Methods WVLS Uses to Communicate
with Constituents & Colleagues

Updated January 05, 2011

WVLS website : http://wvls.lib.wi.us
WVLS staff members
Listservs

If you have questions about these WVLS listservs, or if you or your county library board is interested in having a listserv created for your specific county, please contact Ann Mroczenski by phone:  715-261-7252   or email :   annmarie@wvls.lib.wi.us

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If you subscribe to one  (or more) of the WVLS listservs, you will automatically be added to the wiscvalleylib-all.
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To send an e-mail to the list, you must use the  e-mail account that you used to sign-up to be a member of that list.
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When responding to an e-mail on the list, remember it will go to the entire list.
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To reply directly to just the sender, click on Forward and type in their e-mail address.
wispublib - http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/wispublib.html
   This list is a statewide posting site. It is open to anyone.
Meetings of...
  • WVLS Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees
  • WVLS Board of Trustees
  • WVLS Staff
  • WVLS/V-Cat Tech Team
  • County library boards
  • Public library boards
  • Municipal boards (towns, villages, cities, counties)
  • Library Advisory Committee
  • V-Cat Council
  • Collection Development Committee
Workshop / Training Sessions
Advisory Committee (see 'Meetings of')
V-Cat Council (see 'Meetings of')
Newsletter -- WVLS Digital Lites and Archive for The Lamplighter  online at http://wvls.lib.wi.us/Newsletter/newsindex.htm
Publications
  • County Benefit Reports - annual
  • WVLS Annual Statistics - annual
Telephone and e-mail
  • Daily or weekly telephone updates of schedules when staff are not available to answer the phone
  • Staff respond to phone messages and e-mails in as timely a manner as possible
Groups / Associations with which WVLS is affiliated (either through institutional membership or staff connections)
  • Wisconsin Library Association
    • Wisconsin Association of Public Librarians (WAPL)
    • Youth Services Section (YSS)
    • Wisconsin Library Trustees and Friends(WLTF)
    • Resource Sharing Round Table (RSST)
    • Reader's Section
    • Reference and Adult Services Section
    • Wisconsin Genealogy and Local History Round Table
    • Wisconsin Library Association Foundation
  • Wisconsin Educational Media Association (WEMA)
  • American Library Association (ALA)
  • Public Library Association (PLA)
  • WISCNET
  • COLAND Council of Library and Network Development
  • DLTCL Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
  • SRLAAW System and Resource Library Administrators' Association of Wisconsin
  • SOMBAW System and Office Managers Association of Wisconsin
  • WPLC Wisconsin Public Library Consortium
  • CWDP Central Wisconsin Digitization Project
  • WISCAT
  • OCLC
  • WHO Wisconsin Heritage Online
  • WILS
  • WPLC  Wisconsin Public Library Consortium
  • RL&LL Resources for Libraries & Lifelong Learning
Courier -- WVLS contracts with two courier services.
  • Waltco carries materials between WVLS libraries
  • SCLS carries materials from WVLS libraries to the rest of the state
U.S. Mail -- U.S. Mail is used to transport some materials
Fax -- WVLS Fax # 715-261-7259

Every public library in the WVLS area has a fax machine. WVLS sends fax messages when that appears to be the best way to send information.
E-mail -- Every public library, library directors and library staff have email addresses.
Legislators at local, county, state, and national levels

Contacts are made on regular basis as needed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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