by Leah Langby | Dec 5, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Cole, the youth services librarian in St. Croix Falls, has been working with a teen who is passionate about anime and manga to create an Otaku Club. What a cool way to support a teen! Here’s what she says about it:The key to our Otaku/Anime Club has...
by Leah Langby | Dec 3, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kathy Larson, the children’s librarian at the G. E. Bleskacek Public Library in Bloomer, has a new blog! So far, it’s only 2 posts long, but it looks like it is going to be a good one. Find out about the parallels and differences between being...
by Leah Langby | Nov 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Rice Lake Public Library had a try at “stealth” programming this fall. Ashley, youth services manager, says that their library gerbil hosted a book club. “Kids got a “Carmel’s Book Club Card” and for every 5 books they...
by Leah Langby | Nov 28, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
2013 is the first year Wisconsin will participate in the Collaborative Summer Library Program(CSLP) Teen Video Challenge. There are cash prizes, both for the winning entry’s creator and the library they use! Instead of simply putting up a flyer in...
by Leah Langby | Nov 26, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Ashley BieberThe Wisconsin Library Association’s We-Lead Initiative chose their latest group of participants well. We know this because half of the new protégés are librarians from IFLS libraries. Not only are we home-region proud, we also know that...
by Leah Langby | Nov 16, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the sessions I attended at the WLA Conference this fall was all about resources available to help public libraries make the college application and financial aid maze easier for students. While many of the resources are specifically designed to help...
by Leah Langby | Nov 15, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Early literacy panels in Rice LakeHow do you make your children’s room inviting to kids of all ages and their family members? A few weeks back, I attended a webinar put together by DEMCO, presented by Kimberly Bolan Cullin Zoning In On...
by Leah Langby | Nov 14, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Now that the weather’s turning chilly, it’s a good time to start thinking about summer! Hmmm…let’s see, frolicking at the beach, spending time in the garden, camping and barbecues. And–oh yeah–fabulous library...
by Leah Langby | Nov 13, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Youth Services Idea Swap:MONEY MONEY MONEYFriday, December 7, 8:30-10 amFall Creek Public LibraryFundraising, Grants, Making Money StretchIt’s going to take more than a jar of coins to do everything you want to in your library. How do you raise funds? How...
by Leah Langby | Nov 12, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kris reports from Ladysmith that moving her storytime out of the small area they had available up in the children’s area into a roomy meeting room (along with her charming and magnetic personality, which she humbly didn’t mention) has resulted in storytime...
by Leah Langby | Nov 9, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jenna for information about this super-cool voting project in Fall Creek! Over the past few months, adults have been exercising their right to think and tomorrow they will have the chance to vote.Over the past few weeks, Fall Creek youth have been able to...
by Leah Langby | Nov 5, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended an interesting session at the Wisconsin Library Association Conference about leveraging social media as a Readers’ Advisory tool. Ben Miller from Sauk City Public Library talked about using Pinterest to recommend books, have a virtual...
