Title
- Whenever possible, use titles and descriptions from past events in the web calendar.
- Do not use special characters (& ` ~ @) in titles.
Naming Events
Make your titles clear. Make it obvious what will happen at the event.
Add Context
- Art Group: Watercolor Painting
- Art Group
Convey What Happens
- Make a Turkey Noisemaker
- Turkey Noisemakers
Book Sale Denotes Location
- Hadley Park Book Sale
- Fall Book Sale
Loosely-defined Activities
- Teen Time
- Teen Hangout
- Teen Mess Around
Avoid Acronyms
- GED for English Language
- English Conversation Club
- GED for EL by TCAT
Cutesy misspellings
- Kraft Korner
- Krayon Kids
- Game Daze
Capital Letters
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Come for FREE meditation sessions!
Children
Use these standard titles for all children's series. Any other special programs that are not in the age ranges below keep the original names.
Program (Age) | Title |
---|---|
Infants (0-1) | Wee Wigglers: Infant Story Time |
Babies (0-2) | Babies & Books |
Toddlers (1-3) | Toddler Tales |
Preschool (3-5) | Preschool Story Time |
Multi Age (0-5) | Family Story Time |
School Age (K-4) | Adventure Club |
STEAM programs | Library Lab: A STEAM Program |
Music and Movement | Music & Movement |
Evening/bedtime Storytime | Starry Night Story Time |
Book Club | Kid’s Book Club |
Family Lego | Family LEGO Fun |
School Age Lego | LEGO Club |
Craft programs | Creation Station |
Homeschool | Homeschool Friends |
Tween | add “with Tweens” to above |
Wishing Chair Weekly Story Time | Wishing Chair Productions Story Time |
Online
Add "(Online)" to the end of your title.
Saturday Book Club (Online)
Off-Site Events
If an event is held off-site, denote it in the title. If you need to shorten an event title to add a location, then do so.
- Crayon Kids at Bellevue Community Center
- Books and Brews at Black Abbey Brewing Company
- String City at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Titles for Theme Events
If a story time (or other regularly recurring event) will have an “in-house” special theme (i.e., not an outside special guest or performer), e.g., for Artober or Father’s Day, always include the regular recurring event name. Append special theme name to regular event name, following a colon.
- Preschool Story Time: Father’s Day
- Family Story Time: Spooky Tales
- Family Story Time: Springtime
- Preschool Story Time: Special Artober Crafts
- Teen Time: Make a Valentine’s Day Card
- Mother’s Day
Story Times with Special Performers
Story times with special performers do NOT include the story time title, to ensure consistency across locations for searching and scanning, and so that we don’t bury the lead.
- The Hermitage presents I Spy the Past
- Adventure Club: The Hermitage presents I Spy the Past
- Nashville Ballet presents Ferdinand the Bull
- Preschool Story Time: Nashville Ballet presents Ferdinand the Bull
READing Paws
Use this capital spelling and title for all READing Paws programs.
By Appointment Only
We’ve consolidated the listing for the One-on-One Tech Help events with all branches. There is one link to sign up for appointments there. We do not add these as individual events to the calendar.