Libraries Without Borders US
Revolutionizing the reach of #libraries 📚 through critical resources, information, and programming.
Libraries Without Borders (LWB) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to expand access to information, education, and cultural tools for the world’s most disadvantaged populations. LWB has been recognized for the proven impact of its innovative programs, including the International Literacy Award from the Library of Congress in 2016 and the Google Impact Challenge in 2015.
What a day! 🌟 Last Friday, 35 incredible volunteers from Life at Deloitte joined us for their Impact Day and absolutely crushed it 💪
In under 2.5 hours, this amazing crew assembled 300 LIFT Kits, packing over 1,200 multicultural and bilingual books for DC area families with kids ages 0-5! 📚✨
Each kit is a “home library in a box” filled with books to spark connection, caregiver toolkits, crafts, “reading buddies,” and handmade cards from the volunteers 🖍️🧡
A huge thank you to the Deloitte team for rolling up your sleeves in partnership to bring early literacy tools and access to DMV families this summer 📖
05/19/2026
Stories can comfort us. Libraries can connect us. Community can change everything 💚📚
This Mental Health Awareness Month, Libraries Without Borders US is reflecting on the power of books, learning, and trusted community spaces to support well-being for children and families 🤝 🧠
Because when people have access to books, resources, and spaces where they belong, communities grow stronger 📖✨
05/11/2026
Put a book within reach… and watch what happens 💛📚✨
As we wrap up Children’s Book Week, we’re celebrating the power of stories to inspire imagination, connection, and opportunity for young readers everywhere 🌎📖
When children have books within reach, they build confidence, curiosity, language skills, and lifelong connections to learning 💫
That’s why Libraries Without Borders US works every day to bring books and literacy resources directly into communities. Because every child deserves the chance to see themselves in a book and dream bigger because of it ✨🧡
Today is World Book Day 🌍📚
We see it up close. A toddler in a WIC waiting room who recognizes her family in a picture book. A dad at the laundromat flipping through a bilingual story he'll read aloud at bedtime. A teenager at a school library who finds the one book that finally says it right. Books are joy.
Right now, books are being pulled from shelves and library funding is being cut. When a community loses access to books, it loses something bigger: the freedom to imagine and the tools to act.
So today we celebrate every shelf kept open. Every LIFT kit we've put in a family's hands. Every laundromat, clinic, and classroom we've turned into a reading space. Every reader who picked up a book and felt seen.
Happy World Book Day. Read something that changes you, then put it in someone else's hands 📖
04/22/2026
We’re growing our consulting network 📚
Libraries Without Borders US is expanding our library-focused consulting work and looking for experienced specialists to collaborate on upcoming projects.
We’re currently seeking expertise in:
🔍 Research & Assessment
🧩 Program Development
📣 Outreach & Communications
⚙️ Implementation Support
🧭 Strategic Planning
📚 Training & Adult Learning
⚖️ DEIA / Equity
We partner with public and community-based libraries on everything from strategic planning and community needs assessments to program design and implementation.
Interested in working together? We’d love to hear from you by filling out this form ✍🏻https://forms.gle/MmfeMkbKs1VkqePt9
04/15/2026
From the Conference to in Minneapolis, our team has been connecting with incredible librarians who are redefining what access to knowledge looks like in their communities ✈️📚
If we met you along the way, hi again! 👋 Let’s keep the conversation going. If we missed you, our DMs are open!
04/02/2026
Hey librarians 👋 Are you at in Minneapolis?
Come say hi in the Exhibits Hall — we’d love to meet you and share how we’re bringing libraries beyond walls and into communities across the U.S. 📚
12/03/2025
Give the gift of literacy today! Donate through the link in bio📚✨
08/04/2025
Library-school partnerships with LWB US are designed to bring library resources into schools while breaking down barriers to library access for students, families, and teachers. Each partnership is designed by and tailored to the community served for maximum impact.
Interested? Share with your library and school! Applications due August 31.
https://www.librarieswithoutborders.us/welcome/library-school-partnership-rfp/
07/02/2025
We are excited to announce the expansion of our Library-School Partnership initiative! Over the past year, we’ve seen powerful results from bringing public library resources directly into school communities—and the initiative is expanding. Learn more on our website. Applications due July 31.
Help us spread the word; share with your local library!
Library-School-Partnership-RFP - Libraries Without Borders US Library-School Partnership Request for Proposal (RFP) Enhancing library access for youth and families through their local schools Libraries Without Borders US (LWB US) is growing its partnership base across the country in order to increase library access and usage for underserved youth and families!...
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