- AC approves database subscription changes
- CE grants can now be used to offset some staff training costs
- Member/Staff News
- How libraries stack up: 2010
- LSTA meeting and public hearing scheduled
- MALC offers scholarships
- WAPL advance registration deadline is April 9
- WAPL One Conference, One READ, Book Discussion title announced
- 2010 Woman’s Day magazine library contest open through May 9
- Continuing Education Calendar
AC approves database subscription changes
At its March 18 meeting, the Administrative Council (AC) approved a recommendation that libraries make a firm commitment by Sept. 1, 2010, for the databases to which they will subscribe in 2011.
The database renewal timeline is outlined below.
- Aug. 1 -- By this date, all libraries will receive information from Sara Gold at WiLS about databases to which they currently subscribe
- Which databases (if any) they subscribe to
- An estimate of what it will cost them to renew those same databases if all subscribing libraries continue to subscribe
- The opportunity to add database(s) that other SCLS libraries subscribe to. - Sept. 1 -- By this date, in order to calculate final pricing, all libraries must let Sara know which databases they intend to subscribe to for the following year (whether renewals or new subscriptions).
- Sept. 1-Oct. 15 -- Sara will work with vendors and libraries to negotiate pricing, and calculate the final amount due from each library.
- Nov. 1 -- Libraries will have final pricing in hand for the following year.
- January -- Libraries will receive invoices from WiLS for databases for the current year during the month of January
For 2011 renewals, we anticipate that even if some libraries discontinue databases, the increase to any individual library should be 5 percent or less. Therefore, libraries’ Sept. 1 decision is considered a firm commitment, unless the final increase amounts to more than 5 percent, in which case a library has the option to decline.
CE grants can now be used to offset some staff training costs
SCLS member public libraries have long been able to obtain CE grants to help offset the cost of attending professional development/continuing education programs, but now these libraries may apply to use CE Grant funds to help pay for a speaker, presenter, or trainer for a staff in-service or training program.
Through this matching grant, SCLS will pay 50 percent of the trainer's fees and expenses up to a maximum of $500. Funds awarded will count toward a library's annual grant limit. More detailed information is available at www.scls.info/ce/grants/wlagrants.html.
More information also is available from Jean Anderson, CE Coordinator.
Member/Staff News LaValle Public Library will hold an open house in its new building on Saturday, April 10, from 9 a.m. until noon. The library has been closed since June of 2008 as a result of flood damage.
The March 2010 LINK Library Statistics Summary is posted on Automation's website. Both PDF and Excel versions of this report are posted.
Monona Public Library did it! Thanks to the generosity of Monona residents, the Library raised just over $103,000 for its Booked for Life Endowment during horrendous economic times. The Madison Community Foundation will kick in an additional $50,000. The library will hold a celebration tea on April 15 as part of its National Library Week observance.
The Portage County Public Library in Stevens Point is hosting anime artwork along with a brief historical tour of the origins and current status of the Japanese art form. This tour includes displays of books, movies and profiles of established anime artists along with profiles on the progression of the anime movement. The display is courtesy of the James H. Albertson Learning Resource Center at UW-Stevens Point. For More information about the display, read the text of an article that appeared in The Pointer.
How libraries stack up: 2010
If you haven’t already seen this new document from OCLC, you may want to take a look. Called “How Libraries Stack Up: 2010,” it details how libraries are changing lives and impacting the quality of life for library users.
To access the PDF, visit www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/214109usf_how_libraries_stack_up.pdf.
LSTA meeting and public hearing scheduled
Wisconsin's LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) Advisory Committee will meet in Madison on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 20-21, 2010, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4402 East Washington Avenue, to discuss grant categories for LSTA projects to take place in 2011.
As a part of the meeting, there will be a public hearing beginning at 1 p.m. on April 20 for interested persons to make suggestions on the LSTA program for 2011. Final guidelines for the 2011 LSTA program will be developed in May 2010. If you are unable to attend the public hearing, written comments may be submitted by letter, fax, or e-mail to Terrie Howe, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841; fax (608) 266-920. Testimony must arrive by 3 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, for inclusion in the hearing.
--from Channel Weekly (Vol. 12, No. 26 -- April 1, 2010)
MALC offers scholarships
The Multitype Advisory Library Committee (MALC) annually sponsors two scholarships that provide funds for non-public library staff to attend library-related educational programs and conferences. These awards can be used to meet the expenses associated with meetings, workshops, courses, conferences, or other activities that promote professional growth.
The scholarship application form and guidelines are available at www.scls.info/malc/guidelines.html.
The application deadline is April 30, 2010, and applications should be submitted to Jean Anderson at SCLS Headquarters, 4610 S. Biltmore Lane, Suite 101, Madison, WI 53718, or through delivery.
WAPL advance registration deadline is April 9
The deadline for advance registration for the April 28-30, 2010, WAPL conference is April 9. The theme for this year’s conference is “Anchoring the Past, Setting Sail for the Future.” This year’s conference will be held at Sheboygan’s Blue Harbor Resort.
Registration after April 9 may be done at the conference. To register, or to obtain more information about this year’s WAPL conference, visit www.wla.lib.wi.us/wapl/conferences/2010/.
WAPL One Conference, One READ, Book Discussion title announced
“A Gate at the Stairs” by Lorrie Moore will be the featured title during the WAPL spring conference “One Conference, One READ, Book Discussion” on Friday, April 30, at 9 a.m. Gary Niebuhr, Library Director at Greendale Public Library, will lead the discussion sponsored by READ.
The New York Times selected this book as one of 2009’s best, and Publisher’s Weekly gave it a starred review. From Publishers Weekly: “Moore (Anagrams) knits together the shadow of 9/11 and a young girl's bumpy coming-of-age in this luminous, heart-wrenchingly wry novel -- the author's first in 15 years. Tassie Keltjin, 20, a small-town girl weathering a clumsy college year in the Athens of the Midwest, is taken on as prospective nanny by brittle Sarah Brink, the proprietor of a pricey restaurant who is desperate to adopt a baby despite her dodgy past. Subsequent adventures in prospective motherhood involve a pregnant girl with scarcely a tooth in her head and a white birth mother abandoned by her African-American boyfriend -- both encounters expose class and racial prejudice to an increasingly less naïve Tassie. In a parallel tale, Tassie lands a lover, enigmatic Reynaldo, who tries to keep certain parts of his life a secret from Tassie. Moore's graceful prose considers serious emotional and political issues with low-key clarity and poignancy, while generous flashes of wit -- Tessie the sexual innocent using her roommate's vibrator to stir her chocolate milk -- endow this stellar novel with great heart.” -- (Sept.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
2010 Woman’s Day magazine library contest open through May 9
Libraries have until May 9 to promote Woman’s Day magazine’s newest initiative, “Why the library is important to my community.” The American Library Association (ALA) and Woman’s Day are looking for stories that showcase the importance and value of libraries within the communities they serve.
Women ages 18 and up are invited to send in their stories in 700 words or less to [email protected]. Up to four stories will be profiled in the March 2011 issue of the magazine or at www.womansday.com.
Librarians can download free tools to help collect local stories from the Campaign for America’s Libraries website at www.ala.org/womansday. Tools include a sample press release and newsletter copy. A downloadable web button that can be linked to the official rules on the Woman’s Day website is also available.
The initiative continues a nine-year partnership between the magazine and ALA’s Campaign for America’s Libraries that has generated millions of dollars worth of editorial coverage for libraries. Since 2002, Woman’s Day has asked its readers to write in about “how the library has changed my life,” “how the library helped improve my health,” and “how the library helped me deal with the tough economy.”
Woman’s Day magazine is a Partner in the Campaign for America’s Libraries, ALA’s public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians. Thousands of libraries of all types -- across the country and around the globe -- use the Campaign’s @ your library® brand. The Campaign is made possible by ALA’s Library Champions, corporations and foundations that advocate the importance of the library in American society.