Articles

Johnson County Library in Overland Park, Kan., has a long history of hosting community issues and engagement events.

EDSITEment offers a collection of Black History Month resources and takes a look at the events of February 1968.

In celebration of Charles Dickens' 200th birthday, a roundup of Masterpiece’s Dickens-related resources.

Laurel County (Ken.) Public Library discusses the “Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War” program.

Author events can be perplexing, frustrating and hair-raising. They can also be a really good time.

Author Programs: How do you start? Who do you contact? What can you expect? What do they expect?

Libraries nurture freedom of speech. The “Libraries and the First Amendment” exhibit shows how.

The Project on Civic Reflection helps get reflective discussion going in order to build community.

You plan a great program, and only a handful of people show up—or no one does. What's the problem?

The act of planning programs is a big job. Asking people what they want is an important first step.

EDSITEment remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and explores President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

EDSITEment looks at December celebrations and Emanuel Leutze’s depiction of George Washington’s December crossing of the Delaware.