1. Final 2009 Wisconsin Public Library Service Data available
2. Wendy Hartman wins laptop from Intel® Education Program
3. YALSA Teen Read Week™ Mini Grants winners include two Wisconsin libraries
4. Teen Read Week is October 17-23
5. Webinar Available Online -- Helping Job Seekers: Using Electronic Tools and Federal Resources
6. Better World Books/NCFL Libraries and Families Award application
7. Website of the Week - MedlinePlus
8. Calendar
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1. FINAL 2009 WISCONSIN PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE DATA AVAILABLE
The 2009 Wisconsin Public Library Service Data has been posted in Excel-formatted files on the Wisconsin Public Library Statistics Page, http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_dm-lib-stat.
The Department of Public Instruction's Public Library Development Team annually collects statistics from the state's public libraries and systems. Data files of the statistics for 1996-2009 are listed in various levels of detail. Public libraries that wish to compare themselves to peers may find the Statistics at the Public Library Level useful for sorting and filtering data for comparison purposes. Due to budget constraints, the Division no longer publishes a print edition of the Wisconsin Public Library Service Data. However, the data soon will be formatted and made available in a PDF format for use with Adobe Reader.
For those seeking national library data or comparisons, the national public library data can be found on the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) website, hosted by the Census Bureau. The site includes links to publications, as well as a link to a Web-based tool for comparing your library to other specific libraries, or to other libraries in the state or nation that meet criteria selected by the user. Data is current through 2008: http://harvester.census.gov/imls/publib.asp.
2. WENDY HARTMAN WINS LAPTOP FROM INTEL® EDUCATION PROGRAM
Wendy Hartman, Library Media Director at Shiocton High School and Intel Master Instructor, won a laptop computer powered by Intel® for completing her requirements as a Master instructor. All master instructors who train 10 other educators in either the Thinking with Technology or Essentials 10 Intel® Education Program classes and reports their teachers trained number are entered into a quarterly drawing for prizes.
Hartman is Wisconsin's second winner for the 2009-2010 school year. Nancy Toll, technology Director from Hudson, won a Flip® video camera earlier in the school year.
3. YALSA TEEN READ WEEK™ MINI GRANTS WINNERS INCLUDE TWO WISCONSIN LIBRARIES
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced the winners of its 10 Teen Read Week Mini Grants. The grants give each winning library $450 cash and $50 worth of official Teen Read Week products from ALA Graphics to offer inventive activities, resources and services to celebrate Teen Read Week, scheduled for October 17-23, 2010. The winners include two Wisconsin libraries:
- Shannon Crawford Barniskis, Horicon Public Library, and
- Patricia Milheiser, Madison Middle School, Appleton.
Teen Read Week, sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), is an annual literacy initiative celebrated in libraries and bookstores that provides parents, caregivers, and teens with resources to encourage recreational reading habits. The "Books with Beat @ your library® theme encourages teens to listen to audiobooks and read poetry, books about music, and more, just for the fun of it.
For more than a decade, Teen Read Week has encouraged teens to visit their public and school library and select their own materials to "Read For The Fun Of It." Research shows that teens that read for fun-not just for school assignments-score significantly higher on reading tests and achieve more success academically, while teens who don't read for fun lose their reading skills.
For more information about YALSA visit http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/yalsa.cfm. More information about the Teen Read Week Mini Grants can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2010/minigrant.cfm.
4. TEEN READ WEEK IS OCTOBER 17-23
Join the more than 5,000 librarians and educators who will celebrate Teen Read Week™, October 17-23. This year's theme is Books with Beat @ your library®," which encourages teens to read poetry, audiobooks, books about music, and more. Libraries across the world celebrate Teen Read Week with a variety of special events and programs aimed at encouraging teens to read for pleasure and to visit their libraries for free reading materials.
Why is it important to celebrate? For a lot of reasons: Teens have so many options for entertainment, so it's important to remind them to spend time reading for pleasure--it's free, fun, and can be done anywhere. Research shows that teens who read for fun have better test scores and are more likely to succeed in the workforce. Also, it's a great chance to let your school or your public library communities know how important teen services are. Let teens know the possibilities that exist within your doors, and within the covers of books.
For ideas on how to celebrate Teen Read Week see:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2010/home.cfm
5. WEBINAR AVAILABLE ONLINE -- HELPING JOB SEEKERS: USING ELECTRONIC TOOLS AND FEDERAL RESOURCES
The August 11 webinar, Helping Job Seekers: Using Electronic Tools and Federal Resource, is now available online at http://tiny.cc/d6fjb. In the presentation, U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (ETA) staffers Lauren Fairley-Wright and Tracie Hamilton provide an overview of the public workforce system and share electronic tools most helpful to library staff who assist unemployed workers. The archived webinar includes the PowerPoint presentation and the participants' dialogue. Hosted by WebJunction, the webinar was made possible by a partnership between the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and ETA announced June 25, 2010. http://www.imls.gov/about/workforce.shtm
You may also be interested in an upcoming event hosted by WebJunction:
* Libraries and Economic Development webinar (http://tiny.cc/q6okt) on August 24. Libraries can be key players in supporting and facilitating the development of small businesses with the goal of growing a healthy, community-scale economy. Shelley Walchak, library community programs senior consultant at the Colorado State Library, hosts this webinar, part of the Libraries and Economic Development series.
6. BETTER WORLD BOOKS/NCFL LIBRARIES AND FAMILIES AWARD APPLICATION
Better World Books and the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) are teaming up again this year to provide Libraries and Families Award grants for libraries with exceptional family programming. Through this opportunity, NCFL and Better World Books will reward and enhance existing family programming and expand literacy-building practices of families in library settings. Three $10,000 grants are awarded each year in different categories to connect more families to their local libraries and expand the libraries' literacy efforts in new and innovative ways. Applications and guidelines for the 2011 can be found here:
http://www.famlit.org/BWB-library-award.
The deadline to apply is midnight EST on November 12, 2010. One winner will be chosen from each of the three following categories: local Friends of the Library programs, public/academic libraries, and urban libraries. The winners also will receive scholarships to NCFL's 2011 National Conference on Family Literacy which will take place April 3-5, 2011 in Louisville, KY.
7. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
MedlinePlus -- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus -- This free website from the National Institutes of Health offers patients and others up-to-date information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues. Users can also sign up for email updates. The site is produced by the National Library of Medicine.
8. CALENDAR
September 10, 2010 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Fish Creek
September 17, 2010 - Public Library System Directors Annual Meeting, Madison
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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Roslyn M. Wise
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