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.
In the next year, I’m going to spend more time and energy providing support to youth services librarians who want to advocate for themselves, their work, and their department. Look for more blog posts with ideas and resources (and occasional rants!). ...
Halloween Costumes for the WIN! Eau Claire youth services staff dressed up as Dewey Decimal Fairies, they each chose their favorite section and dressed accordingly.Front Back
Patti and her new pal, feeling curiously itchyPatti Blount from Durand attended (and presented at!) the Heartland Fall Forum earlier this month. Patti always loves to go to this annual convention of independent booksellers, because she gets to meet authors, hear...
It’s been a good month for Early Literacy in Wisconsin! Growing Wisconsin Readers materials are out there at libraries (hope it is going well for everyone). We’ve had a series of workshops about the Growing Wisconsin Readers initiative. ...
Title: Teen Volunteer Programs: There’s More than Simply Shelving!Presenters: Dolly Goyal and Angie MiraflorFormat: WebinarDate: Wednesday, October 23, 2013Start Time: 2PM Central...
Many thanks to DavyAnn Lee from the public library in New Richmond for this enthusiastic and thoughtful piece about a 1000-Books Before Kindergarten Kickoff! For the Love of Literacy… or the Love of Cookie Monster? Either way, we had an amazing turn out...
Thanks to Colleen Zertler from Menomonie, who organized and hosted a Wisconsin Science Festival event last month, and then sent me some information about it! Double-bonus points! Here’s what she said:We had 62 people attend our Wisconsin Science...
One of my favorite authors is coming to Eau Claire in a couple of weeks as part of the Chippewa Valley Book Festival! Gene Luen Yang is a graphic novelist, and author of Printz Award-winning American Born Chinese, a funny, thought-provoking, important and...
Heidi Weber from Rice Lake Public Library had great things to say about their LEGO Family Challenge last month: We had families work together to create a Lego structure that represented their favorite book. We had 15 teams with about 50 participants....
Thanks to Alisha Green from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for this great report on how their Summer Library Program’s Charity Challenge turned out! I originally wanted to try an alternative to SLP prizes, but I also knew that not everyone would be in...
World Book Night is on April 23–a super-cool night when people who love books get a bunch of books they love to give away to people who aren’t necessarily big readers. It’s a way to share the book love, and a great outreach opportunity for...
Young kids need opportunities to develop their fine motor skills. Many of you incorporate letting kids develop those skills at storytime with art project–kids practice cutting, drawing, painting, picking up small objects, etc. I found a fun post at...
