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.
Thanksgiving Books
I recently got a question from a librarian who had weeded a lot of Thanksgiving books that perpetuate myths about Thanksgiving that are both...
Marketing to Teens
Thanks to Reb for passing along this sound advice from Angela Hursch about marketing to what can be a very tricky audience: teens. Take a look at...
Art to Calm Squirming Bodies and Minds
I attended an excellent webinar yesterday through Early Childhood Education Webinars with Anna Reyner, an art therapist who is also an early...
Updates from the Youth Services Section of WLA
If you don't already follow the Wisconsin Library Association's Youth Services Section Youth Services Shout-Out Blog, I highly recommend starting. ...
Guest Post: Value of Volunteering and Connections
Olivia Moris is the director at the Altoona Public Library. She started as director there in 2024, so though she has a wealth of experience in...
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...
Guest Post: Supervising Part-Time Staff
Jamie Smith from Hudson took the UW-Madison iSchool's Continuing Education course: Strategies for Supervising Part-Time Staff thanks to a...
Introducing Learning Loop!
Welcome to Learning Loop, the new IFLS Continuing Education/Professional Development Blog. This blog was first created as a way to facilitate...
Guest Post: Value of Volunteering and Connections
Olivia Moris is the director at the Altoona Public Library. She started as director there in 2024, so though she has a wealth of experience in...
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...
Guest Post: Supervising Part-Time Staff
Jamie Smith from Hudson took the UW-Madison iSchool's Continuing Education course: Strategies for Supervising Part-Time Staff thanks to a...
Introducing Learning Loop!
Welcome to Learning Loop, the new IFLS Continuing Education/Professional Development Blog. This blog was first created as a way to facilitate...
Weekly Digest is a compilation of the best information that crosses our desks at IFLS. Edited by Rebecca Kilde, so if you’d like something to appear in Weekly Digest, send it to kilde@ifls.lib.wi.us with Weekly Digest in the subject line. Posts are deleted after six months.
WI Science Fest, Direct File, AI survey, reminders and coming soon
Congratulations on another annual report season successfully completed! Wisconsin Science Festival virtual kickoff party The 15th Annual Wisconsin...
Data Dashboard pilot extended, library stories go to Washington, new on the website, coming up at IFLS
Data Dashboard pilot extended to June 30, 2025 All library staff are encouraged to utilize this free tool! The dashboard includes over...
New on Niche Academy and the website, call for proposals and opinions, IRS links, thank you, coming up
New content on the IFLS Niche Academy We are working on populating the IFLS Niche Academy with webinars and tutorials. Just this week, we added...
group supply order, 400 stories, opportunities, and resources
It’s group supply order time! It is time for the annual group supply order. Please return your order form by end of day Wednesday, February 19....