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  • Social Library, Health & Wellness Edition

    Providing a community with access to health and wellness information and programming is an critical role served by many public libraries. In this edition of the Social Library, all of the highlighted events relate to this important need. And yes, we ...

  • Social Library, Volume 131

    We've been collecting examples to include in our Social Library series for over four years, and we're still finding fresh ideas and inspiring engagement from libraries we follow on Facebook. In this week's edition, we're highlighting a prom closet, a...

  • Social Library, Volume 130

    This edition of our Social Library series features five examples of library events and engagement on Facebook, including family fitness, Transgender Day of Visibility, Girls of the Crescent, mobile office hours with a state senator, and a Tiebrary! I...

  • Social Library, Volume 129

    This edition of the Social Library series represents the variety of ways libraries are engaging with patrons of all ages, from a literary scavenger hunt to DIY wearable steampunk art, and from a circulating blood pressure monitor to a seasonal job fa...

  • Social Library, Volume 128

    We continue our Social Library series with examples of community engagement from libraries we follow on Facebook. This edition highlights how libraries connect with readers, writers, and museum goers, and how they tap into community interest around b...

  • Social Library, Volume 127

    Our Social Library series continues, providing quick inspiration from five libraries we follow on Facebook. From food and scarf drives, helping those in need, to a 3D printed doll and a craft supply swap, learn how libraries are hosting opportunities...

  • Social Library, Volume 126

    Up next in our Social Library series, we're shining a spotlight on five libraries who are using Facebook in innovative and engaging ways, to tell their library and community stories. This edition includes not-so-quiet library learning, Janis Joplin, ...

  • Social Library, Volume 125

    Welcome to a new edition of our Social Library series, where we highlight innovative ways libraries are using Facebook to connect with communities. This eclectic batch of examples include a service puppy, a mock Caldecott contest, a year-long partner...

  • Social Library, Volume 124

    In this latest Social Library edition, we're highlighting five more innovative programs from libraries we follow on Facebook. From a Noon Year celebration to a blood pressure monitoring station, and from a bar book club to a women veteran's tea, thes...

  • Social Library, Holiday Edition

    In this special Holiday Edition of our Social Library series, we're highlighting programming and marketing examples from libraries we follow on Facebook. From a 12 Days of Library Giveaways contest to an Ugly Sweater Craft Night, and from Holiday Pet...