{"id":18603,"date":"2020-06-05T18:39:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T18:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=18603"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:44:27","slug":"network-member-spotlight-seattle-public-library-named-the-gale-library-journal-library-of-the-year","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/network-member-spotlight-seattle-public-library-named-the-gale-library-journal-library-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Member Spotlight: Seattle Public Library named the Gale\/ Library Journal Library of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18607\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/LOTY2020_LogoWhite.png\" alt=\"Seattle Public Library logo, Library of the Year 2020\" width=\"265\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/LOTY2020_LogoWhite.png 450w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/LOTY2020_LogoWhite-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/LOTY2020_LogoWhite-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/>The Seattle Public Library (SPL) has been named the Gale\/ <em>LJ<\/em> Library of the Year. This well-deserved award recognizes SPL&#8217;s commitment to the community. <em>Library Journal<\/em> editors Meredith Schwartz and Lisa Peet write, &#8220;In recent years, SPL has turned its attention outward, actively listening to community needs and transforming its work to make equity a top priority, earning it the 2020 Gale\/<em>LJ<\/em> Library of the Year award.&#8221; The award recognizes SPL&#8217;s use of Seattle.gov&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/Documents\/Departments\/RSJI\/RacialEquityToolkit_FINAL_August2012.pdf\">Racial Equity Toolkit<\/a> for creating and reviewing policies, procedures, and services, and acknowledges this work is not simple. SPL responds to community needs, providing a wi-fi hotspot lending program, creating partnerships with community organizations and groups, eliminating overdue fines, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about SPL and the award in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraryjournal.com\/?detailStory=Seattle-Public-Library-Listens-Up-Gale-LJ-Library-of-the-Year-2020\"><em>Library Journal <\/em><\/a>and in Chief Librarian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spl.org\/about-us\/the-organization\/leadership\/quarterly-message-from-the-chief-librarian\">Marcellus Turner&#8217;s quarterly message.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations, SPL!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seattle Public Library (SPL) has been named the Gale\/ LJ Library of the Year. This well-deserved award recognizes SPL&#8217;s commitment to the community. Library Journal editors Meredith Schwartz and Lisa Peet write, &#8220;In recent years, SPL has turned its attention outward, actively listening to community needs and transforming its work to make equity a&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/network-member-spotlight-seattle-public-library-named-the-gale-library-journal-library-of-the-year\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2956,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18603","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-network-members","category-public-libraries"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2956"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18603"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18612,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18603\/revisions\/18612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}