@ncwlibraries.bsky.social
NCW Libraries provides public library service to the residents of Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, and Okanogan counties through 30 library locations, a Community Bookmobile, a Mail Order Library, and a robust website, www.ncwlibraries.org.
Banned Books Week, October 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984 (the word censorship is crossed out with a red line), Read for your rights. ala.org/bbooks
Orwell's 1984 wasn’t meant to be a how-to guide, but here we are. This October, join the fight for the freedom to read.
The theme for #BannedBooksWeek 2025 is Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.
Planning to participate? Apply for a Krug Fund grant by April 30!
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
National Library Workers Day. Libraries Work Because We Do. 4.8.25, #NLWD25, ALA-APA
Today is National Library Workers Day—a day to celebrate the hardworking professionals who keep our libraries thriving. Library workers are facing tough times, and it’s more important than ever to show our support.
Show some love to the library worker in your life today!
ala-apa.org/nlwd/
#NLWD25
On National Library Workers Day, I want to express my deepest gratitude to the library workers across this country who serve their communities with courage, compassion, and unwavering commitment. Your work elevates voices, fosters inclusion, and ensures access to information for all. Even in challenging times, you continue to show up with purpose, professionalism, and care. You are the heart of our libraries, and the impact of your work echoes in every life you touch. Wopida Tanka—many thanks! Your work matters deeply, and it is making a difference.” ALA President Cindy Hohl. National Library Workers Day
"Wopida Tanka—many thanks! Your work matters deeply, and it is making a difference."
A heartfelt message of gratitude from ALA President Cindy Hohl on National Library Workers Day.
#NationalLibraryWorkersDay
#NationalLibraryWeek
#NLWD25
As #WomensHistoryMonth wraps up, a reminder about our ever-growing @flipboard.com collection of stories about influential women journalists & news outlets throughout U.S. history ⤵️
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America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically. www.salon.com/2025/03/30/r...
Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Late Friday night, President Trump issued an executive order attempting to dismantle the institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services. This order would harm communities across the country. Millions of people rely on library services and programs supported by IMLS.
Eliminating IMLS would harm ALL Americans who rely on library programs and services, from summer reading programs to library delivery services for older Americans. #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
Take action: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
Trump is trying to gut libraries. Fight back with ALA. Show up for our libraries. ALA American Library Association
Trump’s trying to gut funding for libraries: you can fight back with ALA.
The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out.
Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding.
bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
During #WomensHistoryMonth, check out our @flipboard.com collection of articles about impactful women journalists & news outlets throughout U.S. history: bit.ly/WHMFlipboard
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“Everyone should be able to find something on the shelf that reflects their experience, their identity and their beliefs — and we’re seeing that attacked as a concept.”
— Deborah Caldwell-Stone, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/05/t...
An image of a small bird standing atop a sunflower plant.
🐦⬛ Can you tell real bird photos from AI fakes? Take our 6-question quiz & challenge a friend!
Get started: bit.ly/BirdQuizNLP
Two-part image. Top shows a Tumblr post by sassypenryn that reads: "slams book closed breathes quickly SCREECHES breathes heavily re-opens book and continues to read". Bottom shows a photograph of an old book lying open on a dark wooden surface.
Nothing to see here! We're perfectly fine. This is how we ~relax~ 😌
10.02.2025 17:18 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Important news literacy & civil discourse reminders from @newslit.org. For all of us.
#newsliteracyweek #sschat #edusky
Purple background with "infozones" title in middle surrounded by 5 white boxes. Box 1: "Propaganda is information that provokes you often by using false or distorted information to manipulate your emotions." Box 2: "Raw information is information that is unprocessed, meaning that it has not been analyzed, checked, edited, explained or placed in any context." Box 3: "Opinion is information that gives a particular perspective and persuades you, ideally through the use of fact-based evidence, to adopt a specific point of view about an issue or event." Box 4: "News is information that informs you, through fair and accurate reporting, about local, national and international events, issues and people of significance or interest." Box 5: "Advertising is information that is designed to sell a product or service." Box 6: "Entertainment is information that is created to amuse, please, relax or distract people."
👀 During National #NewsLiteracyWeek, we're focusing on the 5 primary standards for teaching news literacy.
🤔 Standard 1: Students are able to distinguish news from other types of info & can recognize both traditional & nontraditional ads.
👉🏾 Learn more: newsliteracyweek.org
#EdTech
#EduSky
A Sarah Jessica Parker-produced documentary on the brave librarians fighting a wave of rightwing book bans has sparked conversation at Sundance
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
Conozca sus Derechos. Todas las personas en los Estados Unidos tienen derechos, sin importer su cuidadanía o esatus legal.
Know your rights. Every person in the United States has rights, regardless of citizenship or legal status.
All people in the United States have rights, regardless of citizenship or legal status. Learn about your rights and how to protect yourself and others in these presentations with the attorneys at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. These presentations will be in Spanish.
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Listen on a walk or read by the fireplace with Libby, the library reading app.
Listen on a walk or read by the fireplace with Libby. Learn more at www.ncwlibraries.org/ebooks/ #publiclibraries #ncwlibraries
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Celebrate Lunar New Year with these heartwarming reads 🧧🏮!
#BookSky
#KidLit
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."~ Henry Ward Beecher
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."~ Henry Ward Beecher
#Booksky
"I think when people understand what's been happening [to librarians], they will feel the violation personally, as well."
Sarah Jessica Parker hopes people will create a more robust community of support for librarians after seeing Kim A. Snyder's new documentary.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wVY...
A meme with two parts. The top text in white letters on a green background reads 'You know who won't ever have a 'buy something or leave' policy? Your local library.' followed by five white stars. Below is an image of Kermit the Frog puppet from The Muppets, sipping from a glass of tea, with the Denton Public Library logo in the bottom corner."
Your neighborhood's living room. No purchase required. 📚✨
(Photo by Denton Public Library)
Book Bans Are Real. American Library Association
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination.
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
Our Coulee City Library is moving to a new, improved location! 🎉🎉 #couleecitypubliclibrary #publiclibraries #ncwlibraries
24.01.2025 18:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh my gosh! Are we ever! 📚✨
(Come on #kidlit community…tell us in the comments who your Caldecott favs are…) #alayma
Check out the book here: catalog.ncwlibraries.org/GroupedWork/...
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Check out Area Manager Nat's recommendation for an "anti self help" book, Saving Time by Jenny O'Dell. #ncwlibraries #publiclibraries #bookrecommendations
23.01.2025 19:02 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0OOoohhh!! Might it rhyme with Schmincess Schmide?
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Need ideas for your book club? Check out our book club kits! We've added new popular titles to our collection of over 300 kits! #ncwlibraries #publiclibraries #librarylife #bookclubs
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The #ILoveMyLibrarian Award ceremony is happening this Friday, Jan. 24, at #LibLearnX25. Join us for the livestream to hear inspiring stories from some of America’s most beloved librarians.
8 PM ET | 7 PM CT | 6 PM MT | 5 PM PT | 4 PM Alaska | 3 PM Hawaii
📺 YouTube: bit.ly/ILoveMyLibra...
“People, even more than they did before, need to be their own gatekeepers & fact-checkers & editors when it comes to their information diet." - NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social in this @mattvas.bsky.social @stateline.org piece
#NewsLiteracy
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