by Leah Langby | Dec 3, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
At a recent youth services check-in, someone mentioned that their small town had lost four people to COVID-related deaths in the past week, and two were pillars of the community. She mentioned that the whole town is muted and she is looking for ways to support the...
by Leah Langby | Nov 30, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
What a timely webinar! Please take note of this awesome webinar being offered by NEWI and featuring Wisconsin experts and resources! Challenged Books at Your Library: Managing and Addressing Censorship Attempts (sponsored by NEWI) Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2021...
by Leah Langby | Nov 22, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
Yia Lor, the UW-Madison Eau Claire County Extension Human Development and Relationships Educator, reminded me that this is the time of year that Hmong New Year is celebrated. It’s a great time to look at your book collection and make sure you have books by and...
by Leah Langby | Nov 19, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
A lot of folks in the library world live in dread of someone coming up to them with a a request (or demand) that a library material be removed from the collection. Even the thought of someone coming up with a question or concern about an item can be scary to...
by Leah Langby | Nov 16, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
A few weeks ago I posted about the StoryWalk(TM) Week sponsored by the Association for Outreach and Bookmobile Services and Let’s Move in Libraries. Nearly 500 libraries submitted stories! I hope some of you submitted yours! Even if you didn’t, check...
by Leah Langby | Nov 4, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
At today’s check-in we discussed displays. Here are a few things that came up: Staff favorites are often a hit (have as many staff participate as possible, and be sure to include books for all ages, 0-adult). Themes can be fun—let yourself go wild. You can tell if a...
by Leah Langby | Nov 2, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
I know many of you have developed fantastic opportunities for people in your community to enjoy picture books OUTSIDE, while walking around parks, downtown areas, in the yard outside the library, and many other creative places. Many of you have added to the IFLS...
by Leah Langby | Oct 22, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m so excited that IFLS will be hosting two webinars with the award-winning Katherine Schoofs, the Youth Services Librarian/Assistant at the Aram Public Library in Delevan, Wisconsin. Katherine will be talking about program planning during COVID and share some...
by Leah Langby | Oct 14, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
Youth Services Check-In Notes from October 13, 2021. Topic: Promoting Diverse Books We started with the question: What are some things that work for you to promote diverse books? Here are some great ideas from your colleagues: Florence in Bloomer talked...
by Leah Langby | Sep 29, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
The L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library is collaborating with the Eau Claire Family Resource Center to provide an online seminar series about raising teens. The first session is completed (as of last night), but there are two more, Raising Competent Teenagers,...
by Leah Langby | Jun 10, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are so many great ways to get kids and families engaged in science! Christopher Mick from Hudson Area Joint Library is one of the biggest science enthusiasts I know, and much of his programming has a STEM focus. He shared a few of his favorite resources with...
by Leah Langby | Mar 5, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jill Patchin at LEPMPL for this guest post! In-person bingo has been a big hit at our library for a few years now. It’s one of those sneaky programs that is tons of fun, but also works on small motor skills, letter and number recognition, etc. Even better,...
