by Leah Langby | May 22, 2025 | Learning Loop
Thanks to Jessica Dunn from the Colfax Public Library for this post. Jessica received a scholarship from IFLS (with IMLS funding) to participate in an eight-week class from the UW-Madison iSchool, Desk Ready. This eight-week class, “Reference Desk Ready,” was through...
by Leah Langby | May 20, 2025 | Learning Loop
Britta Rice from the Friday Memorial Library in New Richmond attended the Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Conference this spring, thanks to a grant from IFLS, provided by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction using funds from the federal agency...
by Leah Langby | May 16, 2025 | Learning Loop
NOTE: This post is from Nora Allen from the Friday Memorial Public Library in New Richmond. She attended the 2025 WAPL Conference with grant funds provided by IFLS, thanks to a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with funds from the Institute...
by Leah Langby | May 6, 2025 | Learning Loop
Christopher Mick was able to attend the Lead the Way: Libraries at the Heart of Community Engagement Conference in Madison in April. His costs were defrayed by two things: First, he submitted a proposal to present about a program related to bringing the solar system...
by Leah Langby | Apr 8, 2025 | Keeping Up With Kids, Learning Loop
Ray Pagenkopf from the Menomonie Public Library was able to attend the 2025 virtual Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Services Managers and Staff Conference in February thanks to a scholarship from IFLS, with funding support from the WI Division for Library...
by Leah Langby | Apr 1, 2025 | Keeping Up With Kids, Learning Loop
NOTE: This blog post was written by Nicole Witt, Youth Services Coordinator at D.R. Moon Library-Stanley, based what she learned from the UW Madison iSchool’s Continuing Education course Sustainably Grow Your Summer Library Program. Nicole was able to attend...
by Leah Langby | Jan 31, 2025 | Keeping Up With Kids
I had a heart-breaking conversation with a library director this week who was reeling from a two recent local deaths from suicide, and looking for resources for potential programming to help her community address significant mental health concerns. Lots of...
by Leah Langby | Jan 16, 2025 | Learning Loop
14 free, high quality webinars created especially for Wisconsin public library workers, it must be the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! I’ve highlighted four super-practical webinars that will enhance any public library worker’s job are below, but check out the...
by Leah Langby | Jan 15, 2025 | Learning Loop
The Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference is a FREE 2-day conference for library workers in Wisconsin on January 22 and 23. Fourteen different high quality webinars on a variety of topics. All are recorded, but it is extra-fun to attend live! I’ll be sending a few...
by Leah Langby | Dec 20, 2024 | Learning Loop
Heather Wiarda from Amery received a scholarship to attend the 2024 Association of Rural and Small Libraries Conference in Springfield, Massachusetts in September. She created a Power Point slides about the conference, complete with links to her notes and further...
by Leah Langby | Dec 12, 2024 | Learning Loop
Jennifer Mabie is the director at the Hawkins Area Library, and she attended her first Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference this fall, thanks to a scholarship from IFLS (funded by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with a grant from the...
by Leah Langby | Dec 11, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Storytime Break Activities in Altoona Anyone who has spoken with me about youth services knows that I am a very big proponent of taking breaks from weekly storytime. It gives you a chance to try new things, keeps you from burning out, allows you time to focus on...
