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.
Special Olympics Young Athletes Program Creates Environments for Inclusive Play Partner
For inclusive programming that reaches kids with and without intellectual disabilities, the Young Athletes program is a great place to start.
Princeton Public Library's Open Archive
A popular program introduces patrons to local artifacts — no display cases involved.
Have Things, Will Program
Is your library circulating sports equipment? Don't just loan out the stuff — show people how to use it.
3 Ways to Build Partnerships at Your Small Library
Short on time to create and foster partnerships? Here are three simple ways to get started.
Request Your Free Poster Exhibition
While supplies last, the Smithsonian is offering a free World War I poster exhibition to libraries.
Deepfakes: What They Are, Why They Matter
Deepfakes add a layer to our media literacy landscape. How can we help kids decipher fact from fiction?
Gardening for Kids Programs Grow Community Connections
A Free Library of Philadelphia branch hosts a kids' gardening program as part of the system's Community-Centered Libraries initiative.
Libraries Rock
Haven't heard of the craze for painting and hiding rocks? You might be living under, well … a boulder.
A Small (but Mighty) Makerspace
Griswold Public Library — a small library — wanted a makerspace. They ended up making two.
Relight Your Programming Fire
From the old faithfuls to the less obvious, here's a list of spots to hit up when you need program ideas.
Engaging Community Partners in Program Planning
A Free Library of Philadelphia librarian shares how community engagement training helped her learn to ignite lasting partner relationships.
Improving Services for New Americans
More than half of new Americans use a public library more than once a week. How can we help them thrive?