by Leah Langby | Nov 14, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Now that the weather’s turning chilly, it’s a good time to start thinking about summer! Hmmm…let’s see, frolicking at the beach, spending time in the garden, camping and barbecues. And–oh yeah–fabulous library...
by Leah Langby | Nov 13, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Youth Services Idea Swap:MONEY MONEY MONEYFriday, December 7, 8:30-10 amFall Creek Public LibraryFundraising, Grants, Making Money StretchIt’s going to take more than a jar of coins to do everything you want to in your library. How do you raise funds? How...
by Leah Langby | Nov 12, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kris reports from Ladysmith that moving her storytime out of the small area they had available up in the children’s area into a roomy meeting room (along with her charming and magnetic personality, which she humbly didn’t mention) has resulted in storytime...
by Leah Langby | Nov 9, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jenna for information about this super-cool voting project in Fall Creek! Over the past few months, adults have been exercising their right to think and tomorrow they will have the chance to vote.Over the past few weeks, Fall Creek youth have been able to...
by Leah Langby | Nov 5, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended an interesting session at the Wisconsin Library Association Conference about leveraging social media as a Readers’ Advisory tool. Ben Miller from Sauk City Public Library talked about using Pinterest to recommend books, have a virtual...
by Leah Langby | Nov 2, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Common Core State Standards…it’s quite a buzz term. Libraries are increasingly being asked to understand and support them. But what does it all mean?? According to the mission statement of the Common Core State Standard Initiative: “The Common...
