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Death Café at the Library: Where Strangers Meet to Discuss the End

A Death Café is a place where “people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death." And they are quite commonplace in libraries.

Our Top Picks for ALA Annual 2025 in Philly

Check out our recommended ALA Annual 2025 sessions that will spark fresh ideas and elevate your library programming game.

I Love Libraries: Real-Life Stories of Library Impact

Take action at ILoveLibraries.org and read through the following articles to inspire advocacy for our communities and libraries.

Unmasking the Joy of Reading: A School Library Twist on 'The Masked Singer’

A school librarian engaged students with a “Masked Reader” event, during which students guessed the identities of masked teachers, fostering an excitement for reading.

May 18, 2017

Route One Reads: 2017 Selections

With this "road trip" of memoirs and biographies, readers travel the East Coast without taking a step.

Things Fall Apart: When Everything Goes Wrong

Sometimes, despite our best intentions, things fall apart. Here are ways to cope at work when life gets hard.

Breakout Programs in Libraries

Much like an escape room, Breakouts promote collaboration, team-building and problem-solving skills.

May 12, 2017

Our Picks for ALA 2017

Don't miss these great sessions at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago.

Connect with Comics

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a great opportunity to join in on a national celebration of your patrons' interests!

Creating an Upcycled Jewelry Program

Make that old or broken costume jewelry new again with an upcycling program.

May 1, 2017

A 'Comic-Con' by Any Other Name

Have you gotten permission to call your comic event a "Comic-Con"? (Don't panic — it's easy.)

Apr 26, 2017

Library Loot: A Patron Rewards Program

Foster good will and engage patrons with a library reward program.

Robot Story Time: Coding for Preschoolers

Introducing Cubetto, a wooden robot that can teach young kids the basics of coding — without a screen.

Booking with a Buddy

Skokie Public Library is winning the fight against "summer slide" with its longtime buddy-reading program.

LMU Speaks

A university library created a winning storytelling program from the ground up — and so can you.

Boot Camps for Kids

Skokie Public Library offers multi-day boot camps to help kids explore topics in depth.