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.
Storytime Break Activities in Altoona
Storytime Break Activities in Altoona Anyone who has spoken with me about youth services knows that I am a very big proponent of taking breaks from...
Raising Wisconsin’s Children Conference
Thanks to our friends at UW-Madison Department of Extension for putting together an excellent, free virtual conference--great to share with parents...
Resources for Games and Gaming!
The American Library Association's Games and Gaming Round Table have been busy! If you want to add some well-vetted board games to your circulating...
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...
Lead the Way Conference Takeaways from Christopher Mick
Christopher Mick was able to attend the Lead the Way: Libraries at the Heart of Community Engagement Conference in Madison in April. His costs...
Powered Up by Power Up, Interview with Scholarship recipient Ray Pagenkopf from Menomonie PL
Ray Pagenkopf from the Menomonie Public Library was able to attend the 2025 virtual Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Services Managers...
Key Take-Aways from Sustainably Grow Your Summer Library Program Course (guest post)
NOTE: This blog post was written by Nicole Witt, Youth Services Coordinator at D.R. Moon Library-Stanley, based what she learned from the UW...
Practical Webinars for Any Public Library Worker (Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference 2025)
14 free, high quality webinars created especially for Wisconsin public library workers, it must be the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! I’ve...
Lead the Way Conference Takeaways from Christopher Mick
Christopher Mick was able to attend the Lead the Way: Libraries at the Heart of Community Engagement Conference in Madison in April. His costs...
Powered Up by Power Up, Interview with Scholarship recipient Ray Pagenkopf from Menomonie PL
Ray Pagenkopf from the Menomonie Public Library was able to attend the 2025 virtual Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Services Managers...
Key Take-Aways from Sustainably Grow Your Summer Library Program Course (guest post)
NOTE: This blog post was written by Nicole Witt, Youth Services Coordinator at D.R. Moon Library-Stanley, based what she learned from the UW...
Practical Webinars for Any Public Library Worker (Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference 2025)
14 free, high quality webinars created especially for Wisconsin public library workers, it must be the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! I’ve...
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.
Happy 4th! WISCAT user group recordings, postcard campaign, hashtags, Cadott groundbreaking, showcasing collections, and the calendar
Happy fourth! WISCAT User Group Meeting Recording Available WISCAT User Group Meeting recording and slides are now posted on the WISCAT...
WI Science Festival, public notice clarification, postcard update, librarians in the wild, Stanley breaks ground
Wisconsin Science Festival & Bioblitz The 15th annual Wisconsin Science Festival (WSF) will be held in our state on October 16-26, 2025. Again...
Courier best practices, Leadership Development Institute, public records notice, Trustee Training week printable, catalogers repository, on the calendar
Courier best practices Please remind staff that put items in courier: Only use removeable tape when attaching paperwork to materials. We've received...
Policy of the Month Club, send advocacy postcards now, order Passport supplies, last chance on Data Dashboard pilot, scholarships and events
Why join Policy of the Month Club? You know that at their best library policies are living documents that are regularly reviewed and updated. Where...