1. Strategic Visioning Summit website
2. New NCES report - Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 2005
3. New PLA award for innovation in library services
4. Website of the Week - The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
5. Calendar
1. STRATEGIC VISIONING SUMMIT WEBSITE
The Department of Public Instruction and the Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) are planning a Strategic Visioning Summit for the spring of 2008.
A Strategic Visioning Summit website has been created to allow interested individuals to track the progress of planning for the Summit and also to contribute ideas for the Summit discussion and nominate potential Summit participants. The website can be found at http://dpi.wi.gov/coland/vision.html. The left-hand toolbar provides access to various parts of the website including the visioning questions and a nomination form. Please take time to fill out the visioning questions to assist in the planning process and to nominate yourself or others as potential participants.
2. NEW NCES REPORT - PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES: FISCAL YEAR 2005
This report, released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), includes national and state summary data on public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, with an introduction, selected findings, and several tables. The report, based on data from the Public Libraries Survey for fiscal year 2005, includes information on population of legal service area, service outlets, library collections and services, full-time equivalent staff, and operating revenue and expenditures. The report includes several key findings: Nationwide, visits to public libraries totaled 1.4 billion, or 4.7 library visits per capita. The average number of Internet terminals available for public use per stationary outlet was 11.2.
View, download, and print the full report as a PDF file at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008301.
3. NEW PLA AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN LIBRARY SERVICES
The Public Library Association (PLA) is now accepting nominations and applications for the Polaris Innovation in Technology John Iliff Award. The deadline for submitting an application is December 3, 2007.
The Polaris Innovation in Technology John Iliff Award honors the life and accomplishments of John Iliff, early adopter and champion of technology in public libraries, and recognizes the contributions of a library worker, librarian, or library that has used technology and innovative thinking as a tool to improve services to public library users.
The purpose of this award is to encourage innovative user-oriented thinking and practical solutions using old and new technologies. The award provides a $1,000 honorarium, a plaque, and a bouquet of roses for the workplace of the awardee. The cash award honors the recipient's efforts, while the roses sent to the workplace honor the environment that helped nurture the recipient's innovation.
Visit PLA's Online Awards Application to apply or nominate a colleague for the award. Information on the award and a link to the application can be found at http://pla.org/ala/pla/plaawards/John_Iliff_Award.cfm.
4. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century -- http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/ -- The Presidential Timeline provides a single point of access to an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Among these assets you'll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents' lives. The goal of the project is to make these resources readily and freely available to students, educators, and adult learners throughout the world. (Website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
5. CALENDAR
November 9, 2007 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, Cross Plains
November 14-15, 2007 - Library Services and Technology Act Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
January 11, 2008 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, Madison
January 31, 2008 - Delivery Services Advisory Committee, via WisLine
February 1, 2008 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
April 6-8, 2008 - Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association spring conference, Milwaukee
April 16-18, 2008 - Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians annual conference, Manitowoc
May 19, 2008 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
October 10, 2008 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
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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