Programming
Your library's programming brings to your community, rich opportunities for learning, entertainment, and building connections across all age groups. Find resources, templates and successful strategies for planning, marketing, implementing and evaluating your programming efforts.
Self-paced courses and webinar recordings on this topic are freely available in the WebJunction Course Catalog.
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October 22, One Step at a Time: How Libraries Can Promote Healthy, Thriving, and Livable Communities
Publish Date: News / 22 October 2020
This webinar will highlight the multiple benefits of walking and walkable communities and how libraries can help lead community efforts.
Take a StoryWalk Through Downtown with the Library
Publish Date: News / 11 August 2020
The StoryWalk® ranks among the most ingenious ideas of the last 20 years. From humble origins in Montpelier, Vermont, this idea has spread throughout libraries across North America, and beyond. And in recent years, and especially with libraries close...
Whose Turn Is It, Anyway? Online Board Gaming and Libraries
Publish Date: Webinar / 28 July 2020
This webinar will explore platforms for online board gaming, how to moderate meetups, and facilitate discussions among participants.
Getting Started with Virtual Storytimes
Publish Date: Webinar / 16 June 2020
This 90-minute webinar provides a comprehensive introduction to virtual storytimes.
Think Outside the Library with a Sidewalk Obstacle Course
Publish Date: News / 11 June 2020
Noah Lenstra (Let's Move in Libraries) looks at how libraries can engage communities safely by taking programs and services outside, including creating obstacle courses.
In just one month, this idea of a sidewalk obstacle course has s....
Thinking Outside: Libraries and Placemaking in Pandemic Times
Publish Date: News / 28 May 2020
As libraries begin to consider offering services and programming in new or reimagined ways, some are looking at how to use outdoor spaces as a way to connect and engage with their communities. From parking lots to baseball diamonds, there are public ...
Recap: Libraries and the COVID-19 Crisis, OCLC Virtual Town Hall
Publish Date: News / 28 April 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted the personal and professional lives of library staff everywhere. As libraries respond to rapidly evolving information and guidelines, building closures, and loss of resources, staff are turning to new, virtual ways t...
Public and School Libraries: Creative Ways to Build Successful Partnerships
Publish Date: Webinar / 8 April 2020
In this webinar, explore how public and school libraries can initiate and sustain collaborative relationships.
Youth Programming Goes Virtual—Storytimes, Crafts, Teen Activities, and More
Publish Date: News / 2 April 2020
As libraries and schools close their physical spaces in response to COVD-19 and CDC recommendations for physical distancing, educators and library staff alike are moving learning and programming to digital platforms. Assembled below is a list of reso...
Call to Action: Public Libraries and the Opioid Crisis
Publish Date: Webinar / 31 March 2020
This webinar will present a newly published call to action, offering strategies for public libraries to consider as they determine a local response to the nationwide opioid crisis.
