by Leah Langby | May 23, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the most inspiring and mind-expanding things at the Wisconsin Autism Society’s annual conference I attended earlier this month was a keynote speech by Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette. Tracy and Larry are two intelligent, perceptive, humorous,...
by Leah Langby | May 17, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the excellent sessions I attended at this year’s WAPL Conference was an idea swap about programming for elementary school kids. Not surprisingly, my pen was going a mile a minute, copying down ideas to share with those of you who were too busy...
by Leah Langby | May 16, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
The staff at the Ellsworth Public Library pull together to do some terrific things…Julie Belz sent me a note about school visits: “We are in the midst of school visits and we are having a great time along with the kids. We are presenting the...
by Leah Langby | May 15, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I have been a little lax on posting for the past few weeks because of a surfeit of adventures that have left me scrambling to catch up on other work. Last week I attended the best Wisconsin Association of Public Librarian conference ever (in my experience)....
by Leah Langby | May 3, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Fans of Spot are ecstatic to greet him!L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire helped create a lot of joy at the 3rd annual Hugh’s Event in April. The...
by Leah Langby | May 2, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many of you have fond memories of regular contact with Rob Reid, the smart, witty and talented person who used to wear some of the same hats I do at IFLS. Rob is now a full time instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, having regular contact with...
