Index
- Library Legislative Day is Feb. 17; please register early
- Member/Staff News
- New titles added to SCLS Professional Collection
- New gadgets & reading portable books: high tech to low tech
- Registration open for Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference
- Continuing Education Calendar
Library Legislative Day is Feb. 17; please register early
Building relationships with elected officials is important library business, and WLA’s annual Library Legislative Day is an excellent way to make regular contact with state officials. All libraries are encouraged to attend the Feb. 17 event in Madison, and to bring local elected officials or other library supporters.
Participate in Library Legislative Day to learn what is important to public officials and, in the process, position yourself as a resource on library issues. Better yet, do your homework before Feb. 17 so that you can frame library issues in terms your legislator can support: How do library services help people get jobs, improve our economy, support small businesses and improve educational outcomes? You and your library’s supporters can best tell your library's story in ways that will resonate with elected officials!
You can register for Library Legislative Day, and learn more about the WLA’s legislative agenda, by visiting the WLA website. The cost is only $15 per person, which helps defray the costs incurred by WLA, including a continental breakfast. You also can order box lunches for an additional charge.
As in the past, WLA staff will schedule legislative visits for attendees, will provide printed materials to share, and will conduct a morning briefing with guest speakers.
To make legislative day as successful as possible, libraries are encouraged to bring board members, local elected officials, and residents who can speak to the value of the library in your community.
Register today and make your voice heard!<
Columbus Public Library got a nice mention and photo in the latest issue of American Libraries for its Libraries Transforming Communities work. Read more on Pages 50-53.
New titles added to SCLS Professional Collection
The following titles have been added to the SCLS Professional Collection, which is available to staff at member libraries.
- Big-Deal Serial Purchasing: Tracking the Damage by Walt Crawford
- Social Media Curation by Joyce Kasman Valenza, Brenda L. Boyer, and Della Curtis
- Linked Data Tools: Connecting on the Web by Karen Coyle
- 3-D Printers for Libraries by Jason Griffey
- Digital Media Labs in Libraries by Amanda L. Goodman
- Selecting and Evaluating the Best Mobile Apps for Library Services by Nicole Henning
New gadgets & reading portable books: high tech to low tech
Do you have patrons coming into the library with their new devices wanting to download e-books? Well never fear -- Santa decided to give SCLS new additions to our E-reader kits. Santa's elves, Jean and Craig, purchased the following devices which will be available for loan soon: iPad Mini, Dell Venue 8" display, Samsung Galaxy 7" display, Kindle Fire HD 7" display, and Kindle PaperWhite. Thank you, Santa.
We are now used to having a portable way to read books. But this is not a new need. Recently I heard a story on NPR about pocket-sized editions of books for soldiers overseas during World War II. Initially, librarians encouraged people to donate used books for soldiers, but the donated materials weren’t quite right. The focus then turned to publishers making books that were “…about the size of a smartphone, and they were tucked into the pockets of uniforms." These books were very popular -- you can read about it here. Hmmm. Were these the precursors to e-books on smartphones?
--by Vicki Teal Lovely, SCLS Technology Services Coordinator
Registration open for Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference
Registration is open for the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference 2015, scheduled Jan. 21 & 22.
The Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference is a statewide virtual conference developed by the Nicolet Federated Library System and co-sponsored by 14 other library systems in Wisconsin (including the South Central Library System). Five web presentations focusing on public libraries will be presented each day from speakers all over the country, so attend what you want -- one...four...or all 10!
The conference will conclude with seven, six-minute presentations on a variety of topics. These short spiels should "trigger" ideas for the audience. But, presenters will only have six minutes and not a second more.
Sound effects including blow horns (signifying being done), laugh tracks and applause will be heard throughout the presentations, as if these were happening in front of a live audience.
More information and registration links are available on the conference website.