Get Your Library In On the Eclipse Action
Public libraries have a tremendous opportunity to supplement STEM programming with the event — before and after.
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Library Spells Success with Sip & Spell Event
How do you attract more readers to your library? Let them show off their dictionary know-how in a head-to-head spelling competition!
Build a Better World: Collaborative Summer Reading Program 2017
It’s that time of year again when our nation’s youth flock to their local public libraries to participate in this year’s summer reading program.
Will There Be Another Summer of Pokémon GO?
While the number of Pokémon GO players has declined considerably, there are signs that your library may need to prepare for a summer flare up of Pokémon Fever!
Library Lock-ins for Adults
It’s a Friday night and library staff are planning to be awake for the next twelve hours, plus the time it takes for them to drive home and fall exhausted into bed. It’s another lock-in, but this time the youngest attendees are 18. It’s an adult lock-in, and just like when they were in high school, there is no expectation of sleep. Squeezed in around jobs and school, new adults make time to gather with their friends at the library and be kids again.
A “Purrfect” Literacy Program
Looking for a creative way to encourage children’s literacy at your library? Reach out to a local humane society or shelter and develop a program for kids to read to cats. Reading is no longer just for the birds; it’s for the enrichment of both cat and child as well!
Promoting a Lifelong Love of Reading: PL Talks With Jenny Adams Perinovic
Jenny Adams Perinovic is taking public library outreach services to another level at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Trend Alert: Stuffed Animal Sleepovers
Stuffed animal sleepovers provide the perfect mix of early literacy and fun.
Promoting Health and Fitness Literacy at the Library
Sonoma County Libraries offers fitness and healthy cooking classes in its Healthy Living at your Library series as a way to promote health and fitness literacy. This is a growing trend to look out for!
Libraries Branching Out
Public libraries have become community centers with a lot of services to offer. Whether big or small, they help customers satisfy everyday needs and interests. This article describes some services of the Cuyahoga (Ohio) County Public Library that are beyond the usual library operations.
From Come-Do to How-To
MakerSpace. CreateSpace. Incubator. All are the latest buzzwords in our profession, in our journals, at our conventions, and in our blogs. They stimulate us to transform our traditional library space into one where we invite our community to come to the library to experience invention, innovation, collaboration, and creative problem solving.
Kitchens in Libraries
Two brand new libraries in the Province of Barcelona have a space with a kitchen and cooking equipment. The library directors explained why cooking programs for children and adults are very successful.
Simple Steps to Starting a Seed Library
The MVPL Seed Library launched in April 2013 with a plant exchange. Patrons were invited to bring culls, clippings, and spare seedlings to trade with their neighbors. A blurb on the flyer let people know that we were also accepting donations for our new seed library. Over the course of three hours on a Saturday, more than 120 patrons exchanged over 400 plants, and we received enough seeds to start our library.
New Year, New Library!
Have you drawn up New Year’s resolutions for your library? Take a look at this list of library resolutions designed to create more community-centered libraries and librarians. What’s your library resolving to do this year? Tell us in the comments.
Calling Kids to the Library Lunch Table
We’ve always known that food brings people together, but we didn’t know that Lunch at the Library would build such a strong bond with our community. And, it’s only been a few weeks since our library began this exciting new program.
