1. COLAND approves biennial report on condition and progress of library
service in Wisconsin
2. November-December 2006 issue of Channel now available online
3. Two Wisconsin school library media specialists earn national certification
4. CCBC Choices DVD and VHS available for loan from Reference and Loan
5. GPO Federal Depository Library offers first-ever digital collection of civil rights documents
6. Use of Public and Other Types of Libraries: 2002
7. Website of the Week - Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations
8. Calendar
1. COLAND APPROVES BIENNIAL REPORT ON CONDITION AND PROGRESS OF LIBRARY SERVICE IN WISCONSIN
At its January 12 meeting, the Council on Library and Network Development
(COLAND) approved a biennial report on the condition and progress of library service in Wisconsin. The report summarizes progress in the development of library service in recent years, current challenges facing Wisconsin libraries, and recommendations for the future. Below are the key recommendations of the report:
* Wisconsin should provide 13% index level funding for public library systems. Wisconsin's public library systems have a proven track record of cost-effective services provided in cooperation with member libraries and member counties. These services, including resource sharing and open access, are threatened if the funding index level continues at a level below 13%.
* Wisconsin should remove arbitrary levy limits and revenue caps that interfere with local decision-making about the quality of local libraries.
* PK-12 schools should improve levels of library staffing and funding to levels recommended by the DPI. Quality school library programs have a proven positive effect on student achievement.
* The Common School Fund must be protected for its constitutional purpose--the purchase of school library materials.
* Wisconsin should fully fund the statewide resource library contracts and expand the resources available through BadgerLink. These statewide resources cost-effectively expand the information available to Wisconsin libraries and to all residents of the state.
The full 6-page COLAND report is available at: http://www.dpi.wi.gov/coland/pdf/COLAND_Biennial_Progress_Report_2006-07.pdf.
2. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2006 ISSUE OF CHANNEL NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
The November-December 2006 issue of Channel, the newsletter of the Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning, is now available on the web at http://dpi.wi.gov/channel/pdf/chn4202.pdf. Among the articles in
this issue of Channel are:
* Wisconsin among nation's leaders in library use
* Library systems share $15.5 million in state aid
* Attorney General issues opinion on library surveillance tapes
* Trustee Corner - officers on library boards
* Workshops for library directors point toward 'Greener Pastures'
* Shared integrated library system cost study results announced
* State superintendent approves LSTA grant awards for 2007
* Project Safe Childhood targets crimes against children
* Mary Struckmeyer says goodbye after 32 years
* Martha Farley joins Reference and Loan staff
* Struckmeyer receives 2006 Muriel Fuller Award
* WISCAT implementation progress continues
Previous issues of Channel are available at http://dpi.wi.gov/channel/channel.html. Issues of Channel Weekly are available at http://dpi.wi.gov/channel/chweekly.html.
3. TWO WISCONSIN SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS EARN NATIONAL CERTIFICATION
State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster commended 73 Wisconsin educators who recently earned national certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Two Wisconsin school library media specialists were among the recipients: Valerie Edwards, Monona Grove High School, Monona Grove School District and Rebecca Bretza-Krumrie, Big Bend Elementary School, Mukwonago School District.
More detailed information is featured on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction homepage at http://www.dpi.wisconsin.gov/, with a link to the news release website at http://www.dpi.wi.gov/eis/prmenu.html.
4. CCBC CHOICES DVD AND VHS AVAILABLE FOR LOAN FROM REFERENCE AND LOAN
DVD and VHS video recordings of the 2005 and the 2006 Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) "Choices" events have recently been deposited at the Reference and Loan Library (R&LL) and are available for loan.
CCBC Choices 2005 and CCBC Choices 2006 are, respectively, live video recordings of the March 5, 2005, and the March 11, 2006, book talk programs when CCBC staff members Kathleen T. Horning, Megan Schliesman, Merri V. Lindgren, and Hollis Rudiger, introduced the annotated bibliographies of the same titles to children's librarians and others interested in literature for children and youth. At the annual events, made possible by the Friends of the CCBC, Inc., they displayed and discussed some of the books published in 2004 and 2005 that are recommended by CCBC professional staff. Each program has two parts, "CCBC Choices for Older Readers" and "CCBC Choices for Younger Children." Copies of the printed bibliographies accompany each two-disc or two-tape program. The call numbers for the 2005 program are DVD V-155 and VHS V-7561, and for the 2006 program the call numbers are DVD V-159 and VHS V-7562.
DVDs and videos may be requested from Reference and Loan through normal interlibrary loan channels; by calling R&LL's circulation/AV booking department at 888-542-5543 (in-state) or 608-224-6169; by fax at 608-224-6178; or by email at rllill@dpi.state.wi.us.
5. GPO FEDERAL DEPOSITORY LIBRARY OFFERS FIRST-EVER DIGITAL COLLECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS DOCUMENTS
As the nation pauses to remember the achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the United States Government Printing Office (GPO) teams up with the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) and the Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland School of Law, to provide the American public a website of authentic civil rights historical publications.
"GPO is honored to be participating in this project," said Judith Russell, Superintendent of Documents. "This is an example of GPO's mission to improve service to the public and assure permanent access to digital collections."
The Thurgood Marshall Law Library, which is a GPO Federal Depository Library, has been scanning hundreds of historical civil rights publications to make this digital collection possible. These documents are provided by USCCR. With a couple strokes of the keyboard, Americans can access civil rights documents such as the Civil Rights Act. These documents are accessible at http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/usccr/index.asp
"The commission has continued to play a vital part in the efforts to combat discrimination in America. By providing access to the historical record of this important federal agency, the Thurgood Marshall Law Library will offer the public an opportunity to examine the efforts of the commission more closely, while aiding the commission in its role as a clearinghouse for information about civil rights," said Kenneth L. Marcus, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
"In conjunction with the Thurgood Marshall Law Library's strategic plan to enhance its civil rights collection in support of the School of Law's teaching and research mission, the Library has worked since 2001 to create a complete electronic record of United States Commission on Civil Rights publications," said Bill Sleeman, assistant director for Technical Services at the Thurgood Marshall Law Library.
The U.S. Government Printing Office is the federal government's primary centralized resource for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing, authenticating, and preserving published U.S. Government information in all its forms. GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the federal government. In addition to publication sales, GPO makes government information available at no cost to the public through GPO Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov), and through partnerships with more than 1,250 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more information, please visit http://www.gpo.gov.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is an independent, bipartisan agency charged with monitoring federal civil rights enforcement. Members include Chairman Gerald A. Reynolds, Vice Chairman Abigail Thernstrom, and Commissioners Jennifer C. Braceras, Peter N. Kirsanow, Arlan D. Melendez, Ashley L. Taylor, and Michael Yaki. Kenneth L. Marcus is staff director. Commission meetings are open to the media and general public. For more information, please visit http://www.usccr.gov
The Thurgood Marshall Law Library, the University of Maryland School of Law, boasts over 400,000 volumes of American and foreign legal materials and an outstanding collection of electronic sources. A full range of research support services by experienced law librarians make the library an excellent research facility for scholars, the judiciary, and the practicing bar. For more information please visit http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall.
6. USE OF PUBLIC AND OTHER TYPES OF LIBRARIES 2002
Households' Use of Public and Other Types of Libraries: 2002 has been released on the National Center for Educational Statistics, NCES, web site. This report presents a series of tabulations that highlight households' use of public and other types of libraries. Patterns of library use by household demographic, social, economic, and geographic characteristics are presented. The data for this report were collected as part of the October 2002 Current Population Survey (CPS) Library Supplement. The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data were collected from a sample of 50,000 to 60,000 households through personal and telephone interviews.
The report has a section highlighting selected findings on the use of libraries. For example, nationally, almost one-third of households (31 percent) used a public library in the month preceding the survey and almost half (48 percent) used a public library in the year preceding the survey. Wisconsin was one of ten states where household use of public libraries in the past year was significantly higher than the national average - 55 percent of Wisconsin households used a public library in the preceding year. Uses of libraries by various characteristics are highlighted beginning on page 3 of the report. The NCES study was conducted in 2002 and reflects library use at that time.
To download, view and print the publication as a PDF file, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007327.
7. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations -- http://www.bartleby.com/73/ -- The 2,100 entries in this eminently researched collection form the constellation of collected wisdom in American political debate. In fulfilling decades of requests from Members of Congress for citation of quotations, the Library of Congress compiled the most frequently asked questions of the legislature for the edification of every citizen. (Website courtesy of refdesk.com)
8. CALENDAR
January 19-24, 2007 - American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, Seattle
January 23, 2007 - Wisconsin Library Legislative Day, Madison
February 9, 2007 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
February 22, 2007 - Gates Foundation "Greener Pastures" Rural Sustainability Project workshop, Madison
February 27, 2007 - Gates Foundation "Greener Pastures" Rural Sustainability Project workshop, Waterford
March 7, 2007 - Gates Foundation "Greener Pastures" Rural Sustainability Project workshop, DePere
March 9, 2007 - Council on Library and Network Development, location to be announced
March 13, 2007 - Gates Foundation "Greener Pastures" Rural Sustainability Project workshop, Rice Lake
March 25-27, 2007 - Wisconsin Educational Media Association Spring Conference, Madison
April 3, 2007 - Gates Foundation "Greener Pastures" Rural Sustainability Project workshop, Fond du Lac
April 12, 2007 - Gates Foundation "Greener Pastures" Rural Sustainability Project workshop, Fennimore
April 17-20 - Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians, Wisconsin Dells
April 18, 2007 - Gates Foundation "Greener Pastures" Rural Sustainability Project workshop, Hurley
April 19, 2007 - Gates Foundation "Greener Pastures" Rural Sustainability Project workshop, Wausau
April 26, 2007 - Gates Foundation "Greener Pastures" Rural Sustainability Project workshop, Sparta
May 2, 2007 - Gates Foundation "Greener Pastures" Rural Sustainability Project workshop, Eau Claire (WAPL preconference)
May 2-4, 2007 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries, Eau Claire
May 11, 2007 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, location to be announced
May 11, 2007 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
June 21-27, 2007 - American Library Association Annual Conference, Washington DC
July 13, 2007 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, location to be announced
September 14, 2007 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, location to be announced
October 12, 2007 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
October 16-19, 2007 - Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference, Green Bay
November 9, 2007 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, location to be announced
For more details about these and other meetings, see the WISDOM calendar at http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/wisdom.html and the BadgerLink and WISCAT training site at http://www.wiscat.lib.wi.us/training.html.
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