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 18, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Do you get questions from parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other adults about good books to give as gifts? How can you harness this curiosity to spreading the word about some of your favorites?Some libraries create lists and displays to distribute at the...
by Leah Langby | Aug 5, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Using the data from the unscientific poll of IFLS and PUBYAC librarians AND the more-scientific information from a list of series with books that have multiple holds on the MORE system, I have compiled a list of popular series for teens. There are many more titles...
by Leah Langby | Jun 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
I got a good reminder from the Young Adult Library Services Association (of ALA) the other day. I know some teens who would love to be encouraged to participate in this!As your Summer Reading Program kicks off, be sure to include YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten....
by Leah Langby | Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Ooops. I just spent longer than I meant to exploring the author programs on TeachingBooks.net. I didn’t mean to, but I devoured an interview with Lois Lowry and then gobbled up an author’s readers theatre of Love That Dog (by Sharon Creech), read by Sharon...
