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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.

3 Ways to Build Partnerships at Your Small Library

Short on time to create and foster partnerships? Here are three simple ways to get started.

Aug 21, 2019

Request Your Free Poster Exhibition

While supplies last, the Smithsonian is offering a free World War I poster exhibition to libraries.

Deepfakes: What They Are, Why They Matter

Deepfakes add a layer to our media literacy landscape. How can we help kids decipher fact from fiction?

Gardening for Kids Programs Grow Community Connections

A Free Library of Philadelphia branch hosts a kids' gardening program as part of the system's Community-Centered Libraries initiative.

Libraries Rock

Haven't heard of the craze for painting and hiding rocks? You might be living under, well … a boulder.

A Small (but Mighty) Makerspace

Griswold Public Library — a small library — wanted a makerspace. They ended up making two.

Relight Your Programming Fire

From the old faithfuls to the less obvious, here's a list of spots to hit up when you need program ideas.

Engaging Community Partners in Program Planning

A Free Library of Philadelphia librarian shares how community engagement training helped her learn to ignite lasting partner relationships.

Jul 30, 2019

Improving Services for New Americans

More than half of new Americans use a public library more than once a week. How can we help them thrive?

Biking through History at the Library

Move a little, learn a little. Libraries are embracing programs that combine biking and local history.

Jul 18, 2019

The Power of Community Conversations

Erika R. Martinez shares how her library learned about, and worked to overcome, customers' feelings of disconnect in a fast-changing city.

Comics & Cosplay Club: An Itinerary

Malvern Public Library's Comics & Cosplay Club nights offer some fun, some learning and some friendly competition.