Planning a Cents-ational Financial Literacy Storytime
Financial educators recommend teaching basic money concepts as early as three years old. One way to achieve this in your library is by incorporating financial literacy themes into your storytimes.
Time Travel in a Trunk: Engaging Learners with Historical Artifacts
How can librarians and educators bridge the gap between the past and present? The answer lies in Historical Artifact Footlockers — a dynamic, hands-on tool that brings the thrill of historical investigation directly into the library.
Know Your People: How The Gail Borden Public Library District Turns Exhibits into Community Unity
By knowing their people, empowering staff and building strong partnerships, the Gail Borden Public Library turns every exhibit into a shared experience of learning and connection.
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: Jaffarian School Library Award
K-8 school libraries that held humanities programming in 2015-16 could win $5,000.
An Interview with the Magpie Librarian
Blogger Ingrid Abrams shares how she takes on sensitive social issues with her bold library displays.
Planning Ahead: How Our Summer Programs Come to Life
Ever wonder how other library systems line up their programs? At Mid-Continent Public Library, winter is planning time for warmer days.
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.
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.
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.