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Volume 43, September-October 2007, to present

Vol. 45

Date

Articles

• Wisconsin awarded library computer hardware grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Plans underway for 2010 Summer Reading Program
• Public libraries in 2008: Growth and challenges
• Best Practices
• BadgerLink's Lunchtime Webinar Series: BadgerLunch
• What's Happening in Wisconsin Libraries: Libraries Benefit from Summer VISTA Program

Vol. 44

Date

Articles

• New LSTA category established in response to state's employment crisis
• Channel newsletter changes to web-only publication
• AskAway continues to grow in 2009
• McMillan Memorial Library project helps military families stay in touch during deployment
• Federal Stimulus Act includes broadband funding
• Trustee Corner -- The Public Library Annual Report: What it Is; Why it Is
• Preparing for the Annual Report; Scheduling a "Typical Week" Tally
• Wisconsin delegation attends National Library Legislative Day
• COLAND plans school library media staffing summit for 2010

• Readers will "be creative" this summer at public libraries
• Two long-time PLDT staff announce retirements
• Wisconsin receives 2009 Intel® Foundation grant
• Adolescent literacy efforts in Indianhead Federated Library System
• WRLBPH introduces new Regional Librarian
• The impact of downloadable audio and video on libraries, Part 2
• Retirement calls for two Reference and Loan librarians
• Trustee Corner: Meeting Agendas and Minutes
• School libraries to receive $35.3 million from Common School Fund
• State superintendent announces new LSTA Advisory Committee members

• State superintendent announces budget initiatives
• Channel changes to quarterly publication
• Blitzke lauded for contributions to statewide library delivery service
• AV Wisconsin 2008
• Allison Coshenet joins staff of Reference and Loan Library
• Terry Wilcox retires from Reference and Loan
• Marsha Valance retires after 20 years at RLBPH
• Best Practices for Public Libraries: The Chain of Command
• The impact of downloadable audio and video on libraries, Part 1
• Library systems to share $16.8 million in state aid
• Free Author Fair kicks off 2009 WEMTA Spring Conference

Vol. 43

Date

Articles

• DLTCL begins work toward new strategic directions
• The library as an important place: Ontario Public Library
• Nancy Anderson joins IMT Team as School Library Media Consultant
• Wisconsin public library service: 2007 state summary
• Trustee Corner: Municipal Maintenance of Effort
• Finding songs new and old has never been easier
• Easy access to statewide virtual reference statistics
• BadgerLink introduces new functionality
• Vibeke Lehmann retires after 24 years with DOC
• Results of ALA survey on public library technology announced
• DLTCL announces web page on Adolescent Literacy Initiative

• 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