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Member Spotlight: Malana Krongelb from Boston Public Library

Posted by on August 27th, 2026 0 comments Tags: , ,

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?  When I was about three, my dad asked me the same question. I said, “A bigger kid!” For a while, that meant wanting to become a baseball reporter. While that didn’t happen, I succeeded in the bigger kid department. I dance randomly,… Read More »

Posted in: Blog, Member Spotlight

Aug

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Building a Partnership: The story behind the UConn Avery Point Inclusive Story Time

Posted by on August 11th, 2026 0 comments

Back in June, Region 7 featured a blog post about an Inclusive Story Time happening at UConn Avery Point. In this article, learn how it went as well as the partnership that evolved to facilitate this innovative programming. Collaboration and partnerships are an integral part of the work of the Network of the National Library… Read More »

Posted in: Blog

Jul

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Resources for Caregivers

Posted by on July 23rd, 2026 0 comments

Caregiving has come up in many ways with our work at NNLM. We are hearing this theme in our focused outreach work, in classes such as Connecting Older Adults to Health Information, have spotlighted this topic in the NNLM Reading Club, and presented on this topic in conferences. In this blog post, we celebrate the… Read More »

Posted in: Blog, Trainings

Jun

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Member Spotlight: Inclusive Story Time at UCONN Avery Point

Posted by on June 18th, 2026 0 comments

This week, we are highlighting an upcoming free in-person program for all children and their families at UCONN Avery Point, an inclusive story time with a reading of the book The Quest for the Cockle Implant, presented in spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL). NNLM Region 7 is interested in supporting health information access… Read More »

Posted in: Blog

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Join us June 2nd to hear how 3 public libraries are supporting homeschool students with Citizen Science Kits!

Posted by on May 22nd, 2026 0 comments Tags: , ,

On June 2, 2026, we will be hosting three public libraries who received Citizen Science Kits from NNLM Region 7 to discuss how their libraries have supported science education and programming with a focus on homeschoolers. Between October 1, 2024 – April 1, 2025, Region 7 provided 45 citizen science kits to NNLM members in… Read More »

Posted in: Blog, Data, Funded Project

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