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❄️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
ALT MBLC Director Maureen Amyot hugging the library's framed Absolute Charter on her recent trip to Cooper Memorial Library, and hugging the Absolute Charter in 1995 at the NY State Capitol.
ALT MBLC Director Amyot outside the front of the Cooper Memorial Library.
ALT MBLC Director Amyot and current Director of the Cooper Memorial Library, Samantha Baer.
👏 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-l…
ALT "Congratulations!" at top, with juxtaposed images of the 10 librarian honorees, followed by "I love my librarian 2025 award" underneath. Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York Public Library, American Library Association Logos at the bottom.
ALT Quote on background that reads: “Librarians nationwide make positive impacts on their communities every day, and the inspiring stories from this year’s I Love My Librarian Award recipients prove how transformative their efforts can be to the lives of their patrons. From Alabama to Alaska, from the Bronx to Maui, the vital services these librarians provide reinforces what we all know: that libraries everywhere are an essential public good, and the people who power them serve to inform, connect, educate, and empower their communities.”- ALA President Cindy Hohl
(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"
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🎉 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/2024/1…
ALT 📸: Community Advocate, "Shrewsbury Public Library Unveils Makerspace" by Evan Walsh. Photo of a desktop with wooden laser cut file folder boxes, 3D printed snowflakes and figurines.
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-r…#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-r…
ALT Exterior and facade of Lawrence Public Library angled at right corner, on a bright blue sky day.
🌟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. 😊
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ALT Milne Public Library's "Thingdom" is a lending library of things ranging from pressure washers to projectors!
ALT Library visit in Williamstown with library staff and Commissioners! (From L to R: Milne Public Library Trustee Bridge Spann, MBLC Chair Vicky Biancolo, MBLC Vice Chair Tim Cherubini, MBLC Director Maureen Amyot, Berkshire Athenaeum Director Alex Reczkowski, MBLC Commissioner Karen Traub and Milne Public Library Asst. Director Kristen Rose.)
ALT Stockbridge Public Library Director Wendy Pearson and MBLC Director Maureen Amyot in front of the doors of the Stockbridge Historical Museum & Archives.
ALT Library visit in Monterey with Director Mark Makuc. (From L to R: Berkshire Athenaeum Director Alex Reczkowski, MBLC Chair Vicky Biancolo, Monterey Library Director Mark Makuc and MBLC Commissioner Karen Traub.)