Planning a Cents-ational Financial Literacy Storytime
Financial educators recommend teaching basic money concepts as early as three years old. One way to achieve this in your library is by incorporating financial literacy themes into your storytimes.
Time Travel in a Trunk: Engaging Learners with Historical Artifacts
How can librarians and educators bridge the gap between the past and present? The answer lies in Historical Artifact Footlockers — a dynamic, hands-on tool that brings the thrill of historical investigation directly into the library.
Know Your People: How The Gail Borden Public Library District Turns Exhibits into Community Unity
By knowing their people, empowering staff and building strong partnerships, the Gail Borden Public Library turns every exhibit into a shared experience of learning and connection.
Free Resource Guide and Book List: Cents-sational Reads to Teach Young People About Money
This new guide helps libraries build financial education collections and offers an assortment of programming ideas to transform learning about money into memorable experiences.
Want to Know Your Community?
To truly get to know your constituents, experience their community the way they do.
Discover Your Inner Frankenstein
FrankenHeroes lets teens swap and combine parts from different toys to make their own creations.
One Year Later in Ferguson, Mo.
The director of Ferguson Public Library shares how things have changed since the shooting of Michael Brown.
Red Hook Makes: From Borrowed Van to Mobile Maker Lab
Red Hook (N.Y.) Public Library takes their programming to the people with a mobile maker lab.
Wow, Weeks of Welcome!
Academic libraries have an annual opportunity to better orient new students.
Program Evaluations: Helpful Tool or Necessary Evil?
Is your program evaluation form letting you down? Ask yourself these five questions.
Our Library’s Centennial Video Contest
Celebrate your library's centennial in a heartwarming way.
Storytime Stretching
Adding stretching and movement to storytime promotes kinetic literacy (and helps get the wiggles out).
Sweet Treat Book Club
Pair food with fiction with this book club model for teens.
Money Matters: Financial Programs
Partnering with local businesses and organizations can help make your library users money smart.
Promoting Community with Archives
These libraries are using archives and special collections to create outstanding programs, and so can you.
ALA Annual Conference Hat Trick
Librarians who wear a programming “hat” can enjoy these highlights from ALA 2015.