Blogs
Keeping Up With Kids is Leah Langby’s long-running popular blog. She delves into subjects related to Youth Services from many different angles.
Teen Program Success in Altoona
I talked with Regina Arndt, the long-time youth services librarian in Altoona recently and got inspired by some of her programs. Teen programs can...
IFLS Youth Services Check-In: Play!
Great questions were asked, great ideas were swapped! Here are a few highlights (sorry if I’m forgetting something): Karen Magnusson...
Great Halloween Cupcake Bake-Off in Phillips
Thanks to Linda Johnson, the new youth services librarian in Phillips, for sharing this fun collaboration. Leveraging her existing connection with...
The Power of Partnerships (guest post by Valerie Spooner)
I had a great chat with Valerie Spooner, the youth services librarian in Ladysmith, this afternoon. I LOVED hearing this story about the ways...
Guest Post: Value of Volunteering and Connections
Olivia Moris is the director at the Altoona Public Library. She started as director there in 2024, so though she has a wealth of experience in...
Guest Post: Goodbye Dewey? Rethinking Youth Nonfiction
Thanks to Katie Halama, Youth Services Coordinator, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, for this guest post! Katie received a scholarship from...
Guest Post: Supervising Part-Time Staff
Jamie Smith from Hudson took the UW-Madison iSchool's Continuing Education course: Strategies for Supervising Part-Time Staff thanks to a...
Introducing Learning Loop!
Welcome to Learning Loop, the new IFLS Continuing Education/Professional Development Blog. This blog was first created as a way to facilitate...
Guest Post: Value of Volunteering and Connections
Olivia Moris is the director at the Altoona Public Library. She started as director there in 2024, so though she has a wealth of experience in...
Guest Post: Goodbye Dewey? Rethinking Youth Nonfiction
Thanks to Katie Halama, Youth Services Coordinator, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, for this guest post! Katie received a scholarship from...
Guest Post: Supervising Part-Time Staff
Jamie Smith from Hudson took the UW-Madison iSchool's Continuing Education course: Strategies for Supervising Part-Time Staff thanks to a...
Introducing Learning Loop!
Welcome to Learning Loop, the new IFLS Continuing Education/Professional Development Blog. This blog was first created as a way to facilitate...
Weekly Digest is a compilation of the best information that crosses our desks at IFLS. Edited by Rebecca Kilde, so if you’d like something to appear in Weekly Digest, send it to kilde@ifls.lib.wi.us with Weekly Digest in the subject line. Posts are deleted after six months.
Scholarships, grants and CCBC Choices, plus news and events
Scholarships still available for WAPL The Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Conference is coming up in Oshkosh April 30-May 2. IFLS is...
New on the website, coming up on the calendar
This is a weekly digest of the best that’s come across our desks this week. If you have news about your library, upcoming events, or information...
WI Science Fest, Direct File, AI survey, reminders and coming soon
Congratulations on another annual report season successfully completed! Wisconsin Science Festival virtual kickoff party The 15th Annual Wisconsin...
Data Dashboard pilot extended, library stories go to Washington, new on the website, coming up at IFLS
Data Dashboard pilot extended to June 30, 2025 All library staff are encouraged to utilize this free tool! The dashboard includes over...