Blogs
Keeping Up With Kids is Leah Langby’s long-running popular blog. She delves into subjects related to Youth Services from many different angles.
Guest Post: Goodbye Dewey? Rethinking Youth Nonfiction
Thanks to Katie Halama, Youth Services Coordinator, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, for this guest post! Katie received a scholarship from...
Decodeable and Hi-Lo Collections in Baldwin
At the IFLS webinar Improving Literacy: Understanding Dyslexia and Reading Instruction for Librarians earlier this month, I was delighted to hear...
Teen Program Success in Altoona
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...
IFLS Youth Services Check-In: Play!
Great questions were asked, great ideas were swapped! Here are a few highlights (sorry if I’m forgetting something): Karen Magnusson...
Powered Up by Power Up, Interview with Scholarship recipient Ray Pagenkopf from Menomonie PL
Ray Pagenkopf from the Menomonie Public Library was able to attend the 2025 virtual Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Services Managers...
Key Take-Aways from Sustainably Grow Your Summer Library Program Course (guest post)
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...
Practical Webinars for Any Public Library Worker (Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference 2025)
14 free, high quality webinars created especially for Wisconsin public library workers, it must be the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! I’ve...
Public Speaking, Advocacy, and Difficult Conversation Help from the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference
The Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference is a FREE 2-day conference for library workers in Wisconsin on January 22 and 23. Fourteen different high...
Powered Up by Power Up, Interview with Scholarship recipient Ray Pagenkopf from Menomonie PL
Ray Pagenkopf from the Menomonie Public Library was able to attend the 2025 virtual Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Services Managers...
Key Take-Aways from Sustainably Grow Your Summer Library Program Course (guest post)
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...
Practical Webinars for Any Public Library Worker (Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference 2025)
14 free, high quality webinars created especially for Wisconsin public library workers, it must be the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! I’ve...
Public Speaking, Advocacy, and Difficult Conversation Help from the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference
The Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference is a FREE 2-day conference for library workers in Wisconsin on January 22 and 23. Fourteen different high...
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Federal funding news, supply order Qs answered, free gardening programs, Fall Creek launches campaign, upcoming events
Federal funding news from DPI From Ben Miller: "Wisconsin's partial LSTA 2025 funding award just came through! We received 50% of our award for a...
Delivery study, group order update, new resources, new on the advocacy toolkit, news in the world of libraries, calendar items
Delivery study is coming! Thank you all for participating and helping IFLS collect this vital information, which is used for a variety of reasons;...
Spring delivery schedule, statewide advocacy, good stuff sprouting on the calendar
Spring is coming! So is the Delivery Study! The spring delivery study will take place the week of April 21-25. The study instructions, worksheet,...
Grant winners, Adult Services list and check-in, WiLS Idea to Action Fund call for proposals, advocacy update, coming up on the calendar
Congratulations, grant winners! Seven IFLS libraries received grants for either $10,000 or $20,000 from the American Library Association’s Libraries...