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.
7 Steps to Community Engagement
A new report highlights the crucial steps libraries take to effective community engagement.
What Makes Library Partnerships Valuable
Library partnerships are valuable in many ways. Read about how libraries work with partners to design, plan and implement successful programs.
What Makes a Library Partnership Effective
Five factors are key to the development of strong and effective relationships between libraries and their partners.
Apply Now: Imagining Tomorrow
ALA invites grant applications for a brand-new Great Stories Club series featuring YA sci-fi titles.
How Libraries & Partners Collaborate
How can partnerships help libraries reach their programming goals?
Health, Media, and More: What Partners Help Libraries Do
Libraries pursue partnerships to create a wide range of programs. What do these partnerships focus on? Here's what 800+ libraries told us.
9 Places You Can Apply to for Program Funds
Looking to fund your library's programs? We've got you covered with nine places to start.
Reaching Teen Readers
Need some ideas for a creative teen program? Here are five unique ways to use the Great Stories Club.
Who do Libraries Serve? Defining the “Public”
In order to do public programming, libraries first need to have an idea of who “the public” they’re serving is.
A Weekly Escape Into Stories
Learn about the impact of the Great Stories Club and how to use the (free!) resources at your library.
Learning About Your Community Partnerships
Check out this overview of initial survey results on library partnerships.
Getting People Talking
What are libraries talking about? Learn about the variety of conversation topics that libraries are having with their communities.