Index
- WLPC support request information & news
- Member/Staff News
- Nominate your library for 2017 SCLS Foundation awards
- The Importance of Planning
- Continuing Education Calendar
WLPC support request information & news
Last month, the WPLC Steering Committee reviewed and approved a document for guidance on steps to take when you encounter tricky support requests from patrons using Wisconsin's Digital Library.
In other news:
- The WPLC Digital Steering Committee will vote on recommendations from the Digital Collections Work Group on May 25, 2017. These recommendations include staying with OverDrive as a vendor, selecting non-English language materials and adult literacy materials, dealing with holds and Advantage collections, and the 2018 buying pool recommendation.
- The WPLC Board will approve the 2018 WPLC Budget, including buying pool and other partner fees, on June 8, 2017. A document with recommendations, research and analysis is available on the WPLC website.
To keep abreast of WPLC news and information, the WPLC Announcement List serves individuals interested in keeping up-to-date on WPLC-related activities, including news from and about the consortium as well as OverDrive and Wisconsin's Digital Library. All library and library system staff members are welcome to subscribe.
You can subscribe by visiting http://lists.wplclists.info/listinfo.cgi/announcements-wplclists.info. This list is announce-only. If you have something you would like to send to this list, please send your message to [email protected].
Shawn Brommer, SCLS Youth Services & Outreach Consultant, was recently interviewed for an article at www.ilovelibraries.org/article/season-learning that explores the importance of the Summer Library Program as a tool to boost youth literacy skills. You can ignore the reference to Shawn serving 454 libraries. It should be 54.
Middleton Public Library will launch the UNITY Art Project on June 10, 2017. UNITY is an interactive public art project created by Vessence Corporation CEO, Nancy Belmont, as a response to the divisiveness and negative rhetoric in American media. The project raises consciousness about the labels we give ourselves and others, and explores how those labels both support and limit building interconnected, interesting communities. (read more)
The May issue of WSLL @ Your Service is now online. This issue includes: What's New - Kristina Martinez; This Just In - Amy Crowder; Tech Tip - Heidi Yelk; Information literacy (Fake News) - Jaime Healy-Plotkin; and May Snapshot. As always, your comments are welcome. Please direct them to the editor, Kristina Martinez.
Nominate your library for 2017 SCLS Foundation awards
To help celebrate the innovative and important work public libraries do every day, the South Central Library System (SCLS) Foundation will again present four library awards as part of the 2017 Cornerstone Award fundraising reception. The date and location of the reception has not yet been determined.
There is no cost to attend the reception, and there will be a cash bar and free refreshments. The 2016 event raised about $12,000.
Library staff members, trustees, friends, or residents can nominate their library for any of the awards, which are described below. To make an online nomination, simply click on the award name. All nominations must be submitted by 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, 2017.
- Super Awesome Library Award -- For the library that was overall awesome in 2017. Maybe they handled a tough situation with grace. Or took a new approach. Or found a lot of money under a rock and did something really cool with it. Or got a lot of local support and kudos because they play well with others. Or are just plain super awesome every day.
- Program Wizard Award -- For a super creative, innovative and fun library program created by library staff. In the library or out. For babies or seniors or anyone in between. A one-off or a regular series. If Dumbledore thinks it's worthy of Wizard status, nominate it!
- Giddy Up Partner Award-- For those strong community partnerships that add value to the library and the community as a whole. It takes two, baby! Or three... or four. Nominate the library and its partner(s) and describe the amazing stuff they’re doing together.
- Outstanding Library Volunteer Award -- To recognize that outstanding volunteer who is instrumental in making your library what it is. This new award is presented annually to an individual who through their contributions has had a significant impact on library service in a single community.
A special three-part webinar series from Library Strategies, a consulting group of the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, is available to watch now.
The free webinar series “The Importance of Planning” shows you just how important it is for Libraries and support organizations to prepare for their future. The series includes Library Strategies’ unique and innovative Rapid Results Planning® strategic planning process. The three-part series is produced by Library Strategies and hosted by consultants Sue Hall and Stu Wilson.
- Part I: Preparing to Plan
- Part II: Rapid Results Planning
- Part III: Development Planning