
www.stevehargadon.com/2026/05/s…
“Between February and May 2026, 1,521 library workers completed an anonymous survey about what working in a library is actually like at this moment. They left 1,754 free-text comments alongside their answers. Respondents were from the Library 2.0 email list and were predominantly from public libraries; the majority were in frontline public service roles, and roughly 7 in 10 had more than a decade of library experience.
The headline finding is that stretched institutions are held together by people. The single most-agreed-with statement in the entire survey (chosen by 69% of respondents) is that libraries are expected to provide services that go well beyond their actual resources and staffing. More than half (55%) say they are often emotionally drained by the end of the workday. Nearly half (48%) say their library is not adequately staffed. Just over four in ten (44%) say they have personally experienced verbal, sexual, racial, or other harassment from patrons. More than a third (36%) say they regularly handle patron mental-health crises, substance-use situations, or homelessness.”
Library by mail launched in Lambton Lambton’s library system is letting people who can’t access physical branches order items by mail. www.theobserver.ca/news/loca…
The revolutionary act of reading together: Why book clubs could save the world reformedjournal.com/2026/05/0…
The ULU Roadtrip, or, How Two Librarian Friends Discovered a Treasure Trove of Libraries Quietly Being Brilliant in their Communities urbanlibrariansunite.org/the-ulu-r…
You Don’t Have to Be a “Reader” to Do Great Readers’ Advisory youthservicesplaybook.com/2026/05/0…
Profiles of the great work being done between public libraries and community partners are featured in this year’s 2025 I Partner With My Public Library Awards. letsmovelibraries.org/2025-i-pa…
Responding to Alberta Government’s Defence of Public Library Takeover cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2026…
How Are You Helping Teens Feel Seen and Heard in Your Library? youthservicesplaybook.com/2026/03/3…
Belleville Public Library records 427,498 checkouts in 2025 Library and gallery hosted 711 programs and events attended by a total of 16,001 people. www.intelligencer.ca/news/bell…
The Unquiet Library: Telling the Hidden Stories of Toronto’s Most Iconic Library www.linkedin.com/pulse/unq…
Book bans and culture wars came for libraries. They’re still standing strong www.salon.com/2026/04/2…
Do Book Bans Protect Students, or Silence Needed Conversations?