by Leah Langby | Jun 18, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
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...
by Leah Langby | Jun 15, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
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...
by Leah Langby | Mar 2, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Anne Hamland, the youth services consultant for Wisconsin Valley Library Service, now works in the same office as me. I can’t tell you how exciting it is for me to work in the same building with someone else who is thinking about services to youth! ...
by Leah Langby | Feb 28, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks so much to the new youth services/programming librarian at Ellsworth, Elise Gregory, for this guest post filled with easy-to-replicate and fun ideas.I’ve been making little grab bags with any of my left-over materials from Preschool Storytime. I also...
by Leah Langby | Jan 17, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the things I hear most often from librarians is that they are desperate for great ideas about teen programming, especially great ideas that won’t break the budget. As part of the Youth Services Track of the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference,...
