Teens’ Top Ten Nominees Announced

Teen groups from across the country read galleys and discuss books all year to select the books they think should be nominated for YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten list.  Then, teens from across the country have a chance to vote for their favorites, and the top...

Out-of-the-Box Outreach

Many thanks to Valerie Spooner from Ladysmith for this inspiring guest post!We have a women’s shelter in our town that does a wonderful job, but  residents don’t always feel comfortable coming to the library. Many of the women who use their services also have...

Trauma and Power Aware Interactions

from PixabayI’m still reeling from the terrific Power Up conference I attended last week, but then I had the chance to attend the Eau Claire B.R.A.I.N. Team Annual Conference yesterday, and I’m blown away again!One of the speakers, Mark Sweet, is a...