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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.

May 10, 2016

7 Adventurous Summer Programs

Kick off summer at your library with unique programs that think "outside the book."

Hosting Children's Programs with Grace

Veteran children's librarians share their tips and tricks for handling a room full of excitable kids.

Apr 28, 2016

When Library Student Workers Take Over Instagram

Loyola Marymount University's library invited student workers to take over their Instagram account throughout the semester.

Apr 26, 2016

Creative Aging in America’s Libraries: The Halftime Report

Lifetime Arts is halfway through a national project to help libraries better serve older adults with the creative arts.

Apr 19, 2016

Preservation Week 2016

Connect with your community through events that demonstrate how to preserve our personal and shared collections.

Giving Food for Fines

Blogger Katy Kelly shares tips and tricks for conducting a successful Food for Fines program.

Genealogy Programs for Patrons

Help your patrons carry their genealogical journeys beyond Ancestry.com with these four tips.

Tactile Tactics for Learning History

The LP Fisher Public Library's Meet the Loyalist program promotes physical literacy through historical reenactment and discovery.

Earth Day & Beyond

Blogger Kimberli Buckley shares ideas on how you can celebrate Earth Day all year round.

Apr 13, 2016

Homeschoolers at the Library

The number of homeschooling families is on the rise. Is your library meeting their needs?

The Skin You Live In

Preschoolers celebrate the ways they're both alike and unique with a story and self-portrait craft.

More Than a Week: Money Smart Month

Blogger Sara Peterson-Davis shares how her library turns Money Smart Week into a full month of programming.