by Leah Langby | May 25, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo from PixabayThe Wisconsin Division for Libraries and Technology just released a new statement on Inclusive Services: What Does It Mean to Be Inclusive? It’s a great explanation of what we mean when we talk about making library services more...
by Leah Langby | May 24, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
photo from PixabayI just listened to a webinar with Dr. Sara Langworthy through Early Childhood Investigations, about Adverse Childhood Experiences, and how to act as a factor to help with resilience for kids who are experiencing toxic stress and trauma. In the...
by Leah Langby | May 22, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Not sure if you are seeing Fidget Spinners in your libraries (I’ve yet to lay eyes on one in person but I live a sheltered life). Thanks to a Facebook post by Jenna at Chippewa Falls, I read a thought-provoking blog post about them. Not about their popularity...
by Leah Langby | May 18, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Public Libraries: A Vital Space for Family Engagement , a report from the Public Library Association and the Harvard Family Research Project, is a call to action for libraries to learn about and reach for more effective family engagement. Libraries, the...
by Leah Langby | May 12, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Lack of money can cause tunnelingThis is the second in a series of posts about the book Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, by Sendhil Mullainathan (an economics professor at Harvard) and Eldar Shafir (a psychology and public affairs...
by Leah Langby | May 11, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
The proverbial ticking clock!This is the second in a series of posts about the book Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, by Sendhil Mullainathan (an economics professor at Harvard) and Eldar Shafir (a psychology and public affairs professor...
by Leah Langby | May 10, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you’ve had a conversation with me in the past month or so, you’ve probably heard me talking about a book I finally just finished called Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, by Sendhil Mullainathan (an economics professor at Harvard)...
by Leah Langby | May 3, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
The post The SYNC program returns to give you free audiobooks all summer long appeared first on OverDrive Blogs. It is edited slightly here. Audiobooks are wonderful for reading while on the go and thanks to AudioFile’s SYNC program, you can...
by Leah Langby | May 3, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Flickr Creative Commons, Eli Christman I live in a bit of a popular culture bubble, and I’m often late to the game of hearing about what is hot. Last week, one month after the Netflix series based on the teen book by Jay Asher Thirteen Reasons Why was released,...
by Leah Langby | 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...
by Leah Langby | 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...
by Leah Langby | 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...
