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08/26/2026

⚠️Tell Congress NOT to defund libraries and to protect E-Rate!⁠
🔗Visit Livebrary.com/TellCongress for more resources, email templates, phone call scripts, and Representative information.
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📖The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is an independent agency of the United States federal government. It is the main source of federal support for libraries and museums within the United States. ⁠
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Across the United States, child and teen literacy rates are on the decline, but in 2025, Suffolk County saw an increase in summer reading participation by school aged children and teenagers. Without federal funds from IMLS, summer reading programs that help foster youth literacy could be negatively impacted.

It’s clear that Suffolk County’s young readers and their caregivers are taking literacy seriously, which is why it’s so important that Congress continue funding libraries.

🛜The FCC's E-Rate program makes telecommunications and information services more affordable for schools and libraries. E-Rate provides discounts for telecommunications, Internet access, and internal connections to eligible libraries and schools.

E-Rate makes connectivity sustainable, predictable, and helps to ensure libraries maintain secure networks. Cutting E-Rate only starves libraries of needed resources to serve my community.

Congressional support for IMLS and E-Rate translates to support for their constituents—especially young readers.
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📞Contact your elected officials and tell them why IMLS and E-Rate matter to you! ⁠
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Media Description: Don't close the book on our kids. Tell congress NOT to defund libraries and to protect E-Rate! Livebrary.com/TellCongress

08/26/2026

From now through August 28, please stop by to participate in the “Tell Congress Not to Defund Libraries” campaign. Take action for libraries by reminding your Senators and Representatives on both sides of the aisle how important libraries are to the residents of Suffolk County.

Visit the table in our Lobby to fill out a postcard which we’ll deliver to your to local representatives urging them to support funding for libraries by protecting IMLS (the Institute for Museum and Library Services) and E-rate, both of which directly impact our local libraries.

For more information, visit: https://www.livebrary.com/TellCongress
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08/25/2026

Did you know that Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has gifted over 330 million books to children worldwide?

Dolly’s legacy is an incredible testament to community, kindness, and the power of being completely one’s true self. 💕

08/25/2026

⏰The Summer Library Tour ends in one week! Be sure to get those milestone visit stamps, collect this year's patch, & fill out a raffle ticket before Aug 31st!

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One week left of the Summer Library Tour. The Tour booklet is photographed outside with a 3D-printed dino and a Librarysaurus patch.

08/25/2026

Tell Congress Not to Defund Libraries!
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08/24/2026

🚗📚☀ Only 1 week left to go... the Suffolk Libraries' Summer Tour ends on August 31!

Visit libraries! Enter to win raffle prizes! 🙌

More info: livebrary.com/SummerTour

08/24/2026

⚠️Tell Congress NOT to defund libraries and to protect E-Rate!
🔗Visit Livebrary.com/TellCongress for more resources, email templates, phone call scripts, and Representative information.

📖The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is an independent agency of the United States federal government. It is the main source of federal support for libraries and museums within the United States.

IMLS supports and funds many of the crucial community services libraries provide; things like e-books, summer reading, cultural programming, technology, job and career resources, and funding for critical library infrastructure projects. Cuts to IMLS could put these services at risk.

🛜Library connectivity can be a lifeline for students, families, veterans, small businesses, jobseekers, and older adults. As technology increasingly transforms the way we work, connect, and learn, our communities rely on public libraries for access more than ever. E-Rate makes that connectivity sustainable, predictable, and helps to ensure libraries maintain secure networks. Cutting E-Rate only starves libraries of needed resources to serve my community.

Thanks to E-Rate, libraries can afford the connectivity to provide life-changing services. When Congress created E-Rate in the 1990s, most libraries and schools had little or no internet access. Today, nearly every library and school in the country has a high-speed connection.

📞Contact your elected officials and tell them why IMLS and E-Rate matter to you!

Media Description: Library funding = community strength. Tell congress not to defund libraries and protect e-rate! Livebrary.com/TellCongress

08/24/2026

AMAZING! Way to go Clara!! 🦖

Congratulations to Connetquot Public Library Clerk Clara Iacopelli for visiting all 66 libraries and completing the Suffolk County Public Library Tour! After criss-crossing the county, Clara received her final stamp at the Shelter Island Library. The library tour continues until Monday, August 31. We thank all the libraries across Suffolk County for welcoming our patrons and sharing yours with us. Livebrary

08/21/2026

Look who stopped by on the Summer Tour! Remember, the Tour ends on August 31! Details here: https://www.livebrary.com/summer-tour Livebrary