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I was recently asked to contribute a list of names of folks who might be a good fit for the Youth Services Section board of the Wisconsin Library Association. Well–you all know that this region boasts an unusually large number of fabulous librarians who...
Cathy Lefevre is the library director at Sand Creek. The transformation she has managed to bring about in Sand Creek in the past 5 years, with the support and help of her community and her talented husband, has been astonishing! Read on, and get...
YA Novel Bluefish by Pat Schmatz Wins 2012 Burr/Worzalla Award Young Adult novel, Bluefish, written by Wisconsin native Pat Schmatz and published by Candlewick Press, has won the 2012 Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award. The Children’s Book Award Committee of the...
Kris Farley had barely taken the reigns as youth services librarian in Ladysmith before her first big program–a special family storytime during Money Smart Week. The library received free copies of The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Commercials from...
Free Webjunction Webinar:Grant funding is one way to find resources to support innovative programming and services for children. In this webinar, learn about finding, writing, and submitting grant opportunities. Presenters Dr. Sue C. Kimmel, Assistant Professor, and...
From YALSA: YALSA (Young Adult Library Service Association) has new National Teen Space Guidelines for Public Libraries. Download them for free at: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/guidelines/teenspaces. This is a tool for evaluating a public...
The 2012 Great Web Sites Committee announces the Spring 2012 selections. Great Web Sites for Kids are those considered the best web sites for children ages birth to 14, outstanding in both content and conception. Selection criteria is available here. ...
Book review by Raechel Schink, recent intern at IFLS. Thanks Raechel! Fogliano, Julie. and then it’s spring. Illus. Erin E. Stead. Roaring Brook Press. (978-159-643-6244) Ages 4 and up.The perfect book choice to teach children about spring. and then it’s spring...
Chicago Public Library recently collaborated with a very proactive and dedicated judge, the Honorable Helaine Berger, to create a book list and build supporting collections in every CPL location for kids, teens, and parents who are involved in the foster care...
Jenna Gilles is the youth services librarian at the Fall Creek Public Library, among many other things! She writes a great blog about doings at her library. A busy, creative and energetic person, she brings a lot of great stuff to the library. The photo...
Based on a poll of PUBYAC and IFLS Youth Services list servs, in combination with a peek at the multiple holds list for our catalog, I came up with this list of popular series. Take a peek. Do you have anything to add to the list? Anything you need to add...
After an informal poll of librarians on PUBYAC on the IFLS Youth Services listserv, I took a peek at the multiple holds list generated by our shared catalog. What follows are titles that came up several times in the poll or came up with lots of holds. ...
