Know Your People: How The Gail Borden Public Library District Turns Exhibits into Community Unity
By knowing their people, empowering staff and building strong partnerships, the Gail Borden Public Library turns every exhibit into a shared experience of learning and connection.
Free Resource Guide and Book List: Cents-sational Reads to Teach Young People About Money
This new guide helps libraries build financial education collections and offers an assortment of programming ideas to transform learning about money into memorable experiences.
Apply Now: Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant - Libraries as a Lifeline: Building Belonging for All
The seventh annual community engagement grant will support two library projects under the concept of "Libraries as a Lifeline: Building Belonging for All.”
Apply Now: Three Libraries to Receive $2,500 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant
The Peggy Barber Tribute Grant will provide $2,500 to three libraries to support programming related to strengthening community ties through libraries as third spaces.
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.
New for July at EDSITEment
EDSITEment celebrates American leisure and remembers the Battle of Bull Run on its 150th anniversary.
New for June at EDSITEment
EDSITEment offers new and refreshed features and lessons as well as links to useful NEH-funded websites.
A Crash Course in Program Marketing
Go beyond the press release with this marketing checklist.
Q&A with Curator Dr. Steve Frank
Frank, chief interpretive officer at the National Constitution Center, worked to develop an ALA traveling exhibition.
Create Your Own Space Exhibitions
NASA Astrobiology Institute offers a collection of high-resolution images to celebrate NASA’s Year of the Solar System.
New for May at EDSITEment
EDSITEment celebrates Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, the Mexican Revolution, and the Freedom Riders.
Programming on a Shoestring
How was a rural Michigan library able to host best-selling author Elizabeth Berg on a small budget?
Programs Your Community Wants
Does your public library actively seek to create programs that reflect the local community’s interests?
New for April at EDSITEment
EDSITEment assembled new multimedia resources for readers and students to experience some of America’s most celebrated poets.
Connecting Zoos, Libraries and Poetry
Visitors to five zoos around the country are experiencing the benefits of a unique partnership.