Outreach

Photos from Achieving Together, a Library Journal/School Library Journal event at the Indianapolis Public Library that gathered leaders who have forged dynamic collaborations in their cities and communities.

American Library Association has two mini-grant opportunities with upcoming deadlines. 

Increasingly in recent years, members of library teen advisory boards have sought to work on community and social justice issues as they help staff with programming, events, and other tasks.

Homelessness is on the rise among students. With help, these kids can find their potential.

The Director of Charisma and Hospitality at the Tewksbury (MA) Public Library works hard each day to bring smiles to the faces of library patrons of all ages. SLJ caught up with Hardcover, the cheerful social media darling who also happens to be a  two-year-old yellow-bellied slider turtle.

Burners Without Borders, an activist group focused on civic engagement and emergency aid led by Christopher Breedlove, provides inspiration and motivation.

The plight of immigrant families at the U.S. border prompted the Brooklyn Public Library and others to act. 

Listening and programming suggestions for children and adults to enjoy together.

The author of Another Kind of Hurricane created a service project for students to aid others by sending clothes and handwritten messages of kindness.