Teen Librarian Toolbox

I had heard about the Teen Librarian Toolbox blog/resource before, but hadn’t really spent much time exploring it until I had the chance to see Karen Jensen at this year’s Wisconsin Library Association YSS Luncheon. If you haven’t taken time to look,...

Stealthy in More Ways than One!

Fun in the stacks with Riddle Me Readers Stealth Program Thanks to Alisha Green from LEPMPL for this guest post, talking about the stealthy ways she and her colleagues are teaching kids to use the catalog! I was first approached last year by our Friends coordinator...

Awesome SLP/Library Promotion Idea

I attended a Lead the Change pre-conference at this year’s Wisconsin Library Association Conference, and was pleased to see a bunch of IFLS librarians there.  Yay, IFLS!One of the great ideas that was shared at this workshop was related to Summer...

Where to Find Performers Now?

.Here are some resources I found that might be useful to you as you look for help with presenters of programs: The Wisconsin Folk Arts Directory  Wisconsin Humanities Council has a Speakers Bureau   Directory of MinnesotaArtists SELCO (southeast MN) list of “vetted...

Big Fun Play Date

Exploring the box-blocksBack in September, Tiffany Meyer, then the director of the Dresser Public Library (now at Ellsworth) attended our LSTA-funded webinar by Rachel Payne about the Brooklyn Public Library’s Read Play Grow program. Amazing sensory input with...

Early Literacy Posters

As part of a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, our super-star graphic design champion Kathy O’Leary created some gorgeous posters promoting 3 of the early literacy practices (talk, read, and play).  These posters are so beautiful,...