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Both You and Your Library Care
I know that this idea is not super-original, but it’s worth sharing and reconsidering if you’ve come across it from elsewhere. For me it was the result of two things: something that I had done, and something that I had read. DONE When I was attending the Nevada Library Association’s conference in October 2016, I…

Libraries Are For Everyone: Gujurati
This is the second of three translations submitted by the same anonymous (and very patient) public librarian. Thanks, again, for helping to spread the LAFE message!!!
Star Wars Reads Day 2013
For someone like me, <em>Star Wars Reads Day</em> (<em>SWRD</em>) is a thing of beauty since it combines two things that I love: reading and <em>Star Wars</em>. Our library has had special <em>Star Wars</em> events almost every year for the past few years, but with no real literacy tie-in. So when I stumbled across <em>SWRD</em> I…

Libraries Are For Everyone: Hungarian
It’s the 50th set of Libraries Are For Everyone signs!That’s over 550 signs!!! This translation was submitted to me by the delightful Colleen, a librarian at Clackamas Community College. One of the faculty members there supplied the translation for us. Thank you, you awesome faculty person, you!!!

LEGO Mania Month
I’ve been biding my time, pinning lots of pins to Pinterest, jotting down ideas, and basically prepping for having a LEGO library theme for close to a year now. With the release of the wildly popular LEGO Movie I thought that March would be the time to finally strike – and strike we did! Mary…

Libraries Are For Everyone: Swahili
Julianne, the delightful librarian at Rochester International Academy, reached out to me with two translations. Before I get to the first (spoiler alert: it’s Swahili), I just wanted to point out her school’s AWESOME mission statement: The Rochester International Academy is designed to facilitate the cultural and academic transition of newly arrived English Language Learners…