MARCH 2020 NEWSLETTER Welcome to the March 2020 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries. During each of the past four months, we've featured a different program idea, including music and movement, hands-on gardening, chair-based exercises, and StoryWalk(R). This month we call on you to tell us what programs you want to see featured in Read More
What: NCompass Live is broadcast live every Wednesday from 10am – 11am Central Time, by the NebraskaLibrary Commission. Date: April 8, 2020 Resources: Download the Presentation slides |Access the recording on the NCompass Live website How to Add Movement to Library Programming Date: 4/8/2020 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Read More
What: Free online webinar offered through Niche Academy Date: March 25, 2020 Resources: Download the slides here Healthy Living at the Library Date: 3/25/2020 Format: Online webinar Let's get healthy, together! Learn how you can support healthy living among both library staff and library patrons through new programs, spaces, and Read More
What: Presentations at biennial Public Library Association Conference Date: February 24-29, 2020 Resources:Download handout and presentation slides. How To Add Movement To Library Programming Date: 2/28/2020 Format: In-person conference presentations During the 2020 Public Library Conference, Let's Move in Libraries Founder and Director Dr. Lenstra presented in the How-To Festival Read More
Geri-Fit® at the Library Report: Studying Small and Rural Public Libraries as Venues for Active Living Among Older Adults. Read More
FEBRUARY 2020 NEWSLETTER Welcome to the February 2020 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries. This is the fourth issue in the new format of our monthly newsletters. Each month we feature a different program idea, and call on YOU to help us build our collective capacity to offer these program in our libraries. Read More
What: Presentations at annual Active Living Conference. Date: February 3-4, 2020 Resources:Download PowerPoint Slides for How to Think About Public Libraries in Active Living Geri-Fit at the Library Report Conference website How to Think about Public Libraries in Active Living | Studying Small and Rural Public Libraries as Read More
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
