The Secret to Successful Program Promotion? Data.
Picture this: You work hard to plan an awesome program, but nobody shows up. You feel totally defeated, and you aren't sure what you could've done differently. The secret to success? Data.
Getting Started with Program Evaluation
Real, meaningful evaluation isn’t just a survey you tack on at the end of a program. It’s an integral piece of your planning process, right from the start. Once you learn to recognize the elements of evaluation and use them with intentionality, you’ll be able to continually grow the impact of your programs and your ability to tell their story.
Engagement and Advocacy Start with Community Mapping
Taking time to understand who you know — and who you don’t know — is a great way to begin your journey toward being a community-informed programming librarian.
New Landscape Report on the Current State of Library Programs for Older Adults
ALA has released a new landscape report to better understand the current state of library programming for older adults.
Resources to Support OER Programming in Your Library
From animal photos to open textbooks, these links will help you find open educational resources for your students or patrons.
Advertising, Marketing & Making Connections
Big programs call for big marketing. Here's how one library promoted a huge series for older adults.
Small-Town Library, Big-Time Author
How did tiny Meservey Public Library get a free visit from a bestselling author? Two words: they asked.
Small Library, Big Community: Soup and Sound
Slater Public Library is small, but they have all the space they need for this community-building dinner program.
Get a Jump on Spring: Gardening Programs
With spring on the horizon, February is prime time for gardening programs in libraries.
The Leaders We Have Been Waiting For
The Free Library of Philadelphia is fostering relationships with the community through staff training and community organizers.
Talk to Us about Fundraising
Take a brief survey to help ALA Emerging Leaders learn about library fundraising efforts.
Spring into Break at Your Library
Chances are, you'll have a crowd of kids at your library for spring break. Are you ready for them?
Learning from Program Flops
Massive program failure? We've all been there. Don't dwell on your mistakes — learn from them.
APPLY NOW: 2019 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award
School libraries are invited to apply for a $5,000 award recognizing outstanding programming in kindergarten through eighth grade.
100 Days/100 Books
To celebrate the 100th day of school, students make a fun activity out of reading 100 books in one hour.
Libraries and Nonprofits: Making the Case
Develop high-impact health and wellness programming in your library by finding and working with nonprofits.