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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.

Top Terrific Takeaway Programming Ideas from ALA 2019

School librarians share the best programming ideas they took away from 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC.

Jul 11, 2019

ALA's National Study of Library Programs

Read the NILPPA white paper and share your feedback online.

Community Conversations: Lessons Learned

Community Conversations have stretched Mid-Manhattan Library staff to build community-mapping, partnership-building and facilitation skills.

Jun 27, 2019

ICYMI: Program Speed Dating with PLIG

Librarians shared their favorite programs at a fast-paced event at the ALA Annual Conference.

Jun 27, 2019

Bringing 'American Creed' to Your Library

Public libraries can apply to host community conversations around the PBS documentary "American Creed."

Trivia Night at a Tiny Library: It Can Be Done!

Library Director Chelsea Price struggled to get adults to programs — until "The Office" trivia night.

Scouts Can Help Make Your StoryWalk® Grow

Working with scouts is a fun way to bring StoryWalks to your community.

Changing Landscapes: Information Evolution

To quote Bob Dylan, "the times, they are a changin'" — and information literacy in schools is more important than ever.

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Community Engagement

As the Free Library strives to be more community-centered, staff reflect on how individual and collective trauma have impacted patrons.

Jun 17, 2019

APPLY NOW: Traveling Exhibition for Libraries

"Americans and the Holocaust" will travel to 50 U.S. public and academic libraries from 2020 to 2022.

Community Conversations: Failing Forward

Someone once said that if you're not failing, you're not trying. When it came to our Community Conversations program, we certainly tried.

When Programming Isn’t Fun Anymore

Burnout: the struggle is real. Here are tips for getting rejuvenated when library life leaves you tired.