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Creating Community Conversation public engagement partners developed tools to help organize community conversations about mental health.

Joyce Garczynski from Albert S. Cook Library shares the results of her first foray into library program assessment.

American Library Association President, Barbara Stripling, unveiled the “Declaration for the Right to Libraries” at Nashville Public Library.

EDSITEment looks at poet Carl Sandburg; the National History Day program; and the unsung heroines in the fight for women’ equality.

What is a system to do when faced with the task of filling a community need with a skeleton staff and invisible budget?

EDSITEment examines General George Patton’s “Speech to the Third Army” and rounds up Fourth of July resources.

EDSITEment celebrates Asian-Pacific and Jewish-American Heritage months; rereads "The Great Gatsby"; and shares two great humanities websites.

Hoover Public Library partnered with their Chamber of Commerce to develop a program series on how to start a business in the local community.

EDSITEment celebrates National Poetry Month by looking at Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost and "The Canterbury Tales."

Passive programming engages teens in the library without requiring much, making it an ideal solution for when staff is spread too thin. 

The Portland State Library shares details about the library’s Muslim Journeys programming.

The Academy of American Poets shares some simple ways to celebrate National Poetry Month.