by Leah Langby | Jul 17, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I had a great talk with Mary Davis from the Hudson Area Joint Library yesterday. Last year, they had a disappointing turnout for the expensive performers they hired, and this year she decided to hire fewer performers and look to volunteers to provide special...
by Leah Langby | Jul 16, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I was recently asked to contribute a list of names of folks who might be a good fit for the Youth Services Section board of the Wisconsin Library Association. Well–you all know that this region boasts an unusually large number of fabulous librarians who...
by Leah Langby | Jul 11, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Cathy Lefevre is the library director at Sand Creek. The transformation she has managed to bring about in Sand Creek in the past 5 years, with the support and help of her community and her talented husband, has been astonishing! Read on, and get...
by Leah Langby | Jul 10, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
YA Novel Bluefish by Pat Schmatz Wins 2012 Burr/Worzalla Award Young Adult novel, Bluefish, written by Wisconsin native Pat Schmatz and published by Candlewick Press, has won the 2012 Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award. The Children’s Book Award Committee of the...
by Leah Langby | Jul 9, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kris Farley had barely taken the reigns as youth services librarian in Ladysmith before her first big program–a special family storytime during Money Smart Week. The library received free copies of The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Commercials from...
by Leah Langby | Jul 6, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Free Webjunction Webinar:Grant funding is one way to find resources to support innovative programming and services for children. In this webinar, learn about finding, writing, and submitting grant opportunities. Presenters Dr. Sue C. Kimmel, Assistant Professor, and...
by Leah Langby | Jul 5, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
From YALSA: YALSA (Young Adult Library Service Association) has new National Teen Space Guidelines for Public Libraries. Download them for free at: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/guidelines/teenspaces. This is a tool for evaluating a public...
by Leah Langby | Jun 28, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
The 2012 Great Web Sites Committee announces the Spring 2012 selections. Great Web Sites for Kids are those considered the best web sites for children ages birth to 14, outstanding in both content and conception. Selection criteria is available here. ...
by Leah Langby | Jun 26, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Book review by Raechel Schink, recent intern at IFLS. Thanks Raechel! Fogliano, Julie. and then it’s spring. Illus. Erin E. Stead. Roaring Brook Press. (978-159-643-6244) Ages 4 and up.The perfect book choice to teach children about spring. and then it’s spring...
by Leah Langby | Jun 21, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Chicago Public Library recently collaborated with a very proactive and dedicated judge, the Honorable Helaine Berger, to create a book list and build supporting collections in every CPL location for kids, teens, and parents who are involved in the foster care...
by Leah Langby | Jun 18, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jenna Gilles is the youth services librarian at the Fall Creek Public Library, among many other things! She writes a great blog about doings at her library. A busy, creative and energetic person, she brings a lot of great stuff to the library. The photo...
by Leah Langby | Jun 15, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Based on a poll of PUBYAC and IFLS Youth Services list servs, in combination with a peek at the multiple holds list for our catalog, I came up with this list of popular series. Take a peek. Do you have anything to add to the list? Anything you need to add...
