by Leah Langby | Oct 11, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Reb for passing along this sound advice from Angela Hursch about marketing to what can be a very tricky audience: teens. Take a look at this short video, Boost Teen Library Attendance, and see how many of these things you are already doing, and if there...
by Leah Langby | Sep 19, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended an excellent webinar yesterday through Early Childhood Education Webinars with Anna Reyner, an art therapist who is also an early childhood expert. Wow! So many wonderful ideas. The Early Childhood Education Webinars are almost always thought-provoking,...
by Leah Langby | Sep 16, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you don’t already follow the Wisconsin Library Association’s Youth Services Section Youth Services Shout-Out Blog, I highly recommend starting. A few updates about what is happening in the world of YSS: YSS is planning a Virtual Performer’s...
by Leah Langby | Sep 12, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
On Tuesday, youth services folks from IFLS and Wisconsin Valley Library System libraries had a joint virtual check-in to de-brief summer wins and losses. It was fun to work with my colleague Kristie Hauer from WVLS on this project! We tried a new format, breaking...
by Leah Langby | Aug 30, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Wow, three blog posts in a week?! I guess the webinar More Than Welcome: Libraries Serving Families of Young Children with Disabilities was inspiring! Community Awareness and Communication It is important to let families affected by disabilities know they are...
by Leah Langby | Aug 28, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Following up on my last post about the webinar More Than Welcome: Libraries Serving Families of Young Children with Disabilities! Today we are covering Programming. Many early childhood experts are very focused on the importance of inclusion instead of offering...
