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Great! I'm from Texas and students down here ...

2012-03-26T17:20:33.309-05:00

Great!

I'm from Texas and students down here have been benefitting from a similar bill for a few years now.

I'm in support of things that help those with disabilities achieve a great education.

Thanks for the update,
William Dye

At least two other Wisconsin libraries are hosting...

2012-03-23T14:22:28.719-05:00

At least two other Wisconsin libraries are hosting similar festivals this spring:
The Kress Family Branch Library in DePere, on April 14 (flyer is here:
http://www.co.brown.wi.us/i/f/library/Kress/Edible%20Books/Flyer.pdf ) and
Hedberg Public Library, Janesville, on April 14 (info at http://www.hedbergpubliclibrary.org/edible_book_challenge.html )

Man, now I want a ButterBurger and some custard......

2012-03-19T17:57:54.622-05:00

Man, now I want a ButterBurger and some custard...;^)

Hi Rhonda, Thanks again for choosing Radisson La ...

2012-03-15T08:50:18.915-05:00

Hi Rhonda,

Thanks again for choosing Radisson La Crosse as your venue.

Here's a link to the Radisson La Crosse for any attendee's who wish to find directions, the address, view photos etc.

Hope your event goes well.

http://www.radisson.com/la-crosse-hotel-wi-54601/la_cross

Congratulations, Sherry!!

2011-11-09T10:18:15.885-06:00

Congratulations, Sherry!!

Congrats Laura and Susie! Can't wait to see t...

2011-10-07T10:11:03.590-05:00

Congrats Laura and Susie! Can't wait to see the results of your creativity and hard work for WLAF!
Tanya Cobb (SLIS)

A well earned award that honors the dedication and...

2011-08-24T15:53:19.009-05:00

A well earned award that honors the dedication and hard work of the staff of the Waukesha Library. This reflects on the deadacation that the City of Waukesha committs yearly for the funding of this great asset for the citizens of Waukesha and it's negibors who use the Library.
Keep up the great work.
Rick Tortomasi

Waukesha Library deserves this prize! It is a lea...

2011-08-09T15:05:43.511-05:00

Waukesha Library deserves this prize! It is a leader in the community and serves all people very well.

Congratulations, Cathy! It takes me back to Father...

2011-08-05T11:32:10.355-05:00

Congratulations, Cathy! It takes me back to Father Loehr's class!

Very cool ! Good for you, Cathy!

2011-07-28T09:08:42.567-05:00

Very cool ! Good for you, Cathy!

You go, Cathy! So proud of you! Svetlana Foley

2011-07-27T17:21:05.408-05:00

You go, Cathy!

So proud of you!

Svetlana Foley

Thanks for the light hearted schpeel. love it

2011-07-08T16:45:07.323-05:00

Thanks for the light hearted schpeel. love it

Pre-conferences are on November 1!

2011-07-08T11:27:42.439-05:00

Pre-conferences are on November 1!

Are the pre-conferences on the 1st or the 31st? J...

2011-07-08T10:58:26.053-05:00

Are the pre-conferences on the 1st or the 31st? Joyce

Love the list! I recently saw a Harley WLA motorc...

2011-07-08T05:57:29.445-05:00

Love the list! I recently saw a Harley WLA motorcycle at a museum near Pearl Harbor.

Great speech, Rhonda! You hit the nail exactly on...

2011-06-10T20:11:31.072-05:00

Great speech, Rhonda! You hit the nail exactly on its head. This is the kind of thing our municipal leaders need to see and hear ... often.

And thanks for your great letter to the Joint Finance Committee about WiscNet. It's hard to imagine a more counter-productive bill than this one. Do these guys even care about the future of this state?

You are turning out to be a fabulous WLA head, just what we need at this time.

How ironic. Telephone companies weren't even o...

2011-06-07T21:00:48.466-05:00

How ironic. Telephone companies weren't even on the playing field in the early 90's, so why do we suddenly need to level the playing field when it comes to educational access to the Internet.

I learned to use libraries effectively at the UW, and how to use a text based Internet to extend my research during the early 90's. WiscNet made the Internet searches possible, and provided home dial-up access for a while - until browsers were introduced and the private sector finally caught on.

Years after WiscNet was around FullFeed and Berbee started offering web access, which was long before telephone companies did. The phone companies didn't even know what the Internet was, or how to use it, or what to do with it. Until recently most hadn't even used YouTube, but they were offering Internet services.

WiscNet has grown and connected schools across the state because telco's didn't know what the heck it was, weren't willing to connect the schools, and didn't know how to get past voice and dumb data services like T1

So now WiscNet is attacked for being unfair, and telco's can only compete if there's a level playing field. Come on... these are schools that created a network telo's couldn't. It's too late to call foul.

I don't care if it's tax money or what. I support schools and school libraries and if they built their own when no one else would I say "continue supporting them". The field was level in the early 90's so you should have got on the field back then.

My apologies; I was focused on votes that passed o...

2011-05-04T11:07:20.846-05:00

My apologies; I was focused on votes that passed or were astoundingly close, but I should have mentioned that there were two failed motions (5-11 and 6-10) to restore all library-related funding. You can read more about that in the next post.

It's not over yet!

2011-05-04T10:00:24.680-05:00

It's not over yet!

The proposed cuts to system funding are a signific...

2011-05-04T09:04:51.017-05:00

The proposed cuts to system funding are a significant problem, too. It is dissapointing you singled out MOE as you did.

So system funding is still being slashed I see - i...

2011-05-04T07:22:08.851-05:00

So system funding is still being slashed I see - is that really so much less significant than MOE that you can't even note it?

Missing all you WAAL-ites! :(

2011-04-27T16:16:59.336-05:00

Missing all you WAAL-ites! :(

Thanks for this reminder--I almost forgot to tune ...

2011-04-19T11:12:53.964-05:00

Thanks for this reminder--I almost forgot to tune in!

If you missed it, the show is in the archives!

Many of the legislators I spoke to are worried tha...

2011-04-07T20:50:26.131-05:00

Many of the legislators I spoke to are worried that more and more government functions are being moved online, offices closed or hours shortened, forms no longer printed, increasing pressure on our libraries. The only idea we heard that might help is to require these agencies to pass some funds on to libraries.

Zora Sampson

Hi Lisa - Thanks for posting this. It's a per...

2011-03-30T15:45:27.962-05:00

Hi Lisa - Thanks for posting this. It's a perfect use of the WLA Blog that I didn't even think of. Thanks! Carrue