
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.

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.
The Best Minecraft Mini-Games (According to Middle Schoolers)
Blogger Veronica Stork recommends three Minecraft mini-games to play with your patrons.
ALA Programming Award
Nominate your library to receive a $5,000 award for excelling in programming.
Libraries Mean Business
Mid-Continent Public Library is making entrepreneurs their business by offering programs that provide information and skills they need to be successful.
5 Coolest Board Games to Play with Tweens
Looking for new board games to play with your tween and teen patrons? Look no further. Blogger Veronica Stork recommends five games sure to capture their interest.
A Moving Promotion
Torrance Public Library turned its bleak white Econoline van into a promotional powerhouse.
Rural Roots: Social Media
Despite finding social media "puerile and repulsive," blogger Larry Grieco has finally jumped on the bandwagon.
Keep Calm and Take a Spa Day
Sit back and relax with these DIY spa ideas for your teens and tweens.
Boooooks and Eeks-hibits
Celebrate Halloween while promoting services, collections and staff with these clever ideas.
Run with It
Start a walking or running club at your library using these helpful tips from blogger Jenn Carson.
Books, Buds and Bars: Programs for Adult Readers
This September, libraries are celebrating back-to-school with book programs for kids and teens. What activities can best reach our adult readers?
Getting Started with the Harwood Approach
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Public Library shares tips for getting acquainted with the "turning outward" approach.
'Native Voices' Exhibition
Apply to host a traveling exhibition exploring Native Peoples' concepts of health and illness.