Upcoming Budget Workshops

7/12/2007 - Budget Basics (and Beyond) Workshop--River Falls Public Library
Join John Thompson for a budget workshop designed especially for small libraries, 12:30 - 3 pm.

7/17/2007 - Budget Basics (and Beyond) Workshop--Rice Lake Public Library
Join John Thompson for a budget workshop designed especially for small libraries, 10:00 am -12:30 pm.

7/18/2007 - Budget Basics (and Beyond) Workshop--IFLS
Join John Thompson for a budget workshop designed especially for small libraries, 10:00 am -12:30 pm.

For more information, call IFLS.

Library Planning Update

I wanted to update you on the progress from the long range planning meeting. All of the notes from the recent Long Range Planning meeting have been posted to http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/about/longrange.asp . In addition, we have grouped the raw data by activity area to assist in evaluating the priority areas, the trends, the strengths, and the areas for development. Please review the information and provide us with any additional comments using the feedback form that has been posted to site.



Thank you again for your participation in this event.

Long Range Planning Meeting Update

Thank you to all who participated at our recent Long Range Planning Meeting.

In an effort to keep everyone informed about our current planning process, we will be posting the planning information to the IFLS website. Currently the General Trends PowerPoint and the IFLS Fact Sheet (revised to include programming information) that were presented at the meeting as well as the 2007-2009 Long Range Plan are available at http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/about/longrange.asp. In the coming days the planning meeting notes will also be posted to the site.

Wisconsin Library Association Foundation Scholarships

The Wisconsin Library Association Foundation sponsors scholarships for library education and library continuing education. The scholarships are funded by the Foundation through generous charitable contributions. WLA members and prospective students are encouraged to apply. The scholarships
are awarded annually.
***Continuing Education Scholarships (due August 1)***
Continuing Education Scholarship ($750)
Available to a person employed in a library in Wisconsin for a continuing education program within or outside Wisconsin. Details and application are
available at http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/scholarships/CEscholarships.htm
Education of Rural Librarians Scholarship ($1000)
Available to a person employed in a library in a Wisconsin community with a population of 5,000 or less for a continuing education program within or outside Wisconsin. Details and application are available at
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/scholarships/rural.html
***Diversity Scholarship for Library Education or Continuing Education (due
August 1)***
Diversity Scholarship ($800)
Available to a person employed in a Wisconsin library or enrolled in a Wisconsin library education/media program. Information on the targeted populations, the application and other details are available at
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/scholarships/diversity.htm
***Library Education Scholarships (due September 15)***
Library Education Scholarship ($1,250)
Available to anyone who is or will be attending a master's level program in library and information science or in education media at a Wisconsin school during the coming academic year. Details and application are available at
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/scholarships/lccle.htm
Sally Davis Scholarship ($1,200)
Available to a Wisconsin resident admitted to the master's degree program in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a part- or full-time student. Details and applications are available at http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/scholarships/sdscholarship.html

Vida Cummins Stanton Scholarship ($1,350)
Available to a Wisconsin resident admitted to the master's degree program in the School of Information Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as a part- or full-time student pursuing a library media or youth services program. Details and applications are available at
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/scholarships/lccvs.htm
Peg Branson
WLAF Scholarship Committee Chair
peg.branson@dpi.state.wi.us
608/266-2413

Registration Deadline for Long Range Planning Meeting is May 10th

Do not miss an opportunity to voice your opinions! The deadline to register for the IFLS Long Range Planning Meeting is May 10th.

More information is available at http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/workshops/IFLS-LRP2007.pdf

National Library Week, April 15-21 "Come together @ your library"

As we celebrate National Library Week it is important to note that the use of libraries in the Indianhead Federated Library System continues to grow while library budgets have remained relatively flat or have decreased in the past few years.

Patrons of our libraries have access to a wide variety of materials and services. Without dedicated library staff members and library boards such wonderful materials and services would not be possible. Thank you for all of your hard work.

New Library Space Planning Resources

IFLS has added several new library space planning resources on the IFLS Links for Librarians page -- http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/links_for_librarians.asp#space

The Planning for New Library Space provides a brief overview of the space planning stages with links to additional resources. http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/construction/Planning for New Library space.doc

The Designing Your New Library Space: A Visual Tour Power Point tour provides a visual look at some of the features that you may wish to consider in new library space as well as links to additional information. http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/construction/Designing Your New Library Space.ppt#

In addition we have added several library building program statements that can assist you in developing your own building program statement. Building program statements assist in communicating your space needs to architects and designers.

Please watch for additional links in the coming months to assist you in planning new library space.