Programs and Services for Older Adults: Inspiration from iSchool Course

by Leah Langby | Jun 20, 2025 | Learning Loop

Both Darien Becker (Prescott) and Judy Kraetke (Park Falls) took the four-week online UW Madison iSchool course The Next Chapter:  Programs and Services for Older Adults  with instructor Angela Meyers this spring, and both wholeheartedly recommend the class to...

Enhancing Playful Learning for Young Children at the Library–iSchool Course Reflections

by Leah Langby | Jun 2, 2025 | Keeping Up With Kids, Learning Loop

Thanks to Nikki Witt, the Youth Services Coordinator from the D.R. Moon Memorial Library in Stanley for sharing insights and take-aways from the UW Madison iSchool Course: Playing Around:  The Library’s Role in Playful Learning for Young Children.  Nikki was...

Ideas about Stress, Mess, and Community from WAPL Conference

by Leah Langby | Jun 2, 2025 | Learning Loop

Thanks to Florence LaBeau, the children’s librarian in Woodville, for sharing these three take-aways from sessions she attended at the WAPL Conference in May.  Florence received a scholarship from IFLS, made possible with funding from the Wisconsin Department of...

Small Steps, Big Shifts: What DEI Training Sparked in Our Library

by Leah Langby | May 28, 2025 | Learning Loop

Guest post by Kristina Kelley-Johnson, Director, Somerset Public Library.  The library received scholarship funds from IFLS (through IMLS) to follow up another inservice training at their library.    Small Steps, Big Shifts: What DEI Training Sparked in Our Library...

Reference-Desk Ready Report

by Leah Langby | May 22, 2025 | Learning Loop

Thanks to Jessica Dunn from the Colfax Public Library for this post.  Jessica received a scholarship from IFLS (with IMLS funding) to participate in an eight-week class from the UW-Madison iSchool, Desk Ready. This eight-week class, “Reference Desk Ready,” was through...

Updating the Library’s Image–Report on WAPL Conference from Britta Rice

by Leah Langby | May 20, 2025 | Learning Loop

Britta Rice from the Friday Memorial Library in New Richmond attended the Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Conference this spring, thanks to a grant from IFLS, provided by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction using funds from the federal agency...