08/20/2024 10:30 AM- Delivery Delay: Due to a breakdown, the following libraries will be delayed: Altoona, Augusta, Eau Claire, Fairchild and Fall Creek. Contact noack@ifls.lib.wi.us with further questions.
Marge Loch-Wouters over at Tiny Tips for Library Fun is working with Lisa Shaia from Thrive After Three have created a survey for librarians to find the pulse of what is happening in programs for school-age kids. Take a few minutes to help out these generous and...
Thanks to Patti Blount from Durand for sending some great photos of the artwork decorating the library these days. The high school art class members created them, the assignment was to create something out of recycled paper.cool bird created with old...
“Read and Feed! Connecting kids to Libraries and Summer Meals”Date: May 2nd (Friday), 2014Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CSTRegister Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FeedandReadDescription: Join us as we discover ways to engage children during the long...
Last week, I attended an excellent webinar put together by DPI about Universal Design/Universal Design for Learning, and how these concepts can inform our work as librarians to make our libraries more welcoming and inclusive of everyone in the community. The...
Now it is time to start promoting these 25 nominees to teens so that they can vote starting in August. The top ten will be announced during Teen Read Week.How many have you read? How are they going out at your library? Do you own them all? I...
Play time after toddler storytime in BloomerLibrarians in IFLS-Land! As part of an LSTA grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, we have been doing some work in the early childhood realm. Here are a few resources to check out:Watch for a re-cap...
Unless it is about the latest blockbuster film, weighty information about literature for teens and children doesn’t always make its way into popular media. But CNN, Entertainment Weekly, and several other mainstream publications have been running articles about...
I’m in charge of content for the YSS Blog this month, which means I’ve been collecting great posts from some of the librarians in our system who are YSS members. In case you don’t follow that blog, I want to draw your attention to a few posts...
Free Summer Listening: SYNC A FREE summer program that gives away 2 audiobook downloads each week for the summer starting May 15 and ending August 14. SYNC audiobook titles are given away in pairs–a Young Adult title is paired with a related Classic or required...
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies is providing a FREE webinar tomorrow, and I’m excited to attend! Get Up and Move! Why movement is part of early literacy skills development with Dr. Allison Kaplan will air on Wednesday,...
Some cool ideas that came up for programs for younger kids: Changing it up, taking the train set away for the summer, replacing with scientist dress-up station, with lab coats, goggles, beakers, lab supplies for creative play and exploration Creating a hydroponic...
Bulletin Board of the K-2 bracketsThe folks at the Augusta Library had fun with a March Madness bracket for BOOKS this year. The library staff chose their favorite books and set them up in brackets against each other, and then let the elementary school kids...
