Recent images of the Dixie WildFire ravishing the small community of Greenville and the quaint, rural library in Plumas County, California this summer are heartbreaking. If you ever visited the Greenville Library you would see how friends, neighbors, and families used this library as a valued community space, each individual comfortable here as one would […]
When they are needed most, NLS libraries are once again rising to the occasion As wildfires force evacuations throughout Northern California, libraries in the NorthNet Library System (NLS) are once again providing vital assistance to their communities. In El Dorado County, where the Caldor Fire has destroyed one school and forced thousands to evacuate, the […]
This year more than ever, it has been widely publicized that May is mental health awareness month. A wide variety of behavioral health providers and nonprofit associations serving all kinds of Californians are raising awareness of mental health needs and sharing the services they have. Less well known is the vital role the public libraries […]