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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.

Designing with Respect in Public Spaces

University of Michigan’s library assembled a digital gallery that encourages artistic expression while maintaining a welcoming atmosphere.

Use Videos to Advocate for Libraries

The “Libraries Matter” video series showcases how libraries utilize federal funding to provide valuable services for their communities.

Hosting Public Policy Discussion

The Choices Program seeks to engage communities in public policy discussions that lead to informed decision making.