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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.
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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!
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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
April 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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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!
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#NLWD25
National Library Workers Day. Libraries Work Because We Do. 4.8.25, #NLWD25, ALA-APA
April 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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"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
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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
April 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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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 ⤵️
newslit.org News Literacy Project @newslit.org · Mar 24
📰 From Ida B. Wells to Maria Ressa & so many others, women reporters have made an indelible impact in the field of journalism.

👉🏾 Explore some of their stories with our @flipboard.com collection: bit.ly/WHMFlipboard

#WomensHistoryMonth
#Journalism
Women's History Month Media | @NewsLitProject | Flipboard
During Women's History Month, we are shining a light on influential women journalists and news media throughout U.S. history.
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March 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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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
"Reading builds empathy": The case for saving America's libraries
America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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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
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.
March 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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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
Trump is trying to gut libraries. Fight back with ALA. Show up for our libraries. ALA American Library Association
March 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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During #WomensHistoryMonth, check out our @flipboard.com collection of articles about impactful women journalists & news outlets throughout U.S. history: bit.ly/WHMFlipboard
Women's History Month Media | @NewsLitProject | Flipboard
During Women's History Month, we are shining a light on influential women journalists and news media throughout U.S. history.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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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
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Texas may change how schools select library books. Critics say it could lead to more bans.
Senate Bill 13 would create school library advisory councils largely made up of parents. It would give school boards, rather than librarians, the final say over new books.
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March 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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🐦‍⬛ Can you tell real bird photos from AI fakes? Take our 6-question quiz & challenge a friend!

Get started: bit.ly/BirdQuizNLP
An image of a small bird standing atop a sunflower plant.
February 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Nothing to see here! We're perfectly fine. This is how we ~relax~ 😌
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.
February 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Important news literacy & civil discourse reminders from @newslit.org. For all of us.
#newsliteracyweek #sschat #edusky
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👀 Today's news literacy standard: Expressing & exercising civic responsibility by seeking, sharing & producing credible info as effective participants in a democracy.

🔗 Resources & tips: newsliteracyweek.org

Download the poster: bit.ly/SpeakUpNLP

#NewsLiteracyWeek
Text-heavy graphic: How to speak up without starting a showdown. Six best practices for talking to friends and family about sharing falsehoods online. Below there are 6 tips. Here are the titles: 1. Be civil 2. Take your time 3. Find common ground 4. Lay out the facts 5. Public or private? 6. Be patient (and persistent)
February 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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👀 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
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."
February 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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A Sarah Jessica Parker-produced documentary on the brave librarians fighting a wave of rightwing book bans has sparked conversation at Sundance

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‘Civil rights fight of our time’: new film explores the battle over US libraries
A Sarah Jessica Parker-produced documentary on the brave librarians fighting a wave of rightwing book bans has sparked conversation at Sundance
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February 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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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.
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.
January 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Listen on a walk or read by the fireplace with Libby. Learn more at www.ncwlibraries.org/ebooks/ #publiclibraries #ncwlibraries
Listen on a walk or read by the fireplace with Libby, the library reading app.
January 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Celebrate Lunar New Year with these heartwarming reads 🧧🏮!

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January 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."~ Henry Ward Beecher

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"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."~ Henry Ward Beecher
January 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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"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.
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Sarah Jessica Parker and "The Librarians" discuss the fight against book banning
YouTube video by Variety
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January 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Your neighborhood's living room. No purchase required. 📚✨

(Photo by Denton Public Library)
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."
January 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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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...
Book Bans Are Real. American Library Association
January 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Our Coulee City Library is moving to a new, improved location! 🎉🎉 #couleecitypubliclibrary #publiclibraries #ncwlibraries
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The Coulee City Public Library will temporarily close on Monday, January 27th to allow the library to move to a new location. We hope to reopen the library on February 10 at the new location, 218 West...
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January 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Oh my gosh! Are we ever! 📚✨
(Come on #kidlit community…tell us in the comments who your Caldecott favs are…) #alayma
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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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
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As part of our Winter Reading Program, our library staff have been offering weekly reading recommendations in a variety of themes. This week, our Area...
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January 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM