After-school grant opportunity

I attended a rousing and inspiring session at the WLA Conference about collaborating effectively with schools.  I know this is an area that many of you are looking for help with, and you can look for a webinar and some other initiatives coming up in 2013. ...

Reach Out and Read

 Reach Out and Read in action on a military base (part of the program is helping parents understand that it is normal development for babies to interact with books by mouthing them).By now, many of you have heard about the Reach Out and Read initiative, and...

Pew Research Says Teens ARE Reading

Later this week, look for some insight gleaned from great sessions I attended at the Wisconsin Library Association Conference (it was great to see many of you there!).For now, I want to draw your attention to some heartening news–and a wake-up call about...

Meet a Librarian–Colleen Zertler

 Colleen Zertler is the teen librarian at the Menomonie Public Library.  She doesn’t brag enough, but she has a terrific teen advisory board, a host of excellent and well-attended programs for teens, and some wonderful, smart ideas about connecting...

My First Book Club in Eau Claire

Thanks to Jill Patchin for this great post about an early reader book club! We had our first “My First Book Club” meeting recently, and it was a blast!  The group is intended for children transitioning into reading their first chapter books along with a parent or...

Apps for Autism Workshop Coming Up!

Dayna Lovell at the L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library is combining two grant projects to present one terrific program on Thursday, October 25 at 6:30.A year ago, the library received a grant from the Presto Foundation that allowed them to purchase I-Pads for...

International Games Day Resources

The first Saturday in November, the American Library Association is promoting International Games Day@ Your Library.  Hard to go wrong with some interactive games!  IFLS has several gaming kits–both electronic (Wii, Rock Band, Guitar Hero) and...

Taking a Library Tour

Getting out of the library can be tricky, but the youth services librarians in Eau Claire found that it was extremely valuable in getting some new ideas for their library’s early literacy space.  Shelly Collins-Fuerbringer sat down and answered a few...

Parenting Programs Can Fill a Need

There is a great post in the ALSC Blog about parenting programs at the library.  If you can find the right topic and the right night, you will end up with a surprising number of parents who are hungry for information and resources!I used to coordinate events at a...

Music Ideas for Storytime!

Many thanks to Jill Patchin of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire for this guest post:I have XM radio in my car and a 2 year old, so we listen to Kids Place Live quite a bit (and I confess to listening to it even after I drop him off at day...