
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.
New for May at EDSITEment
EDSITEment celebrates Asian-Pacific and Jewish-American Heritage months; rereads "The Great Gatsby"; and shares two great humanities websites.
Start a "Start Your Own Business" Program
Hoover Public Library partnered with their Chamber of Commerce to develop a program series on how to start a business in the local community.
New for April at EDSITEment
EDSITEment celebrates National Poetry Month by looking at Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost and "The Canterbury Tales."
Reaching Teens through Passive Programming
Passive programming engages teens in the library without requiring much, making it an ideal solution for when staff is spread too thin.
Muslim Journeys at Portland State University
The Portland State Library shares details about the library’s Muslim Journeys programming.
Celebrate National Poetry Month!
The Academy of American Poets shares some simple ways to celebrate National Poetry Month.
New for March at EDSITEment
EDSITEment looks at Willa Cather, celebrates American women in wartime, and chronicles American history through newspaper archives.
Summer Reading Program Website Launched
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) launches the 2013 Teen Summer Reading Programs website.
Q&A with Chris Vallillo
Musician and folklorist, Vallillo, discusses “Abraham Lincoln in Song,” a show that weaves together history and folk songs.
New for February at EDSITEment
EDSITEment celebrates African American history, looks back at two presidents, and welcomes the Year of the Snake.
Making Old Programs Look Like New
How can you attract new faces to your regularly scheduled programs? It is all about the packaging.
New for January at EDSITEment
EDSITEment looks at two American presidents and three giants of American literature: Herman Melville, John Steinbeck and Mark Twain.