• Lifestyle

    Library Card Drive

    I spent a few hours last night at our new community center talking with residents about the library and signing up residents with library cards. Many of the people I saw come through the doors were people I see in the library on a regular basis. I gave them updated…

  • Lifestyle

    Partnering with Parks & Recreation

    I had a meeting with our township’s Parks & Recreation department recently and it was so wonderful that it didn’t end up like an episode of the NBC show Parks & Recreation, rather we’re planning for ways to partner with each other while also not stepping on each other’s toes.…

  • Activities

    Programming for Millennials

    I’ve been thinking about how to entice millennials to use our library more for over a year now. And now, I feel like I’m finally in a place to start planning some programs to attract this generation into the library. Being a millennial myself, I know how much millennials hate…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Favorite TV Shows

    I love TV shows that are entertaining (and usually light-hearted). I tend to lean toward comedies and/or superhero shows filled with action and adventure.  None of these are probably new to you, but these are some of the shows I’m enjoying right now! The Big Bang Theory – 30-something year…

  • Activities

    Toddler Storytime Theme: Cats

    Opening: “Put Your Hands Up In the Air” by Hap Palmer, So Big Puppet Meet & Greet: Meet Woolly (monkey puppet) Early Literacy Tip: “Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading aloud.  From birth!” (Mem Fox’s Ten Read Aloud Commandments) Resource Share: Ranger Rick Jr. – Wild…

  • Activities

    Passive Programming: Clear Out the Craft Room

    The kids in our school district had the whole week off for spring break so with that in mind, I knew we would need to offer a few programs to keep them busy.  We had a screening of the ever-so-popular Minions with quite a large audience on Tuesday evening and on…

  • Activities

    Norse Mythology for Tweens

    With the popularity of Rick Riordan’s books, I was sure that the new series Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard would be a HUGE hit, but I think I jumped the gun a little too quickly because most of the kids I know have had the chance to read…

  • Activities

    Storytime Planning

    Our storytime schedule runs in 6-week sessions, 4 times a year, which allows me time to make changes, adapt, renovate, and change things that aren’t working.  Our winter session begins at the end of January which means I decided to start thinking about themes, no themes, books, activities, songs and…

  • Activities

    Zentangle at the Library

    Last night I offered a Zentangle Beginner’s Class at the library as part of our de-stress December events for adults.  The Zentangle class was also offered to tweens and teens and although I was a little nervous about leading an adult class, it went very well with a decent crowd.…

  • Activities

    DIY Spa & Game Night

    We had our holiday/end-of-the-semester party for our middle school students this week and the kids have been asking for another spa and game night, so that’s what we did!  We brought out a bunch of board games, card games and activities and provided a few stations for a spa night.…