On-Demand Webinars: Programs & Services

Explore a new, research-based outcomes framework you can use to strengthen your libraries’ offerings by providing responsive, inclusive, maker-centered services for adults in your community.

The Dyslexic Positive Libraries Initiative shows how to transform your library into a literacy hub where kids learn to read.

Learn about best practices delivering sensory storytimes and marketing to ensure autistic children and families feel invited.

Explore why boundaries matter in public service and how they contribute to a safer, more sustainable work environment.

Explore the process of developing DeKalb County Public Library's SPARK program for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals.

Hear about the success story of Jefferson County Public Library's Gender and Sexuality Alliance Teen Advisory Board!

This on-demand webinar helps librarians understand neurodiverse adults, focusing on Autism and ADHD.

Discover effective behavior management solutions for your library and learn how to address challenging behaviors effectively.

Explore how to ethically approach AI, build community digital literacy, and practically integrate tools like ChatGPT.

Broaden your mind on what constitutes a storytime and what storytime elements can be part of other types of programming.

Learn how making a mess can benefit your patrons, why we embrace it, and how we manage it.

Learn new ideas to use in your library including those about implementing trauma-informed programming!

Highlights librarian's experiences and strategies used to enhance inclusivity of youth with disabilities in makerspace programming.

Available free to ALA individual members! Learn how different communities are approaching staff training and handling interactions when ICE enters a public library.

Available for purchase to nonmembers. Learn how different communities are approaching staff training and handling interactions when ICE enters a public library.

Get program guidance and ways to expand career resources so your library can empower patrons to achieve their career goals.

Hear insights and innovations from a new report about public libraries at the forefront of adult learning in the United States.

Learn practical tips and techniques to help you understand rapidly-evolving AI technology with a common-sense approach.

Learn how to develop successful community partnerships to attract new patrons and create new programming opportunities.

Learn why gaming accessibility is so important and how partnerships with public libraries can help bridge the divide.

Learn about graphic medicine, what resources and titles are available, and how it’s impacted by book challenges and bans.

Hear from past grantees about how they leveraged an ALA award to increase or improve service to their communities, grow partnerships, attract new funding, and sustain key work.

Library consultant Toby Greenwalt demonstrates the capabilities of Super Searchers and Meet LEO and showcases potential applications in the library workspace.

Learn how to measure meaningful learning outcomes to improve programs and services and better advocate for your library.

Library consultant Toby Greenwalt demonstrates the capabilities of Super Searchers and Meet LEO and showcases potential applications in the library workspace.

Library consultant Toby Greenwalt demonstrates the capabilities of Super Searchers and Meet LEO and showcases potential applications in the library workspace.

Learn why computational thinking skills are important for young children, how to access free multimedia resources, and how they have been used to run fun and engaging programs in libraries.

Library consultant Toby Greenwalt demonstrates the capabilities of Super Searchers and Meet LEO and showcases potential applications in the library workspace.

Library consultant Toby Greenwalt demonstrates the capabilities of Super Searchers and Meet LEO and showcases potential applications in the library workspace.

Don’t wait! Celebrate the PLA 2026 Conference early with a conversation between four amazing authors.

Library consultant Toby Greenwalt demonstrates the capabilities of Super Searchers and Meet LEO and showcases potential applications in the library workspace.

Learn how a county’s library and detention center built a collection to reflect the needs of incarcerated individuals.

Learn how to implement a climate action plan at your library that will have the biggest impact locally and globally.

ALA and Sustainable Libraries Initiative provide guidance and tools to help expedite climate action work in libraries.

Learn ways to energize your summer library program in accordance with ALA’s sustainability guidelines.

Learn to create engaging spaces for library patrons of all ages from real-life examples and outcomes.

Learn how to create a culture of empathy and action by developing micro-communities to combat loneliness.

Learn how to partner with local agencies to create an uplifting environment of connection and support for older adults.

Learn how Fred Rogers’ work can inform the evaluation of library services and support the wellbeing of library staff.

Learn about difficulties people with hearing loss experience and different strategies for communication and accessibility.

Learn how a Library of Things can improve programs and services in both large and smaller/rural libraries.

Get essential information, examples, and practical tips to apply for once-in-a-generation opportunities to advance the digital equity work your library is already doing.

Learn to integrate joyful yoga and mindfulness into the programs you already do, or start to create a complete yoga and mindfulness program at your library.

Learn how your library can use the 2023 Public Library Technology Survey report and PLA’s data tools to understand and improve your library's performance, demonstrate value, and increase impact in your community.

Learn how to grow dementia-inclusive service in public libraries of all sizes, financial capacities, and community contexts.

Your library can host a Repair Café or other community repair event to foster a culture of repair, reuse and resourcefulness.

Learn how to partner with National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled to provide free reading materials in alternate formats.

Learn how to host a 10-session early learning program using the San Diego County Library’s Kindergarten Gear Up toolkit.

Public libraries empowering and educating teens and young adults to fight for their right to read freely.

Learn how Benchmark can support your library in everyday decision-making.