Library Journal has announced the winner of the Best Small Library in America 2014 award — it's the Pine River Library in Bayfield (CO), which has a service population of 8,749.

Big Talk From Small Libraries 2013 is a free one-day online conference you won't want to miss!

Thursday February 28, 2013 8:45am - 5pm CST (attend one or all of the webinar sessions) register here

1. Libraries are invited to apply for the $3,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to a single library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2012 National Library Week theme, "You belong @ your library®".  National Library Week is April 8-14, 2012.

A newly-updated version of  The Small but Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library is now available online and as a free PDF download.

Here's some inspiration for you — though Naturita has a population of only 665, this Colorado community's library earned Library Journal's 2011 Best Small Library in America Award.