Leading the library
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When the former director of the East Bonner County Library resigned in early 2024, trustees embarked on a monthslong nationwide search for a replacement. After …
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Grassroots initiative Library Love Letters focuses on the good
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Members of Bonner and Boundary counties have come together in a grassroots effort, Library Love Letters, to lessen the political divisiveness surrounding Idaho’s libraries. The …
Saving the libraries
By K.L. Huntley
Reader Contributor
It is high time for everyone to sit down and quietly come to their senses. Eons ago I wrote a bad song (all of them …
A new level of spring cleaning
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
January’s wet weather has the East Bonner County Library District ready for an early spring cleaning project — and this year, the entire organizational system …
The Lumberjill: Who knew we’d be talking so much about sex at libraries
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
Once upon a time, I was a librarian. I came for the books — words are my jam, after all — but I stayed …
I stand with librarians
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
A few weeks ago, in preparing for my turn to formulate an article for the Reader’s “Back of the Book” section, I thought of our …
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