Indianhead Federated Library System

newsFLASHES A Newsletter for library professionals in west-central Wisconsin.

July 2014

In this issue: 1. IFLS News 2. Sharing the Library Story 3. BadgerLearn Pro 4. Library User Demographic Tool 5. Wisconsin Trustee Training 6. Adult Education & Pre-GED

Materials 7. Transforming Libraries 8. Copyright Restrictions 9. Early Learning, Partnerships

Top Trends 10. Preliminary 2013 Wisconsin

Library Service Data 11. Workshops and Webinars 12. Mark Your Calendar

“IFLS Rocks” Thanks to Kathy Setter and Maureen Welch For bringing back custom M&M’s from ALA!

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1. IFLS News Congratulations to Susan Anderson who is retiring in July after working at the Stanley Public Library for 34 years! Welcome Emily Ekstrand-Brummer. The Stanley Library Board hired Emily who began work as the new Director on July 7th. Durand Community Library will be hosting Laura Childs for an author visit on Monday, August 18th at 7:00 pm. Laura Childs will be talking about her books and take questions from the audience. The Durand Library will be serving refreshments after the talk. Director Patti Blount welcomed one and all to attend.

2. Sharing the Library Story

The first of several little “lending libraries” coming to city parks was presented to members of the Phillips

Public Library Board at their December meeting. Ric Bejcek of Phillips constructed the structure mainly using

remnants of building materials he had on hand. He said he already has a design in mind for a second library

box.

Anyone willing to donate their carpentry skills and leftover materials to

construct a “Little Free Library” can get more information from the

library director or program website at littlefreelibraries.org.

Phillips Public Library Director Rebecca Smith with Ric Bejcek, who

constructed the first Little Free Library.

(Price County Herald, Wisconsin)

3. BadgerLearn Pro If you are looking for information about a library or technology issue, chances are good that you will find a recorded webinar or other resource on BadgerLearn Pro, a collaborative learning space for Wisconsin’s librarians. There are webinar recordings from around the state and nation on a variety of topics, ranging from including teens in library technology, to emotional customer service, to getting the most from Google Apps, to best practices for mobile web designs. Library directors needing recertification credits can count a limited number of recorded webinars as contact hours for certification. Check it out!

4. Library User Demographic Tool

I wanted to let you know about something I learned about at ALA, which directly responds to the needs of the Wisconsin librarians my research team interviewed last year: a way to get local data from the Pew Center library studies. Check out this library user demographic tool here:

http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2014/06/30/how-does-your-communitys-library-engagement-compare-with-the-rest-of-the-country/ You will have to set up an account and get a unique link for your users, then ask them to do the survey. You'll get a snapshot of the market segmentation in your area--how many are library lovers or haters? Of course, the more thoroughly you can survey, the better the data, so try to hustle survey responses from non-users. We also presented at ALA on our Pew-use research in Wisconsin. Here are the slides: https://shannonbarniskis.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/revised-caps-ala-2014-pew-presentation.pptx. We are in no way affiliated with Pew, but thought you'd be interested in this tool and the findings you helped us gather. Thanks again. (Shannon Crawford Barniskis, PhD Student, UW-Milwaukee School of Info. Studies – shannonbarniskis.com)

5. Wisconsin Trustee Training Week Wisconsin Trustee Training Week, August 18-21 is a series of hour-long webinars, each held at noon so Trustees can participate over the lunch hour. Topics include assessing facility needs, using social media for library advocacy, top 10 issues facing libraries, and staff development. Speakers are from all over the nation, and are well-regarded in the library field. The topics were vetted through the Wisconsin Library Association’s Trustees and Friends group, and should be useful and relevant to public library board members (and library staff, too).

Trustees are welcome to participate in this individually. However, we encourage you to host the broadcast--either live, or when the recordings become available if the timing works out better that way. That will allow people who are more tentative about technology to easily participate, and also give them a chance to discuss things with each other. If you are considering doing this and you have room for others to join you, please let us know and we’ll share the information with everyone. Wisconsin Trustee Training Week was developed by the Nicolet Federated Library System, and is co-sponsored by IFLS and 12 other systems. For registration information and more information about speakers and topics, please check here.

6. Adult Basic Education/Pre-GED Materials In a recent look at MORE library holdings in Adult Basic Education/Pre-GED materials, we found a surprising lack of updated materials. Please take a look at your collections and see if you still have materials from the 1980’s that could use an update! I reached out to our colleagues at the Literacy Volunteers of the Chippewa Valley and they recommended two series from McGraw-Hill: Common Core Basic (pre-GED) and Common Core Achieve (full GED level materials). Remember that the GED test changed this year, so your materials need to be updated for GED prep, as well as the more basic materials. If you have further questions, please contact Leah! (langby@ifls.lib.wi.us)

7. Transforming Libraries, Transforming Communities Transformations in libraries, transformations in communities, and, as it happens, our own transformations going on here at WebJunction. Read on to learn more about the exciting changes going on and get more information on some of the excellent learning opportunities coming up later this month.

Introducing free access to library-specific courses through WebJunction

Beginning on July 1, access to WebJunction’s library-specific courses is available for free to all library workers and volunteers across the nation. Through the generous support of OCLC, the Gates Foundation, and many state library agencies across the U.S., WebJunction will continue to provide timely and relevant learning content for you to access anytime, from anywhere. Simply create an account at learn.webjunction.org, and then explore the catalog of library-focused self-paced courses and webinars. Certificates of completion will be available to you after you have completed any course or webinar that you enroll in from the catalog.

Over the next year, WebJunction will continue to grow its catalog of learning content, and will add new resources on topics of high interest on www.webjunction.org. Happy learning!

Read more ...

Key Resources:

Libraries have dealt with unprecedented change over the past decade; learn how WebJunction has helped and how we're planning to do even more in the future.

Spokane County Library District (WA) has been leaders in providing ACA support to their community.

The Internet Project at Pew Research released a supplemental activity for users to see how they stack up against their communities in terms of library use. How do you compare? (WebJuntion – July 2014 Crossroads)

8. Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions At my recent Joy of ILL workshops I talked about the copyright notices that need to be displayed in libraries. If you have patrons requesting materials through ILL, then the following wording should be displayed where requests are taken or be on any ILL forms they fill out: WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or other reproduction is not to "be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright. NOTE: If you have any patrons creating ILL requests in the WISCAT software, they get this notice as a pop up message when the request type is changed to Non-returnable (copy). Also, libraries need to have a copyright notice on photocopiers & any other equipment which can make reproductions such as computers. Common wording for these notices is: Notice: The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The person using this equipment is responsible for any infringement. The South Central Library System has this second notice available in a Word or PDF document at http://www.scls.info/management/law/copystate.html If you have additional questions about copyright, let me know. (Maureen Welch - IFLS Reference & ILL Coordinator, welch@ifls.lib.wi.us)

9. Early Learning, Partnerships Top Trends In the same way that no one steps into the same river twice, no two conference-goers have exactly the same American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference experience.

However, there were some prevailing themes surrounding children’s and teen services programs and exhibits at this year’s conference in Las Vegas, from June 26 through July 1. They included the enthusiasm and influence of the Guerrilla Storytime blog and movement, the increased collaboration and cooperation between schools and public libraries, and an enduring affection for some favorite authors. Read More...

(LJXPress – July 8, 2014)

10. Preliminary 2013 Wisconsin Library Service Data Excel files of these preliminary 2013 Wisconsin public library statistics are now online at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_dm-lib-stat.

State and System Level – Includes state totals and averages along with system-wide statistics in order by system.

County Level – Includes county-wide statistics in order by county.

Public Library Level – Includes statistics for all public libraries in the state in order by municipality.

Public Library Level by System and County – Includes statistics for every public library, county, and system in the state. Arrangement is alphabetical by system, then county, then by each library. County and system totals are also provided.

These statistics are based on information submitted on the 2013 Public Library Annual Reports. The preliminary data may be useful for planning and comparison purposes, as well as for preliminary budget preparation. For the first time, the service data includes Wireless Internet Uses (total reported uses of public wireless Internet access). For 2013, 33.86% of libraries (129 of 381) reported both Internet computer uses and wireless Internet uses. The total number of reported wifi uses at those libraries was 85.40% of the total of Internet computer uses. Library directors are asked to review their library's data and report errors or corrections to LibraryReport@dpi.wi.gov.

(Jamie McCanless - jamie.mccanless@dpi.wi.gov Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - Public Library Development)

11. Workshops and Webinars

The IFLS website Continuing Education section includes past IFLS webinar recordings, handouts from workshops, and other CE opportunities. http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/Default.aspx?tabid=136 .

IFLS-SPONSORED CE OPPORTUNITIES:

IFLS Libraries have a flurry of activities over the summer months including Summer Reading Programs. IFLS-sponsored workshops and webinars take a hiatus to allow libraries to focus their efforts on local activities.

ADDITIONAL CE OPPORTUNITIES:

Books & Literature

BadgerBrunch Training Thursdays at 10 AM

July 10- August 7 More Information

Each 20 minute BadgerLunch webinar explores a BadgerLink resource where you can find book chapters or information on literature.

These sessions will be recorded and archived. The archive of previous sessions is found at http://badgerlink.net/help/training.

There is no registration but you can sign up for email reminders.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks, Kara Kara Ripley Reference and BadgerLink Training Librarian Department of Public Instruction kara.ripley@dpi.wi.gov

30-Minute Thursday: More Low-Cost Marketing Tools (webinar) Thursday, July 24; 10 am Presented by: Karen Eckberg, Campus Librarian, Rasmussen College (Green Bay) Karen shared some great free and low-cost print marketing tools at a 30-minute session in April, so she's back to share some more! Learn some more online tools that can help you with your library print marketing, their level of difficulty and examples of how they can be used. This presentation will be recorded.

Register Jamie Matczak – Nicolet Federated Library System

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Online and On Campus Continuing Education School of Library and Information Studies, Continuing Education Services University of Wisconsin-Madison One Last Summer Online Course! NEW! Designing Mobile Experiences: Building a Mobile Web App for Your Library July 28-August 22 http://www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed-DesignMobile.htm Additional Continuing Ed Opportunities Spanish for the Library Starts the 1st of every month http://www.slis.wisc.edu/Span4Lib.htm Circulation conference in Madison http://www.slis.wisc.edu/BackInCirc.htm October 6-7 Fall Course Preview http://www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed.htm Questions? Contact Anna Palmer, ahpalmer@wisc.edu or Meredith Lowe, mclowe@wisc.edu

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ARSL Annual Conference in September

Hello, All – just a reminder that the ARSL (Association for Rural & Small Libraries) Annual Conference will be taking place September 3-6, 2014 at the Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma, Washington. Early Bird registration ends August 5th. For complete conference details and registration information, please go to: https://www.amrms.com/ssl/arsl/membership/Conference/Registration.aspx Denise Anton Wright • denise.wright@dpi.wi.gov Public Library Administration Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

New Public Library Director Boot Camp for 2014 Two years ago, fifty-two public library directors took part in Wisconsin’s first “New Library Director Boot Camp” in Stevens Point. This day-long event featured presentations about Wisconsin statutes relating to public libraries and breakout sessions on library advocacy, creating effective relationships with the library board, working in collaborative environments, and working with the media. Evaluations and feedback from this event were very positive, so with the assistance of federal LSTA funds, a 2014 version of the “Boot Camp” will be offered on Friday, September 19, at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Stevens Point. Due to space constraints, attendance at this event will be limited to library directors who are new to the job or new to the state of Wisconsin. Working with staff from Wisconsin’s seventeen regional library systems, the Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) Public Library Development Team has identified new library directors and will be extending invitations to them in July. There is no cost to attend the Boot Camp and mileage will be reimbursed. Depending upon the travel distance, lodging for the evening of Thursday, September 18, will also be provided for attendees. If you have questions, please contact Denise Anton Wright, DPI’s Public Library Administration Consultant, at 608-266-7270 or denise.wright@dpi.wi.gov.

12. Mark Your Calendar

Wednesday, July 23 10:00 am - IFLS Personnel Committee Meeting @ River Falls Public Library

1:00 pm - IFLS Board of Trustees Meeting @ River Falls Public Library

Friday, July 25 10:00 am – MORE Directors Council Meeting @ IFLS

For more calendar information visit http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us