Planning a Cents-ational Financial Literacy Storytime
Financial educators recommend teaching basic money concepts as early as three years old. One way to achieve this in your library is by incorporating financial literacy themes into your storytimes.
Time Travel in a Trunk: Engaging Learners with Historical Artifacts
How can librarians and educators bridge the gap between the past and present? The answer lies in Historical Artifact Footlockers — a dynamic, hands-on tool that brings the thrill of historical investigation directly into the library.
Know Your People: How The Gail Borden Public Library District Turns Exhibits into Community Unity
By knowing their people, empowering staff and building strong partnerships, the Gail Borden Public Library turns every exhibit into a shared experience of learning and connection.
Free Resource Guide and Book List: Cents-sational Reads to Teach Young People About Money
This new guide helps libraries build financial education collections and offers an assortment of programming ideas to transform learning about money into memorable experiences.
Tools to Support Hybrid Audience Engagement
Check out these online tools to help maximize audience engagement in virtual or hybrid programs.
Apply Now: World on the Move
Apply now for this traveling exhibition on the timely yet timeless topic of migration and displacement.
Deepen Discussion with Primary Sources
Want to add some historical context to a book club? Try pairing primary source analysis with your programs.
Hybrid Programs in Rural Libraries
What can we learn from small and rural libraries about hybrid programming?
Analyzing Primary Sources for Program Planning
The Library of Congress has millions of free materials to incorporate into your programming.
Why Start From Scratch?
Leverage your library's existing partnerships to accomplish bigger goals and reach more people.
Free Download: Programming with Primary Sources: Women’s Suffrage
Download this free guide made to inspire and help library workers bring primary source inquiry into programming.
Deaf Community Engagement
What does the future of Deaf community engagement in the library look like? Three advocates weigh in.
Apply Now: Exploring Human Origins Traveling Exhibition
Apply now for this traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Call for Advisors: Media Literacy for Adults
ALA is seeking 6 librarian advisors to support the creation of a new media literacy guide.
Cultivating Community Outside of Class
In what ways are school and academic libraries fostering community outside of the traditional classroom setting?
Combating Misinformation
The problem of misinformation is just one challenge for rural libraries. How are they combating the issue?