by Leah Langby | Mar 28, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Milky Way (Pixabay)Thank you to Claire Parrish at Rice Lake Public Library for letting me know about STAR-Net: Science Technology Resources for Libraries. This website, provided by The Space Science Institute’s National Center for Interactive...
by Leah Langby | Mar 27, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Transformation’s coming! (from Pixabay)I’m so excited! Since 2013, odd-numbered years have a special transformative quality for 25 lucky library staff who work with youth in Wisconsin. That’s because every other year, there is a...
by Leah Langby | Mar 24, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
According to an article in Cosmopolitan Magazine, the Institute for Museum and Library Services accounted for 0.00006 percent of the federal budget in 2016. Yet this institution provides crucial infrastructure to Wisconsin libraries, along with funding to pursue...
by Leah Langby | Mar 22, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
from Gene Yang’s websiteI’m a fan of Gene Luen Yang–I love his books, he’s a terrific speaker, and I’m so glad he is the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His platform is Reading without Walls–he is...
by Leah Langby | Mar 20, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Puppies need heavy work, too!I learned about the concept of “heavy work” when I was learning about autism and sensory processing issues. It can be calming, and help kids organize their minds so they are ready to participate in whatever other learning...
by Leah Langby | Mar 17, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Now that its future is in question, I’ve been thinking about LSTA funding, which comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. I’ve been considering what it has allowed us to do in our system, and in Wisconsin. It’s a lot of...
