1. State Superintendent's National Library Week web message
2. FAQ page on county library funding changes
3. Steve Sanders receives ISTE award
4. Peg Branson to retire July 6
5. New data on U.S. libraries show over 2 billion served
6. "Step Up to the Plate @ your library" launches in April
7. April 30 is El día de los niños/El día de los libros
8. Website of the Week - Days of Infamy: December 7 and 9/11
9. Calendar
1. STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK WEB MESSAGE
State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster's new webpage message celebrates National Library Week, April 15-21, 2007. To read her National Library Week editorial/web message, visit http://www.dpi.wisconsin.gov/sprntdnt/index.html or http://www.dpi.wi.gov/eis/pdf/dpi2007_34.pdf. A National Library Week proclamation is available at http://www.dpi.wi.gov/eis/pdf/nlwproc07.pdf.
Copies of previous web messages from the state superintendent are available at http://www.dpi.wisconsin.gov/sprntdnt/message.html.
2. FAQ PAGE ON COUNTY LIBRARY FUNDING CHANGES
A new resource page of Frequently Asked Questions related to county library funding is now available. A provision of 2005 Act 420 extends to adjacent counties the provision of Wisconsin Statutes Section 43.12 (the 70% minimum reimbursement responsibility). Under this provision, beginning in 2008, libraries in adjacent counties, including adjacent counties across library system borders (but excluding the Milwaukee County Federated Library System) would be reimbursed by adjacent counties for library use by residents of each of those counties who do not maintain a public library. The FAQ explaining specific issues, circumstances, and requirements is available at http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/act420.html.
3. STEVE SANDERS RECEIVES ISTE AWARD
Steve Sanders, Director of the DPI Instructional Media and Technology Team, was awarded the 2007 "Making It Happen" award from ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education at the recent WEMA conference. The "Making It Happen" program identifies and rewards educational technology leaders around the world for their commitment and innovation. Don Knezek, ISTE CEO, presented Steve with his "Making It Happen" jacket honoring his more than 25 year commitment to instructional technology and 21st century learning at the local, state and national level. More information about ISTE and the "Making It Happen" award can be found at http://www.iste.org.
4. PEG BRANSON TO RETIRE JULY 6
Peg Branson, long-time Division employee, has announced her retirement. Her last day of work will be July 6. Peg has served as the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) program coordinator since 1984 and as the consultant for the public librarian certification program since July of 1998. She began working for the Division for Library Services in 1970, first as a project assistant, then as a research analyst with responsibility for directory and statistical information for all types of libraries, and, from 1976 until 1984, as a consultant for intertype library cooperation. Prior to joining the Division, Peg worked as a reference librarian at St. Norbert College in De Pere.
In her tenure with the Division, Peg participated in numerous statewide planning efforts and studies and worked closely with many librarians and library groups throughout the state. She served as the liaison to the 1975 Task Force on Library Education and Manpower; worked closely with the 1976 Task Force on Interlibrary Cooperation and Resource Sharing; helped develop two major school and public library policy statements (School-Public Library Services Within a Community and Public Library and School Library Organizational Relationships and Interlibrary Cooperation); coordinated projects under Title III of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA); and co-chaired the committee that developed the first statewide interlibrary loan guidelines in 1980. More recently, in 2000 and 2004, she chaired the certification study committees that made recommendations to update the rules governing the certification of public library directors in the state. As the LSTA program coordinator, Peg worked closely with Division staff and LSTA advisory committees to develop the policies and procedures for the administration of the LSTA program, including the transition from the LSCA to the LSTA program in 1997.
During her time with the Division, Peg worked with eight state librarians and under the administrations of four state superintendents and saw the name of the Division lengthen from Division for Library Services, to Division for Libraries and Community Learning, to Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning.
Rick Grobschmidt, administrator of the DLTCL, said "Peg's career with the Division has made a major contribution to statewide library development; and her knowledge, skills and expertise will be greatly missed. All of us at the DPI wish her well in her retirement."
5. NEW DATA ON U.S. LIBRARIES SHOW OVER 2 BILLION SERVED
Ten years after some experts predicted the demise of the nation's system of libraries as a result of the Internet explosion, the most current national data on library use shows that the exact opposite has happened. Data released April 16 by ALA indicates that the number of visits to public libraries in the United States increased 61% between 1994 and 2004. According to the 2007 State of America's Libraries report, there were over two billion visits to U.S. libraries in fiscal year 2004. More information on the 2007 State of America's Libraries report is available at http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2007/march2007/stateoflibraries.htm.
6. "STEP UP TO THE PLACE @ YOUR LIBRARY" LAUNCHES IN APRIL
Step Up to the Plate @ your library(r) is an initiative developed by the American Library Association and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It is a continuation of a partnership that began in 2005-2006. This year, the program will ask kids and young adults to write in about their favorite character in a baseball-related book.
The program will officially launch at the a library in Peoria, Illinois and on field with the minor league team the Peoria Chiefs in April 2007.
Learn more at http://www.ala.org/baseball.
7. APRIL 30 IS EL DIA DE LOS NINOS/EL DIA DE LOS LIBROS
Children's Day/Book Day, also known as El día de los niños/
El día de los libros (Día), is a celebration of children, families, and reading held annually on April 30.
The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Through a series of grants from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Association for Library Service for Children
(ALSC) continues to increase public awareness of the event in libraries throughout the country. ALSC is collaborating on this effort with the Founding Partner of Día, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA). In 2007, ALSC welcomes Target as the first official national sponsor of Día.
Resources for El día de los niños/El día de los libros can be found at http://www.ala.org/dia.
8. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Days of Infamy: December 7 and 9/11 --http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/daysofinfamy/ -- Within the living memory of Americans are two deadly surprise attacks against the United States: Japan's assault on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Both times, the Library of Congress sent people out to record the voices of ordinary Americans as they reacted to a changed world. (Website courtesy of refdesk.com)
9. CALENDAR
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, La Crosse
May 14, 2007 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
May 22, 2007 - Public library system interlibrary loan staff meeting, Madison
May 23, 2007 - Delivery Services Advisory Committee, Madison
June 1, 2007 - Government Information Roundtable Government Information Day, Madison
June 21-27, 2007 - American Library Association Annual Conference, Washington DC
July 13, 2007 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, Verona
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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