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❤️👉We want to hear from you! Tmrw is the last day the MBLC social media survey is open. 📋 Please take a few min here to share your thoughts: 🔗 mblc.libwizard.com/f/mblc_social TY! #MassLibraries #MALibraries #LibrariesInMA #MAPublicLibrary #MAPublicLibraries #PublicLibrariesinMA

39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter dedicated his life to public service and championed #Libraries. 🖼️: A letter to the Georgia #PublicLibrary Service from Jimmy Carter in 1999 in supprt of #PublicLibraries. #RememberingPresidentCarter #HonoringPresidentCarter

❄️The MBLC wishes you a warm and cheerful holiday season! ✨ This snowy scene is Peru Public #Library, in Peru, #MA from 2017 via Digital Commonwealth. For more info and historical photos to explore, visit🔗 digitalcommonwealth.org #MBLCLibraries #LibrariesInMA

#MidWeekPeekMeUp #LibraryJoy 🥰 MBLC Director Maureen Amyot recently went back to visit the Wilmington E.M. Cooper Memorial #PublicLibrary where she began her #LibraryCareer in 1994! #WaybackWednesday #WBW #LibraryLove #LibraryLegacy #LibraryLegacies #librarian #libraryWorkers

👏 ALA's I Love My #Librarian Honorees were on the local news! 📺 10 #librarians received the distinction of honoree for their dedicated work going above and beyond in their communities. 🔗For more on this year's honorees, visit: ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librar…

(cont.)...There's still much to do as we face new challenges, but we're a powerful group when we work together. In this uncertain year, I'm especially grateful to be part of this vital work, and I'm excited for another year of both challenges and successes. ~ Vicky Biancolo"

☃️ Happy Holidays from MBLC Chair Vicky Biancolo! .(cont.)...using #LibraryComputers and 1million taking part in programs and classes. We stood up for #IntellectualFreedom, championed everyone's #RightToRead, and advocated for #FairEBookPricing for #Libraries. (cont. in next)

☃️ Happy Holidays from MBLC Chair Vicky Biancolo! #MBLCCommissioners #LibraryCommissioner #LibraryAdvocate #LibrarySchoolTeacher #LicensedLibrarySchoolTeacher #PublicLibrariesInMA #MassPublicLibraries #PublicLibrariesOfMassachusetts #MassachusettsPublicLibrary

❤️👉Your thoughts and opinions matter to us! 📋 Please take a few minutes to complete our social media survey and share your experience engaging with the MBLC's social media posts at: 🔗 mblc.libwizard.com/f/mblc_social

🔗For a list of all the 2024 Library Trustee Honorees, visit the MLTA's website at: themlta.org/trustee-of-the… #PublicLibrariesinMA #LibraryService #Library #LibraryWork #LibraryLove #LibrarySupport #LibraryAdvocacy

👏Congrats, Patrick Hollenbeck of the Great Barrington Libraries, 2024's Trustee of the Year. Dedicated and passionate #LibraryTrustees are part of the fabric of what makes #MassachusettsLibraries so extraordinary. For more: theberkshireedge.com/great-barringt…

🎉 Congrats, Shrewsbury Public Library, on your exciting new Makerspace! The Makerspace is supported by an LSTA grant through the MBLC. The new round for LSTA grants is open now at 🔗 tinyurl.com/MBLC-LSTA-2025 ➡️ For more on SPL's Makerspace, visit:🔗 communityadvocate.com/2024/11/30/shr…

#newNews #LibraryNews #MassachusettsNew #MANews #MALibraryNews #LibraryFunding #LibraryConstruction #LibraryBuilding #LibraryBuildingProject #LibraryBuildings #LibraryReno #LibraryRenovation #LibraryConstructionProject #SustainableLibrary #SustainableLibraries #LibrariesinMA

On Nov. 20, Gov. Healey signed into law the Mass Leads Act, an bill that will provide $150 million for the Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program (MPLCP), which works to build, renovate, and expand #publicLibraries. For more: 🔗 mblc.state.ma.us/news/news-rele… #HotOffThePress

#MidweekPickMeUp 🎉 After 15 years of needing a waiver to be certified in the program, Lawrence Public #Library was among the 136 #libraries certified as meeting full State Aid Program requirements at the MBLC November Board Meeting! For more,visit: 🔗mblc.state.ma.us/news/news-rele…

📸: Our extraordinary MBLC Library Building Consultants #LibraryConstruction #LibraryBuilding #LibraryBuildingProject #LibraryBuildings #LibraryRenovation #LibraryConstructionProject #SustainableLibrary #SustainableLibraries #LibrariesinMA #MALibraries @LibraryMelrose #MelroseMA

🌟If you're reading this, #youDidIt, you survived #Monday! 💝 So here's a #BehindTheFence #SneakPeek at the exciting progress of Melrose Public Library's renovation as it nears completion. We can't wait to celebrate the grand re-opening with you all soon. 😊 #LibraryConstruction

#LibraryJoy😊 Earlier this week, MBLC Director Maureen Amyot and MBLC Commissioners visited some of the wonderful #Libraries and #Museums in #WesternMassachusetts! #LibraryTour #LibraryLove #LibraryVisits #VisitYourLibrary #MassachusettsLibraries #LibrariesInMA #MALibraries