Marge Loch-Wouters over at Tiny Tips for Library Fun is working with Lisa Shaia from Thrive After Three have created a survey for librarians to find the pulse of what is happening in programs for school-age kids. Take a few minutes to help out these generous and hard-working librarians as they do some research to help them do even more generous and hard-working things! Let yourself and your situation be counted! Fill in the survey soon, they are going to be blogging about the results soon.
I talked with Regina Arndt, the long-time youth services librarian in Altoona recently and got inspired by some of her programs. Teen programs can be tricky, and some of these ideas seem like they might work well for other libraries! Ping Pong and Pizza Nights Every...
Great questions were asked, great ideas were swapped! Here are a few highlights (sorry if I’m forgetting something): Karen Magnusson (formerly of Woodville, now of Baldwin) gave a report about her experience at the Play, Make, Learn Conference in...
Thanks to Linda Johnson, the new youth services librarian in Phillips, for sharing this fun collaboration. Leveraging her existing connection with the school and with the Family and Consumer Education teacher, Linda organized a Great Halloween Cupcake Bake-Off for...