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.
Apply Now: Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant - Libraries as a Lifeline: Building Belonging for All
The seventh annual community engagement grant will support two library projects under the concept of "Libraries as a Lifeline: Building Belonging for All.”
Apply Now: Three Libraries to Receive $2,500 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant
The Peggy Barber Tribute Grant will provide $2,500 to three libraries to support programming related to strengthening community ties through libraries as third spaces.
Bringing Home the Concept of Where We Come From: Programs on Human Migration
Experience "airplane" travel, create a family tree and hear migration stories from community members. These programs explore the question: Where do we come from?
Election 2020: Information Literacy Refresh
Donna Mignardi and Jennifer Sturge offer a refresher in information literacy as we approach the 2020 election.
Sharing Skills for Community-Centered Libraries
The Free Library of Philadelphia shares an update on Skills for Community-Centered Libraries, a community engagement curriculum.
What to Know: Latinx Engagement
Relationship-building is an evolution. Here are some ways to get started.
Virtual Book Clubs: A Learning Experience
Palos Verdes Library District moved its book clubs onto Google Hangouts. What could possibly go wrong?
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.
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.
Veggie Teens: Earth-Friendly Cooking Programs
Libraries can empower teens to be agents of change by simply teaching them how to cook.
Planning Ahead: 3 Upcoming ALA Grants
The ALA Public Programs Office announces three grant offerings coming in summer and fall 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.
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.