Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment. ALA Library Bill of Rights Article III (1939) Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free
The Topsfield Town Library is a proud partner library for Climate Preperation Week 2023! Climate Prep Week, held from September 24-30, 2023, marks a week of learning, service, and actions to better prepare our communities for extreme weather events and
As librarians, we are often asked which books we’ve recently read and liked. We are rarely asked what are we looking forward to reading? This post highlights some books the members of our team here look forward to reading this
Our Adult Summer Reading challenge is live through August 10, 2023! Along with our reading challenges for children, our theme this summer is to Read Around the World! You may have seen our previous blog post written by Eileen Smith
Post by Children’s Assistant, Eileen Smith Way back when I was a young parent, finding time to read a book just for me was often a challenge. Sure, we read and reread the kids’ favorites…but often I might get ten
In May, we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, marking the enormous contributions of the AAPI community in all areas of our life. The same is true in literature! In this reading list, we highlight some of the
Blog post by Head of Adult Services, Sean Smith. Email him with any questions you may have with our Library of Things items! Meet the newest addition to our Library of Things, the Epson FastFoto FF-680W. It bills itself the
Have you checked out our Library of Things collection? We have a large, growing collection of items to check out from the library! In this post, we are going to highlight a couple of our most popular tools, the Elgato
Foster by Claire Keegan Review by Sean Smith, Head of Adult Services An absolutely wonderful novella written in 2010 and just now published in full on this side of the Atlantic; Foster is an early leader for my favorite book
