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Alex Young writes: “Dua Lipa, who in 2023 launched her Service95 Book Club, has now partnered with the Livraria Lello bookstore in Porto, Portugal, to open a physical library. Opening June 27, the 100-book Manifesto Library is dedicated to books ‘that challenge power, censorship, exclusion, and dominant narratives.’ Lipa explained in a statement that ‘This library is a shrine to books that have disappeared, to authors whose courage unmasks structures of power and control, and to readers who refuse to be told what book they are allowed to read.’”
Consequence, June 26
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Angela Hursh writes: “For years, conventional wisdom in library marketing has been clear: You need to be on Facebook because that’s where your community is. But what if that’s no longer true? The staff at Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts, asked themselves that question. They stopped using Facebook altogether. Several months later, Library Director Catherine McDonald says the results have been surprisingly uneventful. Program attendance remained steady, website usage remained strong, the library’s newsletters and blog continued to perform well, and community engagement did not decline.”
Super Library Marketing, June 29
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A man was arrested June 22 after allegedly firing eight rounds at the Chico Branch of Butte County (Calif.) Library. The attack killed two people and injured a third. Police said the suspect did not know the victims and that his “Motivation appears to be founded in a desire to commit a Columbine High School massacre type of shooting.” When the shooting began, library staff were able to move most of the patrons in the library to a locked back room. The California Library Association issued a statement in solidarity with the library and its community, which ALA echoed.
KCRA-TV (Sacramento, Calif.), June 24, June 26; California Library Association, June 24; ALA Communications and Media Relations Office, June 25
