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.
APPLY: NEH Common Heritage Grants
Digitize your community's artifacts with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Turning Outward to Fight Violence
Springfield City Library's anti-violence programming evolved when the library started listening.
Why Program?
What motivates and inspires us to program? For Dana Vinke, it started with “Hey you, do a program for Asian Pacific Heritage Month.”
Spring Teen Programming Ideas
Looking for ideas for tween or teen library programs? Teen programming librarian Kimberli Buckley offers some tips and ideas to get started.
Rural Roots: Poetry Readings Made Simple
Poetry readings can be as simple as you want to make them, but often are more complex than they need to be.
Jewish American Heritage Month
Celebrate the important contributions Jewish Americans have made in history during the month of May.
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
This May, pay tribute to the Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America’s history.
Library Partnerships for Community Festivals
Library participation in community festivals can mean new partnerships, free publicity, reaching a new audience, and a maybe even a suntan.
Share Your Feedback
The American Library Association explores the growing area of library programming and how events reach library users.
Creative Aging in Public Libraries
“Creative Aging in America’s Libraries” responds to the changing needs and interests of today’s older adults.
Get Beyond Deadlock
The “Naming and Framing Public Issues” webinar series aims to help librarians approach challenging public issues in their communities.
National Women's History Month
In recognition of Women’s History Month, a list of programming resources has been compiled to help celebrate.