Downloadable Video Service Launches • ChiltonLibrary Has Been Tuned Up! • NWLS Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda • Useful URLs • Reflection

March 12 Directors Meeting, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., NWLS

March 13 Greener Pastures Rural Library Sustainability Workshop, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Rice Lake Public Library (also April 18 in Mercer).

March 17 NWLS Board of Trustees Meeting, 12:00 p.m., NWLS

March 29 LSTA Early Literacy Project: Infant Brain Development, 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Iron River

March 30 LSTA Early Literacy Project: Infant Brain Development, 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Mellen

April 10 Serving the Legal Information Needs of the Public: A Program for Wisconsin Public Librarians 10:00 - 3:00 p.m., Manitowish Waters

April 11 Serving the Legal Information Needs of the Public: A Program for Wisconsin Public Librarians 10:00 - 3:00 p.m., Eau Claire Indianhead Federated Library System

April 18 Greener Pastures Rural Library Sustainability Workshop, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Mercer, (also March 13 in Rice Lake).

April 25 MilCirc Tips and Tricks, 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., NWLS

2007 UW-Madison's School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) Conference and Continuing Education Courses:

• April 23-26 Libraries: Inspiring Spaces ... Functional Places Conference, (on-site), UW-Madison
• June 25-29 Public Library Administration (on-site), UW-Madison
• August 13-17 Cataloging (on-site), UW-Madison
• August 20-24 Puppetry in the Library (on-site course), UW-Madison.

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Downloadable Video Service Launches
From Mike Sheehan, NWLS

The Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WPLC) is pleased to announce that a collection of downloadable videos is available for NWLS patrons. The collection is from OverDrive, the same provider as WPLC uses for the downloadable audio books, and is accessible from the WPLC Digital Books web site.

A patron may checkout a maximum of four items, any combination of audio books and videos. Videos have a loan period of seven days. Requesting and hold rules for videos are the same as for the downloadable audio books. The collection contains roughly 162 titles at this time, with anticipated growth.

Please note that a user must have version 2.0 or higher of the OverDrive Media Console software in order to view videos. The software can be downloaded from the WPLC Digital Books web site.

Updated information will be distributed as it arrives.

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ChiltonLibrary Has Been Tuned Up!
From Linda Bailen, NWLS

The ChiltonLibrary database has been "tuned-up" and is fully loaded. It provides automotive repair information for do-it-yourself people, including exclusive photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins for automobiles and light trucks in one easy-to-use web site. Chilton has been helping people maintain cars and trucks for more than 80 years.

Among the improvements to ChiltonLibrary are: domestic and import vehicle information through the current model year (updated monthly); improved search; better printability; clearer navigation; individual tabs for repair, maintenance or bulletin information; and easy-to-access maintenance schedules.

Patrons of libraries in the NWLS area can access ChiltonLibrary at home with a password from your library. Visit the Northern Waters Library Service website and click on the ChiltonLibrary link.

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NWLS Board of Trustees Meeting: March 17, 2007

The next meeting of the NWLS Board of Trustees will be held at 12:00
p.m. on March 17, 2007 at NWLS Headquarters in Ashland. Agenda items include:

1. Call to order / Roll Call
2. Guest Comments
3. Minutes of the January 20, 2007 Board of Trustees Meeting
4. January and February 2007 NWLS Expenditures
5. February 28, 2007 Financial Statement and Budget Report
6. Approval of 2006 Annual Audit
7. Approval of 2007 Budget Amendment
8. Approval of 2006 Annual Report
9. Approval of NWLS pay scale
10. Financial Procedures Manual Revision
11. Approval of Personnel Handbook Revisions : Family and Medical Leave Act Guidelines, Timesheets, Rest Breaks, Pay Periods and Payroll Deductions, Longevity Pay
12. Executive Session as authorized by Wisconsin Statutes s.19.85 (1)c to conduct the Director's evaluation and as authorized by s.10.85(1)(f) to consider the medical history of a specific person, after which the Board will convene in open session.
13. Director's Report
14. Other Business
15. Adjourn

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It's a Mystery! Books for Curious Kids and Teens
From Cooperative Children's Book Center

Looking for suspense? Intrigue? Surprise? Revelation? The books below offer children and teens one or more of these hard-to-resist qualities. This bibliography was developed for the 2007 Wisconsin Summer Library Reading Program: Get a Clue at Your Library. The CCBC age recommendation for each book is provided. For the two Fiction categories, it should be noted that many books have a potential audience above or below that indicated by the name of the category into which the books have been grouped.

Never Too Old: Picture Books to Share with Older Children and Teens
From Cooperative Children's Book Center

Think picture books are just for young children? Think again! Some picture books are created with an older audience in mind. Others embody a level of sophistication in the text or art that offers intrigue for older children and/or teens even as they also appeal to a younger audience. Still others offer outrageous humor that can be enjoyed by readers of many ages.

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'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or
conversations?'

-Lewis Carroll

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