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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.

New for January at EDSITEment

EDSITEment looks at two American presidents and three giants of American literature: Herman Melville, John Steinbeck and Mark Twain.

New for December at EDSITEment

EDSITEment looks back at Pearl Harbor, celebrates Mexican holiday traditions, and peeks into the life of Emily Dickinson.

 

New for November at EDSITEment

EDSITEment provides a teacher’s companion to the PBS film "The Dust Bowl" and looks at Steinbeck’s "Grapes of Wrath."

New for October at EDSITEment

EDSITEment explores Steinbeck, looks at what motivated Columbus’s travels, and remembers the Cuban Missile Crisis.

 

Multicultural Literacy in Libraries

Multicultural literacy is a celebration of culture, identity, color and community that engages all aspects of learning and growth.