by Jamie Matczak | Aug 15, 2018 | Blog Post, Featured Post Slider, Youth Blog
This is the second post regarding schools and libraries. Take a moment to read How to Communicate with School Librarians & Teachers from May. Take the leap! School librarians, teachers, and public librarians are all busy, but do not let that stop you from...
by Jamie Matczak | Aug 3, 2018 | Featured Post Slider, Youth Blog
Your summer program or busy season is winding down. It is important to carve out time regularly to reflect on the goals for your services, programs, summer program and how you share information with your community and stakeholders. Start with reserving fifteen minutes...
by Jamie Matczak | Jul 3, 2018 | Featured Post Slider, Technology, Youth Blog
Librarians are technology experts for many communities. Librarians help with smartphone issues, laptops that do not want to connect to public wifi, navigating websites and creating email addresses, all in addition to showing the public how to use the catalog, public...
by Jamie Matczak | Jun 5, 2018 | Blog Post, Featured Post Slider, Technology, Youth Blog
WVLS and IFLS libraries can reserve makerspace kits that fit with the Libraries Rock! summer reading theme. Kits arrive to your library (or preferred courier stop) ready to go. For most kits, no experience is needed as your adventurous library users can figure out how...
by Jamie Matczak | May 24, 2018 | Blog Post, Featured Post Slider, Uncategorized, Youth Blog
School librarians, teachers, and public librarians are all BUSY. How can we communicate and work with each other while respecting each other’s time? I have collected a few notes from two school librarians and have them listed below. Do you have suggestions or tips? Am...
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....