StoryWalk® Week 2023 In November 2023, Let’s Move in Libraries joined the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services for the third annual week-long event celebrating the inspiring work of librarians who spearhead StoryWalk® programs – promoting literacy, reading, health, exercise, and movement in communities and neighborhoods across the United Read More
NOVEMBER 2023 NEWSLETTER The November 2023 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: How to celebrate StoryWalk Week 2023! How to add your voice to the national agenda on food justice and public librarianship A funding opportunity for U.S. libraries interested in starting or expanding food education or food access initiatives How Read More
LIBRARIES & FOOD JUSTICE Join us to discuss the intersections of food justice and public librarianship UNC Greensboro Department of Information, Libraries, and Research Associate Professor Noah Lenstra, along with Dr. Christine D’Arpa at Wayne State University in Detroit, were recently awarded an 18-month grant, from the Mellon Foundation’s Read More
OCTOBER 2023 NEWSLETTER The October 2023 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: The call for submissions for StoryWalk Week 2023! The announcement of the 2023 I Partner with My Public Library Award winners A new blog post on the Farm to School movement and public libraries A call for participation in Read More
Farm to School and Public Libraries By Deborah Dutcher, Library Services Consultant, for the New Hampshire State Library This past summer I had the pleasure of being invited to and attending the Monadnock Farm to School Network for a “Farm to School Day Camp for Teachers” at the Read More
SEPTEMBER 2023 NEWSLETTER The September 2023 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: An update on the I Partner with My Public Library Award The final release of Cultivating the Relationship-Driven Library Toolkit A summary of the August Birds of a Feather conversation and an invitation to join us in September A Read More
AUGUST 2023 NEWSLETTER The August 2023 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: The final call for nominations for the I Partner with My Public Library Award An invitation to our next Birds of a Feather online conversation Inspiring stories and resources from Iowa This month’s featured image comes from AARP, the Read More
JULY 2023 NEWSLETTER The July 2023 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: A call for nominations for the I Partner with My Public Library Award An invitation to our next Birds of a Feather online conversation Inspiring stories from Georgia and Maine This month's featured image comes from KidsGardening. They reached Read More
“There's lots of ways that things happen in our county” : Making connections to transform health in Anne Arundel County, Maryland In interviews with library staff and partners about how this goal supports community health, we discovered that this library is not afraid to try new things with partners. In Read More
A Zoom Call to Unite Them All In 2020, Karen Knox, the director of Michigan's Orion Township Public Library realized she needed to transform how her public library communicated and coordinated with the local Parks & Recreation department, during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and beyond. To get that conversation Read More
