International Games Day Resources

by | Oct 10, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids

The first Saturday in November, the American Library Association is promoting International Games Day@ Your Library.  Hard to go wrong with some interactive games!  IFLS has several gaming kits–both electronic (Wii, Rock Band, Guitar Hero) and...

Beyond Beanbags

by | Jul 5, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids

From YALSA:  YALSA (Young Adult Library Service Association) has  new National Teen Space Guidelines for Public Libraries.  Download them for free at:  http://www.ala.org/yalsa/guidelines/teenspaces. This is a tool for evaluating a public...

Popular Teen Series

by | Jun 13, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids

After an informal poll of librarians on PUBYAC on the IFLS Youth Services listserv, I took a peek at the multiple holds list generated by our shared catalog.  What follows are titles that came up several times in the poll or came up with lots of holds. ...

Teen services webinar

by | Sep 15, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids

According to grassroots reports, a perennial issue for many librarians in our system is trying to keep teens involved at the library. And yet, did you know that IFLS has the third largest teen programming turnout statistics compared to other systems? Just thought you...

Terrific Odds and Ends

by | Jun 30, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids

Folks at the Pepin Library had fun with the Bassmeister this summer, with puppets, ventriloquism, illusions, visual props, and plenty of humorous but important safety tips. About 50 people attended an indoor picnic and the show–pretty terrific turnout for...