Springfield City Library Helps Voters Get Reader. Voter. Ready.
As midterms approach, your library can help community members stay informed and prepared to participate in elections while also supporting year-round civic participation.
Beyond Recycling: How Libraries Are Rethinking Sustainability
As climate change becomes more visible in daily life, libraries can build sustainability into everyday decisions, from disaster preparedness to partnerships.
Apply Now: A Year of STEM
Apply by October 28 for a chance to receive 12 months of curated STEM programming to foster curiosity and STEM-mindedness in early childhood learners.
Curious Kids Club: Full STEAM Ahead!
This library transformed a traditional summer reading program into the Curious Kids Club, a six-week, hands-on summer program with a science-camp feel that combined literacy with STEAM.
Digitization Events and Library Partnerships
Learn how your library can partner with area businesses to help patrons digitize, organize and share family photographs.
Summer Reading at a Small Tribal Library
How does a small tribe support children's literacy when patrons live far away and the library is out of shelf space?
Hosting a Long Night Against Procrastination
A late-night academic library program give students everything they need to plow through finals week.
IMLS Funds $500,000 ALA Research Project
Through NILPPA, ALA will study the characteristics, audiences, outcomes and value of U.S. library public programming.
Board Game Night: A Beginner's Guide
Get gaming! Learn how to develop and host a successful board game night for any and all ages.
ALA, Harwood Institute Announce 2017 Public Innovators Lab for Libraries
The fifth annual training will teach libraries of all types to lead community change.
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.
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.