Blogs
Keeping Up With Kids is Leah Langby’s long-running popular blog. She delves into subjects related to Youth Services from many different angles.
Resources for Games and Gaming!
The American Library Association's Games and Gaming Round Table have been busy! If you want to add some well-vetted board games to your circulating...
Guest Post: Goodbye Dewey? Rethinking Youth Nonfiction
Thanks to Katie Halama, Youth Services Coordinator, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, for this guest post! Katie received a scholarship from...
Decodeable and Hi-Lo Collections in Baldwin
At the IFLS webinar Improving Literacy: Understanding Dyslexia and Reading Instruction for Librarians earlier this month, I was delighted to hear...
Teen Program Success in Altoona
I talked with Regina Arndt, the long-time youth services librarian in Altoona recently and got inspired by some of her programs. Teen programs can...
Guest Post: Value of Volunteering and Connections
Olivia Moris is the director at the Altoona Public Library. She started as director there in 2024, so though she has a wealth of experience in...
Guest Post: Goodbye Dewey? Rethinking Youth Nonfiction
Thanks to Katie Halama, Youth Services Coordinator, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, for this guest post! Katie received a scholarship from...
Guest Post: Supervising Part-Time Staff
Jamie Smith from Hudson took the UW-Madison iSchool's Continuing Education course: Strategies for Supervising Part-Time Staff thanks to a...
Introducing Learning Loop!
Welcome to Learning Loop, the new IFLS Continuing Education/Professional Development Blog. This blog was first created as a way to facilitate...
Guest Post: Value of Volunteering and Connections
Olivia Moris is the director at the Altoona Public Library. She started as director there in 2024, so though she has a wealth of experience in...
Guest Post: Goodbye Dewey? Rethinking Youth Nonfiction
Thanks to Katie Halama, Youth Services Coordinator, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, for this guest post! Katie received a scholarship from...
Guest Post: Supervising Part-Time Staff
Jamie Smith from Hudson took the UW-Madison iSchool's Continuing Education course: Strategies for Supervising Part-Time Staff thanks to a...
Introducing Learning Loop!
Welcome to Learning Loop, the new IFLS Continuing Education/Professional Development Blog. This blog was first created as a way to facilitate...
Weekly Digest is a compilation of the best information that crosses our desks at IFLS. Edited by Rebecca Kilde, so if you’d like something to appear in Weekly Digest, send it to kilde@ifls.lib.wi.us with Weekly Digest in the subject line. Posts are deleted after six months.
Find funding, new on the website, stand up for libraries, a trio of surveys, learn online and in person, annual report resource
Grants and scholarships Apply now for ALA’s Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant to help build neighborhood connections! This one seems...
Weekly Digest: 3 things
Thing #1 New MORE Support Specialist at IFLS Jackee Johnson, currently ILS Administrator at Northern Waters Library Service, has been hired as the...
Grant alert, new collection policy, end-of-year tasks, park pass program, D&D for free, certification webinar
Grant alert, new collection policy, park pass program, D&D for free, certification webinar
Author event, new certification info, Data Dashboard project, build equity, learning opportunities, pumpion pie
The latest learning opportunities, explore the Data Dashboard, attend an author event, check out new Director Certification resources, and bake a pie. All the best from the IFLS desk.