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Maine Policy Review publishes timely, independent, peer-reviewed analysis of public policy issues relevant to the state of Maine. The journal is published two times per year by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine. It is intended for a diverse audience, including state policymakers; government, business, and nonprofit leaders; students; and general readers with a broad interest in public policy.

ISSN 1064-2587 (print) E-ISSN 2643-959X (online)

Current Issue: Volume 33, Issue 2 (2024) Libraries

Front Matter

Thanks to MPR Donors

Editors' Letter
David Nutty, Linda Silka, Joyce Rumery, and Barbara Harrity

Essay

“Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone”: Does the Disinvestment in America’s Libraries Signal the End of Civil Society?
Tracie D. Hall

Articles

“We’re the Town’s Help Desk:” Social Work Creep in America’s Last Public Space
Diana Furukawa, Olivia Scott, and Ben Treat

Leveraging Remote Work Services in Libraries: Building Community and Strengthening the Local Economy
Savannah L. Sessions

Public Libraries Are Critical Partners for Collective Impact on Climate Action
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich

Libraries and Climate Change: Pathways to Respond and Engage Communities
Kara J. Reiman

Investing in School Libraries and Librarians to Improve Literacy Outcomes
Tania Otero Martinez

What’s Keeping Public Library Trustees Up at Night?
Deborah A. Clark and Jenny Melvin Smith

Health Sciences Libraries: A Changing Landscape
Janet Bolduc, Elizabeth Dyer, Linda Kerecman, and Dina McKelvy

Representing Contemporary Immigrant and BIPOC Experiences through USM’s Special Collections
Anna Faherty, Zachary Newell, and Jill Piekut Roy

Maine’s Libraries Weather the War on Books
Michelle R. Sampson M.A., M.I.L.S.

Protecting the Freedom to Read in Maine
Sonya M. Durney Dr.

How Will We Ever Resolve the Library Digital Content Problem?
Alan Inouye

Libraries Stand Ready as Digital Inclusion Comes of Age
Amelia Bryne, Megan Janicki, and Marijke Visser

Digital Literacy Education in Maine's Public Libraries
Michelle K. Conners Ph.D.

Academic Libraries and Open Educational Resources: Addressing Student Textbook Affordability
Krystie Wilfong, Natalie Hill, David Smith, Kate Wing, Ann Spinney, and Casey J. Koons

“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”: Managing Library Print Collections
Ann Acheson

Interviews

Interview with Hazel Onsrud
Linda Silka

Interview with Marijke Visser
Linda Silka

Commentaries

Maine Balsam Libraries Consortium Supports Maine's Rural Libraries
Nancy B. Grant

Maine Libraries: An Update on Sharing and Collaboration
Bryce Cundick and James Jackson Sanborn

Collaboration in Maine Libraries
David Nutty and Joyce Rumery

Managing a Shared Collection in a Changing World
Matthew I. Revitt

Library Advocacy: Ecosystem Concepts Can Provide a Strong Foundation for Library Advocacy
Jennifer Alvino Wood

Lewiston Public Library Services for New Mainer Population
Joseph Houston

Advocating for The Once and Future Library
Daisy D. Singh

Margaret Chase Smith Library: Supporting Primary Source Research the Archive
Nicole Potter

Our Library’s Role in Helping Students Make Sense of Generative AI
Shelly Davis and David Rogers

Libraries Should Be Part of All This Book Talk
Michael G. Dunn

Book Review: The Library: A Fragile History
Linda Silka

Back Matter

Thanks to Reviewers for Volume 33

Editors

Guest Editor: David Nutty
Special Issues Editor: Linda Silka
Coeditor: Joyce Rumery
Coeditor: Barbara Harrity