by Leah Langby | Jan 17, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the things I hear most often from librarians is that they are desperate for great ideas about teen programming, especially great ideas that won’t break the budget. As part of the Youth Services Track of the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference,...
by Leah Langby | Nov 28, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you haven’t had a chance to peek at the new super awesome toolkit that is part of the Wisconsin Libraries Coding Initiative, I highly recommend taking some time to do that. Created by our inimitable statewide youth services consultant Tessa Michaelson...
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 | Jul 5, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the programs I attended at ALA this year was called Strong Girls School. Nancy Evans, from the public library in Levittown, New York discussed a program that she developed after teen girls in a library writing group clamored for it. As a writing...
by Leah Langby | Jun 14, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Authors will speak on topics including immigration, gender, and reluctant readers. Click here to register for the 6th annual SLJTeen Live! Join us on August 9, 2017, from 10 AM – 5 PM ET, for the 6th annual SLJTeen Live! This free, entirely virtual conference...
