Field Acquisitions

I am very anti Anti-Valentine's Day parties. It's not that I'm against what the programs are, but I'm very against the te...

This fall for programming, I decided I wanted to reach out to a new group that wasn't being reached as much as I'd like -- the presc...

One of the truths of youth librarianship is that there is never a break. In the midst of summer reading, you have to plan out fall and winte...

While last week I talked about programs that didn't cost money , today I'm going to share two programs I did (that were essentially...

The theme of the week is no cost programming, and today's program at work was one of the favorites so far this summer: a recycled costum...

I ran a no cost and extremely easy program last week that brought in 15 tweens for over an hour of easy fun that encouraged their creativity...

This year's cooperative library summer theme for children is "One World, Many Stories." As part, I've incorporated a few (...

I Rocked the Drop today. Since it was rainy and gloomy in southern Wisconsin today, I couldn't leave my goods around town like original...

One of the programs we do for the littlest patrons -- and even the not-yet-here-but-will-be-soon patrons -- is making baby bags. These are l...

A longer post explaining my insanity will come soon, but I leave you with a series of photos to describe the second meeting of my high schoo...

When I began my job in September, it was only a couple weeks into being the new kid I had to brainstorm programming for the new year. One of...

When I began m y new job, I inherited some tried-and-true programs. This is one of them, and it's one I will continue over and over. Des...