Team Mission
The Public Library Development Team provides leadership, advocacy, assistance, planning, coordination, and funding for the improvement of public libraries and public library systems so that all Wisconsin residents have equitable access to information and knowledge resources.
Ongoing Activities
- Administer the State Aid to Public Library Systems Program
- Administer the federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant Program
- Administer the Public Librarian Certification Program
- Provide consultation and assistance to public libraries and public library systems in the following areas:
- Administration
- Finance
- Technology
- Services to special populations
- Services to youth
- Continuing education
- Coordinate a statewide summer reading program
- Collect and disseminate public library statistics and directory information
- Establish and promote voluntary public library standards
- Assist libraries and library systems participating in the Federal E-rate program
- Provide leadership through service on state and national library committees
- Provide accurate and timely information through Channel, Channel Weekly, websites, and email discussion lists
- Monitor, analyze, and report on state and federal legislation that affects libraries
Team Activities for 2008-2009
- Conduct review and update of PLDT website content and organization.
- Implement third year of a Wisconsin Public Library Adolescent Literacy Initiative.
- Review and improve the use of electronic forms in the submission of public library statistical and grant information.
- Continue development of online handbook for public library directors titled Administrative Essentials.
- Assist libraries and library systems to obtain any available funds (e.g. e-rate funds) to supplement bandwidth for BadgerNet, and promote its effective use.
- Work with Department of Administration on planning for next generation BadgerNet, including work on a fiber to every public library grant application.
- Conduct follow-up activities to the study of school libraries in shared integrated library systems.
- Assist with implementation of new computer hardware grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
- Coordinate statewide desk-top web-conferencing system for public library training and meeting purposes.
- Prepare for possible Gates Foundation library bandwidth initiative.
- Update online Trustee Essentials-A Handbook for Wisconsin Public Library Trustees.
- Explore possibility of "boot camp" for new library directors.
- Publish new online edition of the Public Library Space Needs Outline.
- Implement first year of the public library support for job seekers initiative.
- Update the rules and guidelines for Wisconsin Public Librarian Certification.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Mike Cross, Director, Public Library Development Team
State Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
Public Library Development
125 S. Webster St., P.O. Box 7841, Madison WI 53707-7841
608-267-9225, fax 608-266-2529
michael.cross@dpi.wi.gov
Last updated on 7/21/2009 1:44:19 PM
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