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?
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.
Talk to Us about Fundraising
Take a brief survey to help ALA Emerging Leaders learn about library fundraising efforts.
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.
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.