The teens in Hudson whiled away the hours before the opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II at a party at the library. The program, planned and organized by the Teen Advisory Group, included playing Harry Potter games, watching the first part of the movie, and, of course, COSTUMES! It was the library’s first venture into after-hours programming.
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...
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 this...
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...