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Keeping Up With Kids is Leah Langby’s long-running popular blog. She delves into subjects related to Youth Services from many different angles.
Jim Gill Music and Play Workshop, Oak Creek WI
Children's librarian Maria Dietrich in Oak Creek, WI (just south of Milwaukee) asked me to share this information with folks up here in the...
The Importance of Teen Spaces in Public Libraries
Why a teen space? All people, including teens, benefit from informal public gathering places where they can interact or just share space with...
Readers Advisory and Collection Development with Dyslexia in Mind
Last week, someone on the IFLS Youth Services email list asked for suggestions for a 3rd grade student who has dyslexia. IFLS library folks pitched...
Talking to Kids about ICE, Immigration, and More
We got a question on the youth services list this week about resources to help kids learn more about and process the current events around ICE and...
PLA Highlights: How-To Sessions; Audiobook Luncheon; Beyond Storytime; The Book Buzz
Thanks to Jennifer Mabie at Hawkins for a description of a few of her favorite PLA Highlights. I liked that they had some of the sessions in the...
PLA Takeaways: Empowerment and Hope; Alternatives to Personality Tests; Sensory Museum
Thanks to Tracey Sorenson, Menomonie Public Library, for these three takeaways from the Public Library Association Conference. There are a lot of...
PLA Takeaways: Connecting with Youth, Communicating Inclusivity, Defending Intellectual Freedom
Many thanks to Laura Turpin, St. Croix Falls Public Library, for this incisive tour through her experiences at the PLA Conference! I didn't go into...
PLA Takeaways: Inspiration to Collaborate, Hopeful Ingram News, and More!
Many thanks to Leann French (Geraldine A. Anderson Memorial Library of Dresser) for sharing some actionable ideas she gathered at the PLA Conference...
PLA Highlights: How-To Sessions; Audiobook Luncheon; Beyond Storytime; The Book Buzz
Thanks to Jennifer Mabie at Hawkins for a description of a few of her favorite PLA Highlights. I liked that they had some of the sessions in the...
PLA Takeaways: Empowerment and Hope; Alternatives to Personality Tests; Sensory Museum
Thanks to Tracey Sorenson, Menomonie Public Library, for these three takeaways from the Public Library Association Conference. There are a lot of...
PLA Takeaways: Connecting with Youth, Communicating Inclusivity, Defending Intellectual Freedom
Many thanks to Laura Turpin, St. Croix Falls Public Library, for this incisive tour through her experiences at the PLA Conference! I didn't go into...
PLA Takeaways: Inspiration to Collaborate, Hopeful Ingram News, and More!
Many thanks to Leann French (Geraldine A. Anderson Memorial Library of Dresser) for sharing some actionable ideas she gathered at the PLA Conference...
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Weekly Digest on vacation, print your own passports and stickers (optional!), coming up
Weekly Digest on vacation next week It might be going to the beach. Definitely some ice cream on the agenda. Watch for the next Digest on July 23rd....
Lisa’s Celebration of Life, Passport update, don’t miss these, calendar, bonus surprise
Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt’s Celebration of Life This event will be on Saturday, July 11 at noon at the Colfax Fairgrounds. From the Facebook event, hosted...
Schedule Trustee Training Week events now, Spanish for librarians, a passport note, what’s happening at IFLS and beyond
Get Trustee Training Week on your trustees' calendars now Please help us promote Trustee Training Week 2026 coming up August 10-August 13! Four...
Share Weekly Digest, Palooza!, Policy of the Month Club goes live, ILS demos, resource reminder, passport update
Please make sure everyone sees Weekly Digest Supervisors: if you have staff who don’t use email and don’t see blog posts on the website, please...