by Leah Langby | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Kim Hennings at New Richmond for this guest blog post about a great addition to their Summer Library Program:This year, in addition to weekly reading goals for SLP participants, we added “Mayor Fred’s Summer Reading Challenge.”We had a high...
by Leah Langby | Jun 3, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
I came across a YALSA blog post with some simple, easy-to-replicate tips for making your Summer Library Program more inclusive and accessible for kids and teens with disabilities (sorry that blog post is no longer available). If our goal is to help reduce the summer...
by Leah Langby | Apr 2, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
A Superhero rescues a baby, carrying her across a bridge over molten lava at a superhero storytime in Eau ClaireAs planning for summer enters into high gear, I wanted to remind you of a couple of great resources put together for us by our state youth services...
by Leah Langby | Mar 30, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Tent in the woods, courtesy of WI DNR flickrI just read a great blog post by Abby the Librarian about planning for vacations during the SUMMER. Shocking for some of you to think of, I’m sure, since summer is such a busy time for libraries, especially in...
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...
