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.
Top Three Things I Learned from PLA 2018
Jennifer Massa shares the top three lessons she learned from PLA 2018
Creating Engagement Through Questions
A simple question can be a passive program and community engagement all at once. So what should we ask?
Blogs for Programming Librarians
Is your well of programming ideas running dry? Find inspiration in some of our favorite blogs.
NILPPA Update: How Do We Learn to Run Library Programs?
Informal vs. formal, on the job vs. in the classroom — 1,200 programming librarians tell us how they learned to do their jobs.
Human Battleship
Inspired by a school gym class, this life-size version of the classic tabletop game is fun for all ages.
Fact vs. Opinion for Middle-Schoolers
Help young people distinguish fact from fiction with these information literacy resources.
What Skills Make for Good Programming?
We asked 1,200 library workers which skills they used to plan library programs. Here's what they told us.
Bullet Journaling for Everyday Organization
Bullet journaling may not be for everyone, but we can all learn from some of its basic methods.
Bookmark Design Contests
A bookmark design contest highlights students' artistic talents — and provides a nice creation to give away in the library.
NILPPA Update: The Wide and Wild World of Programming
Through the National Impact of Library Public Programs Assessment (NILPPA), ALA is quantifying the impact of library programming.
Libraries Rock: Music Therapy for All Ages
Incorporate the Collaborative Summer Library Program's rockin' theme with a music therapy program.
Breaking through the Busy: Tips for Getting the Students Who Already Do Everything
Students are busy. Here are some tips for getting the most over-extended kids into the library (or bringing the library to them).