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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

  • âś… Art Group
  • ❌ Art Group: Watercolor Painting

Convey What Happens

  • âś… Make a Turkey Noisemaker
  • ❌ Turkey Noisemakers

Book Sale Denotes Location

  • âś… Hadley Park Book Sale
  • ❌ Fall Book Sale

Loosely-defined Activities

  • âś… Teen Time
  • ❌ Teen Hangout
  • ❌ Teen Mess Around

Avoid Acronyms

  • âś… GED for English Language
  • âś… English Conversation Club
  • ❌ GED for EL by TCAT

Cutesy misspellings

  • ❌ Kraft Korner
  • ❌ Krayon Kids
  • ❌ Game Daze

Capital Letters

  • âś… 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 programsLibrary Lab: A STEAM Program
Music and MovementMusic & Movement
Evening/bedtime StorytimeStarry Night Story Time
Book ClubKid’s Book Club
Family LegoFamily LEGO Fun
School Age LegoLEGO Club
Craft programsCreation Station
HomeschoolHomeschool Friends
Tweenadd “with Tweens” to above
Wishing Chair Weekly Story TimeWishing Chair Productions Story Time

NPL Universe / Online​

Add "(Online)" to the end of your title.

Professor’s Story Time (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.

  • âś… Crayon Kids at Bellevue Community Center
  • âś… Books and Brews at Black Abbey Brewing Company
  • âś… 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.

  • âś… Preschool Story Time: Father’s Day
  • âś… Family Story Time: Spooky Tales
  • âś… Family Story Time: Springtime
  • âś… Preschool Story Time: Special Artober Crafts
  • âś… 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.

  • âś… The Hermitage presents I Spy the Past
  • ❌ Adventure Club: The Hermitage presents I Spy the Past
  • âś… 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​

Events should suggest that they are such in their titles.

  • âś… One-on-One Job Help
  • âś… One-on-One Tech Help
  • âś… Tech Help (By Appointment Only)
  • âś… Tech Help (Appointment Required)
  • ❌ Tech Help