UW-Platteville Library looking for a library director

Follow this link: http://www.uwplatt.edu/pers/employ/Emp_Lib%20Dir.htm to learn more about this exciting opportunity!

$300 Grants Available for Writers and Illustrators

Using grants awarded by the Wisconsin Center for the Book, communities can celebrate and explore the literature of Wisconsin with its authors and illustrators. The Wisconsin Center for the Book will award up to 4 grants of $300 each to qualifying organizations wishing to sponsor a Wisconsin author or illustrator at a public event. The event must be open to the public and free of charge. The grants are made possible through the cooperation of the Woodland Pattern Book Center and the generosity of donors.

Wisconsin nonprofit organizations interested in books and reading are eligible to apply. Collaboration among groups is preferred. Such groups may include, but are not limited to: libraries, public and private elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools, community organizations, and places of worship. Libraries are encouraged to look beyond their Friends groups for partnerships.

Applications will be judged on the basis of community outreach and collaboration, thoroughness of planning, and rationale for the choice of speaker.


Applications may be obtained at:

http://wisconsincenterforthebook.wordpress.com/wais/


Time line:
• July 1, 2009: Applications due; if mailed, they must be postmarked on or before this date.
• July 30, 2009: Winners will be notified by this date.
• September 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010: Programs must be scheduled between these dates. A final report must be submitted within 10 days of the event or the honorarium will be forfeited.

Definition of a Wisconsin author or illustrator: Any author or illustrator who has lived in Wisconsin for a significant period of time, including someone who may no longer be living in the state.

More information may be obtained by calling Sarah McGowan, WAIS 2009-10 Chair. Please contact her at 920-748-2784 or windsong@centurytel.net.

50 years of cooperative library services

The Southwest Wisconsin Library Systems has reached a major milestone.

We’re turning 50!

Here’s a bit of the history:

In 1959 the Southwest Wisconsin Library Processing Center began as a two year LSCA project serving Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette and Richland Counties as well as the Monroe Public Library in Green County. The Processing center was located in the basement of the Fennimore Public Library.

In 1962, when the federal funding ended, a proposal was made to the five counties who agreed to assume of costs of operating the processing center. A joint library board was formed.

In 1965, the processing center added more services and was re-named the Public Library Service Center of Southwest Wisconsin (PLSCSW).

In 1974, the PLSCSW was reorganized into what we are today—the Southwest Wisconsin Library System.

In the 35 years since, the System and its member libraries have seen many changes.

But what hasn’t changed in 50 years is the belief that by working together and pooling our resources we all benefit. What also hasn’t changed is the spirit that brought us all together. SWLS has been fortunate throughout the years to serve such an outstanding group of libraries.

We hope you will join us on June 19, 2009 as we celebrate 50 years of cooperative library services in southwest Wisconsin. You (or your library) will receive an invitation by mail in early May.

As part of the celebration, we will be presenting the following awards:

SWLS Library of the Year
SWLS Librarian of the Year
SWLS Member Library Trustee of the Year
SWLS Elected Official of the Year.

We hope that you will help us by nominating a colleague, your trustee, etc. The nomination forms are on the SWLS web site. Click the “Links for Librarians” button. Nominations are due April 30, 2009. The SWLS Board of Trustees will select the winner at their May board meeting.

So mark your calendars now, and plan to join us to honor our past as we move into the future.

—Krista

Mark your Calendars for April and May 2009

Important Dates in April & May

April 7: System Services Review, 1-3:30

April 10: System Closed for Good Friday

April 15: YS Brag and Swap meeting and Maris' Booksale 9-12

April 16: College of DuPage webinar: An Ounce of Prevention: Health Reference Basics 11-12:30

April 24: PLAC & Net SW meetings 9-12

April 28: Trustee mini-workshop: Evaluating Your Director, 6-7 Cobb Public Library

May 1: Adolescent Literacy Workshop, 8:30-3, Madison, WI

May 6-8: Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Conference, Wisconsin Dells

May 19: Tech Tuesday: Outlook Web Access: Checking email when you're not on the network, 11-12:30 SWLS OPAL room

May 22: NetSW Tech Committee meeting, 9:30-11, Platteville Public Library

May 25: SWLS closed

May 28: Trustee Mini-workshop: Developing Essential Library Policies 6-7 Prairie du Chien