by Leah Langby | May 25, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Katherine Schneider, founder of the ALA Schneider Family Book Award, president of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Board, newly pubished author, and frequent presenter of workshops and webinars at IFLS, recently contacted me. She said, July 26 is the 20th...
by Leah Langby | May 25, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
It’s time to gear up for the annual Book Cart Drill Team Competition at this year’s Wisconsin Library Association Conference at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. Register your team and get crackin’ on your routine for a chance to win a prize...
by Leah Langby | May 24, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Need some supplies for last-minute SLP decorations? I have some pretty swell things to give away to an IFLS library. First come, first serve, though if you send me some content for the blog, I’ll be oh-so-happy! Send an email to langby@ifls.lib.wi.us and tell me...
by Leah Langby | May 17, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
This year the Chippewa Valley Book Festival is launching a new project: The Chippewa Valley Reads…!This event is designed to bring people of all ages together through the joy of reading and discussing books by a renowned author. This year’s author is...
by Leah Langby | May 14, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
How many of you have prizes for your Summer Library Program? I am very interested in the conversation about whether or not giving out trinkets as prizes for reading is a good or bad practice. There has been a lot of discussion on an Association for Library Service to...
by Leah Langby | May 12, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Do you have an active teen advisory board? YALSA is accepting applications for the 2010-2012 round of YA Galley! YA Galley is an ongoing project in which publishers of young adult books provide free copies of their recent titles to teen book discussion groups in...
