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Junior Friends of the Library
I was lucky enough to come to a library that has had a strong middle school program for at least the past 15 years. In the township where I live and work the middle school includes children from 5th – 8th grades, this can pose problems because of the developmental…
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Beyond Books… Library lending
My boyfriend sends me links on just about anything, things he’s interested, things he thinks I might be interested in, sometimes random things that I can’t make sense of. But, he’s always really good about sending me links to articles about all things library-related. A few days ago he sent…
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7 Reasons to Rediscover Your Public Library
There are a number of reasons to visit the public library in your neighborhood, but Money Talks reports on just seven reasons, all of which are helpful suggestions for people of all ages to visit (and support) their local libraries. Check out the article here! The article does a great…
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Summer Countdown….
Now, for most people summertime means vacation, sun, surf, relaxation, being outside, and spending time with family and friends. For public librarians, summer is its own monster filled with busy programs, families coming into the library endlessly asking for their summer reading books for school assignments, and more work hours…
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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
If you do a search online a number of libraries around the country have created their own version of 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program. My boss came to me sometime in early January, I believe, and thought that this would be a great program for our library to offer. After a…
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To Dewey or Not to Dewey…
There have been a few articles and blog posts written in the past few years about disbanding the children’s collection of materials and rather than using the Dewey Decimal Classification and instead going for a more “bookstore” feel with books separated by subject matter. I’ve been intrigued with this idea, but…
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Weathering the Storm
As I was trolling other blogs that I try to keep up with, I found this inforgraphic that I felt the need to share. It was very relevant to me, I just finished a summer course in Public Budgeting and Finance where I was required to write an 8 –…
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Summer Reading Programs
For years children’s librarians have known that summer reading programs are beneficial to students. Plenty of anecdotal information supports the same idea. Unfortunately there was no long-term study to back this viewpoint. Until the Dominican Study entitled “Public Library Summer Reading Programs Close the Reading Gap” was published in June…