FOL Sale @ SW This Weekend and Bright Spots!

FOL Book Sale This Weekend in SW Lobby. Please pitch in if you can. FOL provides $20,000 in support to KPL programs and services annually. This year they are sponsoring the bookmobile consultant that is designing our new vehicle, a subscription that will give us lots of live author programs, and support for the Big Read kickoff program. If you can't squeeze time out of your desk schedule to help, please stop by to say thank you to the volunteers who do a lot of heavy lifting for the sale and to Brandi who is Staff Liaison Extraordinaire. 

Friday, February 9th, 2023

8:00  AM - 10:00 AM: SETUP

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM: OPEN TO PUBLIC

Saturday, February 10th, 2023

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM: OPEN TO PUBLIC

Sunday, February 11th, 2023

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM: OPEN TO PUBLIC

4-6pm CLEANUP

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• The recarpeting project begins Monday at SW. We'll be open to the public after 3pm M-F and hold normal hours on the weekends until this is done. We'll also hold normal hours M,T,W of election week.
• We have proposals from three different architecture firms for the new Uptown Children's Library. The Board's Buildings and Grounds Committee will meet to discuss and help select the winner.
• Linda, Rob and I met 5 legislators in Madison this week and told them about all the good work libraries are doing here. They were all very welcoming and thanked us for the good work we do! One of the things we asked for was a connection to Tammy Baldwin's office so that we might leverage federal funds for an all-electric bookmobile. Keep your fingers crossed!
• Congratulations go out to Megan who secured her first library grant! Megan applied for the ALSC "Light the Way" Grant, which honors author Kate DiCamilllo and the themes in her books. The $3,000 award assists a library "in conducting exemplary and replicable outreach to underserved populations through a new and innovative (emphasis theirs!) program or an expansion of work already being done." Megan's grant-funded project will be to work with employees and residents of Shalom Center's family shelter and Women & Children's Horizons to continue providing the already successful monthly KPL Family Night boxes, as well as a well-stocked library of non-circulating popular books and literacy-based toys & games for ages 0-14. This will include containers for the toys, as well as bookshelves for each location. The grant committee met with Megan and I via video chat this morning to deliver the news. They said they were thrilled to be able to support and share this important, impactful, innovative, and easily replicable program. I am so proud of Megan and the way that our services impact not only our immediate community, but libraries across the country! 

This week's Bright Spot Awards go to:

• Shawn Wolf who will be presenting "Totally Toddler: Planning Based on Patterns of Play" at UW-Whitewater’s Early Childhood Conference, and "Public Libraries As Partners in Continuing Education" at DPI’s Promoting Early Childhood Conference! Shawn will be presenting at these conferences with former KPL staff member Erin Mendoza. Wowsa, Shawn! We are so proud to work with you!
• Megan Nigh for her winning grant proposal, as well as her amazing empathy and fortitude while dealing with several trying behavior incidents. Another KPL Rockstar!