by Leah Langby | Nov 10, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended a Lead the Change pre-conference at this year’s Wisconsin Library Association Conference, and was pleased to see a bunch of IFLS librarians there. Yay, IFLS!One of the great ideas that was shared at this workshop was related to Summer...
by Leah Langby | Jul 11, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Golden nugget squashI attended an American Libraries Live session on Kid and Teen Friendly Libraries yesterday, and gleaned two worthwhile nuggets from it:ADVOCACY: Even if your library board or director doesn’t require it, be sure to submit regular...
by Leah Langby | Nov 1, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
In the next year, I’m going to spend more time and energy providing support to youth services librarians who want to advocate for themselves, their work, and their department. Look for more blog posts with ideas and resources (and occasional rants!). ...
by Leah Langby | May 6, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you need to do some advocacy to support the importance of youth services programming, materials, and staff, a new study from the Pew Research Center gives you some great statistics to quote! Here’s one: Almost every parent (97%) feels it is...
by Leah Langby | Mar 24, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
From Barb Huntington’s Monthly Posting for System Youth Services Liaisons:The “Why I Need My Library” contest seeks to engage young library advocates and asks them to create short, original videos on why they think libraries are needed now more than...
