by Leah Langby | Aug 22, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you are looking for a great way to add zip to your storytimes and other programs, learning to tell a few stories is a number one way to do so. If you are looking for an entertaining and super-fun way to spend an evening or two, listening to fabulous...
by Leah Langby | Aug 20, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
I kept seeing notices on Facebook about the Fall Creek Public Library Art Cart, making special appearances at the library this summer. I had to get the whole scoop from Jenna, the youth services librarian, and here it is. Thanks Jenna! The Art Cart is only...
by Leah Langby | Aug 19, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you are a teen and hang out at the Menomonie Public Library, you’re lucky! Teens have had a chance to do a bunch of cool stuff, from learning to decorate cakes from a pro, to learning zumba, yoga, and tai chi moves from instructors. They had a...
by Leah Langby | Aug 16, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Teen readers between the ages of 12 and 18 can vote online for their favorites from this year’s list of nominated titles from now through September 15th. The books nominated for the list were selected by teen book groups from around the country (this is something your...
by Leah Langby | Aug 12, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’ve seen a lot of innovative collaboration activities in the library world–libraries working with schools, libraries working with community agencies, reaching out to museums and artists and scientists to provide fabulous programming. And I’ve...
by Leah Langby | Aug 8, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Rice Lake is trying an interesting new outreach project: having a presence at the local farmers market once a week. Linda Mullin sets up a table, some blankets, some brochures and books at the Farmer’s Market every Thursday afternoon, and has been...
by Leah Langby | Aug 6, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Every year, Wisconsin’s Farm Technology Days draws tens of thousands of people (this year, the estimate was 35-40 thousand people). The event moves around every year, and this year, it was held on a farm near Barron. The Barron Public Library...
by Leah Langby | Aug 1, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
This year’s ALA Annual Conference was the site of a Guerrilla Storytime Action–youth services librarians gathering in a public place to talk about storytime–sharing ideas about early literacy strategies, methods for getting kids and adults back on...
by Leah Langby | Jul 31, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Let’s face it, most libraries don’t have someone devoting a lot of time to teen services. Even the teen librarian in our system’s larges library has dozens of other important non-teen-related duties to attend to. For those of you who are...
by Leah Langby | Jul 23, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
This just in from The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC):The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announced the beginning of a new mentoring program this fall. The program, which is open to members and non-members, is intended to help...
