by Leah Langby | Jan 31, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Book Trailers are a fun way to promote books. Colleen from Menomonie often uses them as part of the mix when she is booktalking to teens. Some libraries feature them prominently on websites. This seems like a cool project for a teen advisory board, or younger kids,...
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 | 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 | May 22, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
The folks at the public library in Eau Claire have stepped up their game in promotion of the Summer Library Program. They created two videos, one to promote their program for younger kids–complete with a sequence at the end featuring even the dignified...
by Leah Langby | Feb 28, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Tomorrow, we’ll go back to a round-up of ideas from the Summer Library Program, but for right now, I want to do a timely post about Teen Tech Week, which is coming right up March 10-16. This year’s theme: Check In @ Your Library, which...
