Channel Weekly, Vol. 16, No. 22, March 13, 2014

1. IMLS preview of 2011 National Public Library Survey released
2. Wisconsin librarians receive Movers & Shakers Award
3. BadgerLink Resource of the Week: College Preparation Center
4. Website of the Week: Energy Saver
5. Calendar
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1. IMLS PREVIEW OF 2011 NATIONAL PUBLIC LIBRARY SURVEY RELEASED

In 2011, the 8,956 public libraries in the United States served 299.9 million people or 95.3 percent of the U.S. population.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has released a preview of the Public Libraries in the United States Survey for 2011 at http://tinyurl.com/qa6e26s. In its twenty-fourth year, the Public Library Survey (PLS) gathers data from more than 98 percent of public libraries across the country.

These high-level overviews of FY 2011 data are available on the IMLS website:

Highlights include:

Visits and Program Attendance

  • There were 1.53 billion in-person visits to public libraries, the equivalent to more than 4.2 million visits each day (not including virtual visits).
  • Attendance at public library programs increased for the eighth year with 89 million people attending 3.81 million programs.

Books and Collections

  • Public libraries circulated 2.44 billion materials, or 8.1 items circulated per person.
  • While books continue to comprise the majority of the nation's public library collection holdings, collections are shifting from print books to non-print and digital materials.

Public Access Computers

  • There were 261,413 public access Internet computers available at U.S. public libraries
  • There were 341.5 million usage sessions on public access Internet computers at public libraries.

Financial Health

  • More than $11.4 billion was invested in public libraries.
  • Public libraries spent $10.7 billion in operating expenditures.


The Wisconsin Public Library Service Data for 2012 is available in Excel files at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_dm-lib-stat for State and Systems, Counties, Public Libraries, and Public Libraries by System and County.


2. WISCONSIN LIBRARIANS RECEIVE MOVERS & SHAKERS AWARD

Wisconsinites Laura Damon-Moore and Erinn Batykefer were recognized nationally as recipients of this year's Library Journal's Movers & Shakers. The Mover & Shaker award recognizes people in the library profession who are shaping the future of libraries. Damon-Moore and Batykefer started The Library as Incubator Project (LaIP) (www.libraryasincubatorproject.org) when they were Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2010, and continue to manage the site and team while also being an Assistant Director of the Eager Free Public Library and Assistant Librarian at the Alicia Ashman Madison Library branch. The Library as Incubator Project "promotes various ways to strengthen partnerships between libraries and artists, writers, and performing artists and advocates for libraries as incubators of the arts," and has interviewed 150 libraries about arts programs and 250+ artists, writers, and performers. The LaIP continues to search for great projects that libraries are doing all over the country.

Damon-Moore and Batykefer have also launched Book to Art Club website, and will publish The Artist's Library: A Field Guide later this year. To read the Library Journal article click here: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/03/people/movers-shakers-2014/laura-damon-moore-erinn-batykefer-movers-shakers-2014-change-agents/.


3. BADGERLINK RESOURCE OF THE WEEK

Preparing to take an AP test? Take practice AP Tests on BadgerLink! Go to the BadgerLink Homepage (www.BadgerLink.net) then click on College & Jobs (http://www.badgerlink.net/college-jobs). The LearningExpress College Preparation Center has a collection of web-based test preparation tools for the ACT, SAT, AP tests and more!


4. Website of the Week

Energy Saver -- http://energy.gov/energysaver/energy-saver -- This site from the U.S. Department of Energy offers tips on using residential energy more efficiently and how to use renewable energy sources to provide heating, cooling, and electricity.


5. CALENDAR

March 14, 2014 – Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND), De Pere

March 21, 2014 – Growing Wisconsin Readers Early Literacy Symposium, Stevens Point

April 2, 2014 – Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee Meeting, DeForest

April 30-May 2, 2014 – Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians (WAAL) annual conference, Wisconsin Dells
May 7-9, 2014 – Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) annual conference, Sheboygan

May 16, 2014 – Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Madison

May 16, 2014 -- Special Services Consultants Meeting, Madison

October 2, 2014 – Annual Youth Services Liaisons Meeting, DeForest

October 3, 2014 – Annual System Continuing Education and Certification Consultants Meeting, DeForest

November 19, 2014 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee Meeting, DeForest

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Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
Department of Public Instruction
Division for Libraries and Technology
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