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7 Tips to Bring Sustainability into Your Library Programming

Don't know where to start with sustainability programs? Here are 7 tips that will be helpful on your sustainability programming journey.

Where the Tweens Are: Financial Literacy and a Summer Morning at a Rural Library

If your library struggles with tween engagement, you’re not alone. Perry County District Library proves that tween engagement is possible and totally enriching.

Making Dementia-Friendly Libraries

How libraries can incorporate dementia-friendly principles into their spaces, their collections and their interactions with patrons.

Setting Up a Memory Café at Your Library: A How-to Guide

By creating a space for people with dementia and their loved ones to relax and enjoy the company of others, Memory Cafés can reduce feelings of isolation.

Jun 3, 2020

Election 2020: Information Literacy Refresh

Donna Mignardi and Jennifer Sturge offer a refresher in information literacy as we approach the 2020 election.

Jun 1, 2020

Sharing Skills for Community-Centered Libraries

The Free Library of Philadelphia shares an update on Skills for Community-Centered Libraries, a community engagement curriculum.

May 28, 2020

What to Know: Latinx Engagement

Relationship-building is an evolution. Here are some ways to get started.

May 19, 2020

Virtual Book Clubs: A Learning Experience

Palos Verdes Library District moved its book clubs onto Google Hangouts. What could possibly go wrong?

May 19, 2020

Fighting 'COVID Slide': STEM Activities for Kids

With kids learning from home, now is the perfect time to venture into STEM programming.

May 12, 2020

What Now?! Thoughts on Re-opening

Libraries are starting to re-open. Are you ready? Not even a little bit, says library director Chelsea Price.

May 12, 2020

Libraries Respond: COVID-19 Survey

The Libraries Respond: COVID-19 Survey is seeking input from all library types to understand the current impacts the COVID-19.

May 6, 2020

Veggie Teens: Earth-Friendly Cooking Programs

Libraries can empower teens to be agents of change by simply teaching them how to cook.

May 6, 2020

Planning Ahead: 3 Upcoming ALA Grants

The ALA Public Programs Office announces three grant offerings coming in summer and fall 2020.

May 4, 2020

APPLY NOW: Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award

The deadline for ALA's 2020 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award has been extended to July 15.

May 4, 2020

Phone Programming in a Pandemic

To combat the digital divide, libraries and humanities councils are turning to the old-fashioned phone.

Apr 29, 2020

Distance Librarian-ing: the New School Library Normal

Donna Mignardi and Jennifer Sturge share what they've learned about school library programming in a pandemic.