Good Morning CT Libraries, here is what is going on this week.
CLC HAPPENINGS
The Business Librarians Roundtable
meets Tuesday to talk about personal branding.
The Eastern CT Library Directors
meets on Thursday with a representative from the Employers Association of the Northeast to take your HR questions.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
eBooks
- Very fast, very important: The Government Administration and Elections committee released their ebook bill late last week:
S.B. 1234.
They will take public comment and testimony on Friday at Noon. If you are for or against this bill, this is your opportunity to tell legislators.
No link to the agenda or testimony sign up yet. My guess is that it will be posted today or tomorrow
here.
- We still have
SB 237
and we’re still expecting one more bills to be released in the Planning and Development Committee .
Budget
- The Governor will present his 2 year budget plan to the legislature on Wednesday. What will it hold for libraries? I’ll tell you next week.
- No news here. Representative Welander (Derby, Hamden, Woodbridge, Orange) has introduced
HB 5866: AN ACT EVALUATING FUNDING FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
It’s goal is to: study and identify funding gaps for public libraries and options for efficiency and sustainability.
More information to come.
Freedom to Read
- Still a lot of bills. After last week’s press conference it looks like
SB 523
is gaining some traction with new cosponsors. I expect that there will be a public hearing in the next two or three weeks. The Children’s committee has two public hearings next week. One on Tuesday and one on Thursday. SB523 could be on one of those agendas.
- SB
523: AN ACT CONCERNING THE CURATION AND RETENTION OF LITERARY MATERIALS CONTAINED IN PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND LEGAL PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO LIBRARIANS
AND STAFF WORKING IN SUCH LIBRARIES.
- HB
5508: AN ACT CONCERNING A FREEDOM TO READ.
- HB
5858 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL LIBRARIES TASK FORCE.
- HB
5862 AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
- HB
5865 AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND CHILDREN.
- HB
5867 AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
- HB
5898 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE AVAILABILITY OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL IN PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
NEWS OF NOTE
A man has been arrested for stealing thousands
of dollars of books from the Wethersfield and West Hartford Libraries. And
here.
And here.
And here.
And here.
And here. And
here.
And here.
And here.
And here.
And there may have been more. Honestly, I lost track.
The
Day covers Take Your Child to the Library Day in Southeastern CT.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity
to see the Connecticut Charter at the Connecticut Museum of History (run by the Connecticut State Library!) before it’s put away for preservation!
I think I missed this article
last week about the ‘Don’t Ban Library Books’ Bill press conference.
Yay for Jackie Bush, she chaired the national Michael
L. Printz Award!
What do Middletown Residents want for
a future ready library?
Former
School Librarian Erica Alterio Dies Suddenly, 33: Her 'Presence Was Magnetic'
Saturday is Take Your Child to the Library Day!
Take Your Child
to the Library Day featured on WFSB’s Family Friday.
Seriously, drop me a line if you or your library is in the news and I’ve missed it! The google news aggregator is so much worse than a few years ago when I started this project. I find myself having
to go news outlet to news outlet to make sure I haven’t missed anything…
Have a good week,
Ellen
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Ellen Paul | Executive Director
Connecticut Library Consortium
860-344-8777 | www.ctlibrarians.org
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