by Leah Langby | Aug 28, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to the IFLS Youth Services librarians who have worked hard to crowd-source two documents, one for families switching to homeschooling (private, home-baseed education), another for families who are switching to virtual public school due to the pandemic. These...
by Leah Langby | Aug 26, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
There is so much to do and think about related to racism and trying to be an antiracist, and one of the simplest and most library-centric things to do is to examine our collections and the books we promote to make sure that they reflect our diverse world. ...
by Leah Langby | Aug 12, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
The year after I finished college, I worked part time at a community-based literacy program in southeast Washington DC. As part of my internship, I coordinated a book donation project and distributed children’s books to kids at the nearby housing project. I...
by Leah Langby | Aug 4, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’ve been finding for myself (and hearing from others both in and out of libraries) that one of the most stressful things about COVID-19 is the endless need to make decisions. And then often needing to second-guess those decisions, or make new decisions based...
by Leah Langby | Jul 31, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Stacey from Augusta reminded me about the upcoming Wisconsin Science Festival, October 15-18. This is a great opportunity to share science-related programming with your community and be part of a state-wide effort. And they are all set to help support a...
by Leah Langby | Jul 30, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
When answering a question today I realized I have not made enough fanfare about the fantastic new resource from the Association for Library Service to Children: The Virtual Storytime Services Guide. So much good information, good ideas, best practices, tools. Wow. ...
