Online Update

Volume 2, Number 1

Past Issues

January 9, 2004

Index
Alzheimer's Disease Program
Orlando Bloom Read Poster from ALA Graphics
Member/Staff News
Library News
Upcoming CEs

 

Alzheimer's Disease Program

Alzheimer's disease touches nearly every American family, wiping away vast stores of personal memories and human connections. It is a reality 20 million Americans live with today and a prospect the rest of us must prepare "for our loved ones and ourselves. The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's, will air on Wisconsin Public Television on January 21, 2004 at 8 p.m. It aims to help Americans better understand and cope with the fearsome disease of Alzheimer's. The cornerstone of the evening is the 90-minute national documentary, based on David Shenk's extraordinary best-selling book on Alzheimer's, The Forgetting: Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic. The evening will also feature a WPT production, hosted by Patty Loew, telling Wisconsin's unique stories in dementia care. Viewers can call 800-348-9529 during the broadcast to speak with dementia and caregiving experts. SCLS assisted WPT in this project by creating a book list that is available on line at: http://www.wpt.org/forgetting/; feel free to copy this book list for library patrons or for book displays.

--Shawn Brommer, SCLS Youth Services & Outreach Coordinator

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Orlando Bloom Read Poster from ALA Graphics

Orlando Bloom found fame playing Legalos, the Elven prince in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. He now finds further renown starring in his own ALA Read poster. This attractive new poster, additional LOTR publicity items and other great library marketing materials are available through ALA Graphics online at: www.alastore.ala.org

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Library News

Cross Plains. Staff at the Rosemary Garfoot Public Library decided to make a donation to the Capital Times Kids Fund this year instead of a small gift exchange, and got good press doing it!

Monona. Karen Wendt, youth services coordinator at the Monona Public Library, will appear on the WISC —Channel 3 morning show today, Friday, January 9th. She will publicize the Bucks Reading Challenge program, helped create a map that shows other area libraries participating in the NBA initiative and will remind viewers of reasons why it's important to read to children.

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Member/Staff News

Maureen Palmer, formerly the children's librarian at Reedsburg Public Library, is the new director of the Kraemer Library & Community Center, Plain as of January 5.

Katie Conway will be the new director at North Freedom Public Library beginning January 12.

Stef Morrill was appointed to the Advisory Board of 24/7 Reference.

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Upcoming CEs

January 14, 2004 -- Award Winning Books for Elementary and Secondary Students. Four Lakes Distance Learning Network with Kathleen T Horning, Merri Lindgren, Hollis Rudiger & Megan Schliesman, CCBC Librarians, 3:45-5:00 p.m., Network sites: (K-12 schools unless indicated.) Belleville, DeForest, Edgewood College, Lodi, McFarland, Middleton/Cross Plains, Monona Public Library, Monroe, Oregon, Pyle Center/UW Madison, Stoughton, Verona, & Waunakee.

January 23, 2004 -- A Technology Toolkit: Survival Skills for Everyone, Soaring to Excellence Teleconference Series (DuPage) with Donna Fryer, GLOBAL Information Research & Retrieval–North Carolina, 11:a.m.-1 p.m., Marshfield Clinic; MATC Campus-Reedsburg; Mid-State Technical College, Wisconsin Rapids, Monona Public Library, Pyle Center, UW-Madison; & UW-Stevens Point.

January 28, 2004 -- Best New Books for Younger Children. Four Lakes Distance Learning Network, with Kathleen T Horning, Merri Lindgren, Hollis Rudiger & Megan Schliesman, CCBC Librarians, 3:45-5:00 p.m. Network sites: (K-12 schools unless indicated.) Belleville, DeForest, Edgewood College, Lodi, McFarland, Middleton/Cross Plains, Monona Public Library, Monroe, Oregon, Pyle Center/UW Madison, Stoughton, Verona, & Waunakee.

January 30, 2004 -- Filing the State’s Annual Report: It Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated, compressed video broadcast with Cheryl Becker, SCLS PL Consultant, 9:30-11:30 a.m., SCLS Administration & Portage County Public Library, Stevens Point.

February 6, 2004 -- New Tools for Enhancing Digital Reference, Reference Teleconference Series (DuPage), 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Downlink sites: Marshfield Clinic; MATC Campus-Reedsburg; Mid-State Technical College, Wisconsin Rapids, Monona Public Library, Pyle Center, UW-Madison; & UW-Stevens Point.

February 11, 2004 -- Best New Books for Older Children & Teens with Kathleen T Horning, Merri Lindgren, Hollis Rudiger & Megan Schliesman, CCBC Librarians, Four Lakes Distance Learning Network, 3:45-5:00 p.m., Network sites: (K-12 schools unless indicated.) Belleville, DeForest, Edgewood College, Lodi, McFarland, Middleton/Cross Plains, Monona Public Library, Monroe, Oregon, Pyle Center/UW Madison, Stoughton, Verona, & Waunakee.

February 13, 2004 -- Follow Trails to Your Library Craft Workshop (SLP 2004) with Patti Sinclair, time and site TBA.

February 19 & 20, 2004 -- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Part 1), with John Bales, Superintendent, DeForest Public Schools & Jan Berg, Director, DeForest Public Library, 4-8 p.m. & 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at DeForest Public Library.

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