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June 2000 Issue 
Volume XXXVII, Number 4

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Effective June 1, 2000, there are new administrative rules for public librarian certification. The rules represent technical adjustments to improve certification, both administratively and for participants. The revisions include the following:

• Participation in continuing education is measured by contact hours rather than Continuing Education Points (CEPs).
• The required number of contact hours for continuing education is the same (100 hours) for all grade levels.
• Provisional certificates may be granted for five years rather than one year.
• A new type of certificate - called a temporary certificate - may be granted to applicants who have not completed all of the library course requirements.
• New library directors eligible for temporary certification must apply for such certification within three months of employment.
• One-year temporary certificates will be available for previously certified librarians whose certification has expired if they have not served as the administrator of a public library or public library system in Wisconsin for at least one year.

The text of the revised public librarian certification rules is available at www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/pi/pi006.pdf. A revised manual outlining the certification rules and requirements will be available later this month. The new manual also will include the application and continuing education reporting forms.

The revised public librarian certification rules resulted from a review of the rules and guidelines and recommendations by a committee appointed by Cal Potter, administrator of the Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning (DLTCL). Committee members were: Jocelyn Bubolz, Waukesha County Library System; Carol Erickson, formerly of Winding Rivers Library System; Ken Hall, Winnefox Library System; Sandy Robbers, Indianhead Federated Library System; and David Weinhold, Eastern Shores Library System. Peg Branson, Mike Cross and Larry Nix of the DLTCL worked with the committee.

The committee recommendations and proposed administrative rules language were shared with all public library and system directors last summer and fall, and public hearings were held in November. The proposed rules also were submitted to the Legislature for review. (Channel Weekly, 6/1/00)

EDITOR'S NOTE: For more information on public librarian certification, contact Linda Orcutt at 715/262-7253.

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The new Public Library Standards (3rd edition) looks somewhat different than the previous edition. The quantitative standards have now been incorporated into the Standards document, rather than being elsewhere. There are now four levels of service listed rather than the previous three levels and they are fixed for five years instead of changing every year. A new method of counting service population is now being used which is related to proportion of actual non-resident circulation. Circulation to residents of communities with other libraries and to residents of other counties is still problematic.

There is also a separate page which outlines minimum standards a library should strive to meet regardless of population to achieve good, basic quality of service. Included as a part of that is a minimum budget which is somewhat based on the costs to meet the basics in the standard. There are also several technology standards which were not included in the past. Although these are only recommended standards with no enforcement, they are a very useful target for Wisconsin libraries. A speaker for the Standards session at the recent WAPL (Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries) Conference discouraged librarians from using the "recommended aspect" as an excuse for not meeting the standards.

By now all Wisconsin public libraries should have received the newest edition of Public Library Standards (http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/pld/standard.html). The booklet continues to be arranged in the checklist format. Now would be a good time to plan to go through a chapter of the Standards at each Board meeting. This would demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of the library and provide direction for areas to focus on improving. —Linda Orcutt

Green Bay’s KI Convention Center will be the location of the 2000 WLA Conference Tuesday, October 31 through Friday, November 3. The Conference Planning Committee and the Division, Sections, and Roundtables are busy planning an exciting list of programs for the Annual Conference. Michael Feldman, star of the topical radio call-in quiz show, Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know?, will be the keynote speaker, and the Conference Committee has adapted Feldman’s program title for the annual conference theme. Feldman is the author of three "highly praised and widely ignored" books: the autobiographical Whad’Ya Know? (1991); Whad’Ya Knowledge (1993); and Thanks for the Memos (1995), a compilation of actual memos sent in by his listeners. Find out more about Feldman at http://www.notmuch.com.

The President’s Luncheon on Friday, November 3 will feature Walt Crawford, author of 14 books and numerous articles on libraries, technology, publishing and personal computing. His articles and columns currently appear in American Libraries, eContent Magazine, Library HiTech News, and Online Magazine. Crawford will attend the entire conference and then share his thoughts on current library trends.

All events - registration, programs, general sessions, business meetings and exhibits - will be held at the newly enlarged and renovated KI Convention Center, which is adjacent to the Regency Suites Hotel. Check out the Green Bay Area Visitor and Convention Bureau website (http://www.greenbaywi.com) when planning your conference visit, and make your reservations soon for WLA at Green Bay.

Keep up with breaking conference news by pointing your browser to http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/fall2000/index.html 

EDITOR’S NOTE: An additional block of hotel rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn, Green Bay. Call 920/405-0400 or 1-800-445-8667.

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The Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries is offering two $300 scholarships to the Wisconsin Library Association 2000 Annual Conference to be held at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Tuesday, October 31 through Friday, November 3.

Support staff from public libraries or any staff from a public library with a population of less than 5,000 may apply for the scholarships. A scholarship form in PDF format can be downloaded from WAPL’s website at www.wla.lib.wi.us/wapl/scholar2000.html.

Applicants are asked to include a personal statement of 150 words or less describing how attendance at the conference will support goals for improving personal skills in delivering quality library services. The scholarships will cover expenses up to $300 for registration fee, meals, hotel, and travel. The application forms must be received by August 15, 2000.

Applications for these scholarships are available to all.

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I can’t help it! When it’s the season of Memorial Day and Independence Day, I become acutely aware of the freedom of information we have in this country and how important it is - and how important library personnel and trustees are in this process…

New Freedom Inflames Old Battles -

We’ve been here before! Remember it is the same old struggle, no matter how many times they tell you it is "different" or "worse" today. In truth, it is better now. They have always tried to limit expression, especially when it involved politics, sex, religion, and children. Over the centuries, they have blamed everyone and everything they fear: "Satan," "infidels," and "godless Communists." Those who would limit free expression have always tried to expand the restrictions from children to everyone. Libraries have been censored and sacked by kings and emperors, priests and preachers, rabbis, and ayatollahs, commissioners and commissars, Republicans and Democrats. The good news is that the censors are losing, and they always lose. Human history is the story of people achieving ever-greater freedom of expression. Librarians and libraries have always been part of that movement… Every fresh medium, including the Internet, has made all expression easier to access. All the ideas the true believer wants to restrict are among the first to appear in the latest technologies and media. Every time we achieve another freedom, the struggle begins anew. We have been here before! What censors really fear is the march of human freedom as it destroys their ability to control expression. That’s why an automatic control, like an electronic filter, hiding what is censored, is so attractive…When the next true believer comes along with "research" to show how much greater the current danger has become, how it is hurting your kids, stand your ground. Don’t buy into it! Things were much worse for all people including kids before freedom, when they could lock up your library, muzzle your voice, burn your books, indoctrinate your offspring, and send you off to jail …Don’t cave in, but don’t be ashamed of a political compromise in order to stay afloat…In less than a generation the "danger" of access to the Internet will seem as quaint and laughable as the "dangers" they cited when they wanted to curb jazz and rock’n’roll, D.H. Lawrence, comic books, Catcher in the Rye, or Daddy’s Roommate. Librarians are an integral part of the historic expansion of freedom. We should be proud of that. (John Berry in the 4/15/00 issue of Library Journal)

Of the People, for the People: Public Libraries Serve Democracy -

A library, like a democracy, is not static but changes and grows to meet the needs of its citizenry. Libraries have always been willing to adapt to new technologies, from the typewriter to the Internet. Libraries have created new services, from children’s rooms to employment counseling to word processing. Libraries have expanded collection content, from dime novels to feature films to Web pages. The public library is truly a remarkable institution. Any individual can walk into any public library in the nation and receive service at no direct cost. Even if not a citizen of the local community, the state, or even the nation, that person will still be treated in the same way as any other library user. The public library provides equal services to all people without discrimination. An informed citizenry is the pillar of any democracy. The public library remains the only nonpartisan institution in society in which a citizen can obtain information covering all points of view on virtually any topic. Access such as this is simply unavailable in non-democratic societies. Franklin Delano Roosevelt best articulated the role of the library in a democratic society. During the darkest days of World War II, when the future of democracy was very much in question, he told the nation: "Libraries are directly and immediately involved in the conflict which divides our world, and for two reasons. First, because they are essential to the functioning of a democratic society. Second, because the contemporary conflict touches the integrity of scholarship, the freedom of the mind, and even the survival of culture, and libraries are the great tools of scholarship, the great repositories of culture, and the great symbols of the freedom of the mind." (David Tyckoson, in American Libraries, 4/2000)

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The Marathon County Public Library is one of 75 libraries from across the U.S. selected to host Go Figure, an innovative traveling exhibit that uses outstanding children’s books to show parents and other care givers how to make math exciting for two- to seven-year-olds.

Go Figure will be featured at the Marathon County Public Library Headquarters Library in Wausau from November 2 through December 21, 2000.

The Minnesota Children’s Museum, (MCM) in St. Paul; the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, and the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of ALA, developed the exhibit with a major grant from the National Science Foundation. Additional funding was provided by Cargill and 3M. Go Figure is based on a larger exhibit of the same name developed by the MCM that is traveling to children’s museums across the country from September 2000 through September 2003.

Go Figure includes scenes from five children’s books: Arthur’s Pet Business by Marc Brown; The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins; The Quilt by Ann Jonas; Frog and Toad are Friends: A Lost Button by Arnold Lobel; and Goldilocks and the Three Bears, James Marshall, illustrator. Take-home exhibit materials give parents helpful information on fun-filled and age-appropriate ways of helping children to recognize and use math concepts, such as measuring, sorting, counting, and estimating when they are at home or playing with friends, and in other everyday activities.

This innovative project was introduced to library and museum staff at a workshop in St. Paul on June 16 and June 17. Excellent materials were prepared for the libraries and program ideas were demonstrated. If you have questions about the exhibit, please contact Sonja Ackerman at the Marathon County Public Library, 715/261-7222. —Sonja Ackerman, Children’s Services Division, Marathon County Public Library

Cassell, Kay Ann. DEVELOPING REFERENCE COLLECTIONS AND SERVICES IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE; A HOW-TO-DO-IT MANUAL FOR LIBRARIANS. Neal-Schuman. 1999. ISBN 1-55570-363-1.

How information is now published and collected has space, cost, and service policy implications for every library’s reference collection. This manual can help reference librarians plan, select and develop new electronic collections; and help them rework their services in light of changing collections.

Cassell discusses selection criteria, examines the future of the format in the reference collection, and considers the types of material available, such as full text encyclopedias or indexes. Readers are guided through the necessary collection development decisions including advantages and disadvantages of print vs. electronic format, demand, cost, space, time, and staff and user education. Also included are recommended print and electronic evaluation tools, model policies, checklists and forms. This is a very basic manual on a subject which will be of ongoing importance in every library’s plan for future reference services.

This title is available through regular interlibrary loan channels. --Ellen Buchberger

Just as weeding strengthens a garden, proper weeding of a library collection strengthens the collection, making it more accurate, attractive, and up-to-date. As a result, collection use usually increases after a thorough weeding project.

One of the new Wisconsin Public Library Standards is: "Every item in the library’s collection is evaluated for retention, replacement, or withdrawal at least every five years to determine its usefulness and accuracy according to the library’s collection development policy. Outdated, unnecessary, or damaged materials are removed from the collection. The library establishes and attains a measurable annual weeding goal based on local conditions and the library mission."

An effective and easy-to-use tool to guide weeding projects is THE CREW Method: Expanded Guidelines for Collection Evaluation and Weeding for Small and Medium-Sized Public Libraries, revised and updated by Belinda Boon (Austin: Library Development Division, Texas State University, 1995)

The Texas State Library sells the manual on a cost-recovery basis: $8.50/each plus shipping ($1.13 for 1-2 copies) ($1.58 for 3-4 copies). Pre-payment for one copy is $9.63 total. Send a check or money order payable to: Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Attn: Accounting; Texas State Library and Archives Commission; PO Box 12927; Austin, TX 78711-2927.

If you prefer to e-mail or fax your request for multiple copies, they will send an invoice to your attention, together with the requested copies. Send e-mail requests to anne.ramos@tsl.state.tx.us. Send fax requests to 512/463-8800.

(The Library Connection, 6/2000)

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WLTA Website  http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/wlta/ 
The Wisconsin Library Trustee Association (WLTA) now has a website, which was developed by Doug Lay, WLTA and WVLS Board member. The website has information about WLTA, as well as resources for trustees such as a "Trustee Job Description," a "Top Ten Action List for Trustees," and lists of "What Makes a Good Trustee," and "Responsibilities of Library Boards."

Updated Chapter 43  http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/99Stat0043.pdf. 
Wisconsin’s public library and library system law (Chapter 43 of the Wisconsin Statutes) has been updated by the Reviser of Statutes and is available in PDF format. The updated Chapter 43 includes changes in the public library system service requirements made by Senate Bill 62.  (The Library Connection, 6/2000)

Thinking About E-Mail Reference?   
For the ins and outs, ups and downs (inputs and outputs/uploads and downloads) of e-reference, don’t miss Karen Schneider’s "Internet Librarian" column in the January 2000 issue of American Libraries online at http://www.ala.org/alonline/netlib/ill00.html  (Monday E-Memo, 1/3/2000)

My Deer Garden  http://www.mydeergarden.com/  
A useful site for people who want to have an attractive garden in deer country. There is information on the ways to deter deer depredation; natural or chemical deterrents (hot pepper wax, garlic oil, predator urine, and fragrant soaps); deer resistant landscape design (with sample plans); and physical barriers (deer netting). In addition, there is a climate map to determine your garden’s hardiness zone, a database of plants that are resistant to deer, and a list of plants deer like to eat.

Denise’s Scrapbook Country  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/1614/ 
"Scrapbooking" is an increasingly popular way to organize personal photographs into meaningful albums. This site is excellent for the beginner, as it starts with shoeboxes of loose photographs and takes the novice through selecting an album and basic supplies, and gives some ideas for layouts.  (Monday E-Memo, 5/1/2000)

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The Wisconsin Public Library Consortium, a group of seven Wisconsin public library systems and the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library (Eau Claire, WI), has received a $189,000 Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation (WATF) grant which is part of a $252,000 project to provide access to electronically published books (e-books) for Wisconsin citizens through their public libraries. The E-book Demonstration Project will:

l provide Wisconsin residents with access to a collection of electronically published books in a wide range of subjects, from expensive reference titles to recreational reading materials, which they may read from home, work or school or from even the smallest libraries in the consortium;

l increase awareness in the general public and among specific target groups about the availability and advantages of electronic books and investigate which electronic reading device options they prefer;

l increase public library staff understanding of e-book technologies and develop training programs so that librarians may help the public understand and use them; and

l establish a decision-making and fiscal model for public library cooperation that will allow libraries to work together to explore new information technologies, sharing the costs as well as the knowledge and the resources.

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Are you considering adding electronic books to your library collection? As part of an LSTA-funded Electronic Book Evaluation Project (http://www.rrlc.org/ebook/ebookhome.html), e-book readers have been placed in six Rochester (NY) area libraries in order to evaluate their uses and feasibility in various library settings.

The goals of the project are to explore potential partnership and licensing issues with vendors and to discuss plans for serving libraries and their patrons; to develop expertise among library directors in the region regarding e-books and their future applications in libraries; to test the hardware and software for practicality in a library setting; and to influence the products and marketing strategies of e-book publishers to reflect the needs of libraries.

The project’s Web site includes loads of information about electronic books, patron surveys, project challenges, and links to numerous articles and press releases about this new technology. Included are the following pros and cons relating to e-book technology:

• Instant delivery of purchased books
• Can carry the equivalent of 6-8 paperback books on a device the size of a single paperback
• Adjustable fonts
• Cheaper to produce e-book than paper texts
• Environmentally friendly - no trees cut down for paper
• Can annotate and highlight text
• Backlit so able to read in poor lighting
• Searchable, indexed and may contain a linked dictionary
• Good for in-house creations and reserve materials

• Texts may never go out of print - require different contract between authors and publishers
• Limited capacity on the readers
• Limited title selection
  - limited children’s and young adult titles
  - no foreign language titles
  - few titles that are too old to be current but too young to be public domain
• Too heavy - 2.9 lbs for SoftBook; 22 oz for Rocket e-Book
• Complicated downloading for Rocket e-Book - requires Internet and PC
• Price of e-books often higher than paper texts
• Display technology - not yet equivalent to paper - causes eyestrain
• Durability - can’t take to the beach, in the tub, carry in a book bag
• Data permanence of e-book much less than paper books
• Lack of industry standards - can’t transfer books between readers
• E-book purchases require credit card
• Registration of reader must be with a unique name and e-mail combination - difficult for single user or institution with more than one reader.

(Monday E-Memo, 6/19/00)

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The Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation (WATF) is a public-private partnership and nonstock/non-profit corporation to raise private sector, government, and foundation funds to build an endowment to support advanced telecommunications-based projects and efforts to educate Wisconsin’s residents, businesses, and institutions about the benefits of advanced telecommunications applications. The WATF has the broadest of mandates, and may fund projects submitted by Wisconsin educational institutions, libraries, local government units, health care information services, public-educational-government access facilities, State government agencies, and any other person or organization. The WATF has established an endowment trust fund and intends to capitalize it with $25.5 million by 2002 from the State of Wisconsin and Wisconsin’s telecommunications providers.

EDITOR’S NOTE: WVLS has been the recipient of WATF grants for the past two years. For more information about these grants or WATF contact Linda Orcutt at 715/261-7253.

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Here is a set of proverbs...Notice how the overblown vocabulary obscures the meaning and impedes communication. Can you figure them out? Here’s an example: Similar sire, similar scion. (Like father, like son.)

1. Precipitancy creates prodigality.

2. Tenants of vitreous abodes ought not to hurl lithoidal fragments.

3. It is not proper for mendicants to be indicatrous of preference.

4. Compute not your immature gallinaceous prior to their completed production cycle.

5. It is fruitless to become lachrymose because of scattered lacteal fluid.

6. Cleave gramineus matter for fodder during the period in which the orb of the day is refulgent.

7. Pulchritude does not extend below the surface of the dermis.

8. Failure to be present causes the vital organ to become more enamored.

9. Every article which coruscates is not fashioned from aureate metal.

10. Freedom from guile or fraud constitutes the most excellent principle of procedure.

11. Consolidated, you and I maintain ourselves erect; separated, we defer to the law of gravity.

12. Each canine passes through his own period of preeminence.

13. You cannot estimate the value of the contents of a printed narrative or record from its exterior vesture.

14. Folks deficient in ordinary judgment scurry to enter areas into which celestial beings are dreadful to set foot.

15. Liquid relish for the female anserine fowl is the prescribed condiment for the male as well.

16. A feathered creature clasped firmly in the manual member is equal in value to a brace in the bosky growth.

17. The individual member of the class "aves," arriving before the appointed time, seizes the invertebrate animal of the group "vermes."

18. Socially oriented individuals show a tendency toward congregating in gregariously homogeneous groupings.

19. One may address a member of the "equidae" family toward aqueous liquid, but one is incapable of compelling him to quaff.

(The Grammar Lady Newsletter, vol. 2, #7; 5/30/00)

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Youth Services and Special Needs Consultant. Indianhead Library System, Eau Claire, WI. Minimum of half-time (20 hr/wk) possible change to three-quarter time (30 hr/wk) position provides training and guidance in children’s and youth services and special needs services to public library staff in 53 mostly small (37 under 2,500) population) west-central Wisconsin libraries. Must be able to plan and conduct workshops and training sessions; must be able to effectively consult on youth services topics and on service to youth and adults with special needs; must be able to advise on the development of materials collections for youth, and for adults and youth with special needs. Position includes planning, budgeting, and grant writing. Must be able to make presentations and lead meetings. Travel within system and to state/national meetings required. MLS or equivalent and three years experience in youth services in a public library is required. Compensation of $17-$19/hr. Good benefits. Apply with letter of application, resume, and list of three professional references by July 31, 2000 to Milton Mitchell, Director, Indianhead Library system, 1538 Truax Boulevard, Eau Claire, WI 54703-1569. See http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us  for further information about IFLS.

Winnefox Library System has the following positions available:
Electronic Services Support Coordinator - responsible for coordinating electronic resource support from the Winnefox System to its 30 member libraries; will lead the development of the Winnefox Web presence along with that of member libraries; develop an electronic book collection; select and develop electronic reference resources; and coordinate system digitization projects.
Electronic Services Support Specialist - responsible for providing technical support to library team involved with development of Web presence and electronic resources for the Winnefox Library System and 30 member libraries. About 80% of the tasks performed by the ESSS will relate to Web development and related software, while about 20% will relate to supporting the hardware used by the Electronic Services Support Team.
Complete job descriptions and application information are available at http://axp.winnefox.org/www/wls/jobs.html 

Library Manager of Technical Services. Superior (WI) Public Library serves the City of Superior and Douglas County. Responsibilities include the administration and operation of technical services comprising of acquisition, classification and cataloging, processing, and mending and repair of all books, pamphlets, periodicals, and AV materials for the reference and adult collections for the City Library system; and the binding of selected library materials, and the rebinding of restorable hardcover books for the library. Salary range: $33,589-$39,516. For more information and application requirements, call the City of Superior Human Resources Dept. at 715/394-0210. Deadline 8/1/00.

Library Director. Eager Free Public Library, Evansville WI. City of 3,500. Candidate must be community oriented, creative and energetic, with public library experience, supervisory skills, knowledge of reference work, collection development, outreach, and programming preferred. Strong people and communication skills required. Must be computer literate, including Internet and electronic resource searching skills. Salary range $27,000-$30,000 with attractive fringe benefit package. Wisconsin Grade I certification eligibility desired. Submit cover letter and resume to Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main, Evansville, WI 53536. For more information, contact Ruth Ann Montgomery at 608/882-2260. Review of applications will begin on July 10th.

Technical Services Director. River Falls (WI) Public Library. The successful applicant for this full-time professional position will be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the bibliographic database, including original and copy cataloging, and will be required to assist the Reference/Technology Director in the maintenance and coordination of all aspects of the library’s electronic resources. River Falls is a community of 10,650 in western Wisconsin, just 30 miles from the Twin Cities. The River Falls Public Library is a member of the MORE consortium, sharing a catalog (Innovative-Innopac) with 22 regional libraries in the Indianhead Federated Library System. Candidates must have supervisory skills (supervises 1 FTE) and cataloging experience in Innovative-Innopac preferred. Requirements: a MLS from an ALA accredited school and Wisconsin residency. Salary range: $27,545-$33,653. Excellent benefits. Applicants should include a letter of interest addressing special qualifications, a resume, and names and addresses of at least 3 professional references. Applicant names are subject to public release unless confidentiality is requested; confidentiality cannot be guaranteed to finalists. Apply by August 1st to: Library Board, City of River Falls, 123 East Elm Street, River Falls, WI 54022; 715/425-0900; fax 715/425-0915.

Librarian - Grades K-4. The School District of Howard-Suamico, Green Bay, WI. License #900 is required. Knowledgeable in the technology and multimedia area. Must have the ability to address the diverse learning requirements of K-4 students. Strong personal attributes in human relations and ability to deal with students, teachers and the public in a positive manner. Responsibility includes 50% as a librarian and 50% as a cataloger for the district. Candidates should send application (available from Howard-Suamico School District Office), resume, credentials, transcripts, and copy of certification to June Voss, Howard-Suamico School District, 2700 Lineville Road, Green Bay, WI 54313; 920/662-77120; fax 920/434-4683; email junevoss@hssd.k12.wi.us . Apply by July 14, 2000.

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July 6-12 - ALA Annual Conference, Chicago.

July 20 - WVLS Board of Trustees meeting - Marathon County Public Library, Wausau - 9:45.

July 24-25 - "WILSWorld 2000" - Pyle Center, UW-Madison - you do not need to be a member of WILS to attend this conference - find all the details at http://www.wils.wisc.edu/events/ww2k/ 

August 1 - "Developing and Implementing the Employee Handbook in Wisconsin" - Marriott Madison West, Middleton - 9:00-4:30 - $199 - for more information, contact the WVLS office at 715/261-7250.

August 10 - WVLS Library Advisory Committee meeting.

August 14-18 - "Basic Reference Summer Camp by the Lake" - The Friedrick Center and SLIS computer lab, UW-Madison campus, on Lake Mendota - 9:00-4:30 - $468 - 3.0 CEUs - register by August 2nd - contact Linda Mundt at 608/263-4452 for more information.

August 24 - WVLS V-Cat Council meeting - Antigo Public Library - 9:30.

September 16 - WVLS Board of Trustees meeting - Tomahawk Public Library, Tomahawk - 9:45.

October 2 - November 10 - "Virtual Collection Development: a distance education course via the Internet" - participate when it fits your schedule, from your home or library - $285 - 3.0 CEUs - register by September 20th - contact Jane Pearlmutter at 608/262-6398 for further details.

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ATTENTION: WESSLER SCHOLARSHIPS are available to cover some/all costs associated with attendance at reference and/or interlibrary loan continuing education events. If interested in becoming a Wessler Scholar, contact the WVLS office (715/261-7250) for more information. The application form and more information are available on the WVLS home page at http://wvls.lib.wi.us  under "About WVLS & Services."

LAMPLIGHTER

a monthly newsletter of the Wisconsin Valley Library Service
300 N. First Street / Wausau, WI 54403

EDITOR: Marla Sepnafski

Phone: 715/261-7252 FAX: 715/261-7259

msepnafs@wvls.lib.wi.us

Contributions are welcome! News items should be submitted by the first of the month.

WVLS serves Clark, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, and Taylor counties.