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.
New for July at EDSITEment
Don’t let the summer fly by without picking up a book from NEH’s Summertime Favorites.
Collaboration @ Your School Library
How does a middle school librarian responsible for many critical tasks still find time to offer valuable library programming to students?
Hosting a Traveling Exhibition: Tricks and Tips
Ohio State University's Betsy Blankenship shares suggestions for successfully hosting a traveling exhibition.
Kentucky Kids Get Ekphrastic
You may not know what “ekphrastic” means, but these kids from west Kentucky could tell you.
Discussing Anne Frank
Explore these PBS resources for programming about "The Diary of Anne Frank."
New for April at EDSITEment
In honor of National Poetry month, EDSITEment is celebrating world poetry.
Using Programming Librarian in LIS Courses
Mary Stansbury shares how Programming Librarian can give students a competitive edge.
Q&A with the Curator of John Adams Unbound
An ALA exhibition curator discusses one of America's Founding Fathers.
New for March at EDSITEment
EDSITEment puts the spotlight on Women’s History Month to provide an opportunity for students to learn about women's achievements.
Using Images in Programming Materials
Today, everyone can be a novice graphic artist. Some may pause and wonder, “Is this a copyright problem?”
Sources for Inspiration
We all need some inspiration sometimes. Here are some places to start.
National Inventors Month
May is National Inventors Month, a national celebration of invention and creativity.