by Leah Langby | Dec 15, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Adapted from a posting to PUBYAC:A couple weeks ago, after hearing about Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day, Nadine, a children’s librarian from Connecticut, came up with the idea for a special Take Your Child to the Library Day, and chose the first Saturday in...
by Leah Langby | Dec 9, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here’s an extremely cool and practical use of Wordle by school librarian Gina Beirne on . These are YA book titles that have turned up on various best-of-the-year lists–the larger the title, the more times it has appeared. What an attractive way to help...
by Leah Langby | Dec 8, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Terrific new early learning area in Eau Claire! Wow! This area has many small features that are reproducible for any library, and as a whole it is absolutely terrific!From Shelly, Youth Services Manager:”After many months of planning, we unveiled the Play and...
by Leah Langby | Dec 5, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to a few gentle suggestions from librarians who use story kits, I’ve been working on evaluating, weeding, updating them. There’s still a ways to go, but you’ll find some fresh books in:BirthdaysCats and MiceFeelingsTransportationVacationsI...
by Leah Langby | Nov 9, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
You can help make a terrific resource for librarians, teachers, and others who work with children and books around the world! The International Federation of Library Associations’ IBBY committee sent out the following plea:We ask you to take a few minutes to...
by Leah Langby | Nov 8, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Have you ever had kids who really are sad to leave the library? They start to wail and dig their heels in, leaving parents frazzled, kids sad and upset, and the librarians wondering what to do. In New Richmond, Georgia and Cynthia followed up on a terrific idea they...
by Leah Langby | Oct 31, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Teens at the Normal Public Library learn how to cook Southwest staples, from flickr Last week I attended the webinar Teaming Up with Teens @ Your Library, presented by Diane Tuccillo and Kelly Johnson. The webinar was sponsored by Web Junction and YALSA, and Diane and...
by Leah Langby | Oct 28, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Teens in Park Falls raised $375 for St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Marshfield by doing what they love best. On October 15, they played video games for 24 hours in the library, and raised pledges for the Children’s Miracle Network as part of...
by Leah Langby | Oct 21, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Well, fresh on the heels of 3 staff inservice presentations about The Wakanheza Project, and I think the IFLS Wakanheza Project Team is ready for anything! If you have been seeing the notices from around the state about The Wakanheza Project training and felt jealous,...
by Leah Langby | Oct 20, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
All three go together! In Durand, the Pepin County 4-H held a pumpkin-decorating program at the library. The library provided the venue, and 4-H provided everything else. The event was open to the public, free for the library, promoted 4-H to the community, and...
by Leah Langby | Oct 18, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
In Menomonie, Jodi Bird is bragging up her co-worker Debbie Nelson, and for good reason! Check out this charming bulletin board Debbie created with picture book jackets and some creativity:’Nuff said.
by Leah Langby | Oct 14, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
*Image from the Field Museum Library: http://www.flickr.com/photos/field_museum_library/3405449824/ Just want to draw your attention to a new feature to our website–a list of costumes that librarians in the IFLS area are willing to lend to each other for use for...
