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.
Decodeable and Hi-Lo Collections in Baldwin
At the IFLS webinar Improving Literacy: Understanding Dyslexia and Reading Instruction for Librarians earlier this month, I was delighted to hear...
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...
Public Speaking, Advocacy, and Difficult Conversation Help from the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference
The Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference is a FREE 2-day conference for library workers in Wisconsin on January 22 and 23. Fourteen different high...
ARSL 2024 Share-Outs from Heather Wiarda
Heather Wiarda from Amery received a scholarship to attend the 2024 Association of Rural and Small Libraries Conference in Springfield,...
Guest Post: Memory Kits, Libby, Dinos, and More! WLA Scholarship Report
Jennifer Mabie is the director at the Hawkins Area Library, and she attended her first Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference this fall,...
Guest Post: Live, Laugh, Learn: Nick’s 2024 WLA Conference Experience
Thanks to Nick Andrews, the library director in Elmwood, for this guest post about his experience at the WLA Conference. Nick received a...
Public Speaking, Advocacy, and Difficult Conversation Help from the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference
The Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference is a FREE 2-day conference for library workers in Wisconsin on January 22 and 23. Fourteen different high...
ARSL 2024 Share-Outs from Heather Wiarda
Heather Wiarda from Amery received a scholarship to attend the 2024 Association of Rural and Small Libraries Conference in Springfield,...
Guest Post: Memory Kits, Libby, Dinos, and More! WLA Scholarship Report
Jennifer Mabie is the director at the Hawkins Area Library, and she attended her first Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference this fall,...
Guest Post: Live, Laugh, Learn: Nick’s 2024 WLA Conference Experience
Thanks to Nick Andrews, the library director in Elmwood, for this guest post about his experience at the WLA Conference. Nick received a...
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Weekly Digest: grants, postcard & passport programs, coming on the calendar
If you feel like there’s really a lot going on, you’re not wrong! Happy summer, y’all! In case you missed it: ARSL’s grant email These grants were...
Ideas to Action grants, Policy of the Month Club, artsy program resources, advocacy postcard campaign on its way, passport updates,
Apply Now! WiLS Ideas to Action closes June 2 The WiLS Ideas to Action Fund application period closes in just a few days! Through this fund, WiLS...
Scholarships & grants, passport update, use direct links to BadgerLink, libraries fight crime, and more
Scholarships and Grants The Wisconsin Library Association Foundation is accepting applications for a variety of scholarships and grants that support...
Human Resources tools, federal advocacy updates, passport update, on the calendar
New HR resource for directors and managers! Check out Human Resources for Wisconsin Library Leaders, a new resource for directors and managers! ...