by Jamie Matczak | Apr 26, 2018 | Blog Post, Featured Post Slider, Uncategorized
Have you looked into the Wisconsin Author Project? Interested in serving on the committee to select the winner? Read on! Wisconsin libraries are helping local authors get the recognition they deserve for writing great books. This year’s contest kicks off on...
by Jamie Matczak | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog Post, Featured Post Slider, Uncategorized
The AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation (SPLC) is pleased to announce the publication of the Public Library & School Library Collaboration Toolkit. This toolkit is the result of a three-year collaborative effort with...
by Jamie Matczak | Apr 19, 2018 | Blog Post, Featured Post Slider, Teen Talk, Youth Blog
You can create a teen space with the resources you have out of a single book shelf, wall, row, or entire room! All libraries, big and tiniest of tiny, need a teen space of some kind. Let’s face it. There are too many options for and demands on a teenager’s time....
by Jamie Matczak | Apr 17, 2018 | Featured Post Slider, Uncategorized
The Wisconsin Valley Library Service (WVLS) is offering a competitive grant to a member library to develop and implement a service for their community that is both innovative and collaborative. The relevant aspects of the grant and, ultimately, of the new service...
by Jamie Matczak | Apr 13, 2018 | Blog Post, Featured Post Slider
Do you receive more emails than you can keep up with? Starting Monday, April 16, we launch “Monday Mentions.” One email, sent on Monday afternoon, with concise information of things you might want to know about in the upcoming week. There is a lot of...
by Jamie Matczak | Apr 12, 2018 | Featured Post Slider, Uncategorized, Youth Blog
Talk, Read, Sing and Play with children every day. Each of these activities plays an important part in early brain development. The U.S. Department of Education states: “However, many families lack access to the types of resources that can help them make the most of...
