by IFLS Staff | Jul 31, 2020 | COVID-19, digest
That Mask Thing: Resources and Language Focus on the positive, and avoid words like “law” and “fines”. Communication suggestions from IFLS librarians: Mary (Ogema) like “Because libraries believe everyone counts” Rob (Cumberland) uses something like this (I’m...
by Leah Langby | Jul 31, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Stacey from Augusta reminded me about the upcoming Wisconsin Science Festival, October 15-18. This is a great opportunity to share science-related programming with your community and be part of a state-wide effort. And they are all set to help support a...
by Leah Langby | Jul 30, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
When answering a question today I realized I have not made enough fanfare about the fantastic new resource from the Association for Library Service to Children: The Virtual Storytime Services Guide. So much good information, good ideas, best practices, tools. Wow. ...
by IFLS Staff | Jul 24, 2020 | COVID-19, digest
Update Library Service Spreadsheet, please. WISCAT starts August 3: There’s a Webinar for That July 29 WISCAT service webinar directly from the WISCAT team that will cover questions from the first webinar.This is the second of two webinars from the WISCAT team, and...
by Leah Langby | Jul 22, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Representative John Lewis died over the weekend. My heart gets full with gratitude when I think of him, all the work he did for our nation. He was a United States Representative from Georgia for more than three decades, and before that he was a leader in the Civil...
by IFLS Staff | Jul 17, 2020 | COVID-19, digest
Expanded Scholarship Opportunities Available Because in-person conferences are being cancelled, IFLS has addition scholarship funds for online conferences. IFLS staff will evaluate the applications based on these criteria: Financial need How you plan to apply what...
by Leah Langby | Jul 16, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
I somehow missed the first article in the School Library Journal series about taking COVID 19 as an opportunity to re-think youth services, but I read the second one and it really resonated with me. There has been so much STUFF to think about right now, with trying...
by Leah Langby | Jul 15, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Homeschooling looks lots of different ways. Here’s a homeschooler who built a cob oven (out of clay and sand–a multi-day project), built a fire inside it, and is approaching it with swim goggles for protection from smoke in the eyes. Next...
by Leah Langby | Jul 10, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many of you hopefully remember Jessica Bratt, who presented a great webinar for the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference in 2019 titled Let’s Talk About Race, about how to successfully talk about race in a positive way in storytime with very young children and...
by IFLS Staff | Jul 10, 2020 | COVID-19, digest
July 17 deadline for ACA certification training Thanks to a Public Library Association project, 30 public libraries in Wisconsin will receive financial and staff support for public libraries to become Certified Application Counselor Designated Organizations (CDOs) for...
by Leah Langby | Jul 6, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Valerie from Ladysmith for sharing this wonderful guest blog post about creating a StoryWalk® for Ladysmith. I had the idea a couple of years ago when I first saw a library with a StoryWalk®. They were using lawn signs, which are great, but I wanted...
by IFLS Staff | Jul 2, 2020 | COVID-19, digest
We’re thinking about all the folks in our IFLS communities that were impacted by last weekend’s flooding. Please reach out if we can be of any assistance, or if you just need a sympathetic ear. Reminder: July 3 Courier Courier is running library routes on Friday, July...
