by Leah Langby | Jul 14, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
I urge you to take advantage of 4 opportunities for learning more about becoming Media Mentors to the families and caregivers in your community! White Paper coverThe Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library...
by Leah Langby | Jul 10, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Learning to signal for help by catching light on a reflective surfaceThanks to Alisha from LEPMPL in Eau Claire for this guest post:When planning for my summer demonstration programs I wanted to find something new and different than what I’ve ever had before. I...
by Leah Langby | Jul 8, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jacket cover–Our KidsDuring my travels last week, I whiled away quite a few hours in airports and airplanes reading Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert Putnam. In it, he talks about the growing opportunity gap between economic...
by Leah Langby | Jul 6, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Tree of inspiration This year, I was extremely fortunate to be able to attend the American Library Association Annual Conference in San Francisco. It was the first time in 10 years I’d been to this extravaganza of librarianship. Apart from a few brief cases of...
by Leah Langby | Jul 2, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kids in Prescott visit booths of local heroes to find out what they doMany thanks to Becky Arenivar, Programming Specialist in Prescott for this inspiring guest post:This year’s SLP theme, Every Hero Has a Story, has been a super enabler for collaboration at the...
by Leah Langby | Jun 24, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Just what you need to keep you going this summer–a FREE conference that requires no travel. School Library Journal is sponsoring a free virtual conference about serving teens, SummerTeen on August 13, starting at 10 am Central Standard Time. It...