Up and Coming...
Happy late Halloween, everyone! Emily here — I hope everyone is spending some time outside to appreciate the trees. Our next LIRE Happy Hour is coming up on...
LIRE Happy Hour on Thursday, 10/23!
We hope to see you at 3pm this Thursday (October 23rd) for our very first happy hour! Everything you need to know is in this email — so please bookmark or...
Talcott Board Meeting Time Correction!
If anyone was planning to come to the Talcott Free Library District meeting tonight, it starts at 7pm! I incorrectly put 6pm in the initial email. Whoops!...
October Meeting Recap / Upcoming Connection Opportunities
Hi friends! It’s Stephanie. It’s finally the end of Banned Books Week & I’d love to hear what kinds of programming and displays everyone did to raise...
August Meeting Recap
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great summer. Here are my notes from the last Lire meeting. This month, we discussed staff development and training. First...
Bookmark for Later: Resource Roundup
Hi friends! It’s Stephanie — I wanted to share some links that I’ve been collecting over the past few months that may help as we begin to think about the...
May Meeting Recap: Stakeholder Mapping
Hi friends, and happy Pride Month! We are NOT having a meeting this month as Emily & I (Stephanie) have conflicting schedules and we’re sure you’re all busy...
Community Stakeholder Mapping
Hey everyone, Now that school is (almost) out for summer, Stephanie wants to take the reins and present on a topic that I have no experience with - Power...
Board Orientation and Training
Meeting minutes from April 18: You have new board members. Now what? As someone who has recently been elected to a somewhat difficult board, here is what I...
Meeting Recap 2/21/25 - Consolidated Elections
We went over a LOT of material at our first meeting. Let’s see if I can recap everything in a coherent way. ;) City libraries/District libraries – BEFORE...
Welcome to Lire!
Library Inclusivity, Rights, and Empowerment LIRE (French: to read, rhymes with ear) is a network of librarians dedicated to advocating for inclusivity,...