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Death Café at the Library: Where Strangers Meet to Discuss the End

A Death Café is a place where “people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death." And they are quite commonplace in libraries.

Our Top Picks for ALA Annual 2025 in Philly

Check out our recommended ALA Annual 2025 sessions that will spark fresh ideas and elevate your library programming game.

I Love Libraries: Real-Life Stories of Library Impact

Take action at ILoveLibraries.org and read through the following articles to inspire advocacy for our communities and libraries.

Unmasking the Joy of Reading: A School Library Twist on 'The Masked Singer’

A school librarian engaged students with a “Masked Reader” event, during which students guessed the identities of masked teachers, fostering an excitement for reading.

May 19, 2020

Fighting 'COVID Slide': STEM Activities for Kids

With kids learning from home, now is the perfect time to venture into STEM programming.

What Now?! Thoughts on Re-opening

Libraries are starting to re-open. Are you ready? Not even a little bit, says library director Chelsea Price.

May 12, 2020

Libraries Respond: COVID-19 Survey

The Libraries Respond: COVID-19 Survey is seeking input from all library types to understand the current impacts the COVID-19.

May 6, 2020

Veggie Teens: Earth-Friendly Cooking Programs

Libraries can empower teens to be agents of change by simply teaching them how to cook.

May 6, 2020

Planning Ahead: 3 Upcoming ALA Grants

The ALA Public Programs Office announces three grant offerings coming in summer and fall 2020.

May 4, 2020

APPLY NOW: Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award

The deadline for ALA's 2020 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award has been extended to July 15.

May 4, 2020

Phone Programming in a Pandemic

To combat the digital divide, libraries and humanities councils are turning to the old-fashioned phone.

Distance Librarian-ing: the New School Library Normal

Donna Mignardi and Jennifer Sturge share what they've learned about school library programming in a pandemic.

Distanced, but Connected

With most libraries closed and patrons stuck at home, it may take new strategies to reach your patrons.

Tried-and-True Online Tools for School Library Programming

How can we utilize the online tools we might already know how to use for programming during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Multi-Sectoral Coalitions for Health: Bringing Public Libraries to the Table

Noah Lenstra explores multi-sectoral coalitions and how libraries can play an important part in the health of their communities.

Apr 21, 2020

7 Ways to Celebrate Nature while Social Distancing

COVID-19 has thrown a wrench into springtime plans, but you can still help your patrons commemorate Earth Day safely.