Channel Weekly, Vol. 12, No. 34, June 3, 2010

1. LSTA grant information sessions
2. County Reimbursement Requests must be submitted by July 1
3. Privacy and confidentiality for public libraries
4. Website of the Week - Consumer Price Index
5. Calendar
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1. LSTA Grant Information sessions

The LSTA Information and Guidelines for 2011 will be posted during the week of June 13th. There will be a limited number of booklets available in paper format. The LSTA technology and multi-type category training sessions will be held by webinar on June 22, 2010 at 10:00-11:30 a.m. and June 22, 2010 at 1:00-2:30 p.m. The afternoon session will repeat the morning information session. Information sessions will be recorded and available at a later time via web posting. Following are the categories being discussed during the June 22nd webinars:
  • Broadband Upgrade Grant -- non-competitive - library systems
  • Public Library System Technology -- non-competitive - library systems
  • Joining Shared Automated Systems -- non-competitive- library systems
  • Enhancing Use of Technology in Libraries and library systems -competitive - libraries and library systems
  • Multi-type Library Collaboration - competitive - libraries and library systems
The LSTA special needs categories' training sessions will be held by webinar on June 24, 2010 at 10:00-11:30 a.m. and June 24, 2010 at 1:00-2:30 p.m. The afternoon session will repeat the morning information session. Information sessions will be recorded and available at a later time via web posting. Following are the competitive categories available to public library and public library system applicants requiring partnerships and collaborations:
  • Literacy
  • Job Search & Employment Support
  • Accessibility
The LSTA digitization training session will be held by webinar on June 28, 2010 at 10:00-11:30 a.m. The information session will be recorded and available at a later time via web posting. The competitive digitization categories available to public library and public library system applicants are:
  • Digitization - Local Resources
  • Digitization - Large Libraries (population size greater than 100,000)
Webinar instructions for any of the five sessions will be emailed to potential grant applicants. To register please email Terrie Howe at Teresa.Howe@dpi.wi.gov or call (608) 266-2413.


2. COUNTY REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY JULY 1

Public libraries eligible to receive county reimbursement for library services under Wisconsin Statutes 43.12, are reminded that they should submit necessary information by July 1, 2010, for their 2011 reimbursement.

Wis. Stats. 43.12(2) states:
"By July 1 of each year, each public library lying in whole or in part in a county shall provide a statement to the county clerk of that county and to the county clerk of each adjacent county, other than a county with a population of at least 500,000, that reports the number of loans of material made by that library during the prior calendar year to residents of the county, or adjacent county, who are not residents of a municipality that maintains a public library under s. 43.52 or 43.53 and the total number of loans of material made by that library during the previous calendar year."

In some regions, the public library's regional library system may either submit the request on behalf of the member library, or may facilitate the request for reimbursement by compiling necessary information. In other regions, the public libraries directly submit their own requests to the county clerks. Information on county public library funding under both Act 150 and Act 420 is available on the Department of Public Instruction's website at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_act150.


3. PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Late last month, the American Library Association (ALA) posted a link to a recent Miss Manner's column, where a "Gentle Reader" was asking Miss Manners for advice in addressing her local librarian, who liked to announce the titles of the borrowers' books, one by one, as she checked them out.
http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment-headlines/ci_15119765?nclick_check=1

While her response is somewhat amusing, the article serves as a good reminder to public libraries throughout Wisconsin to review their privacy policies and to make sure all employees are aware of their legal responsibility to ensure the privacy of patron records.
The Department of Public Instruction has a sample public library privacy policy:
http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/doc/privacypolicy.doc

Library Directors may wish to review the March-April 2005 Channel article, "Best Practices: Prioritizing Privacy" http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/channel/pdf/chn4004.pdf#page=10. Please note that the links in the article have changed or expired. Here are corrected links:

Frequently Asked Questions about compliance with the new Parental Access to Library Records law: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_ab169faqs

Frequently Asked Questions about Libraries and Wisconsin's Public Records Law:
http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_publicrec

Privacy resource page:
http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_privacy

ALA's Privacy and Confidentiality resources:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/intfreedom/privacyconfidentiality/privacy/index.cfm.


4. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Consumer Price Index -- http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ -- Produced by the US Department of Labor, the Consumer Price Index provides monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. (Web reference courtesy of refdesk.com)


5. CALENDAR

June 17, 2010 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee (LITAC) meeting, Madison

June 24-29, 2010 - American Library Association conference, Washington, D.C.

July 9, 2010 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Wausau

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Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
Department of Public Instruction
Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
PO Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: (608) 266-6439
FAX: (609) 267-9207
For questions about this information, contact Roslyn Wise (608) 266-6439