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Volume 3, Number 18 |
September 2, 2005 |
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Did you know……that total circulation at South Central Library System member libraries in 2004 was 11,079,160, with 3.7 million children’s items and nearly 7.4 million adult items circulated. Libraries owned 2.7 million books in 2004 and served a total population of 766,875. -- 2004 Public Library Annual Report (DPI) |
Remember to send payments for System Celebration 2005; call for late registration
The deadline for System Celebration registrations was yesterday (Sept. 1). If you missed this deadline but still want to register, contact Heidi Moe at (608) 246-7970. This year’s event is scheduled Sept. 15 at Morels restaurant in Middleton, and will include award presentations and singer and storyteller Stuart Stotts, a long-time favorite among Summer Library Programs and libraries in general. He will perform some of his original songs and share stories from his new book about Wisconsin librarian Lutie Stearns.
This year's meal cost is $15.99, but there is no charge for local elected officials, head librarians (or designee) of member libraries of all types, and current trustees of SCLS area library boards. You do have the option to pay for your meal if you believe there is an ethical conflict with SCLS paying for your meal.
Payment for meals should be sent to the South Central Library System, 5250 E. Terrace Drive, Suite A-2, Madison, WI, 53718-8345, by Sept. 7, 2005. Because a final meal count must be given to Morels on Sept. 8, cancellations after this date will not receive refunds.
For more information about System Celebration, including a map to Morels, visit www.scls.info/about/systemceleb. Remember to take Exit 250 from the new Highway 12 bypass in Middleton.
‘scls-pr_help’ discussion list needs you
In an effort to enhance the marketing and public relations efforts of public libraries, we’re again encouraging library staff members to sign up for the scls-pr-help discussion list.
We believe your peers at other libraries are a valuable marketing and PR resource. To encourage and enhance communication on issues related to promoting your library and its programs and events, we have an e-mail discussion list that may be helpful. The list is open to all our member libraries and will be unmoderated, which means you can post to it freely to ask questions or share your experiences with others.
To subscribe, visit http://lists.scls.lib.wi.us/mailman/listinfo and select “scls-pr_help” from the list provided. You’ll then be prompted to provide your e-mail address, a password, and some other settings to configure your account. Once you subscribe you will receive an e-mail note asking you to confirm your subscription. You must complete this last step before you can receive or send messages. After you confirm you’ll receive one more email that will give you instructions on managing your subscription. Be sure to save these instructions for future reference.
Another tool available to libraries is the Online PR Toolkit, which is available whenever libraries need it. The kit, developed in consultation with the SCLS Public Relations Advisory Committee, includes basic press release templates, examples of releases written for libraries, planning checklists, photo tips, and links to ALA marketing, PR, and advocacy materials. The goal is to make it useful for member libraries, so if there is something you’d like added, just let us know. You can access the toolkit at www.scls.info/pr/toolkit/.
If you have any questions about the Online PR Toolkit or the discussion list, contact Mark Ibach at (608) 246-5612 (or by email).
Stoughton Public Library response to tornado
The Stoughton Public Library is working with patrons who have lost or damaged library items as a result of the recent tornado in the Stoughton area.
The Library is encouraging patrons to file insurance claims for these items and will forward any payments to the libraries that own the materials. If an insurance claim is not possible, the Stoughton Library will contact the lending libraries to see if they will waive payment of all fines and fees.
Please contact Pat Chevis at (608) 873-6281 (pchevis@scls.lib.wi.us) if you have questions or concerns about this plan.
SCLS outlines costs for shared databases
The SCLS has prepared a memo outlining the 2006 costs for shard databases, and the information should be received by libraries soon. As a reminder, each library's cost is based on a specific number fo shares, which is determined by your total operating expenditures.
Although there has a 1 percent to 3 percent increase in most subscription costs, we have been able to hold the increase in cost of each individual share to less than $2. However, some libraries may see a significant increase in costs from last year because the number of shares for the library has increased (as a result of increased operating expenditures).
In 2006 the following databases will be provided to SCLS member libraries, through a combination of member library funds and SCLS funds:
If you have questions, contact Stef Morrill, Library Technology Coordinator, at (608) 245-5799 (or by email).
Former Monroe Public Library Director Lisa Cihlar announced this week that after much anticipation, her story “Greenhouse #5” has been published in "Emerging Voices." The book is a collection of tales by previously unpublished writers, as well as a few published ones as well. According to the publisher, "This collection of short fiction will make you laugh and tear your heart out at the same time." The book is available for purchase at www.lbfbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13_39&products_id=66.
Nichole Fromm is the new Library Technology Project Support Specialist for the SCLS. She will be working out of the administrative office and will do SCLS web page work (which she's already been doing for us), supporting a variety of projects (Telus, the online reference databases, virtual reference, etc.), conducting some training and helping to implement future projects. She is currently working at Madison Public Library in Technical Services, and her first day at SCLS will be Oct. 3.
About 200 people participated in the 16th annual Lodi Library Run & Walk held Saturday, Aug. 13. For the fifth straight year, Rick Maleniak from Madison led the pack in the 5k run with a final time of 15:11. The fundraiser collected nearly $4,000 for the library, which will be used for technology purchases. The library’s parade entry in the annual Lodi Rotary Summer Parade, held during the city’s Susie the Duck Days celebration, won a trophy for “Most Original and Creative Unit.” Library volunteers build the parade float around the Summer Library Program theme with a dragon, a castle, and more than a dozen costumed characters walking alongside.
Portage Public Library patrons smiled, laughed, and did double-takes when they saw Friends of the Library volunteer Jean Damm and Lions Club member George Smick posing as the classic painting “American Gothic” in front of the library. The fun was designed to bring attention to all the volunteers and the financial support that came from the Portage Lions, Friends of the Library, master gardeners, and 4-H youth. Sometimes the work was hot and dirty, but there was time for fun and friendship too. The library needed landscaping and beautification but tight library budgets are better spent on book, media, computers, and children’s programs. The Portage Lions and the Friends of the Library have made a long-term commitment to making the Portage Public Library a more attractive place.
Rosemary Garfoot Public Library breaks ground for new building
The Rosemary Garfoot Public Library of Cross Plains broke ground for a new building Aug. 31, formally beginning a construction project that has been in the works for some time.
“Today we are joyous people filled with anticipation as we symbolically turn the first bits of earth that will cradle and give way to the blossoming of our new public library,” said director Pam Bosben. Plans call for the new library to be open to the public in less than a year.
PDS seeks youth services librarian
The Prairie du Sac Public Library is seeking a full-time Youth Services Librarian. Responsibilities include selection of children's materials, planning and presenting ongoing programming from birth to sixth-grade, coordinating the summer reading program and performing outreach and public relations activities related to youth services. Other duties include circulation support, patron assistance and reference. This position includes daytime, evening and Saturday hours.
Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree or two years of library experience. An MLS is preferred, but not required. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
The application deadline is Friday, Sept. 9, 2005. Mail or email a resume and three references to Jennifer Endres, Director, Prairie du Sac Library, 560 Park Ave. Prairie du Sac, WI 53578 (jepds@scls.lib.wi.us). An application is available on the library website at www.scls.lib.wi.us/pds.
Libraries reminded that 60 Books project will begin in October
South Central Library System member libraries are reminded that the year-long book arts, writing, and journaling project called “60 Books” will begin in October.
Created for the Wisconsin Book Festival by the Bone Folders' Guild (a book arts group based in Madison), the project will feature 60 blank books, one of which will be distributed to each SCLS member library before the 2005 Wisconsin Book Festival, Oct. 14-16, 2005. For the next 10 months -- until Aug. 15, 2006 -- these books will be available for checkout by library patrons. The Public Library Advisory Committee (PLAC) of the SCLS Board has approved this project for SCLS member library participation.
You can read more detail about this project in the Aug. 5, 2005, issue of Online Update (Vol. 3, No. 16). For more information about the project, contact Mary Knapp, Madison Public Library, at (608) 266-6359 (mknapp@scls.lib.wi.us), or Alison Jones Chaim, director of the Wisconsin Book Festival, at (608) 265-5595 (alison@wisconsinbookfestival.org).
More information about the Wisconsin Book Festival is available at www.wisconsinbookfestival.org, and you can read more about the Bone Folders' Guild at www.valleyridgeartstudio.com/bone_folders/.
Canterbury Run/Walk for Literacy is Oct. 9
Library patrons will soon have an opportunity to support adult literacy by joining the 14th annual Canterbury Run/Walk for Literacy on Oct. 9, 2005. New this year will be a competition among area libraries, in which the public library with the largest number of team members will receive $1,000 worth of library supplies from DEMCO.
The run/walk, which is held each fall in celebration of International Literacy Day, is sponsored by Canterbury Inn, Avol's Books, Star Books, Borders Books, A Room of One's Own, and University Bookstore. The event benefits the work of the Madison Area Literacy Council, a not-for-profit organization committed to providing basic literacy services to adults and families in Dane County so they may achieve their employment, education and family goals.
You can register for the run/walk online at www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1244079, or you can download a registration form at www.madisoncanterbury.com/runwalk/reg2005.pdf. If you want a team registration packet, or just more information about local literacy services, contact Gregory Markle, Executive Director, at (608) 244-3911 (greg@madisonarealiteracy.org).
More information also is available at www.madisonarealiteracy.org.
Continuing Education -- www.scls.info/ce/
September 7 -- Badgerlink: Newspapers, with Linda Miller, 1:30-4 p.m. SCLS Training Room E.
September 9 -- An Early Literacy Symposium for Youth Services Librarians, with Jane Marino, director of the Bronxville (NY) Public Library and author of "Babies in the Library" and other books for the very young child, 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m., American Family Insurance, Building "A" Training Center, 6000 American Parkway, Madison.
September 21 -- Reference USA Business, with Tana Elias, Madison Public Library, 9-11:00 a.m., SCLS Training Room E.
September 22 -- Bridging the Generation Gap (compressed Video Broadcast), with Deborah Spring Laurel, Laurel & Associates Ltd., Madison (WI), 9 a.m.-noon, with broadcast sites at SCLS Administration and Portage County Public Library, Stevens Point.
September 26 -- Ancestry Library & HeritageQuest, with Jean Anderson, Sun Prairie Public Library, 9-11:30 a.m., SCLS Training Room E.
September 29 -- Badgerlink: Newspapers, with Linda Miller, 9-11:30 a.m. (tentative), Charles & Joan Lester Library, Nekoosa.
October 5 -- What Do I Read Next, with Liz Amundson, Madison Public Library, 9-10:30 a.m., SCLS Training Room E.
October 14 -- Literature Resource Center (LRC), with Dawn Foster, Portage Public Library, 9-11:30 a.m., SCLS Training Room E.
October 20 -- The Boomers are Coming! What Do They Want? (compressed video broadcast), with Allan Kleiman, Chair, RUSA/RSS Library Service to an Aging Population Committee (ALA) and Head of Reference, Westfield Memorial Library, (NJ), 9-11:30 a.m., SCLS Administration & Portage County Public Library, Stevens Point.
November 8 -- Badgerlink: Humanities, with Linda Miller, 1:30-4 p.m., SCLS Training Room E.
November 11 -- Reference USA Business, with Tana Elias, Madison Public Library, 9-11:00 a.m., SCLS Training Room E.
November 17 -- Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales: 2006 SLP Workshop, with Kathy Ross (keynote), Geri Ceci Cupery, Kim Ropson, and Karen Wendt, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Olbrich Gardens, Madison.
November 18 -- Libraries in a Google Universe, Soaring to Excellence Teleconference Series (DuPage), with Steven Bell, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., MATC Reedsburg and Truax, Marshfield Clinic, MSTC Wisconsin Rapids, Monona Public Library, UW-Stevens Point, and the Pyle Center at UW-Madison (tentative sites).
November 30 -- Badgerlink: Humanities, with Linda Miller, 9-11:30 a.m., Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library, Stevens Point.
November 30 -- Badgerlink: Resources for Kids, with Linda Miller, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m., Pinery Room, Portage County Public Library, Stevens Point
December 2 -- Badgerlink: Ethnic Information, with Linda Miller, 9 - 11:30 a.m., SCLS Training Room E.
For more information about marketing and public relations, contact Mark Ibach at (608) 246-5612 or by email.
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