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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.

Our Top Picks for ALA Annual 2025 in Philly

Check out our recommended ALA Annual 2025 sessions that will spark fresh ideas and elevate your library programming game.

I Love Libraries: Real-Life Stories of Library Impact

Take action at ILoveLibraries.org and read through the following articles to inspire advocacy for our communities and libraries.

Unmasking the Joy of Reading: A School Library Twist on 'The Masked Singer’

A school librarian engaged students with a “Masked Reader” event, during which students guessed the identities of masked teachers, fostering an excitement for reading.

Hooray for Bollywood

Programming that draws upon part of your library collection can actually be fun, Dana Vinke proves.

Aug 25, 2015

Columbus Public Library Gets Benched

Artists in a Wisconsin town partner with the library as part of an effort to unite residents and the city.

Kinetic Literacy

Discover the importance of kinetic literacy and why it is an essential component of library programming.

Aug 17, 2015

Busy Books: Utilizing the Power of Crowdfunding

An Ohio library is harnessing the power of Kickstarter to fund an early literacy project.

Aug 14, 2015

Small Libraries; Big Difference

A "solo librarian" explains what it's like to be in charge of everything.

Aug 12, 2015

Want to Know Your Community?

To truly get to know your constituents, experience their community the way they do.

Discover Your Inner Frankenstein

FrankenHeroes lets teens swap and combine parts from different toys to make their own creations.

Aug 6, 2015

One Year Later in Ferguson, Mo.

The director of Ferguson Public Library shares how things have changed since the shooting of Michael Brown.

Aug 6, 2015

Red Hook Makes: From Borrowed Van to Mobile Maker Lab

Red Hook (N.Y.) Public Library takes their programming to the people with a mobile maker lab.

Wow, Weeks of Welcome!

Academic libraries have an annual opportunity to better orient new students.

Program Evaluations: Helpful Tool or Necessary Evil?

Is your program evaluation form letting you down? Ask yourself these five questions.

Our Library’s Centennial Video Contest

Celebrate your library's centennial in a heartwarming way.