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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.

Reading for Fun on Campus

Young adults ages 18 to 29 read more than any other age group. But can we get them to read for fun?

Historically Speaking

Local history is programming gold. You just need to know where to look.

Jan 6, 2016

Top Picks for Midwinter 2016

Attending the Midwinter Meeting in Boston? Check out these programming-related sessions and meetings.

New Years Budget Resolutions

New Year's is a time of tightening budgets. Luckily, it's also a time of new habits.

I Want to Teach Yoga but Don't Know Where to Start

Blogger Jenn Carson shares how to remain calm and confident while teaching patrons the downward-facing dog.

New Year's-Inspired Crafts for Teens

Check out these gold, glitzy and cold-weather craft ideas compiled by blogger Kimberli Buckley.

Hour of Code

Join the global computer science movement by offering self-guided, hour-long coding tutorials at your library.

Access Entertainment introduces patrons to free digital content

At the Mid-Continent Public Library, staff members help patrons make sense of their devices and the vast world of free content.

Dec 17, 2015

Library Offers Safe Space for LGBT Event

When an elementary school was threatened with a lawsuit and had to cancel a book reading, the public library opened its doors.

Programs for Ex-Offenders

While the library welcomes ex-offenders, they can be a difficult population to target. Here are three ways to market and tailor your programs to this less-visible group.

Rural Roots: Holiday Tradition

Larry Grieco's take on a well-known Christmas poem has become part of his small town's holiday traditions.

Pizza and Positivity

University of Dayton Libraries has the formula for a great finals week: free pizza for students, nostalgia for alumni, and warm fuzzies for everyone.