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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.

Jan 15, 2020

Downward-Facing Goat: Programs for Animal and Human Health

Who says the library has to be for humans only? These health and wellness programs serve our two- and four-legged friends.

Jan 13, 2020

The Tunnel Tour: Heading Underground

Springfield-Greene County Library's underwater creek tour brought folks into a rarely seen ecological world.

Jan 13, 2020

Rainy Day Ready: An Interview with Melanie Welch

A new book from ALA Editions explores how libraries across the country are empowering people to make sound financial decisions.

Jan 10, 2020

Earth Day 2020: The 50th Anniversary

Mark your event calendars: April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and its theme is climate action.

Jan 3, 2020

Looking to Cook? Instant Pots, Supermarket Dieticians and More

Equipment demos, visits from local cafe owners and other cooking programs have been a success at rural Winterset Public Library.

Dec 27, 2019

14 Budget-Friendly Classic Tabletop Games

If your New Year's resolution is to make your dollars stretch further, take note of these recommendations.

Dec 27, 2019

Tacony Library Celebrates Community Through Their Events

Through community partnerships, a Philadelphia branch library put on a Halloween celebration attended by thousands.

Dec 23, 2019

The Fight Against 'Nature-Deficit Disorder'

Researchers and policy makers are talking about the problem of “nature-deficit disorder.” Here's how your library can help.

Dec 20, 2019

Honor the Past, Embrace the Future: Exploring Services for Veterans and Their Families

Through Skills for Community-Centered Libraries, staff at the Free Library of Philadelphia explore how they can better serve veterans.

Dec 19, 2019

Tackling the Tough Stuff at Public Libraries

Libraries are the perfect places to discuss the past — particularly histories that are contested or messy.

Dec 11, 2019

Not Today, Santa

Are you swearing off holiday programs at your library? Here are a few winter program ideas to try instead.

Dec 6, 2019

Spotlight on 'Include': Takeaways from the 2019 AASL National Conference

Inclusion was a central theme at the nation's gathering of school librarians in Louisville.