Lifelong Learning

The Montana State Library provides lifelong learning support to all Montanans through a combination of librarian professional development and training, program development, and meaningful partnerships. Lifelong Learning projects include sustained, long-term efforts in early literacy, economic development, and summer reading, as well as other topics such as health information, STEM programming, wildlife education, and civic engagement.

Current Projects

• Library Program Resources Sharing Space: Check out this resource for library resources related to administration, Montana Shared Catalog, programming ideas, and more! The Moodle forum is accessible to view by anyone, but you need to create an account in order to post something.
• Ready 2 Read: Montana State Library's Early Literacy Initiative
  • ​Ready 2 Read General Programming and Resources
  • Ready 2 Read Texting Program
  • Ready 2 Read: Supercharged Storytime Learning Cohort
  • Ready 2 Read: 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
  • 2021 Ready 2 Read Rendezvous Information Page
  • Ready 2 Read Goes Wild
  • Reimagining School Readiness Train-the-Trainer
• Summer Reading Program
  • 2021 Summer Reading Program: Tails and Tales
  • 2022 Summer Reading Program: Oceans of Possibility
• Transforming Teen Services Training Program with YALSA
• Montana Libraries SPARK: Economic Development Initiative
  • Small Business/Entrepreneurship Reference Toolkit
  • Entrepreneurial Support in Libraries with AMRII
• Bat Week
• Giant Map of Montana Trunk Program
• Health Literacy
• Lifelong Learning Data Reports
• List of Library Performers
• Civic Engagement in Public Libraries
• MLN Virtual Programming Series - Spring/Summer 2022
• 2022 Lawyers in Libraries

Archived Projects

• Early Childhood Development: Mind in the Making (2018) (discontinued)
• Financial Literacy (on hiatus)
• NASA @ My Library (Summer 2019) (completed)
• Ready 2 Read Playspace (2012) (completed)
• Summer Reading Programs
  • 2019 Summer Reading: A Universe of Stories (completed)
  • 2020 Summer Reading Program: Imagine Your Story (completed)
• 2019 Giant Map Tour Information (2019) (completed)
• Earth Day 2020 (completed)
• Law Day 2020: Lawyers in Libraries (completed)
• 2019 Ready 2 Read Rendezvous (completed)

If you have any questions about the projects listed above, please contact the Lifelong Learning Librarian, Amelea Kim.