Index
- Alice Oakey to receive 2018 Cornerstone Award at Oct. 18 reception
- Cambria seeks new library director
- Wyocena seeks part-time library director
- Annual Youth Programming Workshop is Nov. 2
- Member/Staff News
- Madison Public Library seeks temporary relocation of Pinney Library prior to permanent move to Royster Corners
- Wisconsin Book Festival releases 2018 schedule
- September news from STAR_Net
- Continuing Education Calendar
Alice Oakey to receive 2018 Cornerstone Award at Oct. 18 reception
Now in its 10th year, the SCLS Foundation Board has selected Alice Oakey (right) as the recipient of the 2018 Cornerstone Award. Alice is the former supervisor of Madison Public Library’s Meadowridge Library, 5726 Raymond Road.
This year’s Cornerstone Award Fundraising Reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, at Babe's Grill & Bar, 5614 Schroeder Road in Madison. Bibliotheca, First Business Bank and Hausmann-Johnson Insurance are the corporate sponsors for the awards reception.
Charitable contributions (printable form or online) made prior to Oct. 15, 2018, will be included in the reception program as event sponsors.
“The SCLS Foundation Board is excited to honor a librarian like Alice Oakey who has such a passion and commitment for community service,” said Janet Pugh, SCLS Foundation Board President. “She epitomizes the Cornerstone Award, which is given annually to an individual or individuals who have had a significant and long-term impact on enhancing public libraries in South Central Wisconsin. Alice truly represents the values and mission of the South Central Library System Foundation.”
In her written support of Alice’s nomination for the Cornerstone Award, Sarah Lawton, supervisor of Madison Public Library’s Monroe Street and Pinney Libraries, said, “Alice has dedicated her career to building community through library service. She has become a huge force for positive transformation to residents of the Meadowood neighborhood.” Lawton said Alice has touched the lives of many neighborhood residents in meaningful ways.
“She has supported community dinners and built bridges between the library, the schools and the community centers so that people feel connected within their community,” Lawton added. “She is someone that I admire greatly and she will be deeply missed on the library management team and in the community.”
Alice received her BS in Agricultural Journalism from the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Science in 1991, and was a full-time stay-at-home mom until she began working as a page at Madison Public Library at the Sequoya Library in October of 1995. She was promoted to clerk and later began taking courses toward her MLS at UW-Madison SLIS, graduating in June of 2004.
In 2006 Alice moved to the Central Library to the Youth Services Department where she was a library assistant, and in April 2009 she became the supervisor of the Meadowridge Library.
“Meadowridge is a vibrant, welcoming, very active library,” Alice said, “that is very much embedded in its neighborhood. At Meadowridge our priority was to serve our patrons in whatever capacity they needed.” Because the renovated library featured a full kitchen, Alice said she and her staff introduced classes for youth and community programs centered around healthy eating and food sustainability. “We hosted monthly community suppers and provided sack lunches every day for children in need of a meal,” Alice explained.
As part of her efforts while at Meadowridge, she also worked to create a partnership with the West Madison Senior Coalition to provide lunches for seniors three times per week at the library.
“While at Meadowridge, Sheray Wallace and I also created the Meadowood Health Partnership to provide information and connect our neighbors with the health care resources to help lead healthy lives,” Alice said. “We partner with community health providers to augment what services we could provide in the library. Sheray conducts office hours two days each week at the Meadowridge Library.”
With support from the Madison Public Library Foundation, Meadowridge staff also conducted a successful drive to obtain personal hygiene items for patrons, especially teen-aged girls.
In fall 2017, the library was able to provide transportation and adult supervision by staff members to send some of the children in their neighborhood to hear Charlotte Zolotow Award speaker Jason Reynolds read from his book. Each child received a signed copy of Jason’s book
Alice retired from Meadowridge in May 2018.
“I am very proud of the innovative work we accomplished while I was there,” Alice said. “I believe neighborhood libraries need to reflect the needs, desires and dreams of their neighborhood residents. I believe in hiring from the neighborhood, providing programming of interest to the neighbors, and making sure the collection reflects the interests of the neighborhood. I also believe it is an honor for a library to be situated in a neighborhood and an honor to be a resource for that neighborhood.”
The Cornerstone Award Reception is open to everyone, it is free of charge, and there is no need to register. There will be light refreshments and a cash bar. Also presented that evening will be the Super Awesome Library Award, Giddy Up Partner Award, Program Wizard Award, and the Library Volunteer of the Year Award.
Mark your calendar and make plans to join us for this annual celebration of libraries, and the people who make them great!
Cambria seeks new library director
The Jane Morgan Memorial Library in Cambria seeks a dynamic, community-minded director with vision for the future. The successful candidate must be able to enhance the library and its role as an integral component of the community.
Minimum Qualifications
Applicants must be eligible for a Grade III library certification in the state of Wisconsin, requiring 54 semester credits (1/2 in liberal arts and sciences) from an accredited college, university or technical college. Applicants must also fulfill requirements toward Wisconsin Public Library Director Certification under current regulations, currently 12 semester credits of library approved coursework.
Successful candidates will have excellent verbal and written communication skills; knowledge of current library technology; fiscal management knowledge; the ability to work effectively with library board, library employees, Village of Cambria and Cambria-Friesland School District officials and the community.
Salary and Benefits
The salary range is $16.00 to $18.00 per hour depending on qualifications and experience. This is a 20-30 hour a week position and full benefits are available.
Application Deadline
Applications must be submitted by Sept. 21, 2018, at 5 p.m. A complete job description and an Employment Application form are available on the Jane Morgan Memorial Library website. Please send a completed application, resume, and the names, addresses and phone numbers of three references to:
Glen Williams, Library Board President
Jane Morgan Memorial Library
P.O. Box 477
Cambria, WI 53923-0477
The Village of Cambria is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants with a disability may request accommodations needed in the application and/or interview process.
Wyocena seeks part-time library director
The Wyocena Library Board is seeking a part-time director for the Wyocena Public Library. The position requires the eligibility for a Grade 3 library director certification in the state of Wisconsin, requiring 54 semester credits (1/2 in liberal arts and sciences) from an accredited college, university or technical college. Some in-library experience is preferred. The position is 10-15 hours per week (schedule is flexible) at the rate of $11-$11.75 per hour. No residency requirement. A complete job description is available on the Wyocena Public Library website.
Application materials will be reviewed as received and the position will remain open until filled. Interested applicants should send a letter of interest, resume, copy of college transcript and references to:
Gus Knitt, Library Board President
c/o Pardeeville Area Schools
120 Oak Street
Pardeeville, WI 53954
Wyocena is a small village in Columbia County with a population of 768 (2010 census), located just 30 miles north of Madison and nine miles southeast of Portage. Wyocena has village parks and a county park, creeks and a lake. Easy access is gained to the interstate to larger area cities. Several employers are in the village, but many residents commute into Madison or surrounding communities.
The Wyocena Public Library is housed in the Wyocena Community Center building, and began as a gift bequeathed to the village by Olieve Huggett Hiller. The well-equipped facilities are a beautiful gem and the library staff provides many activities and services. A very active Friends of the Library group assists the library.
The Village of Wyocena is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Annual Youth Programming Workshop is Nov. 2
The 2018 Youth Programming Workshop will be held Nov. 2 at Olbrich Gardens in Madison. The agenda for the day is as follows.
9-9:30 a.m. -- Registration & Refreshments
9:30-noon -- Collection Development & Great New Books with CCBC Librarians
CCBC librarians Merri Lindgren and Megan Schliesman facilitate a Collection Development discussion among attendees, providing opportunities for reflection and discussion of critical issues that inform decision-making when building library collections, including policies and procedures and intellectual freedom. Hands-on opportunities to examine new books and consider them in light of collection development decision-making will be part of the morning. All participants should review their collection development policies and procedures (or bring a copy along) prior to the morning discussion.
Noon-1 p.m. -- Lunch is a taco buffet catered by Cranberry Creek.
The buffet includes: seasoned chicken and taco meat, hard & soft shells, lettuce, onions, cheese, tomatoes, jalapenos, black olives, sour cream, salsa, guacamole, refried beans (not vegetarian), and Mexican rice (vegetarian). Dessert will be assorted cookies. The cost for lunch is $12.
1-3:30 p.m. -- Creating Sensory-Friendly Experiences for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The phrase “sensory-friendly” is a common term used in the autism community, but what does it mean and how can it apply to libraries? Librarian and accessibility advocate Renee Grassi will discuss this and more as she shows you how to be more intentional in welcoming youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at your library. In this workshop, attendees will gain background knowledge about autism spectrum disorder and the concept of creating sensory-friendly programs and spaces. Participants will learn how to develop a Sensory Storytime program, learn about other program ideas for youth with ASD and their families, and acquire strategies for making their existing programs more inclusive for youth of all abilities. In addition, Renee will share best practices for community engagement with local disability community partners, as well as tips for inclusive marketing.
Author, blogger, speaker, trainer, and accessibility advocate Renee Grassi is a nationally recognized leader for library services for youth with disabilities. In 2012, she was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker for her work in this area. Renee is currently the Youth Services Manager at Dakota County Library in Minnesota.
To register, visit the SCLS Continuing Education Calendar.
The September issue of WSLL @ Your Service is now online. As always, your comments are welcome. Please direct them to the editor, Carol Hassler. In this issue: Six sources we love (Part one) -- September is Library Card Signup Month. To mark it, we want to share with you some great databases and sources that you can access for free with your library card (read more); Help us improve our website -- We'd like your help improving our website. Take our surveys (read more); Grand juries -- To mark Juror Appreciation Month, we're focusing on a lesser-known aspect of jury service in Wisconsin: grand juries (read more); New books -- Our featured new titles this month are U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Handbookand Firearms Law Deskbook. Don't miss our monthly new book list as well (read more); Tech tip -- Cell phone video is ubiquitous these days. However, viewing a cell phone video on a Windows PC can be problematic. This month's tip helps you convert those videos (read more); Library news -- Several CLE-credit classes are scheduled for fall at our Madison and Milwaukee locations (read more): September snapshot -- Photos of Edgar Allan Poe memorials, taken while in Baltimore for the American Association of Law Libraries conference (read more).
Madison Public Library seeks temporary relocation of Pinney Library prior to permanent move to Royster Corners
Madison Public Library’s Pinney Library, currently located at 204 Cottage Grove Road, will close to the public Dec. 1, 2018. The current library lease expires on Dec. 31, 2018, with no options to extend.
A resolution currently under consideration by the Common Council seeks authorization to lease a temporary space at 209 Cottage Grove Road, (former site of Ace Hardware) between December 2018 and January 2020. If approved by Council, the library will relocate to the temporary space during December 2018 with an anticipated opening in January 2019.
“Multiple project delays meant that we reached the end of our lease at our current Pinney Library before the new Pinney Library would be completed, leaving a significant service gap between having to vacant the current site and relocating to the new library,” said Library Director Greg Mickells. “Using the space at 209 Cottage Grove Road during that gap will help diminish the impact on the neighborhood, and allow the library to continue to provide much-needed library service in the meantime. We look forward to sharing more details about the move once the lease is approved.”
The future permanent Pinney Library location will be located in Ruedebusch Development & Construction’s Royster Corners mixed use development located at the intersection of Cottage Grove Road and Dempsey Road in a 20,000 square foot space. Pre-design work began in summer 2017, followed by the design phase commencing in fall/winter 2017-18. Construction began in the spring 2018, and the new library is expected to open to the public in early 2020.
The new Pinney Library at Royster Corners will feature expanded seating and meeting spaces; improved spaces for children and teens, including a Play Lab space for young children ages 0-5; an outdoor space for events and programs; updated technology; a quiet reading area; and a drive-through book drop. The library will be a model building for sustainability, with the hopes of attaining LEED Gold certification.
For more information about the Pinney Library project visit the following sites:
- Madison Public Library’s Pinney Library
http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/pinney - City of Madison Engineering Project Page
https://www.cityofmadison.com/engineering/projects/pinney-neighborhood-library - Madison Public Library Foundation’s Campaign for a New Pinney Library
http://mplfoundation.org/pinney
Wisconsin Book Festival releases 2018 schedule
The 2018 Wisconsin Book Festival, which will take place Oct. 11-14 in and around Madison Public Library’s Central Library in downtown Madison, will include:
- New York Times #1 Best-Selling author James Patterson, for Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment
- Celebrated novelist Rebecca Makkai, for The Great Believers
- Award-winning science writer David Quammen, for The Tangled Tree
- Madison's own Chloe Benjamin, for The Immortalists
- Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing 2016-17 Fiction Fellow Jamel Brinkley, for A Lucky Man
- Internationally recognized biographer Kate Moore, for Radium Girls
- Beloved children's author Megan McDonald, for Judy Moody and the Right Royal Tea Party
- Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, for Tommy: My Journey of a Lifetime
- Political reporter Dan Kaufman, for The Fall of Wisconsin
- Cultural commentator Rebecca Traister, for Good and Mad
- African-American Studies Professor Carol Anderson, for One Person, No Vote
- Journalist and food writer Mark Kurlansky, for Milk!
The festival will feature more than 60 events over four days with plenty of opportunities to meet authors, discover new books or favorite writers, and have books signed. See the full festival lineup at wisconsinbookfestival.org.
In addition to the festival each fall, the Wisconsin Book Festival offers author events throughout the year. Upcoming events before and after the festival include:
- Nura Maznavi for Love, InshAllah (September 21)
- Meg Medina for Collected Works of Meg Medina (September 24)
- Tommy Orange for There, There (September 26)
- Caroline Fraser for Prairie Fires (September 27)
- Leif Enger for Virgil Wander (October 16)
- Jabari Asim for We Can’t Breathe (October 26)
- Margaret George for The Splendor Before the Dark (November 5)
- Susan Orlean for The Library Book (November 12)
- Jan Brett for The Snowy Nap (December 1), and
- Eve Ewing for Ghosts in the Schoolyard (December 6).
"I'm delighted to be announcing the schedule for this year's four-day celebration,” said Wisconsin Book Festival Director Conor Moran. “This year has been the culmination of many years' work to make Madison a bright spot on the literary tour map. The reward comes in the shape of the authors, publishers, and audiences that will make Festival weekend such an unparalleled experience in October."
The Wisconsin Book Festival is hosted by Madison Public Library in partnership with Madison Public Library Foundation. Festival sponsors make this event possible through their private support. 2018 Wisconsin Book Festival sponsors include: Signature Sponsor Marvin J. Levy; Festival Sponsors American Girl’s Fund for Children, The Bass Family, Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries and UW-Madison Memorial Library, Nimick Forbesway Foundation, Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, and Wisconsin Humanities Council; Contributing Sponsors Capitol Lakes, Tana Elias & Andrew Clarkowski, Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co., Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Nancy Pandhi & Alex Young, Stafford Rosenbaum, University Research Park, and Cheryl Rosen Weston; and Event Supporter Alliant Energy Foundation.
In-kind donations from Park Hotel and Media Partners Isthmus and Wisconsin Public Radio also provide festival support. Learn more about funding for the festival at wisconsinbookfestival.org/give.
About the Wisconsin Book Festival
The Wisconsin Book Festival presents national and local authors throughout the year in Madison through its four-day literary festival each fall and year-round event series. Founded by the Wisconsin Humanities Council in 2002, responsibility for the festival was assumed by Madison Public Library and its foundation in 2013. Follow the festival on the web at wisconsinbookfestival.org, Wisconsin Book Festival on Facebook, or on Twitter @wibookfestival.
About Madison Public Library
Madison Public Library’s tradition of promoting education, literacy and community involvement has enriched the City of Madison for more than 140 years. Our nine locations throughout the City of Madison are open six days per week and welcome over 2 million visits each year. For more information, visit madisonpubliclibrary.org, facebook.com/madisonpubliclibrary or @madisonlibrary on Twitter and Instagram.
About Madison Public Library Foundation
Madison Public Library Foundation promotes and supports Madison Public Library’s facilities, services and programs. Established in 1993, the foundation provides annual project grants, raises funds for capital projects, and promotes awareness of the library and its programs. Learn how to support Madison’s libraries at mplfoundation.org, on the foundation’s Facebook page, and @mplfoundation on Twitter and Instagram.
Discover Exoplanets Workshop -- Participants from 18 venues joined the Discover Exoplanets team (SSI, JPL and StSci) in preparation of their venues hosting one of the two exhibits in the next three years. These participants included staff from libraries, museums, universities and even a community health center! Participants practiced setting up the exhibitions, learned new hands-on activities, and heard about amazing new discoveries from a JPL exoplanet scientist! Discover Exoplanets is part of NASA’s Universe of Learning. NASA’s Universe of Learning materials are based upon work supported by NASA under award number NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute. View The Flickr Photo Album
Out-of-This-World Engineering (Sept. 26, 2018, 3 p.m. central time) -- Space isn’t just for scientists -- it’s also for engineers! Join STAR_Netas and take a look at some of the newest activities on the STEM Activity Clearinghouse that feature engineering design challenges with a space science theme. As you create rockets and rovers, you’ll be following the engineering design process: think, build, test, and do it again. Come and learn how you can make your 2018 and 2019 STEM programs blast off! Register for this webinar.
International Observe the Moon Night-- International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) is a worldwide, public celebration of lunar science and exploration held annually since 2010. Tens of thousands of people participate each year, from 98 countries and 49 U.S. states (and counting!). On Oct. 20, your library is invited to join this world-wide celebration by hosting an InOMN event on one day this year to look at and learn about our moon together. Learn More About InOMN| Programming Resources