by Leah Langby | Sep 13, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
There is nothing quite like a conference for making me feel connected to colleagues, inspired to try new things, and excited about my profession. There are two amazing conferences coming up in October that will be relevant and wonderful for Wisconsin...
by Leah Langby | Sep 7, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
A really great science booth at the Ridgedale Library in Minnetonka One more time-sensitive thing to mention about upcoming dates: Get your science geek on and participate in the Wisconsin Science Festival – right in your library! The Wisconsin Science Festival...
by Leah Langby | Sep 7, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
It’s been a busy week ( I can’t put off writing the grant proposal that’s been dogging me for months any longer)! I’m happy to be back briefly to report on a super-cool program opportunity that Patti (Durand) passed on to me:Star Wars...
by Leah Langby | Aug 31, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Tiffany Meyer enlisted some wonderful community experts and partners, along with her own creativity, to make the Summer Library Program in Dresser a great success. There was a pop-up planetarium, a local herbalist taking kids on a lawn walk to spot common useful...
by Leah Langby | Aug 29, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Tessa Michaelson Schmidt for sharing this FREE and RELEVANT webinar opportunity! If you are planning to attend our excellent workshop about Futureproofing your library that morning, don’t worry if you can’t get back to your library in time,...
by Leah Langby | Aug 27, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Eau Claire school librarians are an amazing bunch. Rebecca Hogue Wojahn, who has written several well-received nonfiction titles for kids, has a new novel, to be published next week! Malcolm at Midnight looks like a great read for middle grades: Malcolm, a...