by Leah Langby | Aug 8, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Rice Lake is trying an interesting new outreach project: having a presence at the local farmers market once a week. Linda Mullin sets up a table, some blankets, some brochures and books at the Farmer’s Market every Thursday afternoon, and has been...
by Leah Langby | Aug 6, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Every year, Wisconsin’s Farm Technology Days draws tens of thousands of people (this year, the estimate was 35-40 thousand people). The event moves around every year, and this year, it was held on a farm near Barron. The Barron Public Library...
by Leah Langby | Aug 1, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
This year’s ALA Annual Conference was the site of a Guerrilla Storytime Action–youth services librarians gathering in a public place to talk about storytime–sharing ideas about early literacy strategies, methods for getting kids and adults back on...
by Leah Langby | Jul 31, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Let’s face it, most libraries don’t have someone devoting a lot of time to teen services. Even the teen librarian in our system’s larges library has dozens of other important non-teen-related duties to attend to. For those of you who are...
by Leah Langby | Jul 23, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
This just in from The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC):The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) announced the beginning of a new mentoring program this fall. The program, which is open to members and non-members, is intended to help...
by Leah Langby | Jul 22, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Ann Clark at So Tomorrow has a terrific blog post about some of her favorite music to use in a storytime for kids. It not only enriches storytime, it allows caregivers and kids to learn about some great new music to take home with them. Check out the...