by Leah Langby | Oct 23, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo credit: Kris Adams Wendt (she says the magical hands were not intentional, but appropriate!)Last week, I had the experience of a lifetime, as I was honored as the WLA/Demco Wisconsin Librarian of the Year. The honor itself, plus the kind words of...
by Leah Langby | Oct 16, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
I love hearing from colleagues who have flown the coop, so to speak, and are working in libraries outside of our system. First of all, I love to hear from them because I like them, and love to hear what they are up to and what they are thinking about. ...
by Leah Langby | Oct 11, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are some public libraries that are doing great work with kids involved with the juvenile justice system. At ALA last summer, I attended a program about a library that lines up volunteer bedtime readers and author visits at the local juvenile detention...
by Leah Langby | Oct 10, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
The blog has been a victim of the triage that becomes necessary during especially busy times, which August, September, and October seem to be. BUT. I have it on my calendar to do a blog entry several times in the upcoming weeks, so look for more...
by Leah Langby | Sep 22, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Maureen Welch for passing on these tips from the NoveList newsletter! They are specific to helping kids and teens find books using NoveList. Did you know? Appeals terms describe the mood or feel of books (think: funny, sad, inspiring), and they are a...
by Leah Langby | Sep 13, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
As part of the Chippewa Valley Book Festival, local writers will be holding wonderful sounding workshops for young writers at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire. Jessi Peterson is one of the presenters for the workshop for 3-5...
