Curious Kids Club: Full STEAM Ahead!
This library transformed a traditional summer reading program into the Curious Kids Club, a six-week, hands-on summer program with a science-camp feel that combined literacy with STEAM.
Stitched Stories: Where Quilting, Literacy, and Elders Meet
In the African American tradition, quilting is both practice and philosophy. Stitched Stories was built to put that inheritance directly into young people’s hands, pairing books with needle and thread.
Libraries as the Connective Tissue in Addressing the Digital Divide
Through ALA's Community Connect initiative, libraries in small towns have enhanced internet access for underserved populations, opening doors for patrons and increasing the visibility of libraries as key hubs in their communities.
Q&A: 3 Expert Librarians Share Their Summer Reading Décor Secrets
We asked three librarians with decades of combined experience planning large-scale summer reading décor to share their advice and go-to materials.
Creative Aging Programs Engage and Inspire
After a lifetime of working or raising a family, older adults are looking to have fun. The library is one place they can have some.
New for October at EDSITEment
EDSITEment explores Galileo’s universe and discusses the how the New and Old Worlds collided in America.
Best Resource for Promotion is Library Staff
Beauregard Parish Public Library modified their promotion strategy to integrate the critical role staff play in marketing programs.
Supporting Community Civic Engagement
Convey, a civic engagement initiative at King County Library System, offers productive community conversations on local issues.
New for September at EDSITEment
EDSITEment celebrates Constitution Day, Civic Awareness Month and National Hispanic Heritage Month.
New for August at EDSITEment
EDSITEment goes back to school with lesson plans on just about every subject, looks at the American Dream and celebrates women’s rights.
National Conversation About Mental Health
Creating Community Conversation public engagement partners developed tools to help organize community conversations about mental health.
Adventures in Program Assessment
Joyce Garczynski from Albert S. Cook Library shares the results of her first foray into library program assessment.
Declaration for the Right to Libraries
American Library Association President, Barbara Stripling, unveiled the “Declaration for the Right to Libraries” at Nashville Public Library.
New for July at EDSITEment
EDSITEment looks at poet Carl Sandburg; the National History Day program; and the unsung heroines in the fight for women’ equality.
Creating Successful Tween Programming
What is a system to do when faced with the task of filling a community need with a skeleton staff and invisible budget?
New for June at EDSITEment
EDSITEment examines General George Patton’s “Speech to the Third Army” and rounds up Fourth of July resources.