Indianhead Federated Library System

* AcqWeb - Self-described as "the gathering place for librarians and other professionals interested in acquisitions and collection development." Includes an extensive listing of review sites.
http://www.acqweb.org/

* ALA's Booklist The digital counterpart to the American Library Association's Booklist magazine.
www.ala.org/booklist/
* BookPage: America's Book Review The reviews and coverage of the printed version of BookPage in a clean and easy-to-use design, as well as archives of BookPage web since the January 1996 issue.
www.bookpage.com/
* Canadian Review of Materials Book reviews, media reviews, news, and author profiles of interest to teachers, librarians, parents and kids.
www.umanitoba.ca/cm/
* Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site Reviews of children's books and more.
http://www.booksintheclassroom.com/allreviewed.php

* Midwest Book Review Established in 1976, the Midwest Book Review publishes several monthly publications for community and academic library systems in California, Wisconsin, and the upper Midwest.
www.midwestbookreview.com/
* NY Times Book Reviews
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

* Banned Books Week September event. Initiated by the national library association (ALA); libraries and bookstores nationwide participate.
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/index.html
* Children's Internet Protection Act A joint effort of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom and Washington Office to provide you with information about ALA's activity regarding CIPA.
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/federallegislation/cipa/index.cfm
* Office of Intellectual Freedom Part of the national library association (ALA).
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/index.cfm

  

* Badger Online Bookshop Long list of books about Wisconsin. Includes state-related literary links, events, and author information.
http://www.badgerbooks.com/
* Children's Literature Web Guide Categories of Web sources related to books for children and teens.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
* Collection Development Policy A well-written, fully developed policy and plan. From the Morton Grove (Illinois) Public Library.
http://www.webrary.org/inside/colldevcolleval.html
* Reader's advisory resources From the Morton Grove (Illinois) Public Library.
http://www.webrary.org/rs/rsmenu.html
* Crew Manual Texas State Library http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/

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*For available databases, look on IFLS home page for Online Resources section (lower left on screen).

See Disaster and Emergency plans from Wisconsin libraries at
http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/policies.html

Disaster Planning WebJunction:
http://www.webjunction.org/disaster-planning/articles/content/438344

Links to academic library disaster plans:
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/plans/

* Common School Fund For Wisconsin public schools.
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dfm/sfms/comsch.html


* Foundations in Wisconslin Online
http://www.wifoundations.org


* Libri Foundation Nationwide nonprofit organization which donates new, quality hardcover children's books to small (under 10,000) rural public libraries in the US. Includes application information, fund-raising ideas and list of grant recipients.

http://www.librifoundation.org/

GRANTS:
* Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction LSTA grants
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/pld/lsta.html

* Wisconsin Humanities Council Grants
http://www.wisconsinhumanities.org/grants.html

 

*The Foundation Center
http://www.fdncenter.org/

* Minnesota Council on Foundations
http://www.mcf.org

* Minnesota Grantmaker Links
http://www.mcf.org/mcf/links/mn_grant.htm

* Federal Grants
http://www.grants.gov

* Institute of Museum and Library Services
http://www.imls.gov/

* National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov

* Librarygrants Blogspot
http://librarygrants.blogspot.com

Friends of the Library groups are formal or informal volunteer organizations dedicated to supporting the library through increasing awareness of the library, raising funds to further the services and programs of the library, advocating for the library and volunteering at the library.

 

From the Wisconsin library trustee handbook:
Trustee Essential #24: Library Friends and Library Foundations

501 (c) 3 Status and Friends Groups
The following Wisconsin website gives a link to a helpful IRS pamphlet on which groups need 501 (c) 3 status and how to apply for it. There is also a link to the Wisconsin form that 501 (c) 3 groups need to file with the state.
http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=122670,00.html

A more detailed IRS publication, #557-Tax Exempt Status for Your Organization, is at: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p557.pdf

* Help Filling Out Your 501(c)(3) Application
Designed to help new non-profit organizations complete IRS Form 1023, the Application for Exempt Status Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Be sure to take a look at the FAQ

Other Friends Resources:

FOWL: Friends of Wisconsin Libraries:
http://www.cheesestate.com/friends/

Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/altaff/index.cfm

Friends of Kansas Libraries (see information under helpful hints on how to start a group, sample bylaws, constitution and other information:
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/fokl/

* Dynamic Graphics General interest clip art, photos and type faces to buy.
http://www.dgusa.com/products.aspx
* Gale Group Templates for bookmarks, flyers, newsletters with the "Find Yourself in the Library" theme.
http://www.galegroup.com/freestuff/
* Icon Bazaar Thousands of web graphics, nicely organized and free.
http://www.iconbazaar.com/
* Image Paradise Links to clip art, font and photo sources on the Web.
http://desktoppublishing.com/cliplist.html
* Library Media & PR Site for downloading the new friendly library icon
http://www.ssdesign.com/librarypr/index.html
* Library Clip Art General and seasonal clip art about libraries, ADA (to buy).
http://www.libraryclipart.com/
* Scream Design Mix of free clip art.
http://screamdesign.daz3d.com/free.html

* South Central Library System delivery schedule Up-to-date list of delivery locations; includes funding agency designations.
http://www.sclsdelivery.info/index.html

* WISCAT ILL Borrowing Documentation Pages (training materials) Provided by the Resources for Libraries & Lifelong Learning (RL&LL)
http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/wiscat_ill_borrowing.html

* Library jobs in Wisconsin Library positions submitted to IFLS.
http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/Default.aspx?tabid=148
*South Central Library System (SCLS) Resources to Help with Hiring http://www.scls.info/management/jobad.html
* Minnesota Library Jobline Posts jobs for librarians, information specialists and school media specialists in Minnesota and nearby states.
http://www.mnlibs.org/jobs/index.cfm
* Employment in Wisconsin. From the State of Wisconsin home page, choose Employment under Quick Links on right hand side of page:
http://www.wisconsin.gov

Who are my Wisconsin legislators? http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/waml/waml.aspx

 

Other information and links about Wisconsin state government: http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/index.html

Wisconsin Legislative Notification Service where you can sign up to be notified by email on progress of bills relating to specific topics or sponsored by specific legislators: http://notify.legis.state.wi.us/(ode5xcqm1i1isp55fp1un0i2)/Home.aspx 


WLA Wisconsin Legislative Activities: http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/legis/index.htm

Wisconsin State Statues http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/stats.html

Wisconsin Administrative Code http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code.htm

Wisconsin Department of Justice http://www.doj.state.wi.us/

Wisconsin Attorney General's Opinions  are linked to the following page: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/index.html

Wisconsin Open Meetings Law Guidelines issued by the Attorney General http://www.doj.state.wi.us/dls/spar.asp#opmeet

Wisconsin Public Records Law Guidelines issued by the Attorney General: http://www.doj.state.wi.us/dls/spar.asp#pubrec

Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, devoted to protecting Wisconsin's tradition of open government, has a website with FAQ and other information on WI Open Meeting and Open Records laws. http://www.wisfoic.org/index.html

Wisconsin Counties Association website: http://www.wicounties.org/

League of Wisconsin Municipalities website: http://www.lwm-info.org/

Wisconsin Towns Association website: http://www.wisctowns.com/

Wisconsin State Law Library, which has posted legal research guides, legal forms, and much more: http://wsll.state.wi.us/

Who are my Federal legislators?
For US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/
For US Representatives http://www.house.gov/

To track a federal bill and other legislative information: http://thomas.loc.gov/

The Federal Executive Branch?s website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/

WLA Federal Legislative Information including contact information for the Congressional members from Wisconsin: http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/legis/federal.html

ALA Federal Legislative Information: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/federallegislation/index.cfm

* Channel Newsletter of the Wisconsin state library agency. It provides information about the Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning and its services; about the state's administration and use of federal Library Services and Technology Act funds; and about issues, technology, resources, meetings, and training of interest to Wisconsin librarians and school library media specialists.
http://dpi.wi.gov/channel/channel.html

* Channel Weekly Online newsletter of the Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning. The purpose of Channel Weekly is to provide the Wisconsin library community with timely and brief information and announcements from the division on topics of interest and significance to all types of libraries in the state. The newsletter is sent automatically to subscribers via the closed Channel Weekly email list.
http://dpi.wi.gov/channel/chweekly.html

* America Reads Challenge Program goal: that all children in the US learn to ready by third grade. Provides information about legislation, publications, research and how to get involved.
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/index.html
* Learning Disabilities On-Line An interactive guide for parents, teachers and children. Has links to Wisconsin organizations.
http://www.ldonline.org/
* Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Part of the national library association (ALA).
www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=olos
* Reading is Fundamental
http://www.rif.org
* Wisconsin Resources for Literacy and Learning Disabilities
http://novel.nifl.gov/nalld/wi.html
* Library-based family literacy programs
www.ifla.org/VII/s33/project/literacy.htm#3
* National Family Literacy
www.famlit.org
* Wisconsin Literacy and Reading Network Source
www.wilearns.state.wi.us/apps
* Wisconsin Literacy?locate a program near you
www.wisconsinliteracy.org
* Wisconsin Family Literacy Initiative?increase and improve the family literacy activities across the state
www.wifamilyliteracy.org/index.htm

Statewide Directory (includes newspapers, TV and magazines)

* Wisconsin Newspaper Directory
http://www.newsdirectory.com/news.php?co=USA&p=wi

Newspapers & Television within IFLS

* Bloomer Advance
http://www.badvance.com/
* Chetek Alert
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1134
* Chippewa Herald, Chippewa Falls
http://www.chippewa.com/
* Dunn County News
http://www.dunnconnect.com/
* The Country Today, Eau Claire
http://www.thecountrytoday.com/
* Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
http://www.leadertelegram.com/
* Hudson Star Observer
http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/
* Inter-County Leader, Frederic
http://www.the-leader.net/
* Ladysmith News
http://www.ladysmithnews.com/
* New Richmond News
http://www.newrichmond-news.com/
* Park Falls Herald
http://www.parkfallswi.com/placed/
* Phillips Bee
http://www.phillipswi.com/placed/
* Pierce County Herald
http://www.piercecountyherald.com/
* Rice Lake Chronotype
http://www.ricelakeonline.com/
* River Falls Journal
http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/
* Stoutonia (UW-Stout, Menomonie)
http://www.stoutonia.uwstout.edu/
* The Student Voice (UW-River Falls)
http://www.uwrf.edu/student-voice/
* WEAU TV-13 NBC from Eau Claire
http://www.weau.com/
* WHWC (Wisconsin Public Television, Menomonie)
http://www.wpt.org/
* WLEF (Wisconsin Public Television, Park Falls)
http://www.wpt.org/
* WQOW TV-18 ABC from Eau Claire
http://www.wqow.com/

* Collection Development Policy A well written, fully developed policy and plan. From the Morton Grove (Illinois) Public Library.
http://www.webrary.org/inside/colldevadultWWW.html
* Meeting Room Policy - Hennepin County Library Board.
http://www.hclib.org/pub/info/board_policies/meeting_room_policy.cfm

* Colorado Association of Libraries guidelines for how to deal with requests for library records from law enforcement.
http://cal-webs.org/if.html
* ALA's guidelines for how to deal with requests for library records from law enforcement.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/ifissues/usapatriotact.cfm

* Information about the law by Mary Minow, a library law consultant with librarylaw.com ,
http://www.llrx.com/features/usapatriotact.htm

* Sample Library Policies for the Small Public Library Second edition, revised May 1999 by David Polodna (LaCrosse Public Library). Compiled by the Small Library Committee of the Wisconsin Association of Public Librarians (WAPL).
http://www.owlsweb.info/L4L/policies/sample.asp

 

*Policy Page (OWLS) http://www.owlsweb.info/L4L/policies.asp

* Wisconsin Public Library Policy Resources Page Including Links to Wisconsin Public Library Policies on the Web
http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/policies.html

 

* http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/handbook.html

The Wisconsin Division for Libraries Technology and Community Learning handbook for trustees, especially the following Essentials:
Essential # 3: Bylaws
Essential # 10: Developing Policies
Essential # 14 and 15: Open Meeting and Open Records Law
Essential # 16: Ethics and Conflict of Interest

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* Library Media & PR Describes promotional events at libraries; links to library contacts, sponsors and vendors.
http://www.ssdesign.com/librarypr/
* Marketing Library Services On-line sample version of newsletter published eight times yearly by Information Today Inc. (Medford, NJ). On-line issues date back to March 1998.
http://www.infotoday.com/mls/mls.htm
* American Library Association, A Comminications Handbook for Libraries
http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/availablepiomat/online_comm_handbook.pdf

The following sites have been compiled by libraries for use by their reference departments and/or patrons.

*Selecting and Using a Core-Reference Collection, 4th edition by Margaret Irby Nichols, Texas State Library, 2003
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/corereference/

*Core Reference List (for bigger libraries)--includes some websites as well as print
http://www.mls.lib.il.us/consulting/adult_core.asp

 

* Online Reference Shelf Created and maintained by McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire. 
http://libguides.uwec.edu/ReferenceShelf

 

* LaCrosse Public Library: Search Engines & Directories for Government Information
http://www.lacrosselibrary.org/information/government.asp

 

* L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire.

 

Other Online Reference Sites

* C.I.A. World Factbook Put together by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, this site contains up-to-date facts about every country in the world.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

* Desk Ref: Sources for Quick Answers Searchable
http://www.refdesk.com/

* Internet Public Library-A good collection of just about everything. Searchable.
http://www.ipl.org/

* Legal Explorer Offers librarians a reliable resource to help consumers get answers to everyday legal issues. State Bar of Wisconsin
http://www.legalexplorer.com

* Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/

* U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/

* U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.senate.gov/

* U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm

* Wisconsin Legislature
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/

• Public Library Space Needs: A Planning Outline - How much space do you need in your new or expanded library? Includes worksheet From the Wisconsin Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning (DLTCL): http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/pld/plspace.html
• Planning for New Library Space
• Designing Your New Library Space: A Visual Tour Power Point
• Sample Library Program Statement
• Space Planning (2008) - Part 1
• Space Planning (2008) - Part 2
• Space Planning (2008) - Part 3 
• Space Planning (2008) - Part 4

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* American Public Library Rating Index Also known as the HAPLR Index. Updated annually. Data provided by 9,000 U.S. public libraries to create comparative rankings. Index based on fairly traditional input and output measures; electronic measures and Internet access not included.
http://haplr-index.com/
* Demographic Service Center Annual total population estimates for all towns, villages, and cities in Wisconsin.
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/subcategory.asp?linksubcatid=96&linkcatid=11&linkid=64&locid=9

* Library Research Service One of three centers for library research in the US. Conducts research projects and applies results for libraries and their customers.
http://www.lrs.org/
* IMLS Library Statistics 
http://harvester.census.gov/imls/index.asp

* Quantitative Service Targets for Wisconsin Public Libraries OWLS has developed an Excel workbook that calculates recommended service targets for any Wisconsin library
http://www.owlsweb.info/L4L/wistds.asp

* Wisconsin Public Library Statistics from 1996 to the present. From the Wisconsin Division for Libraries and Community Learning (DLCL). http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/dm-lib-stat.html

* Schools and Library Division Formerly the Schools and Libraries Corp (now merged with the Universal Service Administrative Company). Provides schools and libraries with e-rate discounts on telecommunications services, Internet access and internal connections.
http://www.sl.universalservice.org/
* IFLS Tech Tips
http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/about/tech_tips.asp

Wisconsin: http://www.dor.state.wi.us/html/formpub.html
Minnesota: http://www.taxes.state.mn.us/
Federal: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/

* About Web Design A variety of topics
http://webdesign.about.com/od/webdesignhtmlatoz/a/bl_htmlfaq.htm
* Bobby 3.2 Free software for checking accessibility of your web site.
http://www.cast.org/bobby/
* W3C Link Checker - Analyzes links on a web site
http://validator.w3.org/checklink

* Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Part of the national library association (ALA); supports children's librarians and library services to children.
http://www.ala.org/alsc/
* Child Care Information Center (CCIC) A mail-order lending library and information center. Provides free information service, library services and adult learning service. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and administered by the Department of Public Instruction.
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/rll/ccic/index.html
* Children's Book Council Official sponsor of Children's Book Week. A nonprofit membership organization which encourages the use and enjoyment of books and related literacy materials for children and teens.
http://www.cbcbooks.org/
* Children's Literature Web Guide Categories of Web sources related to books for children and teens.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
* Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) On the UW-Madison campus. Describes its collections, services, publications, upcoming events. Includes CCBC-NET and links to other children's Web sites.
http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/
* Jon's Homeschool Resource Page Includes online discussion and support groups, essays, links, magazines, newsletters, and parenting resources. Authoritative site; quoted exptensively in newsletters and discussion groups.
http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/
* Story Arts Online Explains how to tell a story, retell folktales, and collect family stories. Includes concise story archives.
http://www.storyarts.org/
* Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Part of the national library association (ALA); supports quality library service to teens.
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/
* Youth Services Section (YSS) Part of the state library association (WLA).
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/YSS/index.html
* Children's Literature Network provides a wealth of resources about children's literature events in and around the Twin Cities. This site also includes information about authors, reviews of books, and other relevant information for librarians.
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/index.html
* Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/
* Michael Sullivan, author of Connecting Boys with Books: What Libraries Can Do
www.geocities.com/talestoldtall/
* The Waukesha County Federated Library System site "Birth- Six: Early Reading Resources" web page is available at:
www.wcfls.lib.wi.us/forstaff/youth/earlylit.htm
* National TV Turnoff Network.
www.tvturnoff.org
* University of Central Florida site on weeding
www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/