COLAND REQUESTS YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE “ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE OF WISCONSIN LIBRARIES”

The Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) would like your feedback on the “Roadmap to the Future of Wisconsin Libraries,” available at
http://blog.uwgb.edu/coland/. Read the Beginnings Report on the Future of Wisconsin Libraries and post comments on the blog. This report contains the results of a Visioning Summit sponsored by the Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) in cooperation with Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Burmaster last May. The Summit was an invitational event attended by 100 key library leaders and library advocates from across Wisconsin. In developing the vision for libraries, Summit participants took into consideration Superintendent Burmaster’s 21st century education initiatives as well as Governor Doyle’s Grow Wisconsin plan.

The Beginnings Report on the Future of the Library (https://blog.uwgb.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/coland/coland-draft.pdf) documents the main outcomes of the Visioning Summit. Everyone is encouraged to get involved in creating the future of Wisconsin libraries. Please respond to the ideas in this report through this blog, implement these ideas in your communities, or volunteer to work on action items. Working together libraries and their communities will continue to sustain and transform the educational vitality and economic prosperity of Wisconsin.

Additional opportunities for discussion and input will be at:

WEMTA's Wired Wednesday, Oct. 15, 7:30 pm - contact keitschr@hssd.k12.wi.us to register.

Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference in Middleton, on Thursday, November 6 at 4:00 pm.

Wisconsin Educational Media & Technology Association Annual Conference in Madison, March 23-24, 2009, time to be determined.