Access Video On Demand provides countless ideas for engaging community programming. This month’s programming suggestions can help patrons celebrate the upcoming Women’s History Month, Presidents’ Day, National Entrepreneurship Week, and Teen Tech Week, as well as honor the legacy of one of history’s most influential scientists. Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the header, top left of any page in the platform) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a great source for programming ideas throughout the year.
Get Ready for Women’s History Month in March
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- The Ascent of Woman: A 10,000-Year Story series (Items #114440–114443)
- Makers: Women Who Make America series (Items #60713–60715) and Makers: Women Who Make America (Volume 2) series (Items #60697–60702)
- Extraordinary Women series (Items #95082–95093)
Presidents’ Day, February 20
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- The Presidents series (Items #43174–43181)
- The Almost Painless Guide to the Executive Branch (Item #47591)
- The Modern Presidency: Tools of Power—Democracy in America (Item #113279)
- Author Chris Edelson on the Growing Power of the Presidency (Item #81710)
Charles Darwin’s Legacy
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- In Darwin’s Garden: Evolutionary Theory and Nature’s Laboratory series (Items #40623–40625)
- Darwin’s Evolution (Item #43674)
- What Darwin Never Knew (Item #56005)
- Darwin’s Other Island (Item #52309)
- Questioning Darwin (Item #115025)
National Entrepreneurship Week
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- The Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting and Growing a Business series (Items #117967–117976)
- The StartUp Experience series (Items #47845–47869)
- You’re the Boss: Starting and Running Your Own Business series (Items #42248–42252)
- Garage Geniuses: Stories of Entrepreneurship (Item #116617)
Get Ready for Teen Tech Week, March 5–11
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- STEM Job Shadowing series (Items #94942–94944)
- STEM Careers in Two Years series (Items #44755–44758)
- Virtual Reality—Inside Things: Science & Technology (Item #125189)
- USB Sticks—Inside Things: Around the Home (Item #125221)
- Wii—Inside Things: Around the Home (Item #125223)
- The Internet—Inside Things: Science & Technology (Item #125185)
- Blu-Ray Discs—Inside Things: Around the Home (Item #125196)
- Digital Camera—Inside Things: Around the Home (Item #125199)
- GPS—Inside Things: Science & Technology (Item #125168)
- Bluetooth—Inside Things: Science & Technology (Item #125157)
