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Catch up on the latest in library programming news.

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.

Community Conversations

Learning about the community's rich history provides a springboard to community engagement at a Manhattan library branch.

Resources to Support OER Programming in Your Library

From animal photos to open textbooks, these links will help you find open educational resources for your students or patrons.

Advertising, Marketing & Making Connections

Big programs call for big marketing. Here's how one library promoted a huge series for older adults.

Small-Town Library, Big-Time Author

How did tiny Meservey Public Library get a free visit from a bestselling author? Two words: they asked.

Small Library, Big Community: Soup and Sound

Slater Public Library is small, but they have all the space they need for this community-building dinner program.

Get a Jump on Spring: Gardening Programs

With spring on the horizon, February is prime time for gardening programs in libraries.

The Leaders We Have Been Waiting For

The Free Library of Philadelphia is fostering relationships with the community through staff training and community organizers.

Feb 8, 2019

Talk to Us about Fundraising

Take a brief survey to help ALA Emerging Leaders learn about library fundraising efforts.

Feb 8, 2019

Spring into Break at Your Library

Chances are, you'll have a crowd of kids at your library for spring break. Are you ready for them?

Learning from Program Flops

Massive program failure? We've all been there. Don't dwell on your mistakes — learn from them.

Feb 4, 2019

APPLY NOW: 2019 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award

School libraries are invited to apply for a $5,000 award recognizing outstanding programming in kindergarten through eighth grade.

100 Days/100 Books

To celebrate the 100th day of school, students make a fun activity out of reading 100 books in one hour.