1. LSTA Advisory Committee April meeting and public hearing
2. Library customer service DVD available for loan from Reference and Loan
3. CCBC adds bibliographies to web site
4. Website of the Week - Best of History
5. Calendar
1. LSTA ADVISORY COMMITTEE APRIL MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING
The LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) Advisory Committee will meet April 4 and 5, 2007, to make recommendations on the LSTA five-year plan for 2008-2012 and on the preliminary budget and grant categories for the LSTA program for 2008. The meeting will take place at the Comfort Inn, 4422 East Washington Avenue, Madison. A public hearing will be held Wednesday, April 4, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in conjunction with the meeting. Interested individuals may offer comments and suggestions on the LSTA program for 2008 to 2012 at this public hearing. Those unable to attend the hearing may submit written comments to Peg Branson by fax (608/266-2413) or email at peg.branson@dpi.state.wi.us. Written comments must arrive by April 3 for inclusion in the hearing. A draft LSTA five-year plan and preliminary Ideas for 2008 will be available on the LSTA website in the next couple of weeks. If you have questions about the LSTA program, contact Peg Branson at peg.branson@dpi.state.wi.us or at 608/266-2413.
2. LIBRARY CUSTOMER SERVICE DVD AVAILABLE FOR LOAN FROM REFERENCE AND LOAN
Putting Customers First! is a new 38-minute training program for library staff on how to provide outstanding customer service in person, on the telephone, and online, to both internal staff and external library customers. It defines good customer service and examines strategies used by the Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library and the West Palm Beach (Florida) Library to apply customer service principles to a library setting. The program looks at a library's appearance and style as one of the elements of customer service, and covers some of the challenges presented by newer technologies such as email and chat transactions. The DVD was produced by Library Video Network in 2006, and is closed-captioned. The Reference and Loan Library's call number is DVD V-165.
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.
3. CCBC ADDS BIBLIOGRAPHIES TO WEB SITE
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) recently posted two new bibliographies on their web site:
It's a Mystery! Books for Curious Kids and Teens: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=268, and Never Too Old: Picture Books to Share with Older Children and Teens: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=259.
Additionally, all three CCBC Outstanding New Books presentations done for the Four Lakes Distance Education Network are now archived and available for viewing at: http://www.uwex.edu/ics/stream/flden/CCBC/2007/index.html.
4. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Best of History Web Sites -- http://www.besthistorysites.net/ -- Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. (Website courtesy of refdesk.com)
5. CALENDAR
March 9, 2007 - Council on Library and Network Development, Madison
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, Mercer
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://dpi.wi.gov/rll/wiscat/training.html.
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