Teens’ Top Ten Nominees Announced

by | Apr 26, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids

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

by | Apr 17, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids

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

by | Apr 6, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids

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...

Awesome STEM Resource!

by | Mar 28, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids

The Milky Way (Pixabay)Thank you to Claire Parrish at Rice Lake Public Library for letting me know about STAR-Net:  Science Technology Resources for Libraries.  This website, provided by The Space Science Institute’s National Center for Interactive...

Advocacy Resources and Ideas

by | Mar 24, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids

According to an article in Cosmopolitan Magazine, the Institute for Museum and Library Services accounted for 0.00006 percent of the federal budget in 2016.  Yet this institution provides crucial infrastructure to Wisconsin libraries, along with funding to pursue...

Calming Tip for Overwhelmed Kids

by | Mar 20, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids

Puppies need heavy work, too!I learned about the concept of “heavy work” when I was learning about autism and sensory processing issues.  It can be calming, and help kids organize their minds so they are ready to participate in whatever other learning...

Crisis Text Line

by | Mar 7, 2017 | Uncategorized

I got this information from a post to PUBYAC, and thought it would be helpful for all of you out there in library land. The Crisis Text Line is the nation’s first free, 24/7 text line for people in crisis. People, nationwide, can text 741741 to be connected with...