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Internal - Strategic Planning Focus Group - Registration Test

Date:

Monday, December 1, 2025

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Time Zone:

Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)

Location:

MBLC Offices

Categories:

MBLC Staff Training

Attachments:

mblc-at-a-glance_download.pdf

Please note this is an online event. The online event URL will be sent to you in an email confirming your registration.

* Required Field

DOB

Full Name *

First Name

Last Name

Email *

City/town of residence (if village, use nearest municipality; if outside of MA, include state) *

How do you connect with Massachusetts libraries and MBLC? (check all that apply) *

Borrow items

Attend programs or events

Use work, meeting, or hang out spaces

Use computers and/or other tech

Library employee

Library volunteer

Library friend or foundation member

Library trustee

Non-library municipal or state employee

Network staff, MLS, Center for the Book, or Talking Library employee, volunteer, or board member)

Community partner (e.g. employee, committee member, board member, or volunteer at organizations partnering with, supporting, or co-located within a library)

State or local government official or representative

MBLC Commissioner, council, or committee member

MBLC staff

Other

What MBLC-specific functions, services, and/or activities are you most interested in discussing during this focus group? *

State aid to public libraries

State aid to regional libraries (e.g. networks)

Guidance to librarians

Guidance to library friends groups and foundations

Library space planning, design review, and construction

Library services for New Americans

Library services for people with disabilities

Library collections care and physical and digital preservation

Library technology and resource sharing (e.g. databases, Commonwealth Catalog)

Digitization of and online access to local history collections and community archives

Emergency planning and disaster response in libraries

Federal (LSTA) grant programs and future grant funding strategies

MBLC’s support of Library for the Commonwealth

MBLC’s support of partner and affiliate organizations (e.g. Massachusetts Center for the Book, Talking Book Libraries)

MBLC Board bylaws and roles

MBLC State Advisory Council on Libraries (SACL) bylaws and roles

MBLC agency structure and operations

MBLC’s communication channels to librarians and library partners

Not sure yet

Other

What broader issues, trends, and current events impacting Massachusetts Libraries do you hope to explore as part of participation in an MBLC Strategic Planning focus group or other activities? (check all that apply) *

Intellectual freedom, book and programming challenges/bans

Security and safety in libraries

Federal funding for library programs and services

Non-federal funding for library programs and services

Evolving access to digital resources and publisher relations

AI and emerging technologies in libraries

Physical spaces in libraries

Sustainability in libraries

Libraries and climate resiliency

Not sure yet

Other

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