by Leah Langby | Sep 30, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo by Kon Karampelas on Unsplash Many thanks to Lindy and Claire from the RIce Lake Public Library for this guest post! They were also featured in a School Library Journal article in August! Here’s a link to What Makes These Librarians TikTok? Here is a...
by Leah Langby | Aug 28, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to the IFLS Youth Services librarians who have worked hard to crowd-source two documents, one for families switching to homeschooling (private, home-baseed education), another for families who are switching to virtual public school due to the pandemic. These...
by Leah Langby | Aug 26, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
There is so much to do and think about related to racism and trying to be an antiracist, and one of the simplest and most library-centric things to do is to examine our collections and the books we promote to make sure that they reflect our diverse world. ...
by Leah Langby | Aug 12, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
The year after I finished college, I worked part time at a community-based literacy program in southeast Washington DC. As part of my internship, I coordinated a book donation project and distributed children’s books to kids at the nearby housing project. I...
by Leah Langby | Aug 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Keeping Up With Kids
I’ve been finding for myself (and hearing from others both in and out of libraries) that one of the most stressful things about COVID-19 is the endless need to make decisions. And then often needing to second-guess those decisions, or make new decisions based...
by Leah Langby | Jul 31, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Stacey from Augusta reminded me about the upcoming Wisconsin Science Festival, October 15-18. This is a great opportunity to share science-related programming with your community and be part of a state-wide effort. And they are all set to help support a...
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