by Leah Langby | May 24, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Ginny Julson, director of the Boyceville Public Library, for this submission: Every year all the kids from the elementary school come over one class at a time and do a skit on our stage to gear up for the SRP–each year we choose volunteers from...
by Leah Langby | May 22, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
The folks at the public library in Eau Claire have stepped up their game in promotion of the Summer Library Program. They created two videos, one to promote their program for younger kids–complete with a sequence at the end featuring even the dignified...
by Leah Langby | May 20, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Arlene Mabie is not only the library director at Hawkins, she also is the clerk treasurer for the recycling/disposal unit in Kennan (as well as a volunteer fire fighter and miniature horse-raiser…can you say Superhero?). She is motivated to encourage and...
by Leah Langby | May 16, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Today, in just one day, I read two thoughtful, worthwhile and entertaining blog posts with advice for new librarians. Interestingly, they have almost opposite messages, but both have value, and are worth reading and fitting into your worldview. These...
by Leah Langby | May 14, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Julie (mean banker Mr. Bigglebottom, above) adapted the new book: The Gold Miner’s Daughter, A Melodramatic Fairy Tale written by Jackie Mims Hopkins into a play for the library staff (and a few volunteers) to perform for students to promote the Summer Library...
by Leah Langby | May 13, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended a meeting of system consultants trying to help their libraries serve traditionally underserved populations last week. It’s always a treat to get together with other people who do your job, especially when those people are smart, thoughtful,...
by Leah Langby | May 9, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Do you ever struggle, as a youth services librarian, to communicate the importance of youth services to your managers? Most libraries in this reason do a terrific job of valuing their youth services (programs, collections, outreach and more) and the librarians...
by Leah Langby | May 7, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the things that would make all of our jobs easier is a little extra cash, and people are looking for outside sources of funding for projects and day-to-day operations, particularly when local funding is is short supply.Grant-writing is one great way to...
by Leah Langby | May 6, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you need to do some advocacy to support the importance of youth services programming, materials, and staff, a new study from the Pew Research Center gives you some great statistics to quote! Here’s one: Almost every parent (97%) feels it is...
by Leah Langby | May 3, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Becky Arenivar from Prescott Public Library for this inspiring guest post! I’m always on a quest to engage kids and families who come to the library, but don’t attend events or Storytime. It would be great to get them to come to events and...
by Leah Langby | Apr 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
I can’t believe I forgot to take photos at the Storytime Bonanza Workshop! I find I’m always too interested in what is going on to take time to remember things like taking pictures–especially when we have such great presenters as all those IFLS...
by Leah Langby | Apr 22, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
In case you don’t have the Youth Services Shout-Out (WLA’s Youth Services Section blog) on your regular list of blogs to read: 1. You should consider adding it to your list–lots of great information and inspiration there! 2. Check out the great...
