by Leah Langby | Dec 18, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Use your toolbox! (image from Pixabay)Remember when we used to get a thick juicy manual full of lots of pages, helping us figure out what to do for the summer library program? Those days are not actually gone, the pages are just digital now. I sent...
by Leah Langby | Apr 3, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last week, I attended Power Up: A Conference in Leadership for Youth Services Managers and Staff. Woah! Lots of big ideas and smart people and great connections and things to think about! Look for more about this conference coming out over the...
by Leah Langby | Feb 9, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Cardboard. Cats optional.The other day Kim, the youth services librarian in Clear Lake, and I were chatting about programs using cardboard to build cool things. I was reminded of Caine’s Arcade, a charming film about a kid who made a whole arcade out...
by Leah Langby | Dec 16, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
The final big trend to discuss from the SLP workshop responses to making the Summer Library Program easier: Simplification.Several people talked about looking at programs and simplifying them. Many talked about looking at record-keeping and simplifying it....
by Leah Langby | Dec 6, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Asking for help should be easier and more pleasant than a giant dose of castor oil!Moving on from the things that people HATE about the Summer Library Program, and moving on to the things that people thought they might be able to do to make their SLP easier. A...
