Movers and Shakers – Change Agent Librarians!
Congratulations to three Wisconsin librarians named by Library Journal as 2014 Movers and Shakers! Read more
Posts from the ‘Member News’ Category
Mar 18
Feb 26
Call for Proposals: Lake Superior Library Symposium
June 6th will be the 2014 Lake Superior Library Symposium, a great opportunity to spend the day with our colleagues “North of Highway 8”. They are accepting presentation proposals until March 17th.
Feb 26
Member News: Horticulture Library Consortium
Some of our members are enjoying flowers during this long winter!!
WiLS is happy to provide services to the Horticulture Library Consortium, with current partners Longwood Gardens, Mt. Cuba Center and the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society.
Feb 13
Lovey Dovey Library – February Events Around the State
As you all know, February is Love Your Library month, as well as the month you stock up on orange conversation hearts so you can make it through the rest of the year.
What? Is that just me? Oh.
Regardless, we’ve have really had a great time stalking our members to find out what they are doing to celebrate this month. Here are some highlights:
- Love Your Library Lobby! SCLS is collecting patron valentines to bring to the Capitol on Library Legislative Day. Click to see photos of Madison’s contribution.
- The Kraemer Library and Community Center in Plain is posting a bulletin board full of patron valentines to the library.
- But love is also about forgiveness. The Weiss Library in Hayward is forgiving fines on Valentine’s Day: http://www.haywardwi.com/news/article_5b75f1ac-51b1-11e1-92aa-0019bb2963f4.html?TNNoMobile
- And it’s a hard lesson to learn that love is a double edged sword that can sometimes cut your heart out and stomp on it with baseball cleats. So the Middleton Public Library is hosting the Heart Burns Anti-Valentine’s Day event for those who “prefer black & gothy to pink & lacy” to eat broken heart cookies and make anti-valentines.
- Have a blind date with a book or get “kissed at the library” at the Calhoun Memorial Library in Chetek, and get Hershey Kisses when you check out a book. I’ll be checking mine out one at a time, thank you very much. I hope the Calhoun Memorial Library has a large Hershey Kiss budget.
- On February 13th, Silver Lake College’s Zigmunt Library hosted a “Share the Love” event for patrons to gather and discuss their favorite books and films with one another over coffee.
- UW-Madison Memorial Library also had a “Blind Date with a Book.” Waaay better than OkCupid.
http://library.wisc.edu/news/2013/02/14/blind-date-with-a-bo ok-at-memorial-library/ - The Seeley G. Mudd Library at Lawrence University in Appleton asked patrons what they love about the library. Responses ranged from temperature of the building and the yumminess of the water from the fountains (bubblers, for the Wisconsin natives), as well as some love for our collections and the workers. Take a look!
Feb 7
Federal Grant Brings Faster Internet Service to Wisconsin Public Libraries
The BadgerNet broadband network is about to get a lot faster, thanks to a $4.2 million dollar federal grant to expand and upgrade its fiber optic network between April and November of this year. Read more about it from madison.com.
Jan 23
New digital collection: History of UW-Stout
A new digital collection from the University of Wisconsin-Stout Archives looks at more than a century of vocational education in northwest Wisconsin. Read more
Jan 15
UW-Baraboo/Sauk County and Baraboo Public Library Partnership Enables Wider Borrowing
A new pilot collaboration between UW-Baraboo/Sauk County and the Baraboo Public Library allows cardholders to have borrowing privileges for both locations and their respective library systems with a single, integrated library card. Cardholders’ borrowing privileges will extend to the libraries of the other two-year campuses and the 53 South Central member libraries.
Read more about this exciting partnership from the Baraboo News Republic.
Jan 13
WLA Paralibrarian of the Year Award
The Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) Paralibrarian of the Year Award, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee School of Information Studies, recognizes the essential role of paralibrarians, including all library support staff who do not currently have an MLIS, in providing excellent library service in Wisconsin. This award places special emphasis on efforts to further the role of paralibrarians and library support staff in the library profession. The award winner will have the opportunity to receive an optional scholarship to complete either a bachelor’s of science or master’s degree in information science. Both degrees can be completed online, onsite, or in a hybrid format. Apply by February 1st
Jan 10
“White Rose Movement” Exhibit Debuts at Marathon County Library Downtown Branch
The White Rose was a small, non-violent Nazi resistance group formed in 1942 by University of Munich students in Germany that spearheaded a nine-month anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign calling for active opposition to Adolf Hitler’s regime. And now through January 24th, the Marathon County Library Downtown branch is hosting an exhibit about the group, one of the first places to see it.
Jan 9
Madison Public Library Partners with Local Public Access Television Station
Madison Public Library and WYOU have embarked upon an exciting and innovative partnership. WYOU, a local public access television station which has struggled since state law in 2010 slashed its budget, will find a new home in the library and in turn bring Madison Public Library a host of new volunteers and media experts and expand its potential as an incubator for community projects.
