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Public Services Recognition

circ.jpgIn the spirit of Public Services Recognition week, we’d like to thank the many people who use our library. You keep us very busy!

We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank all our staff for a job well done. In addition to the people you see every day when you visit the library, there are many more employees that keep library service running smoothly. Our staff select, order, purchase, catalog, label, deliver, and repair the 1.1 million items in our collection, and we work with libraries throughout the South Central Wisconsin area and beyond to share our materials for your benefit. Other staff keep the sidewalks clean, the bathrooms working, the carpet vacuumed, the books shelved, and the holds filled. Still more staff take programs and resources out into the community, working with other city agencies, nonprofit groups, neighborhood associations, local businesses, and funding sources to share library resources with those learning to read, looking for jobs, or wanting to learn more about practically any subject.

And if a library visit isn’t exciting enough, there’s always the Public Services Recognition event on Wednesday, May 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Join Mayor Dave Cieslewicz at noon on the steps of City Hall, or stop by the first block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. near the Capitol to meet representatives from the Police Department, Fire Department, Metro Transit, and the Streets Department, and some of their equipment.

Public Service Recognition week is a time to help every citizen become more aware of the ways, both direct and indirect, that public services improve the quality of their lives. It is also a chance to highlight our accomplishments, to raise awareness of the good work City employees do every day, and to express appreciation for those efforts. The week offers an opportunity to celebrate the importance of contributions made by Madison’s public servants.

Add comment May 7th, 2008

Poems on the Bus

metrobusimgJust in time for April’s National Poetry Month, the Madison Poet Laureate and the Madison Arts Commission (MAC) are pleased to announce the new program, Bus Lines, a high school poetry competition that will print selected poems on the placards right above the seats on Metro Transit busses in the 2008/2009 academic year. Students whose work is selected will also be invited to read their work at the Wisconsin Book Festival next October.    

Students, who are enrolled in a Madison high school during the 2007/2008 school year, are invited to submit up to three (3) original, unpublished poems to Bus Lines.   Poems can be submitted in any language, but must also include an English language translation.  Each poem must be no longer than eight (8) lines. There is no entry fee. There will be no monetary prize awarded to students whose work is selected.

BUS LINES Applications and Guidelines are available on the MAC Website at http://www.cityofmadison.com/mac/buslines/ or by calling the Arts Program Administrator at kwolf@cityofmadison.com or (608) 261.9134. Entries will be accepted April 1-30, 2008.

April 30, 2008 is the last day to apply.

Bus Lines, is a collaborative project involving: Fabu, Madison’s Poet Laureate; Madison Arts Commission; Metro Transit; Madison Metropolitan School District; Madison Public Library; and the Wisconsin Book Festival. Special thanks to Adams Outdoor Advertising for donating the advertising space and their creative services as part of their Public Service Advertising Program.

3 comments April 3rd, 2008

Share Your Ideas with Metro Transit’s Long-Range Planning Ad Hoc Committee

adhocfront.jpgA long-range Metro Transit planning ad hoc committee has been charged with exploring ways of improving Metro service and securing adequate funding that moves Metro beyond the cycle of fare increases, service cuts and extraordinary increases in general fund support.

Public feedback was solicited on an interim report. A draft final report has been created incorporating this feedback along with further exploration and discussions by the committee.

Public meetings have been scheduled to again ask for input. After public input has been recorded and reviewed by the committee, a final report will be provided to the Mayor’s office.  Attend a meeting:

  • Thursday, April 10, 5:30 p.m. - Lakeview Library, 2845 N. Sherman Ave.
  • Monday, April 14, 5:30 - UW 1651 Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
  • Wednesday, April 16, 5:30 - Sequoya Library, 513 S. Midvale Blvd.

Can’t attend a meeting?  Read the draft final report, then take this online survey.

Add comment April 2nd, 2008

Pothole Patrol

potholesimgThe City of Madison offers a Pothole Patrol web page designed to let citizens report potholes, view maps of where to watch out for potholes (most potholes occur on concrete streets) and check plans for common pothole areas.  Mayor Dave and his staff created this web site to give residents an easy way to inform city workers of potholes in Madison neighborhoods.

Add comment March 27th, 2008

Recyclopedia Updates and Changes

recycleimgThe 2008 Recyclopedia for the City of Madison is now available in English or Spanish with updates and changes, including new guidelines for computers, TVs and consumer electronics.

The city now offers a year round drop off recycling of computers, TVs, and consumer electronics.  As of January 1, 2008, the city no longer collects computer monitors, laptops, computer CPU’s and televisions at the curb.  These items require a $10 Appliance Sticker and must be brought to the two full-service drop off sites for recycling located on the East side at 4602 Sycamore Ave. and on the West side at 1501 W. Badger Rd.

Curb pick-up for other appliances also requires a sticker.  You can purchase an appliance sticker at your local library or online.  All Madison Public Library locations sell all varieties and increments of stickers:

  • Appliance Sticker ($35)
  • Appliance Sticker ($15)
  • Tire on Rim ($10)
  • Tire ($5)
  • Computer Monitor, Laptop and CPU Sticker, Television ($10)

For more information, visit the City of Madison Appliance Sticker FAQs site.

To find out what else is new, visit the City of Madison Streets and Recycling page.

Add comment March 11th, 2008

Jasper Johns Exhibit at MMoCA

jasperjohnsimgThe Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, across the street from the Central Library, is currently hosting a retrospective exhibition of prints by Jasper Johns in the museum’s main galleries.

The exhibition features 100 lithographs, screenprints, and intaglios made between 1960 and 2007, and a variety of educational programs will take place between now and April.

Find out more about Jasper Johns before visiting the exhibit with these books from the library:

Add comment March 3rd, 2008

Safe and Sustainable Bug Control

ladybugimgLearn about the environmentally friendly pest control methods used in the Bolz Conservatory during the Safe & Sustainable Bug Control exhibit at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, open daily through March 23.

For more ideas, try these books from the library:

Add comment February 20th, 2008

Thanks to Our Maintenance Crew, It’s Easier to Vote

The Central Library on Mifflin Street is a polling place, and we’ve been seeing a steady stream of voters since 7 a.m. this morning.  We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the library staff you usually don’t see - our maintenance crew - for their hard work in clearing our sidewalks and courtyard of the icy snow that accumulated over the weekend.  Thanks Dave, Gilbert, James and Ricardo!  The sidewalks were clear for the voters who came first thing in the morning before the library was even open.

Haven’t voted yet?  Find out where you can vote in the City of Madison - you can register at the polls if you haven’t already registered.

Add comment February 19th, 2008

Wright Lecture Series at Monona Terrace

hardyhouseimgPlanning on attending the Wright Lecture Series at Monona Terrace?  The Madison Public Library offers resources that complement many of the lectures:

Tuesday, February 12
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hardy House

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hardy House written and photographed by Mark Hertzberg.

Tuesday, March 11
Milwaukee in Focus

Milwaukee Architecture:  A Guide to Notable Buildings by Joseph Korom.

Tuesday, April 29
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future

Eero Saarinen:  An Architecture of Multiplicity by Antonio Roman.

All lectures are at 7:00 p.m. in the Monona Terrace Lecture Hall and are free and open to the public.

Add comment February 10th, 2008

Madison Welcomes New Poet Laureate

fabu_ct_blog.jpgFabu Carter-Brisco has been named as Madison’s Poet Laureate.  The Central Library will host a reception and poetry reading celebrating Fabu’s inauguration on Sunday, January 20, from 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  The reception is free and open to the public and all are welcome to commemorate the inauguration of our city’s new Poet Laureate and say farewell to outgoing Poet Laureate Andrea Musher.

For more information about Fabu and the Poet Laureate position, please visit the City of Madison site or read the articles featured in The Capital Times  and The Wisconsin State Journal.

A collection of Fabu’s poetry, In Our Own Tongues, is available to reserve at the library.

Photo courtesy of The Capital Times.

Add comment January 11th, 2008

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