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Volume 42, September-October 2006, to present

Vol. 43

Date

Articles

• Summit sets stage for future of Wisconsin’s libraries
• School districts receive $35 million in school library aid
• Kate Bugher announces retirement from DPI
• AskAway virtual reference service sees dramatic growth
• AskAway pilot program launches this fall
• New Librarian Supervisor appointed at Reference and Loan Library
• Trustee Corner: Posting Meeting Agendas
• Study shows public libraries contribute significantly to economy
• State delegation attends National Library Legislative Day
• Adolescent literacy initiative for public librarians now underway
• 2007-08 Common School Fund library aid payment

• Summer Library Program will feature state park passes
• New provisions of 2005 Act 420 take effect in 2008
• Senate Bill 1, library donation bill, signed by Governor Doyle
• Report on follow up activities for ALA broadband study
• Trustee Corner: Library Board member residency
• Intel® Education awards grant to Wisconsin DPI
• New LSTA Advisory Committee appointments announced
• Plans underway for statewide Library Strategic Visioning Summit
• One new appointment, six reappointments to COLAND announced

• State superintendent approves 2008 LSTA grant awards
• COLAND, DPI plan library strategic visioning summit
• Library systems to share $16.1 million in state aid
• Reference and Loan develops BadgerLink Toolkit
• Terrie Howe is new LSTA Coordinator and Continuing Education Consultant for DPI
• Governor Doyle signs Senate Bill 214, applies to disclosure of library video surveillance recordings
• What's new at RLL, Part 2
• DPI named 'Thinkfinity Rollout Partner' for Wisconsin
• Trustee Corner: Can libraries charge customers for interlibrary loan service?
• Best Practices for Public Libraries
• Changes to Common School Fund now in effect

• Library programs see increases in state biennial budget
• IMT team holds annual regional meetings
• Wisconsin represented at 2007 National Book Festival
• Three Wisconsin school districts receive Improving Literacy Through School Libraries grants
• Audiovisual Wisconsin 2007
• ALA study shows maintaining adequate library Internet bandwidth a nationwide problem
• DPI appoints Lisa Reale as new BadgerLink Coordinator
• Wisconsin public library economic impact study launched
• ¡HOLA! Project workshops to be offered around state
• What's new at the Reference and Loan Library, Part I
• Mary Clark retires from Reference and Loan Library in September
• 2008 Summer Library Program workshop held in Green Bay

Vol. 42

Date

Articles

• 2006 public library statistics show continued growth
• Twenty Enhancing Education Through Technology projects share $1.9 million
• Racine Correctional Institute (RCI) poets raise funds for library
• Wisconsin receives Gates Foundation grant for Spanish language outreach
• Trustee Corner (Identifying good candidates for library board membership)
• WebJunction courses available for public library staff
• New resources available to support public access computing
• Open linking now available in some BadgerLink publications
• Steve Sanders named to national committees

• Rural Library Sustainability workshops meet goals
• Spring 2007 interlibrary loan meeting held May 22
• Evaluations show Early Learning Initiative met goals
• Digital Archives Program provides long-term accessibility
• Trustee Corner (Web index FAQ for public library trustees and directors)
• New era begins for National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
• Delivery Services Advisory Committee meets May 23 in Madison
• AV Notes
• Division's Peg Branson to retire from DPI July 6
• Mary Clark honored at Virginia Hart Special Recognition Awards
• Wisconsin library supporters attend National Library Legislative day
• Menomonie centenarian inducted into 10 Squared Talking Book Club
• LITAC develops work plan at May 14 meeting

• Superintendent Burmaster approves preliminary 2008 LSTA grant program and budget
• 2003-2007 Wisconsin LSTA activities evaluated
• New LSTA Advisory Committee members appointed
• Verizon Foundation launches Thinkfinity.org
• Libraries encouraged to link to statewide online services
• Steve Sanders wins 2007 Making It Happen award

• Governor's proposed budget includes increases for libraries for 2007-09
• FY 2007 and 2008 federal budget request for libraries announced
• AG opinion on library director employment contracts
• Ask?Away delivers for Wisconsin patrons and libraries
• 2007 Summer Library Program
• County reimbursement extended to adjacent counties
• Congress to address Internet, telecommunications legislation in 2007
• Youth with Special Needs resource guide published
• Studies show economic impact of public libraries
• BadgerLink serves Wisconsin residents
• Common School Funds $29 million
• 2007 library legislative day in Madison
• 2007 New Wisconsin Promise conference

• Wisconsin among nations leaders in library user
• Library systems share $15.5 million in state aid
• Attorney General issues opinion on library surveillance tapes
• Trustee Corner - officers for library boards
• Workshops for library directors point toward 'Greener Pastures'
• Shared integrated library system cost study results announced
• State superintendent approves LSTA grant awards for 2007
• Project Safe Childhood targets crimes against children
• Mary Strucikmeyer says goodbye after 32 years
• Martha Farley joins Reference and Loan staff
• Struckmeyer receives 2006 Muriel Fuller Award
• WISCAT implementation progress continues

• State Superintendent Burmaster announces budget initiatives for next biennium
• Applications received for 2007 LSTA projects
• IMT team holds annual regional meetings around state
• AV Wisconsin 2006
• DLTCL reports on Internet access and filtering in state's public libraries
• AutoGraphics wins contract for WISCAT services
• Gates Foundation funds Rural Library Sustainability Program
• ALA conference attendees help with Katrina cleanup efforts
• Trustee Corner - closed meetings