Wednesday, May 2, 2018
If you are attending the WAPL conference this week, then you will have a chance to talk about the new Public Library Standards that were released two months ago. The conference session, which will take place on Thursday, May 3, at 4:15 p.m. in the Meadowbrook West conference room, will delve into the exhaustive process behind the development of the new standards, the new format of the 6th edition, and recommendations on ways to best use the new standards in library planning.
During the second half of the session, attendees will discuss the next phase of the Standards development process—a web interface that will allow library professionals to quickly compare their libraries with libraries across the state, or select a group of libraries based on specified datasets. Which datasets will be offered? Come to the session to offer input on which datasets you think should be included in the new interface.
Not attending WAPL? Feel free to contact Shannon Schultz using the link below to provide your thoughts on what datasets you believe would be most useful or valuable to public libraries in our state.
Submitted by Shannon Schultz, Public Library Development Team