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

Trustee Mini-workshops are back

Starting April 22, SWLS will begin to hold mini-workshops for trustees. This series, which began in 2007, has been expanded for 2008. Two new locations, Prairie du Chien and Dodgeville, have been added.

Here's the schedule and topics for this spring's workshops:

Tuesday, April 22: "What's My Role?"* at Prairie du Chien City Hall

Thursday, April 24: "Open Meetings Law and You"* at Dodgeville Public Library

Tuesday, May 13: "Evaluating the Library Director" at Brewer (Richland Center) Public Library

Thursday, May 15: "Developing Essential Library Policies" at Platteville Public Library


*The first two workshops were held in 2007 at the Richland Center and Platteville locations, so for some of you, they may sound familiar.

Library Directors are welcome and encouraged to attend any and all of the trustee trainings.