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7 Tips to Bring Sustainability into Your Library Programming

Don't know where to start with sustainability programs? Here are 7 tips that will be helpful on your sustainability programming journey.

Where the Tweens Are: Financial Literacy and a Summer Morning at a Rural Library

If your library struggles with tween engagement, you’re not alone. Perry County District Library proves that tween engagement is possible and totally enriching.

Making Dementia-Friendly Libraries

How libraries can incorporate dementia-friendly principles into their spaces, their collections and their interactions with patrons.

Setting Up a Memory Café at Your Library: A How-to Guide

By creating a space for people with dementia and their loved ones to relax and enjoy the company of others, Memory Cafés can reduce feelings of isolation.

Tiny Library, Big Carnival

A small budget didn’t stop Meservey Public Library from starting a huge, community-wide annual event.

Apr 25, 2019

2019 Public Innovators Lab for Libraries

Learn to lead positive change in your community at this workshop with ALA and The Harwood Institute.

Health and Wellness: Worthy of Full-Time Programming

Through a full-time youth health and program coordinator position, a Texas library is infusing wellness into all of its programming.

Amazing Race Scavenger Hunt

Based on the TV show, Corning Public Library's Amazing Race led adults on a county-wide hunt for clues.

Community Conversations: Dialogue about Health

A New York Public Library branch hosted a series of health-related conversations, with scientists present to clarify the facts.

Apr 18, 2019

6 Places to Look for Program Inspiration

It’s not easy to keep library programming fresh, but these tips can help you find inspiration.

Apr 16, 2019

Call for Contributors: Community Engagement Book

The ALA Public Programs Office is seeking contributing authors for a book about community engagement in libraries.

6 Ways to Get More Library Funding

Throughout her years as director of a tiny library, Chelsea Price has picked up a few fundraising tricks.

Apr 11, 2019

100 Years of Women's Voting Rights

August 2020 marks the 100-year anniversary of the woman’s suffrage movement. Is your library celebrating?

Diverse Books Programs for Students

Inspired by the Read Woke movement, Calvert County Public Schools started a diverse books challenge.

The Free Library of Philadelphia built bridges with the community through a collection of rare Islamic texts.

On Location: Risks and Rewards of Taking Your Programs Outside

It can be tough to attract an audience to library programs held outside the library, but Palos Verdes Library District found the sweet spot.