Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Do You Use Our Parenting Web Page?

We have a webpage soley for parents. This is it: http://www.ewml.org/jparents.htm. Do you use this page? Have you ever used this page? I'm thinking about intergrating these links into this blog, and removing the page altogether. Any comments, ideas or suggestions?

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Information You Can Use!

As we are bombarded with more and more information daily, it becomes difficult to weed through what might be helpful, and what might just be a waste of our time. I'm hoping that we (librarians and the libraries that we serve) can help you do that-weed through the information-to get you what you truly need.

In addition, sometimes we forget about resources out there that are really helpful. I was reminded of one today, and wanted to share!

Did you know that the US Government has an entire database devoted to parents and parenting issues? It covers a variety of topics including but not limited to: nutrition, childcare, health, youth employment, literacy, adoption and expecting parents. The amount of information is really astonishing and thorough. Also, there's links to free databases, activity sheets, handbooks, guides, grants, financial aid and many other resources.

Here's the link: http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Parents.shtml

I hope you find it helpful! Let me know. Also, if you have a particular website that helps you out alot, and you want to share it with everyone-leave a comment on this blog!

-Adrienne, Children's Librarian