1. Library friends groups and compliance with IRS regulations
2. Reminder: 2011 LSTA grant applications due September 10, 2010
3. "Fast Facts" about Wisconsin public library service
4. Planning under way for Civil War anniversary
5. Physics journals available free in U.S. public libraries
6. Website of the Week - Digital History
7. Calendar
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1. LIBRARY FRIENDS GROUPS AND COMPLIANCE WITH IRS REGULATIONS
The May 6 Channel Weekly (channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chwk1230.html) had an article on the need for most tax-exempt organizations - like public library foundations and friends groups - to file a yearly return or notice with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). If an organization does not file as required for three consecutive years, the law provides that the organization automatically loses its tax-exempt status. For organizations that must file, the IRS has extended the filing deadline to October 15, 2010. See the IRS website at http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=225705,00.html for more information and a list of at-risk organizations.
2. REMINDER: 2011 LSTA GRANT APPLICATIONS DUE SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
The LSTA website (http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_lsta) contains a link to the 2011 LSTA grant application forms (https://forms.dpi.wi.gov/se.ashx?s=56301B2D500EF8ED). The form is web-based and provides the opportunity to print a copy for your records. The 2011 Information and Guidelines for the LSTA grant applications are located at: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pdf/guide11.pdf. The online grant applications and postmarked signature pages are due by 4:30 pm, September 10, 2010.
Contact Terrie Howe by email (teresa.howe@dpi.wi.gov) OR phone (608-266-2413) if you have questions.
3. "FAST FACTS" ABOUT WISCONSIN PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE
The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum have formed a commission to plan for observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
The commission will bring together museums, libraries, historical societies, and veterans organizations to develop educational programming and generate public interest in Wisconsin's role in the war.
Chairman of the eight-member volunteer commission will be Civil War historian Lance Herdegen. He is the former director of the Institute for Civil War Studies at Carroll College in Waukesha.
Commemoration of the war will run between 2011 and 2015. Wisconsin sent 91,000 men to fight in the war between 1861 and 1865.
5. PHYSICS JOURNALS AVAILABLE FREE IN U.S. PUBLIC LIBRARIES
The American Physical Society (APS) announces a new public access initiative that will give readers and researchers in public libraries in the United States full use of all online APS journals, from the most recent articles back to the first issue in 1893, a collection including over 400,000 scientific research papers. APS will provide this access at no cost to participating public libraries, as a contribution to public engagement with the ongoing development of scientific understanding.
APS Publisher Joseph Serene observed that "public libraries have long played a central role in our country's intellectual life, and we hope that through this initiative they will become an important avenue for the general public to reach our research journals, which until now have been available only through the subscriptions at research institutions that currently cover the significant costs of peer review and online publication."
Librarians can obtain access by accepting a simple online site license and providing valid IP addresses of public-use computers in their libraries. The license requires that public library users must be in the library when they read the APS journals or download articles. Initially the program will be offered to U.S. public libraries, but it may include additional countries in the future.
Sign up for public access to APS online journals is available at: https://librarians.aps.org/account/public_access_new.
6. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Digital History -- http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ -- This site, produced by the University of Houston, provides a U.S. history textbook, essays, documents, maps, photos, audio files, and more for teachers and students of American history in schools and colleges. (website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
7. CALENDAR
September 10, 2010 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Fish Creek
September 25-October 2, 2010 - Banned Books Week
October 26, 2010 - Instructional Media and Technology (IMT) Team Regional Meeting, Oconomowoc
November 1, 2010 - Instructional Media and Technology (IMT) Team Regional Meeting, Rice Lake
November 2-5, 2010 - Wisconsin Library Association annual conference, Wisconsin Dells
November 12, 2010 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, TBC
November 15, 2010 - Instructional Media and Technology (IMT) Team Regional Meeting, Wisconsin Dells
November 16-17, 2010 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
November 17, 2010 - Instructional Media and Technology (IMT) Team Regional Meeting, Green Bay
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To access previous issues of Channel Weekly, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
go to: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chweekly
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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
2. Reminder: 2011 LSTA grant applications due September 10, 2010
3. "Fast Facts" about Wisconsin public library service
4. Planning under way for Civil War anniversary
5. Physics journals available free in U.S. public libraries
6. Website of the Week - Digital History
7. Calendar
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1. LIBRARY FRIENDS GROUPS AND COMPLIANCE WITH IRS REGULATIONS
The May 6 Channel Weekly (channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chwk1230.html) had an article on the need for most tax-exempt organizations - like public library foundations and friends groups - to file a yearly return or notice with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). If an organization does not file as required for three consecutive years, the law provides that the organization automatically loses its tax-exempt status. For organizations that must file, the IRS has extended the filing deadline to October 15, 2010. See the IRS website at http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=225705,00.html for more information and a list of at-risk organizations.
2. REMINDER: 2011 LSTA GRANT APPLICATIONS DUE SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
The LSTA website (http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_lsta) contains a link to the 2011 LSTA grant application forms (https://forms.dpi.wi.gov/se.ashx?s=56301B2D500EF8ED). The form is web-based and provides the opportunity to print a copy for your records. The 2011 Information and Guidelines for the LSTA grant applications are located at: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pdf/guide11.pdf. The online grant applications and postmarked signature pages are due by 4:30 pm, September 10, 2010.
Contact Terrie Howe by email (teresa.howe@dpi.wi.gov) OR phone (608-266-2413) if you have questions.
3. "FAST FACTS" ABOUT WISCONSIN PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE
- Six out of ten state residents are registered library users.
- These library users made over 35.5 million visits to Wisconsin public libraries in 2009. Season attendance for Brewer home games in 2009 was 3 million.
- The average number of user visits per week to Wisconsin public libraries is 688,000. Season attendance at Packer home games is about 570,000.
- Over 65 million items were circulated by Wisconsin's public libraries in 2009. Wisconsin ranks 8th in per capita circulation nationally.
- On average 1.25 million items are checked out of Wisconsin public libraries each week.
- Approximately one third of these circulations are of children's materials.
- Each year 9 million items are sent from one public library to another to fill request for materials not available locally. Wisconsin ranks 1st nationally in per capita interlibrary loans. Purchasing materials to meet user request instead of collection sharing would cost the state's public libraries in excess of $100 million.
- Collectively Wisconsin public libraries hold 20 million book volumes, 1.3 million audio item and 1.6 million video items. Wisconsin ranks 24th in per capita public library collection expenditures.
- Over the last 5 years public library visits have increased by over 10% and circulation has increased 15%. The number of paid library staff has increased less than 1%. In fact paid library staff per capita has decreased 2% and Wisconsin now ranks 21st nationally in that category.
- In comparison with other states, Wisconsin ranks 8th in per capita in circulation, but 22nd for total operating revenue and 21st for total operating expenditures per capita.
- For nearly half of Wisconsin's public library communities, libraries offer the only free access to computers/Internet.
- All Wisconsin public libraries provide access to jobs databases and other job opportunity resources. Almost 90% offer technology training and over 70% of libraries help users complete online job applications.
- Over 95% of Wisconsin public libraries offer wireless access to library users.
- Access to licensed databases is provided through all of the state's public libraries. Over 90% of Wisconsin public libraries provide access to electronic books and downloadable audio books.
- The average per capita municipal and county property taxes paid by Wisconsin residents for public library service in 2009 was $35.87.
- Programs provided by public libraries and directed toward children had attendance of over 1.5 million. Summer library program attendance for children and young adults was nearly 500,000.
The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum have formed a commission to plan for observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
The commission will bring together museums, libraries, historical societies, and veterans organizations to develop educational programming and generate public interest in Wisconsin's role in the war.
Chairman of the eight-member volunteer commission will be Civil War historian Lance Herdegen. He is the former director of the Institute for Civil War Studies at Carroll College in Waukesha.
Commemoration of the war will run between 2011 and 2015. Wisconsin sent 91,000 men to fight in the war between 1861 and 1865.
5. PHYSICS JOURNALS AVAILABLE FREE IN U.S. PUBLIC LIBRARIES
The American Physical Society (APS) announces a new public access initiative that will give readers and researchers in public libraries in the United States full use of all online APS journals, from the most recent articles back to the first issue in 1893, a collection including over 400,000 scientific research papers. APS will provide this access at no cost to participating public libraries, as a contribution to public engagement with the ongoing development of scientific understanding.
APS Publisher Joseph Serene observed that "public libraries have long played a central role in our country's intellectual life, and we hope that through this initiative they will become an important avenue for the general public to reach our research journals, which until now have been available only through the subscriptions at research institutions that currently cover the significant costs of peer review and online publication."
Librarians can obtain access by accepting a simple online site license and providing valid IP addresses of public-use computers in their libraries. The license requires that public library users must be in the library when they read the APS journals or download articles. Initially the program will be offered to U.S. public libraries, but it may include additional countries in the future.
Sign up for public access to APS online journals is available at: https://librarians.aps.org/account/public_access_new.
6. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Digital History -- http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ -- This site, produced by the University of Houston, provides a U.S. history textbook, essays, documents, maps, photos, audio files, and more for teachers and students of American history in schools and colleges. (website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
7. CALENDAR
September 10, 2010 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Fish Creek
September 25-October 2, 2010 - Banned Books Week
October 26, 2010 - Instructional Media and Technology (IMT) Team Regional Meeting, Oconomowoc
November 1, 2010 - Instructional Media and Technology (IMT) Team Regional Meeting, Rice Lake
November 2-5, 2010 - Wisconsin Library Association annual conference, Wisconsin Dells
November 12, 2010 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, TBC
November 15, 2010 - Instructional Media and Technology (IMT) Team Regional Meeting, Wisconsin Dells
November 16-17, 2010 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
November 17, 2010 - Instructional Media and Technology (IMT) Team Regional Meeting, Green Bay
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To access previous issues of Channel Weekly, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
go to: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chweekly
==========================================================================
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