Resources
Educational content to help propel your library’s community engagement strategy.
How to Gather Patrons’ Insight on Your Mobile App Plans
Download this free guide to learn how to create and use a patron-centric survey to ensure your library’s mobile app plans meet your community’s needs.
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4 Ways Your Library Can Serve Your Aging Population
As the senior population grows and diseases like Alzheimer’s become more prevalent, what can your library do to help people in your community living with brain health issues? Explore ways your library can become dementia friendly and connect with, serve, and expand its current offerings to seniors and people living with dementia.
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Make Your Library Dementia Friendly
Watch this webinar to learn how libraries can take a proactive role in improving quality of life for people living in their communities with dementia, and their caretakers.
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Transform National Family Learning Insights Into Local Library Impact
Watch this webinar to hear from a panel of experts, as they explore the important role your library plays in fostering a strong and engaged community.
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31 Ways to Expand Your Summer Reading Program Beyond Just Reading Books
Transitioning from a summer reading program to summer learning can offer a host of benefits to your library — and your community. By offering patrons new ways to hone important skills and pursue their interests, you’ll expand the reach of your library in your community while combating the summer slide in more than just reading skills. From cooking to experimenting to inventing, this list of activities will inspire you to incorporate new types of literacy activities into your own summer program.
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How Wandoo Reader Helped Joliet Public Library Beat Its 3-Million-Page Goal
Download this case study to learn how Wandoo Reader helped one library simplify reading program management and boost program engagement.
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Why Douglas County Library Chose Wandoo Reader Over the Alternatives
Download this case study to learn why, after trying four different reading program management tools, Douglas County Library decided Wandoo Reader was the best option.
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5 Ways Library Mobile Apps Make Life Easier for Everyone
In recent decades, technology has vastly changed the landscape of libraries, making services more accessible to patrons and saving staff time and resources. Thanks to smartphones and tablets, the next era of library technology is here — library mobile apps. In this post, we’ll explore five of the many ways that a library mobile app makes life easier for patrons and staff alike.
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Harnessing Traditional Media to Promote Your Summer Reading Program
While social media might seem like the best way to reach potential summer reading participants, traditional media, like newspaper and radio, is still an effective way to reach large numbers of community members. Follow these pointers to make the most of these tried-and-true marketing methods.
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