
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.
Copyright Tips: Storytimes
Is storytelling an infringement of copyright?
New for November at EDSITEment
EDSITEment looks at the Civil War, with lessons on Winslow Homer and Abraham Lincoln.
Incubate Art at Your Library
Looking for ideas for arts-based programming or wondering how your library can better support the arts and artists in your community?
New for October at EDSITEment
EDSITEment offers lesson plans for American history–related film resources, with topics including Prohibition and post-Columbus America.
Whoopi, Penguins Join Banned Books Read-Out
Banned Books Week celebrates its 30th anniversary with a virtual read-out of banned and challenged books.
See Picturing America on Screen
Picturing America on Screen is the new video online and on-air companion to the Picturing America initiative.
New for September at EDSITEment
EDSITEment remembers 9/11 and celebrates Constitution Day and National Hispanic Heritage Month.
Film Programming That's Off the Wall
Anyone following Roger Ebert on Twitter can attest to his consumption of books, blogs, and newspaper articles.
Free Moon Viewing Kit
The Lunar and Planetary Institute invites public and school libraries to apply for a free moon viewing kit.
New for August at EDSITEment
EDSITEment helps you get ready to go back to school and offers American Art Appreciation Month resources.
One Book, One Community Programs
The Chicago Public Library celebrates the 10th anniversary of One Book, One Chicago.
Cooking Programs for Teens
There is no question that free food brings teenagers to library programs.