JANUARY 2020 NEWSLETTER Gardening at the library in small town New Hampshire: Photo and story from Mary Beth McQuaid, Youth Services Librarian, Ingalls Memorial Library, in Rindge, New Hampshire (pop 6,200). Learn more on our gardening program page. Welcome to the January 2020 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries. This is Read More
DECEMBER 2019 NEWSLETTER Participants in a Geri-Fit, Video-Based, Chair-Based Exercise Class at the public library in West Point, Iowa, population 966. Welcome to the December 2019 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries. This is the second issue in the new format of our monthly newsletters. Each month we feature a different Read More
HEALTHY LIVING AT THE LIBRARY This webpage contains supplementary images associated with the book Healthy Living at the Library, published in April 2020 by Libraries Unlimited and written by Let's Move in Libraries director Noah Lenstra. Get your copy of the book at the Libraries Unlimited website! "From garden plots to cooking Read More
NOVEMBER 2019 NEWSLETTER Billboard for StoryWalk(R) programming at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Partially funded by an LSTA grant given by the State Library of North Carolina, via the U.S. Institute of Museum & Library Services. Learn more at the library's website. Welcome to the November 2019 newsletter of Let’s Move Read More
What: NCompass Live is broadcast live every Wednesday from 10am – 11am Central Time, by the NebraskaLibrary Commission. Date: November 6, 2019 Resources: Download the handout / Download the conference slides / Transcript of Q&A / Go to the NCompass Live website to access the recording Feeding America: Gardens, Seed Exchanges, Read More
What: FreeOnline webinar offered as part of the American Library Association's Public Programs Office Continuing Education Series Date: November 13, 2019, 1-2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Resources: Register here. Date: 11/13/2019 Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Time Format: Free online webinar. Summary: Is programming space limited or at Read More
OCTOBER 2019 NEWSLETTER Welcome to the October 2019 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries. This edition highlights: upcoming free webinars, including one from the American Library Association and one from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, a request for input, and news from our supporters and partners. From left, Sheri Benson, Read More
SEPTEMBER 2019 NEWSLETTER Welcome to the September 2019 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries. This edition highlights: a new podcast on active living in libraries, upcoming continuing education opportunities, new resources for Go4Life month programming, an update on our research on how and why libraries get us moving, and the announcement of our Read More
What: Conference presentation at the 2019 Association for Rural & Small Libraries Conference, Burlington, Vermont Date: September 6, 2019 Resources: Download the handout/ Download the conference slides / Download the partial transcript of community conversation organized as part of this session Feeding America: Gardens, Seed Exchanges, Summer Meals, Read More
AUGUST 2019 NEWSLETTER Welcome to the August 2019 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries. This edition highlights: 1) upcoming, free webinars focused on helping public librarians offer healthy living programs, 2) a new Let's Move in Libraries story featuring a member of our advisory board, and 3) a look at how libraries ended summer programming Read More
