Save the date for the annual Youth Services Workshop–November 8 from 9:30-3:30 at the Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Energy Education Center in Eau Claire.Join us for a wonderful day of swapping ideas and thinking deeply about youth services, with...
School Library Journal has a FREE virtual conference, with presentations by authors that are getting quite a bit of buzz, and sessions about serving teens. August 15, you can do it from your desk (“Ha!” they all say, “Imagine having time to sit...
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been reading a book that has helped me think and process and move my own needle a little bit as I am considering my own behavior and ideas around race. I HIGHLY recommend So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma...
Image credit: PixabayMany libraries in IFLS-land have a terrific 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program, encouraging families to read together as much as possible before school starts. It’s a fun way to promote this, and a few years ago IFLS joined...
Image credit: PixabayMany of you know about Renee Grassi, either from her work nationally OR from her terrific workshop for IFLS last year, when she talked about making library programs, particularly the Summer Library Program, more accessible to and inclusive...
Image credit: PixabayThe Center for Disease Control is out with statistics about youth and risk, based on a survey of 13-17-year olds. Some interesting trends:Sexual activity is down, but among teens having sex, condom use is also down.In most other...
