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SCLS Annual Meeting is May 4
Lodi Reads Leopold March 5-7

CE grants for January 2004
WEMA invites public librarians to April 18-20 conference
Gates computer workshops scheduled March 16 & 17
MJS encourages libraries to celebrate jazz month
Member/Staff News
Upcoming CEs

 

SCLS Annual Meeting is May 4

The 2004 South Central Library System Annual Meeting will be held Monday, May 4, at Olbrich Gardens in Madison from 9:15 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

More details will be available in the near future, but system staff wanted to ensure that interested individuals held the date and time on their calendars. Watch future issues of Online Update for more information.

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Lodi Reads Leopold March 5-7

The fifth annual community reading of "A Sand County Almanac" will be held at the Lodi Public Library March 5-7.

The reading begins Friday evening at 7:00 at the Library, 130 Lodi St., and continues Saturday from 1-5 p.m. There will be a dinner Saturday evening at the Best Western Countryside Inn (reservations required), and the reading continues Sunday from 1-4 p.m.

Al Carr, an historical actor from Prescott Arizona, will join the Lodi Reads Leopold Program this year. His performance -- 3 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at the library -- brings drama to the character of an older Aldo Leopold reflecting on his life of passionate commitment to conservation and the land ethic. Carr's visit is supported by the Ice Age trail Foundation, the Lodi Schools, and the Friends of Scenic Lodi Valley.

The weekend also includes a Leopold Education Project workshop, Leopold shack tour, Leopold bench building, an Ice Age Trail Hike, and crane watching (some of these activities may require reservations).

For a complete calendar of events, including information about event reservations, visit www.sceniclodivalley.org. More information also is available from Peg at the Lodi Public library, (608) 592-4130. The annual event is sponsored by the Friends of Scenic Lodi Valley.

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CE grants for January 2004

A total of $1,780.21 in continuing education grants was awarded in January to South Central Library System members. They were:

For more information about continuing education opportunities through the South Central Library System, visit psw.scls.lib.wi.us/ce/.

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WEMA invites public librarians to April 18-20 conference

The 2004 Wisconsin Educational Media Association (WEMA) Conference will be held April 18-20 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center, and this year's event includes programs of interest to public library staff members.

WEMA has scheduled special Sunday programming from 4-6 p.m. that will include 10-minute author presentations, book sales, and signings. Authors attending include Alden Carter, John Coy, Lynn Diebel and Jann Kalscheur, John Duggleby, Lou Ferreri, Jeff Hagen, Kathleen T. Horning, Keith Huie, Sharron McElmeel, Jaqueline Briggs Martin, Jackie Mitchard, Monona Grove Students, Patricia Curtis Pfitsch, Nancy Polette, Sherry Cooper Sinykin, MaryAnn Weidt, Mary Whitcomb, and Doug Woods.

There also will be a 6:30-9 p.m. buffet dinner with featured speaker Judith Krug, and a reception from 9-11 p.m. Registration fees for this Sunday special are $40 before March 8, $50 after March 8, and $60 at the door.

For an additional $30 fee, participants also can sign up for one of four preconference workshops (1-4 p.m.):

One of the goals of the Sunday events is to try and put school media specialists and public librarians in touch with each other!

For more information about the conference, including registration materials, visit http://homepage.mac.com/SteveSand/WEMA/index.html.

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Gates computer workshops scheduled March 16 & 17

The free support for the Gates Library Computers (GLCs) ends May 5. To help library staff with support issues after that date, the Gates Foundation is sponsoring two free workshops. While these workshops are open to any library staff with a GLC, they will be of most interest to technology staff. A workshop agenda is available at www.pacomputing.org/sustain/2kxptopics.aspx.

Topics include:

The workshops will be at the main (Wausau) branch of the Marathon County Public Library on Tuesday, March 16, and the Wintergreen resort in Wisconsin Dells on Wednesday, March 17, both from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.. Gates staff is responsible for registration. More information will be posted to Channel Weekly in the near future.

For more information in the meantime contact Bob Bocher, DPI, at (608) 266-2127 (robert.bocher@dpi.state.wi.us).

--Reprinted from Channel Weekly, DPI, Volume 6, Number 19 - February 5, 2004

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MJS encourages libraries to celebrate jazz month

In 2002, the Smithsonian Institution announced the observance of Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) in April. Although launched by the Smithsonian, JAM is a collective effort by institutions such as (but not limited to) the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Association for Music Education, the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education.

JAM is intended to draw the public's attention to the glories of jazz as both a historical and a living treasure. Its purpose is threefold:

The Madison Jazz Society (MJS) encourages libraries to observe JAM in April. This could include a display of jazz books and recordings available through the library, or an invitation for a local jazz artist or a school jazz band to perform at your library.

For more information about Jazz Appreciation Month visit www.smithsonianjazz.org/jam/jam_start.asp.

-- Linda Marty Schmitz, President, Madison Jazz Society

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Member/Staff News

Brodhead is distributing packets to families with new babies, and the packet includes a list (developed by Shawn Brommer of SCLS) of books to read to babies. Brodhead also has purchased 2.2 acres for a new library.

Columbus Public Library recently purchased Careers Internet Database (http://www.careers-internet.org) that patrons can access home or from the library's Internet computers. The database includes information on numerous careers, scholarships, internships, educational institutions, links to associations and much more. If you are interested in a trial of the database call (773) 281-5506 for a password and user name.

In Monroe, the family of deceased library staff member Marilyn Sullivan donated one-half of the memorials to the library for large print materials, videos, and DVDs. Monroe also received an anonymous gift that was used to help purchase darkening blinds for the meeting room. In April the library will sponsor a session taught by the local genealogy group using the wireless lab, the genealogy script on the "technology training" page, and the new genealogy databases.

Monticello Public Library will celebrate five years in its new building in September. Staff members have prepared a PowerPoint presentation about the library for use by various community groups.

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Continuing Education --

Upcoming CEs

 

March 4 & 5 -- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Part 2), 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

 

March 9 -- Genealogy Training: AncestryPlus & HeritageQuest Online Databases Plus Web Resources, with James L. Hansen, Genealogical Specialist & Reference Librarian, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 10:00 a.m.-noon, Marshfield Public Library, 211 E. Second Street, Marshfield

March 10 -- Genealogy Training: AncestryPlus & HeritageQuest Online Databases Plus Web Resources, with James L. Hansen, Genealogical Specialist & Reference Librarian, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 9:30-11:30 a.m., SCLS Administration, 5250 E. Terrace Drive, Madison

 

March 12 -- Web Filtering: Policies, Software, Staff Training & CIPA, with Mary Minow, library law consultant and co-author of The Library's Legal Answer Book, and Derek Hansen, Ph.D. candidate and research assistant at the University of Michigan's School of Information, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Network sites: Marshfield Clinic; MATC Campus-Reedsburg; Mid-State Technical College, Wisconsin Rapids; Monona Public Library; Pyle Center, UW-Madison; and UW-Stevens Point

 

March 26 -- Professional Toolkit: Skills for Advancement, with Linda Slusar, College of DuPage, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Network sites: Marshfield Clinic; MATC Campus-Reedsburg; Mid-State Technical College, Wisconsin Rapids; Monona Public Library; Pyle Center, UW-Madison; and UW-Stevens Point.