Index
- CW57 produces two new library commercials
- Order your 2016 SLP video now
- Member/Staff News
- Mark your calendar for Trustee Training Week
- Register for WAPL Conference
- Portage Public Library seeks new director
- Rock Springs Public Library seeks new director
- Continuing Education Calendar
CW57 produces two new library commercials
As part of our 2016 contract with CW57, which includes a monthly appearance on Talk of the Town, we have multiple commercials that run many times each month. We have created commercials about OverDrive, Flipster, and the general value of public libraries.
We also recently completed two new commercials, one of which was taped during our March 2 Maker Kit Play Day at SCLS headquarters. This commercial talks about some of the unusual things libraries offer to help people explore their creative sides, and talks about libraries and the system as partners in innovation.
The second new commercial, which was taped at Cambridge Community Library, explores libraries as a third place in the community. You can watch both below, and from your library website link to them in YouTube.
We are now taking requests for the 2016 Summer Library Program promotional video, "On Your Mark, Get Set...Read!
Thanks to Anne Horjus, Greg DeSanto, and Carey Kipp from the Baraboo Public Library for creating this year's video. To obtain single or multiple copies of the video for use by South Central Library System libraries, please complete the order form.
If you want DVDs, please complete the form by Monday, May 2, 2016. Videos for online use can be requested later.
A short sample of the video is available here.
If you have questions about the 2016 SLP promotional video, contact Shawn Brommer.
Channel 3000 this week posted a video about the Undercover Festival of Flipbooks from the United Kingdom that is available for viewing at the Middleton Public Library. Middleton is one of only two libraries in the United States that is sharing this exhibition with library customers through April 10, 2016.
Mark your calendar for Trustee Training Week
The third annual Trustee Training Week is scheduled for August 22-26, and webinars will be held from noon to 1 p.m. each day.
While the full schedule is still being confirmed, speakers include Pat Wagner from Siera Learn, Karen Rose from Library Strategies, Cindy Fesemyer from Columbus Public Library, and Catherine Hakala-Ausperk. Topics range from planning a capital campaign to community planning to ensuring director success.
The final webinar will be a panel of library or system board members and directors addressing common board questions. Watch for updates at www.wistrusteetraining.com.
Registration is now open for the 2016 WAPL Conference, to be held May 11-13, 2016, at the Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel & Convention Center in Oshkosh.
The theme for this year’s conference is “The Sky’s the Limit,” and program and registration information is available on the WLA website. Remember that Continuing Education grants are available from the South Central Library System, so contact Jean Anderson if you are interested.
Portage Public Library seeks new director
The Portage Public Library seeks a well-organized and energetic leader to direct its operations. This position requires an MLS from an accredited university, eligibility for a Wisconsin Grade 1 public library certification, and five years progressively responsible library experience. Previous experience as a public library director is strongly desired. Successful candidates will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, interest in current library technology, fiscal knowledge, and ability to work effectively with a library board, library employees, and the community.
The city of Portage is conveniently located 30 minutes north of Madison in Columbia County, with a population of just over 10,000. For more information about Portage, please visit the city’s website at http://www.portagewi.gov. The library building was updated with a beautiful expansion and renovation in 2012, and is now a 24,500 square foot facility in the heart of downtown. The Portage Public Library’s collection consists of approximately 85,000 items, current annual circulation is 172,000, and it has an operating budget of $698,000.
The Library Director reports to a nine-member Board of Trustees and is responsible for the overall management of the library. Essential duties include building and maintaining the collection, managing the library budget, supervising library staff, and promoting the library within the city of Portage and throughout the surrounding area. In addition, the director is the resource librarian for Columbia County. The resource librarian’s duties include providing administrative support and consultation to the Columbia County Library Board, the directors of the nine other public libraries in Columbia County, and the Columbia County Board of Supervisors. A complete job description is available on the Library’s website at http://www.portagelibrary.us/employment-opportunities.
This position is classified at Grade 5 on the City of Portage Compensation Matrix, which has a salary range of $52,702.43 - $74,631.91. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience, and includes an excellent benefits package.
The application deadline is April 15, 2016. Please submit a cover letter, resume, and three professional references to Library Director Search Committee, c/o Portage Public Library, 253 W Edgewater Street, Portage, WI 53901, or email to [email protected]. The City of Portage is an EOE.
Rock Springs Public Library seeks new director
The Rock Springs Library Board is looking for someone special to serve as Library Director for the Rock Springs Public Library, a part-time position in a small rural library.
Duties include administering, conducting and planning library services and programs, developing library policies, and advising the governing board. Knowledge and use of computers and software, organizational skills, and customer service experience are important. Must possess a minimum of 54 semester hours at an approved college or university to be eligible for a temporary public library certificate or be eligible to maintain a continuing Wisconsin regular public library certificate.
The position is approximately 20 hours per week, including some nights and weekends, and the starting pay is $14 per hour.
To apply, send a resume to Rock Springs Public Library, P.O. Box 246, Rock Springs, WI 53961, by May 1, 2016.