1. Finding songbooks has never been easier
2. Libri Foundation grants for children's books to small, rural libraries
3. Step Up to the Plate @ your library(r) swings into action
4. Promote Woman's Day health initiative through May 11
5. Tickets available for April 17 Arbuthnot lecture
6. National Library Week - April 13-19, 2008
7. Website of the Week - Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
8. Calendar
1. FINDING SONGBOOKS HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER
Since its introduction, the BadgerLink Songbook Database has made it easy for users to find songs in books in the DPI Reference and Loan Library's collection. Patrons looking for music for a wedding, recital, or their own personal enjoyment have found the Songbook Database to be an invaluable tool. A newly added feature makes it easy to see which other libraries participating in WISCAT, the Wisconsin resource sharing system, own the books featured in the Songbook Database.
Patrons can print out the WISCAT record for the songbook containing the song they want and take it to their library. If their local library doesn't own the book they can place an interlibrary loan request for it.
The Songbook Database currently includes 40,000 unique records for songs contained in 2000 separate songbooks. Users can search for a song by title, composer, lyricist, or year to discover a book containing the song.
To find that favorite old song of yours in the BadgerLink Songbook Database, go to
http://www.badgerlink.net/index.html and scroll to the bottom of the page, then click into the BadgerLink Songbook Database.
If you have questions or want more information contact the Reference and Loan Library at 888-542-5543 or email dpirllref@dpi.wi.gov.
2. LIBRI FOUNDATION GRANTS FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO SMALL, RURAL LIBRARIES
The Libri Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2008 BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grants. The next deadline for applications is April 15.
The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated over $3,500,000 worth of new children's books to more than 2,600 libraries in 48 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.
In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, the Libri Foundation will match any amount of money raised by your local sponsors from $50 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to $1,050 worth of new children's books. After a library receives a grant, local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months (or longer if necessary) to raise their matching funds.
The librarian of each participating library selects the books her library will receive from a booklist provided by the Foundation. The 700-plus fiction and nonfiction titles on the booklist reflect the very best of children's literature published primarily in the last three years. These titles, which are for children ages 12 and under, are award-winners or have received starred reviews in library, literary, or education journals. The booklist also includes a selection of classic children's titles.
Libraries are qualified on an individual basis. In general, county libraries should serve a population under 16,000 and town libraries should serve a population under 10,000 (usually under 5,000). Libraries should be in a rural area, have a limited operating budget, and an active children's department. Please note: Rural is usually considered to be at least 30 miles from a city with a population over 40,000. Libraries with total operating budgets over $150,000 and county libraries with total operating budgets over $350,000 are rarely given grants.
A school library may apply only if it also serves as the public library (i.e. it is open to everyone in the community, has some summer hours, and there is no public library in town). A branch library may apply if the community it is in meets the definition of rural. If the branch library receives its funding from its parent institution, then the parent institution's total operating budget, not just the branch library's total operating budget, must meet the budget guidelines.
Previous Books for Children grant recipients are eligible to apply for another grant three years after the receipt of their last grant. Libraries that do not fulfill all grant requirements, including the final report, may not apply for another grant.
The remaining application deadlines for 2008 are: (postmarked by) April 15 and August 15. Grants will be awarded April 30th and August 31st. Application guidelines and forms may be downloaded from the Foundation's website at http://www.librifoundation.org.
For more information about The Libri Foundation or its Books for Children program, please contact Ms. Barbara J. McKillip, President, The Libri Foundation, P.O. Box 10246, Eugene, OR 97440; 541-747-9655 (phone); 541-747-4348 (fax); libri@librifoundation.org (email). Normal office hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Time.
3. STEP UP TO THE PLATE @ YOUR LIBRARY SWINGS INTO ACTION
The boys of summer are stepping up to the plate for the start of the first week of baseball season 2008. The American Library Association (ALA) and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum are getting into the swing of things, too.
Season three of Step Up to the Plate @ your library officially launches this week. The program teams up two American classics - baseball and libraries - to promote the importance of information literacy skills and increase awareness of the library as an essential information resource. The Step Up to the Plate trivia game is now available to library patrons on the program's Web site at http://www.ala.org/baseball.
Season three of the program, is a whole new "ball game," celebrating the 100th anniversary of the iconic song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." People of all ages will be encouraged to visit their library and answer a series of trivia questions inspired by "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
Categories of questions will include ballparks, baseball in popular culture, fan experience, and baseball pioneers. One grand-prize winner will receive a trip to the Hall of Fame in October 2008.
The ALA and the Hall of Fame will also host a launch celebration Friday, April 4, in Mobile, Ala. Spokesperson and Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith will be on hand to help kick off the national program at Hank Aaron Stadium, home of the Mobile Bay Bears, the local Minor League team.
Librarians are encouraged to visit the program Web site to register for free promotional tools to help promote the program locally. Tools include program logos in both English and Spanish and a toolkit that includes sample press materials and programming ideas. To date more than 500 librarians from across the country have registered for the program.
Librarians who bring in the most entries can win incentives for participation in the program. The library that brings in the most entries will get a $100 bookstore gift certificate and a copy of "Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game,'" by Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson, and Tim Wiles. The next three libraries will receive a $50 ALA Graphics gift certificate and a copy of "Baseball's Greatest Hit."
4. PROMOTE WOMAN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE THROUGH MAY 11
Libraries have until May 11 to promote a new health initiative sponsored by the American Library Association's Campaign for America's Libraries and Woman's Day magazine. The magazine is looking for stories on how readers have used the library to improve a family member's or their own health.
Woman's Day, which has a readership of 4 million, announced the initiative in its March issue, where it asked its readers aged 18 and over to submit their stories in 700 words or less. Stories can be sent to womansday@ala.org. Up to four of the submissions will be featured in the March 2009 issue of Woman's Day.
Sample promotional materials are available to librarians who wish to promote this initiative locally. Tools can be downloaded from the Campaign for America's Libraries' Web site at http://www.ala.org/@yourlibrary. Sample tools include a press release, newsletter copy and Web button.
5. TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR APRIL 17 ARBUTHNOT LECTURE
Each year, an individual of distinction in the field of children's literature is chosen to write and deliver a lecture that will make a significant contribution to the world of children's literature. Known as the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture, the 2008 event will feature David Macaulay. The topic of his lecture is "Body Building," which celebrates not only his life's work but his new book "The Way We Work." Macaulay's lecture will be hosted by the South Central Library System (SCLS) in Madison, and tickets are available free of charge at http://www.scls.info/arbuthnot08/.
Best known for his books like "Cathedral," "Castle," and "The Way Things Work," Macaulay is an author and artist who continually strips away the mystique surrounding the architectural structures that have long fascinated modern viewers. His books have sold more than 2 million copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Five of his titles -- "Cathedral," "Castle," "City," "Pyramid," and "Mill" -- have been made into popular PBS television programs.
Macaulay won the Caldecott Medal in 1991 for "Black and White" (Houghton), and received Caldecott Honors in 1978 for "Castle" (Houghton) and 1974 for "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" (Houghton).
The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on April 17, 2008, at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. The annual event draws attendees from across the country, and is one of the premiere events in children's literature. Macaulay has not yet announced the title or topic of his presentation.
For more information, or to reserve tickets, visit http://www.scls.info/arbuthnot08/.
6. NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK - APRIL 13-19, 2008
The second week in April is National Library Week when libraries of all types are recognized by the American Library Association (ALA). This observance (since 1958) is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of libraries and librarians across the nation by promoting the use and support of school, public, academic and special libraries.
7. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection -- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ -- This comprehensive site offers many different types of maps along with links to related maps all over the Internet. Available sections include: country maps, city maps, detailed maps, thematic maps, historical maps, country, and thematic maps on other web sites.
8. CALENDAR
April 6-8, 2008 - Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association spring conference, Milwaukee
April 9-10, 2008 - Library Services and Technology Act Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
April 11, 2008 - Midwest Interlibrary Loan Conference, Dubuque, Iowa
April 13-19, 2008 -- National Library Week
April 16, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Milwaukee and Waukesha, Milwaukee
April 16, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Eastern Shores and Manitowoc-Calumet, Manitowoc
April 16-18, 2008 - Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians annual conference, Manitowoc
April 24, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Arrowhead, Janesville
April 30-May 2, 2008 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries annual conference, Stevens Point
May 5-6, 2008 - COLAND Statewide Library Strategic Visioning Summit, Green Lake
May 14, 2008 - Spring Interlibrary Loan Meeting for Public Library System and Resource Library Staff, Madison
May 15, 2008 - Delivery Services Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
May 15, 2008 - Leadership Conference on Adolescent Literacy for Public Librarians, Madison
May 19, 2008 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
June 26-July 2, 2008 - American Library Association annual conference, Anaheim, California
June 29-July 2, 2008 - 2008 National Educational Computing Conference, San Antonio, Texas
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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