News for the week

From DPI:
PBS Wisconsin has a special Education Summer Activity Book for Wisconsin public libraries to use and distribute to library users. The booklet is geared toward 5-8 year olds, and is available in print and as a PDF. More details coming soon regarding distribution via post and/or regional delivery.

The Wisconsin Libraries Reopening Guide webinar is now available from DPI. All final decisions are local, but these guidelines are super helpful to build our local plan.

SW Construction News: occasional moderate noise and dirt
Concrete pour Monday/ Tuesday
Work on walls Wed/Thurs
Rooftop HVAC unit work on June 10 (unless it's raining)

From SHARE:
We should have access to a new database called CreativeBug starting Friday.

Janesville reports opening their 41,000 sq. ft. library to the public this week without incident. Masks are optional. Those who want them bring them. They see about 40 people on opening, then it dwindles to a dozen at a time the rest of the day. People aren't lingering so they don't bother restricting visits. People are asking for meeting rooms, mostly for tutoring. They aren't opening their meeting rooms to the public and we won't either.

From Us
In response to the emphasis on racism in our public discourse, Tessa and Zander have pulled together a fabulous list of books to help parents talk to their children about racism and adults to develop a better understanding of the issues. Thanks so much!

We'll be opening the Uptown Library for kids in online summer school June 22 to July 24, M-Thurs mornings. Lincoln Middle School will be our partner- only their students will be allowed to register. Additional hours will be available to the general public. Stephanie has developed a model where we can maintain social distance hosting 18 visitors at a time. That should work well for Uptown. We'll get things running smoothly at UPT, the follow with Simmons on June 30th, barring any additional impediments.