The Library Connection
The Monthly Newsletter of the Eastern
Shores Library System
www.esls.lib.wi.us
Volume 32 Number 7 July 2012
Just a reminder EasiCat will be unavailable August
14, 2012
Click here for the Summer 2012 Bookmobile Schedule
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In This Issue: |
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| Merge/Search Committee News | 2013 Budget Preparations |
| Twenty Five Years of Reading Programs | Lakeland College Celebrates 150 Years |
| NISO Webinar on E-books | |
Merge/Search Committee News
At the Search/Merge committee meeting on June 28 the
committee approved sending letters to all neighboring public library
systems indicating that ESLS is investigating a possible merger. The
adjacent library systems that were contacted are Mid-Wisconsin, Winnefox,
Waukesha and Manitowoc-Calumet. At the Board of Trustees meeting on
Monday, July 30 President Rob Nuernberg reported that all the library
systems had responded to the letter with Mid-Wisconsin the only system
declining a merger exploration. President
Nuernberg also sent letters to ESLS member
board presidents informing them of the board exploring a merger.
After some discussion, Henry Nelson moved to direct
the board president to contact a consultant to explore the possibility of
merging with an adjacent library system.
That person would also prepare library system budgets. President
Nuernberg will present a proposed engagement letter to the board at the
meeting in August. The motion
passed by voice vote.
2013 Budget Preparations
The County Library Service Reimbursements for 2013 have been prepared and are at the appropriate agencies. As Eastern Shores Library System is currently without a Director members of the ESLS Board of Trustees and member library directors and trustees are acting as contacts. Contacts for Ozaukee County are library directors John Hansen (Grafton) and David Nimmer (Port Washington) and ESLS board members Don Dohrwardt and Nancy Szatkowski. Volunteering to be the Sheboygan County contacts are: Library Director Martha Rosche (Plymouth), Dirk Zylman of the Mead Public Library Board of Trustees, and ESLS board member William Goehring.
Children's
Librarians Corner
Twenty Five Years of Reading Programs
Trix Tahtinen, Director of the Oostburg Public Library
As my 25th Summer Reading Program draws to
a close, I thought I would share some of the things we did this year that
turned out to be pretty good ideas. I can’t take credit for all of them-
it was a group effort.
One thing we continued this year was the mystery
photo contest I started a few years ago. We had a lawn ornament owl on
display and earlier in the year, we took pictures of the owl around town.
“Hermes” as the owl was named by my co-worker, Vicki, was
strategically placed in various public areas-with just a “hint” of his
surroundings included in the picture. Each Friday we put up a different
photo and the kids wrote their guess on a slip of paper and put it in a
box. The next Friday, the first correct answer drawn out won a prize.
Each year we have tied our mystery village traveler around that
summer’s theme-Nemo, Junie B Jones, Flat Stanley have been some of our
travelers. Even adults have gotten in on the fun- trying to guess where
the photo was taken.
We also had the traditional “Guess how many” in
the jar contest. One week we did bat erasers and another week we did
starburst candies. Another
week we had trivia questions to answer about night time animals. I had
done similar things like this in the past but I will say in today’s
Google world it isn’t as challenging as it used to be to do.
New this year we put up a weekly display of books
tied in to that week’s program. The week the bat lady came- we had our
bat books out on display; Mary Tooley did her night time animals program-
we put books out about those animals on display. The most popular one was
the week of our “camp-in” program. We put up a display of the favorite
books of the librarians and pages to take on a campout/vacation. My
co-worker Wendy made the display with a poster-size “thumbs up” with
the word “LIKE” on it- taking off on the Facebook like feature. Then
each staff person had a stack of paper slips that had the thumbs up
graphic and the text read, “Trix likes this one”, “Colleen likes
this one” etc. Then we each pulled some of our favorite children’s
books off the shelves, inserted the paper slip and put them on the
display. This turned out to be such a popular display; Wendy has now done
one in the adult section of the library for us to fill up.
This year, Vicki and I set up the reading goals in
minutes for the children in grades first through sixth with five levels of
two hours slips available. Each two hour slip was a different color and
there was a different reward for each level. For the first two hour slip
they earned a Pizza Hut coupon and a temporary tattoo. For the second slip
they got a free book and a book mark. For the third slip they earned a
Culver’s cone and a pencil. The fourth slip
they received a “mystery bag” and a chance for the raffle drawing and
for the final slip they got another free book and another raffle chance.
We purchased the star charts from Upstart and stapled
the first slip to their chart. When they turned in their chart, we tore
off the reading slip, stapled the next color to it, gave them eight stars
(each was worth fifteen minutes of reading) to put on their chart and gave
them the prize. This worked
really well for the staff. We had each prize level in a box on our back
counter with the colored slip taped above it with the prizes listed on the
appropriate slip.
For the preschoolers we ordered reading charts and
they kept track of how many books they had listened to. Each time they
listened to ten books, they could bring their chart in to the library and
we paper-punched by the tenth book and they received a reward. For the
first ten books there was a choice of a rubber ducks (they were a big
hit-we had a large assortment), for the second ten books they listened to,
they got a free book. The
third reward was a mystery bag and the fourth and final reward was a
mystery prize and a raffle chance.
For those in grades seven and up we had a Challenge
Booklet with eight different challenges to complete. Some of the
challenges were to read a book written before you were born, write a poem
about summer, and read ten picture books. For each challenge they received
a raffle chance to put in a drawing. They earned a Pizza Hut coupon when
they completed the booklet and an invitation to our game day in August.
Having done summer many different ways over the last
25 years, I think this summer was the easiest on the staff- an important
consideration when there is only one person working at a time- and it was
easy for the families to do. I think we plan to do it again this way next
year.
Lakeland College Celebrates 150 Years
Ann Penke, Director of the John Esch Library on the Lakeland College Campus
On Graduation Day, May 6, 2012, Lakeland
College began their Sesquicentennial celebration.
There will be events throughout the year to celebrate the 150th
Anniversary of the founding of Lakeland College. The
main event was the All-College-Reunion on June 21-24.
The college began as Missionshaus (Mission House) in 1862 to prepare men
to become ministers for the German Reformed Church.
According to “A History of Mission House – Lakeland”, books
arrived from Germany in early 1861. Rules for the library were drafted
without delay. There were a total of 858 volumes and 200 pamphlets.
In 1864 about 100 more books were added to the collection. The
library was first located in what was called the North Building which was
built in 1869. In 1873 the
library was moved to the hall connecting the South and Middle Buildings. It
was later moved to Main Hall, now called Old Main, in 1882.
By 1884 the collection totaled 4,000 volumes.
The first librarian was J. W. Grosshuesch.
In 1940, the Community Memorial Building
was built. It housed the
library, the chapel, some administrative offices (including the
president’s office), the College Inn, the book store, and the mailroom. Students
helped move the books from Main Hall to the new library during the Easter
holidays. Seminary students
now had a private, spacious section for study.
Theological books were purchased from the Sheboygan Public Library.
According to the
During the following decades various
services moved out of the library. The
administrative offices moved out in 1952.
The new Muskie Inn moved to Jubilee Hall in 1961.
At the beginning of the Fall Term in 1956,
the college and the seminary became separate entities.
The college was now called Lakeland College and the seminary was
called Mission House College. Each
college had its own librarian. The
seminary librarian went to the University of Wisconsin for specialized
training in library science as well as teaching in the seminary.
The books were reclassified according to the Union Seminary System.
In 1962, Mission House College and Yankton School of Theology
merged to form United Theological Seminary of the Twin cities.
The seminary library was moved to the Twin Cities to merge with the
Yankton library. The remaining
Lakeland College library collection totaled 25,000 volumes.
The Community Memorial Library used the entire building by 1962.
As the collection grew, space became limited.
The Library needed to be expanded.
Bids for the expansion were accepted in 1980.
That same year the library received a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities for continued development of the Library
Instruction Program. In 1981,
the library expansion was completed and the building was renamed the John
Esch Library.
Once
again the library had outgrown the building and in 1996 the library was
remodeled. The balcony was
expanded and a computer lab was created on the first floor.
An area of the library was designated as the Mission House Center
for Theological Study. The
last major change came on April 9, 2002 when the John Esch Library at
Lakeland College went live with EasiCat.
Webinar on E-books
A reminder that ESLS is sponsoring the NISO webinars on E-books. This is not training on how to use e-books or any particular vendor’s product, but a series on the use of e-books within library services and the issues about this. The webinars are being hosted by the F. L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon Thiensville.
The webinars are from Noon to 1:30 pm. Linda Bendix, Director of the F. L. Weyenberg Library is taking care of the local registration for the sessions, so you do not need to contact WiLS about this series.
