by Leah Langby | Apr 8, 2025 | Keeping Up With Kids, Learning Loop
Ray Pagenkopf from the Menomonie Public Library was able to attend the 2025 virtual Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Services Managers and Staff Conference in February thanks to a scholarship from IFLS, with funding support from the WI Division for Library...
by Leah Langby | Apr 1, 2025 | Keeping Up With Kids, Learning Loop
NOTE: This blog post was written by Nicole Witt, Youth Services Coordinator at D.R. Moon Library-Stanley, based what she learned from the UW Madison iSchool’s Continuing Education course Sustainably Grow Your Summer Library Program. Nicole was able to attend...
by Leah Langby | Jan 31, 2025 | Keeping Up With Kids
I had a heart-breaking conversation with a library director this week who was reeling from a two recent local deaths from suicide, and looking for resources for potential programming to help her community address significant mental health concerns. Lots of...
by Leah Langby | Dec 11, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Storytime Break Activities in Altoona Anyone who has spoken with me about youth services knows that I am a very big proponent of taking breaks from weekly storytime. It gives you a chance to try new things, keeps you from burning out, allows you time to focus on...
by Leah Langby | Dec 9, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to our friends at UW-Madison Department of Extension for putting together an excellent, free virtual conference–great to share with parents and caregivers, also great for library workers who serve youth and families. Take a look! Raising Wisconsin’s...
by Leah Langby | Dec 4, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
The American Library Association’s Games and Gaming Round Table have been busy! If you want to add some well-vetted board games to your circulating collection or to your programming toolkit, check out their recent Platinum Play winners, “evergreen titles...
