[CASL-L] This Week in CT Libraries: 3.24.25

[Ellen Paul]

Good Morning CT Libraries, here is what is going on this week.

CLC HAPPENINGS

There are no roundtables this week...weird.  But, with all that extra time you have, maybe you want to check out our newly reorganized webpage on digital resource discounts<https://www.ctlibrarians.org/page/digital>.   There is a lot there but we hope this new organization makes it easier for you to find exactly what you're looking for.

And the CLC Board of Trustees meets on Thursday<https://www.ctlibrarians.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1455651>.

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

eBooks

  *   No updates on HB 6958<https://cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB-6958>  or S.B. 1234<https://cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2025&bill_num=1234>.  Both have been voted out of committee.  So, either one of them - or theoretically both of them - could advance to a full vote in either chamber.

Freedom to Read

  *   No updates on SB 1271<https://cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB-1271>.  The new bill language still hasn't been posted.
  *   HB 7014<https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB07014&which_year=2025> was voted out of committee on Friday.  You can watch the committee meeting here<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YPdZQtvFek>.  I dare say it was a more thoughtful discussion.


NEWS OF NOTE

The Board of the Kent Memorial Library in Suffield has proposed a controversial Youth Collection and Acquisition Policy.  <https://www.courant.com/2025/03/20/new-attempt-to-censor-books-at-ct-library-targets-lgbtq-content/?share=wwaagn3boawnpqmntwc3>  The meeting was supposed to be on Thursday but it was canceled because too many people showed up and the room was over capacity<https://www.courant.com/2025/03/21/ct-library-meeting-on-censoring-lgbtq-content-canceled-after-large-crowd-shows-up/>.   And here<https://www.ctinsider.com/journalinquirer/article/ct-suffield-library-lgbtq-childrens-book-20233734.php>.  And here<https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/local-leaders-in-suffield-accused-of-censorship-following-proposed-library-policy/ar-AA1Bpzi3>.

Flying blind every day, CT Libraries and Museums grapple with cuts to federal agencies.<https://www.courant.com/2025/03/22/flying-blind-every-day-ct-libraries-and-museums-grapple-with-trump-cuts-to-federal-agency/?share=wyee5tcrpsuthavwwwtn>  And
Trumps targeting of little known federal agency could impact arts and culture organizations<https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-03-20/trumps-targeting-of-little-known-federal-agency-could-impact-ct-arts-and-culture-organizations?> (and libraries)

Bridget Quinn, CEO of the Hartford Public Library, is named 2025 Person of the Year for the Greater Hartford St. Patrick's Day Parade.<https://www.fox61.com/video/life/holidays/st-patricks-day/meet-the-2025-person-of-the-year-for-the-greater-hartford-st-patricks-day-parade/520-d318e19a-9a26-4620-a4fc-b7cf8d256775>  Also at HPL, a $12K grant will fund a summer concert series<https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/hartford-county/hartford/hartford-library-launch-family-concert-series-connecticut/520-dac388f2-6c45-4bd8-903b-edca6ffb0762>.

Wonderful article about the New Britain Public Library and their director Viktor Sjoberg in the New Britain Herald<https://www.newbritainherald.com/news/director-sj-berg-shares-plans-to-build-infrastructure-for-reading/article_9c2fdad2-0035-11f0-8dfd-c39003d6dc60.html>.

Danbury Library imagines a building beyond books in new strategic planning efforts<https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/danbury-library-ct-plan-strategic-vision-20171922.php>.

Drop me a line if you or your library is in the news and I've missed it!

Have a good week,
Ellen


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Ellen Paul | Executive Director
Connecticut Library Consortium

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