From all of us here at the California County Librarians Association (CCLA), we send our sincere condolences to the Butte County Library Director and her team on the heartbreaking shooting incident at their Chico Branch on Monday June 22, 2026. We are thinking of them and sending them our sympathies.
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CCLA Elects New Officers for Two-Year Terms
At the annual meeting of the California County Librarians Association on October 23, 2025, the membership elected a new slate of officers. Congratulations to those elected who will serve two-year terms from January 2026 through December 2027. The new officers are: President – Erika Thibault, Library Director, Sonoma County Library Vice President – Jennifer Weeks,Continue reading “CCLA Elects New Officers for Two-Year Terms”
State Investment in Libraries is an Investment in Communities: Rewriting California Education Code to Optimize the State’s Public Libraries
An article titled “Funding Our Priorities: Comparisons of Public Library Funding and Services with Other Sectors in Post-COVID America” by A.J. Million and Jenny Bossaller in The Political Librarian, vol. 6.2 (Fall 2023) provides research indicating that public libraries today are delivering traditional library services while also increasingly delivering non-traditional services “that support or enhanceContinue reading “State Investment in Libraries is an Investment in Communities: Rewriting California Education Code to Optimize the State’s Public Libraries”
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