SLP Promotion in Ellsworth is Golden

by | May 14, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids

Julie (mean banker Mr. Bigglebottom, above) adapted the new book: The Gold Miner’s Daughter, A Melodramatic Fairy Tale written by Jackie Mims Hopkins into a play for the library staff (and a few volunteers) to perform for students to promote the Summer Library...

Summer Reading Gaps

by | May 13, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids

I attended a meeting of system consultants trying to help their libraries serve traditionally underserved populations last week.  It’s always a treat to get together with other people who do your job, especially when those people are smart, thoughtful,...

Youth Services–managing your managers

by | May 9, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids

Do you ever struggle, as a youth services librarian, to communicate the importance of youth services to your managers?  Most libraries in this reason do a terrific job of valuing their youth services (programs, collections, outreach and more) and the librarians...

Grant Proposal Writing Tips

by | May 7, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids

One of the things that would make all of our jobs easier is a little extra cash, and people are looking for outside sources of funding for projects and day-to-day operations, particularly when local funding is is short supply.Grant-writing is one great way to...

The Parents Get It!

by | May 6, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids

If you need to do some advocacy to support the importance of youth services programming, materials, and staff, a new study from the Pew Research Center gives you some great statistics to quote!  Here’s one:  Almost every parent (97%) feels it is...

Storytime Bonanza Follow-Up

by | Apr 30, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids

I can’t believe I forgot to take photos at the Storytime Bonanza Workshop!  I find I’m always too interested in what is going on to take time to remember things like taking pictures–especially when we have such great presenters as all those IFLS...

Cool IFLS-Related Posts

by | Apr 22, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids

In case you don’t have the Youth Services Shout-Out (WLA’s Youth Services Section blog) on your regular list of blogs to read: 1.  You should consider adding it to your list–lots of great information and inspiration there! 2.  Check out the great...

Springy Display in Ladysmith

by | Apr 18, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids

I’m starting to feel like I’m in a children’s fantasy book, where some Spirit of Winter or White Witch has made it so we will never have Spring.  If I went into the Ladysmith Public Library and saw this cheery display, I’d have new...

Preschool Superhero Party in Eau Claire

by | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized

I’m not sure where this idea originated, but the fun-loving staff at the Eau Claire Public Library took it and ran with it!  I’m just going to give you some captioned photos so you can experience the fun by feasting your eyes.  These pictures...

St. Croix Falls Teen Intern Grant!

by | Apr 12, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids

Cole Zrostlik wrote recently with the happy news that the St. Croix Falls Public Library has received another national grant!  YALSA and Dollar General sponsor a grant to help libraries hire teen interns to help with the Summer Library Program–both to help...