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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.

Libraries and Nonprofits: Making the Case

Develop high-impact health and wellness programming in your library by finding and working with nonprofits.

Jan 16, 2019

2019 National Day of Racial Healing

On Jan. 22, celebrate our common humanity and take action toward a more just and equitable world.

Open Educational Resources in the Library

School librarians Jennifer Sturge and Donna Mignardi explore how to use, promote and create programming around open educational resources.

From Community Conferences to Current Events Café: How an NYPL Branch Implemented Dialogue-Based Programming

The Jefferson Market Library shares how thoughtful programming made their branch a place for conversation in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.

Programs for Maternal Health

Help new moms adjust, make social connections and move their bodies during a critical time in their lives.

Partnerships: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

When embarking on a big community programming initiative, there's no reason to go it alone.

Skills for Community-Centered Libraries: Learning through Experience

Community-Centered Libraries ran a series of workshops where participants developed projects to practice specific skills related to their work.

Throw a Caldecott Prediction Party

Can your patrons predict the top illustrated children's book of the year?

Dec 21, 2018

Media Literacy at Your Library Learning and Prototyping Report

ALA has released a report detailing the activities and findings of the Media Literacy at Your Library project.

Partnering with Academic Institutions for Health and Wellness Programming

Partnering with local universities and colleges is a great way to bring high-quality health programming to your community.

Dec 17, 2018

APPLY NOW: Thinking Money for Kids Traveling Exhibition

Public libraries are invited to apply by Feb. 8, 2019, to be part of the national tour.

NYPL's Community Conversations: Dialogue-Driven Programming

New York Public Library undertook a pilot program to bring community conversations to branches around the city — with significant results.