by Leah Langby | Sep 26, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
They were having a tough time in Bloomer, coming up with a way to make the children’s area roomier and more functional. Kathleen Larson, the youth services librarian there drew on past experience to come up with a plan that seems to be working well for...
by Leah Langby | Sep 25, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Off-topic…But I can’t resist sharing this hilarious haiku my daughter heard from a storyteller at the Renaissance Festival this weekend:Most haikus just don’tReally make much sense at allRefrigerator
by Leah Langby | Sep 24, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
You may have noticed a considerable drop-off in the number of blog posts recently. Maybe you are heaving a sigh of relief at having a lessened load, but if you are missing hearing about what each other is doing or wanting more tidbits about goings-on in the...
by Leah Langby | Sep 20, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Okay, here are a few reasons I am extra-excited to attend this year:1. It’s in LaCrosse! That’s about as close as it gets for most of us on the western side of the state. Not so many hours in the car, and prices for hotels and meals are...
by Leah Langby | Sep 18, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Fall is in the air–I love the crisp days and the smell of leaves and the change in routine. It’s the time librarians everywhere start up storytime with a new crop of pre-schoolers and say hello to their old friends (4-year olds love being called...
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...
by Leah Langby | Aug 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lisa Ludwig, director at the Colfax Public Library, got a grant from Dunn Energy to purchase an iPad and several autism-related apps for it. She is working with the local parent’s autism support group and the school to promote the iPad. One of...
