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Celebrate 150 Years of ALA: Our Top Picks for ALA Annual 2026

ALA Annual returns to Chicago to celebrate a milestone and shape the future of libraries. Are you going? See our top program picks.

Beyond the Red Carpet: How Local "Celebrities" Revitalized a Literacy Classic in Bienville Parish

For National Library Week, Bienville Parish Library celebrated everyday community members by making them the stars of their own READ™ poster.

Upping Your Game: Best Practices of Expert Programming Librarians

What does excellence in library programming look like? Find how-to articles summarizing best practices of seasoned programming librarians.

Getting Started with Program Evaluation

Real, meaningful evaluation isn’t just a survey you tack on at the end of a program. It’s an integral piece of your planning process, right from the start. Once you learn to recognize the elements of evaluation and use them with intentionality, you’ll be able to continually grow the impact of your programs and your ability to tell their story.

Apr 6, 2011

Connecting Zoos, Libraries and Poetry

Visitors to five zoos around the country are experiencing the benefits of a unique partnership.

Mar 3, 2011

New for March at EDSITEment

March capers in like a lamb this year, along with a number of resources from the EDSITEment program at National Endowment for the Humanities.

Mar 1, 2011

Programming with Grants for the Academic Library

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library is a unique facility shared by the San Jose Public Library and San Jose State University.

Feb 8, 2011

New for February at EDSITEment

EDSITEment in celebrating the Chinese New Year, recognizing Black History Month and exploring the Salem Witch Trials.

Feb 1, 2011

Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation

Civil War Sesquicentennial is an opportunity to engage the public in meaningful dialog on a seismic period in our nation’s history.

Jan 18, 2011

New for January at EDSITEment

EDSITEment celebrates the life of Martin Luther King Jr., takes a look at devotion in Medieval Europe and explores Middle Eastern culture.

Jan 11, 2011

Grant Application Tips

Read these tips to make your grant application competitive:

Jan 6, 2011

Financial Planning @ your library

According to a recent poll, saving money is the third most popular New Year’s resolution. Libraries are trying to make this goal easier to reach.

Jan 5, 2011

Partnering to Serve Immigrants and ESL Learners

King County in Washington State hosts 23,338 English language learners and immigrants in a series of program offerings.

Dec 2, 2010

New for December at EDSITEment

EDSITEment celebrates holiday traditions, takes another look at C.S. Lewis’s famous wardrobe and relives Pearl Harbor.

Nov 30, 2010

Making a Difference Together

Working together allows us to go beyond simply doing “more with less” to doing “more with more.”

Nov 16, 2010

Good Question: Requiring Registration

How can we explain registering for programs in a way that encourages rather than discourages?