by Leah Langby | Nov 5, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended an interesting session at the Wisconsin Library Association Conference about leveraging social media as a Readers’ Advisory tool. Ben Miller from Sauk City Public Library talked about using Pinterest to recommend books, have a virtual...
by Leah Langby | Nov 2, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Common Core State Standards…it’s quite a buzz term. Libraries are increasingly being asked to understand and support them. But what does it all mean?? According to the mission statement of the Common Core State Standard Initiative: “The Common...
by Leah Langby | Nov 1, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
In chatting with Monica at River Falls, I found out about their YA for Adult Book Group. It sounded like such fun, I had to ask a few questions of Monica and Heather, two staffers who work with this book group.What made you decide to do a YA for Adult Book...
by Leah Langby | Oct 31, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended a rousing and inspiring session at the WLA Conference about collaborating effectively with schools. I know this is an area that many of you are looking for help with, and you can look for a webinar and some other initiatives coming up in 2013. ...
by Leah Langby | Oct 30, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Reach Out and Read in action on a military base (part of the program is helping parents understand that it is normal development for babies to interact with books by mouthing them).By now, many of you have heard about the Reach Out and Read initiative, and...
by Leah Langby | Oct 29, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Later this week, look for some insight gleaned from great sessions I attended at the Wisconsin Library Association Conference (it was great to see many of you there!).For now, I want to draw your attention to some heartening news–and a wake-up call about...
by Leah Langby | Oct 24, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Colleen Zertler is the teen librarian at the Menomonie Public Library. She doesn’t brag enough, but she has a terrific teen advisory board, a host of excellent and well-attended programs for teens, and some wonderful, smart ideas about connecting...
by Leah Langby | Oct 22, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jill Patchin for this great post about an early reader book club! We had our first “My First Book Club” meeting recently, and it was a blast! The group is intended for children transitioning into reading their first chapter books along with a parent or...
by Leah Langby | Oct 17, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)–you’ve heard of it and about how important it is, and hopefully you have thought about some simple ways to support the development of STEM skills in your library.Lego Programs are a natural tie-in....
by Leah Langby | Oct 16, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Dayna Lovell at the L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library is combining two grant projects to present one terrific program on Thursday, October 25 at 6:30.A year ago, the library received a grant from the Presto Foundation that allowed them to purchase I-Pads for...
by Leah Langby | Oct 15, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Wow, what a great bonanza of book suggestions! Time for a book display? Time to do a little reading to see what you think? See what you think of the following:Teens Top Ten is announced every year during Young Adult Library Service Association...
by Leah Langby | Oct 10, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
The first Saturday in November, the American Library Association is promoting International Games Day@ Your Library. Hard to go wrong with some interactive games! IFLS has several gaming kits–both electronic (Wii, Rock Band, Guitar Hero) and...
