American Library Association (American Library Association, Public Programs Office)

The American Library Association will plan and prototype professional development resources for library workers that cover a wide range of programming skills. The Programming Librarian Learning Lab will be an online professional learning community where programming library workers can access free learning experiences and resources that build their capacity to plan, design, and deliver engaging public programs. The project will design an effective and engaging online learning hub for library workers; prototype multimedia content that highlights outstanding real-world library programming; conduct a thorough mixed-methods evaluation; and complete all the advance work needed to proceed into full production of the Programming Librarian Learning Lab. In its final form, this comprehensive set of free learning materials, all dedicated to the advancement of skills-building for library programming, will provide much-needed foundational learning library workers nationwide whose work involves conceiving, planning, and executing programs for their communities