1. DPI seeks Library Data and Finance Coordinator
2. Fast Facts about Wisconsin Public Libraries 2011
3. Janesville students and faculty present at SETDA Leadership Summit
4. New Digital Public Library of America appointee has Wisconsin roots
5. Nominations sought for LibraryAware Community Award
6. Call for Applications: 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards
7. BadgerLink Resource of the Week - LearningExpress Library
8. Website of the Week - Go Ask Alice!
9. Calendar
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1. DPI SEEKS LIBRARY DATA AND FINANCE COORDINATOR
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is currently seeking a Library Data and Finance Coordinator to work on the Public Library Development Team. This position provides leadership in the design and implementation of the online statewide system for the collection of annual statistical and financial data for public libraries and other types of libraries. In addition this position collects, edits, and analyzes statewide library data; develops and maintains website and online resources; calculates distribution of state aid to public library systems; provides expert assistance in the evaluation of library and library system services; and provides guidance in the evaluation of public library system operations, services, and financial operations.
Additional information, including links to the online application and complete position description, listed under the classification title IS Business Automation Senior, is available at https://wisc.jobs/public/job_view.asp?annoid=63074&jobid=62589.
Questions should be addressed to: Denise Kohout, Human Resources Specialist, (608) 266-0282 or denise.kohout@dpi.wi.gov. The application deadline is December 17, 2012.
2. FAST FACTS ABOUT WISCONSIN PUBLIC LIBRARIES 2011
The following list emphasizes some of the trends in library usage as reported on the 2011 Public Library Annual Reports:
- Over the last 5 years, public library visits have increased by over 7% and circulation has increased 8%. The number of paid library staff decreased 1.6%. Public library staff per capita has decreased 2.6% over this period.
- In comparison with other states, Wisconsin ranks 8th in per capita circulation, but 22nd for total operating revenue and 19th for total operating expenditures per capita.
- Six out of ten state residents are registered library users. These library users made over 34.4 million visits to Wisconsin public libraries in 2011. Season attendance for Brewers home games in 2011 was 3.1 million. Wisconsin ranks 11th nationally in registered library users.
- The average number of user visits per week to Wisconsin public libraries is 660,000. Season total attendance at Packers home games was about 565,000.
- Over 64.5 million items were circulated by Wisconsin's public libraries in 2011. Wisconsin ranks 8th in per capita circulation nationally.
- On average, 1.25 million items are checked out of Wisconsin public libraries each week. More than one-third of these circulations are children's materials.
- Each year over 9 million items are shared between libraries to fill requests for materials not available locally. Wisconsin ranks 1st nationally in per capita interlibrary loans. Resource sharing coordinated by public library systems and the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is a model for how to use public resources efficiently.
- Wisconsin has 385 public libraries and 82 public library branches. Almost all of these libraries will serve any Wisconsin resident. All of Wisconsin's public libraries have voluntarily chosen to participate in one of the state's regional public library systems that provide efficiencies through sharing and consolidation of services.
- The average per capita municipal and county property taxes paid by Wisconsin residents for public library operations in 2011 was $37.11. Wisconsin ranks 18th in per capita local and county tax support.
- Nearly all of Wisconsin public libraries offer wireless Internet access to library users. Wisconsin public libraries provide access to licensed electronic books and downloadable audio and video files.
- In 2011 state residents downloaded over 500,000 eBooks and audio books made available through a cooperative collection developed by local public libraries and regional public library systems. Wisconsin's digital collection ranks third nationally in volume of use, and use of the collaborative collection has doubled in 2012. Every Wisconsin library and citizen has access to thousands of online newspapers, magazines, and books through the DPI's BadgerLink service.
- Through Wisconsin public libraries, every resident has access to employment resources, including help with job searches, creating resumes, and submitting employment applications.
- Programs provided by public libraries and directed toward children had attendance of over 1.6 million. Summer library program attendance for children and young adults was over 500,000.
- As funding for public libraries has been limited by the economic downturn of recent years, many libraries have found it difficult to maintain historic service levels. Statewide, almost all service levels have remained the same or declined slightly over the past two years. With the changes made recently to Wisconsin's state library laws, it is estimate that 50% of all libraries saw a decrease in their 2012 local and county funding, and 20% remained at last year's level.
The list is available as a PDF file here: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pdf/wiplfastfacts.pdf, as well as this 22-year trend chart on public library service measures since 1990: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pdf/wiplservicetrends.pdf.
3. JANESVILLE STUDENTS AND FACULTY PRESENT AT SETDA LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Three students and two faculty/administrators from Janesville's George S. Parker High School presented at the Student Voices Luncheon, part of the State Educational Technology Directors Association's (SETDA) Leadership Summit, held October 15, 2012, in Washington, DC. The Janesville representatives were winners of the Elsie Brumback Scholarship From Honored Founder to Future Citizen award, which paid for their travel expenses to the Summit. The Summit was an opportunity for state and national education leaders to learn directly from students about the positive impact technology has on teaching and learning. During the luncheon, school/district administrators, teachers, and a diverse group of students explained and demonstrated how teaching and learning have been transformed through the integration of technology.
Selected from entries from across the United States, the Janesville nomination, written by Janesville School District staff members Kathy Boguszewski, Coordinator of Library Media and Instructional Technology, and Kathy White, Assistive Technology Specialist, and supported by the district's administration, featured the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and assistive technology to demonstrate how teaching and learning have been transformed to best meet the needs of each student through the integration of technology. Participating in the presentation from Parker High School were principal Christopher Laue and students Robert Getka (junior), Colin Murdy (senior) and Correy Winke (junior). Stuart Ciske, education technology consultant for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, introduced the group at the luncheon.
A video of Janesville's presentation can be viewed at http://www.screencast.com/t/YYmX0imE7iy.
Attendees at the SETDA Leadership Summit typically include state educational technology directors and technology staff members from over 40 states and territories, SETDA event sponsor executives, and more than 50 educational leaders and policy makers including representatives from organizations such as the Council of Chief State School Officers, the National Association of State Boards of Education, and the United States Department of Education.
The Elsie Brumback Scholarship From Honored Founder to Future Citizen award is named for Elsie L. Brumback, one of SETDA's founders and a longtime Director of Instructional Technologies for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI). Ms. Brumback served NCDPI for 25 years and facilitated many technological advances and changes in their state's education system.
4. NEW DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF AMERICA APPOINTEE HAS WISCONSIN ROOTS
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Secretariat announced the appointment of Amy Rudersdorf as the DPLA Assistant Director for Content, beginning January 1, 2013.
As the Assistant Director for Content, Rudersdorf will be responsible for digitization partnerships and related workflows, metadata normalization and shareability, and community engagement to promote the DPLA as a community resource. She will work closely with DPLA Director for Content Emily Gore to oversee the DPLA's hub infrastructure, including implementation of both Service and Content Hubs as part of the Digital Hubs Pilot Project (http://dp.la/about/digital-hubs-pilot-project/) supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Rudersdorf currently serves as the director of the Digital Information Management Program at the State Library of North Carolina. She is a Library of Congress National Digital Stewardship Alliance coordinating committee member and an active voice in the digital preservation community. Rudersdorf teaches library graduate school courses on digital libraries and preservation (San Jose State University) and metadata (North Carolina Central University). Prior to moving to state government, Rudersdorf worked with digital collections in special collections at North Carolina State University, coordinated a digital production group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and worked with public libraries throughout Wisconsin to aid in the development and coordination of Library and Service Technology Act (LSTA) funded digitization grants.
The Digital Public Library of America initiative grew out of an October 2010 meeting at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, which brought together over 40 representatives from foundations, research institutions, cultural organizations, government, and libraries to discuss best approaches to building a national digital library. The hope and expectation is that DPLA will bring together the digitized materials of universities, public libraries, and other public-spirited organizations to be searched and found in one organized location. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, through Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning, will explore Wisconsin's participation in the project.
Information about DPLA can be found at http://dp.la/, and the first of an occasional series of articles for Library Journal by John Palfrey, President of the DPLA's board of directors, titled "Building a Digital Public Library of America" can be found here (shortened link) http://goo.gl/Mw6xs.
5. NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR LIBRARYAWARE COMMUNITY AWARD
Library Journal is looking for libraries that are deeply engaged with their communities and where the community is equally engaged with the library. A new award, the LibraryAware Community Award will recognize those cities and towns and their libraries, or library systems, that have demonstrated their ability to make the community aware of what the library can do for them-and have delivered on that promise. The award will be given by Library Journal and underwritten by LibraryAware™, a product of the NoveList division of EBSCO Publishing.
This award will illuminate the value that communities throughout the United States and Canada derive from their libraries and highlight the outcomes of work by libraries-through the development of effective programs, services, partnerships, and communications-that result in better communities and an increased understanding of how libraries contribute to a community's well-being.
The LibraryAware Community Award will be given annually to a community of any size and its library during National Library Week. It will be presented to the city or town officials and the library director. The city or town will receive a plaque identifying it as a "LibraryAware" community. The winning library will receive $10,000, with second place receiving $7500, and third place receiving $5000. The first winners will be announced in April 2013 and the winning library will be featured in an article in Library Journal that same month.
The LibraryAware Community Award will go to a library whose community is aware of, and recognizes, the library's role:
- In areas that are documented priorities in the community served by the library, such as digital access, adoption, and/or literacy; economic and workforce development; education; health care; public safety and emergency services; civic engagement.
- As a place of transformation and change.
- As an organization whose activities ensure outcomes that are essential to the vitality of the community.
Criteria for the award include any and all components that create a LibraryAware community: strategic planning, marketing, outreach, partnerships, and programs, product, or service development.
Additional information on the criteria plus submission requirements is available at: http://features.libraryjournal.com/awards/.
6. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2013 NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES YOUTH PROGRAM AWARDS
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is accepting applications for the 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards (http://www.nahyp.org/).
The twelve winning programs will receive $10,000 and the opportunity to accept their awards from First Lady Michelle Obama, the President's Committee's Honorary Chairman, at a ceremony at the White House. In addition, winners will receive an award plaque, the opportunity to attend the Annual Awardee Conference in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2013, and recognition on the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award website.
Afterschool and out-of-school time arts and humanities programs sponsored by museums, libraries, performing arts organizations, educational institutions, arts centers, community service organizations, businesses, and eligible government entities are encouraged to consider submitting an application. Programs applying for the award must meet all of the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards eligibility criteria.
Completed applications will only be accepted via the online process. The deadline for application submissions is Monday, February 4, 2013, 5:00 p.m. PST.
Please click the following link to access the online national Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards Application: http://www.nahyp.org/how-to-apply/.
Prospective applicants with questions should e-mail info@nahyp.org or call 202-682-5571.
7. BADGERLINK RESOURCE OF THE WEEK
Have a student taking an AP class or studying for ACT or SAT? Check out LearningExpress Library which has test preparation and skill building materials for kids, teens, and adults! http://bit.ly/LELibrary
8. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Go Ask Alice! -- http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/ -- Go Ask Alice! is the Internet health question and answer resource site produced by Alice! Health Promotion at Columbia University and is a division of Columbia Health. Information provided by Go Ask Alice! is not medical advice and not meant to replace consultation with a health care professional. The site is produced and funded entirely by Columbia University and does not receive funding to promote specific products, nor does it accept advertising of any sort. (website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
9. CALENDAR
January 11, 2013 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, web conference
February 5, 2013 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA)/Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) Library Legislative Day, Madison
March 8, 2013 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, to be confirmed
April 7-9, 2013 - Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) annual conference, Madison
April 23-26, 2013 - Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians annual conference, Elkhart Lake
May 1-3, 2013 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) annual conference, Lake Geneva
May 7-8, 2013 - American Library Association National Library Legislative Day, Washington, DC
May 10, 2013 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, to be confirmed
May 10, 2013 - Public Library Special Services Consultants annual meeting, DeForest
October 3, 2013 - Public Library Youth Services Liaisons annual meeting, DeForest
October 23-26, 2013 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) annual conference, Green Bay
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Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
Department of Public Instruction
Division for Libraries and Technology
PO Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: (608) 266-6439
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