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The Madison Community Foundation granted $192,500 to Madison Public Library to build focused collections at seven Madison library locations. The collections will be created over the next three years.
The libraries and collections are: Central Library (Small Business & Entrepreneurship); Hawthorne Branch (Pop Culture); Meadowridge Branch (Strong Families); Monroe Street Branch (Audio Books); Pinney Branch (Sustainable Living); Sequoya Branch (Art of the Picture Book); and South Madison Branch (Success U: Education, Employment & Housing). The Madison Community Foundation previously awarded grants for $27,500 each to the Alicia Ashman Branch (Comics & Anime) and the Lakeview Branch (Film & Film History).
“This is a generous and significant contribution to our libraries and we are grateful to the Madison Community Foundation for their ongoing support of Dane County libraries. The grants will allow us to offer in-depth specialty collections on topics of interest to Madison residents, and will provide much-needed funds to help combat shrinking book budgets and rising prices,” says Carla DiIorio, Collection Development Coordinator for all Madison libraries.
Research demonstrates that people value public libraries and see them as essential community cornerstones. Library usage continues to increase, and libraries were seen as an “essential” city service in a recent City of Madison Resident Satisfaction Survey. When asked how to enhance libraries, users and non-users alike want more current materials. Madison Public Library was one of 256 libraries to receive a top-star rating last week in a nationwide comparison of public libraries.
The grants come with a challenge to use the gifts to help build more community support, to develop partnerships, and to raise additional funds for the collections. As the collections grow, the library and community partners will hold events and offer outreach opportunities around each distinctive collection. Madison residents will be able to subscribe to updates about the collection(s) of their choice.
The Madison Community Foundation has supported Dane County’s public library system with over $5 million in donations for collections, programs and capital campaigns since 2000, including a total of 27 collection grants awarded to Madison and Dane County Libraries.
“It’s simple - great libraries make great communities. We continue to support this wonderful asset and are thrilled to see the collections grow and be shared so widely across the county,” says Kathleen Woit, President of the Madison Community Foundation.
Madison Community Foundation encourages, facilitates and manages long-term philanthropy. Since 1942, the foundation staff has helped people realize their philanthropic goals, allowing them to support charitable interests anywhere in the world. The community foundation also awards grants throughout Dane County to build communities. More information is available online at www.madisoncommunityfoundation.org
March 13th, 2009
Tana
Stop in your local Madison Public Library for tech fun as we celebrate the second annual Teen Tech Week
, March 8 - 14! Thousands of libraries and schools across the country are celebrating this year’s theme, “Press Play @ Your Library®.”
Join us for these fun and exciting tech events:
- Game Lab, Monday, March 9, 5 – 8 p.m. at the Pinney Library
We’ll have eight laptops just for teens to use! Board games, video games, card games, and keyboard jewelry!
- Video Game-a-Thon, Wednesday, March 11, 3:30 – 5 p.m. at the Lakeview Library
DDR, Wii, maybe a few pizzas. Come school your friends on how to compete in the electronic world.
- Free Friday Flick: The Grudge, Friday, March 13, 6 – 8 p.m. at the Pinney Library
Enjoy this unluckiest of days with a skin-crawling horror flick, some snacks and a comfort object.
- Ashman Anime Club presents… Doujin Work: Pencil and Paper, Vol. 1, Friday, March 13, 6:45 – 8:45 p.m. at the Alicia Ashman Branch
Anime films are shown in Japanese with English subtitles. Screenings are intended for adults and teens. Some films may require a signed parental permission slip for attendees under age 16. Register online or call 824-1780.
- Robot Challenge, Saturday, March 14, 1 – 4 p.m. at the Pinney Library
Join us as we design, build, and program a LEGO Mindstorm robot. Feel free to bring your old LEGOs, too!
- Wii Party: Super Smash Brothers, Saturday, March 14, 2 – 4 p.m. at the Alicia Ashman Library
Come play Wii games on a big screen! Super Smash Brothers is a combat-strategy game with a wide variety of characters that can be played by up to four people at one time. It is rated T for teen. Ages 10-18, beginners welcome. Registration is recommended and available online or by calling 824-1780.
Teen Tech Week, held annually the second week of March, encourages teens to use libraries’ non-print resources for education and recreation, and to recognize that librarians are qualified, trusted professionals in the field of information technology. Recent studies from Pew Internet & American Life Project show that, on average, 8-18 year olds spend more than 6 hours per day using technology including TV, DVDs, video games, audio media, and computers. For an updated list of sponsors and supporting organizations, visit www.ala.org/teentechweek.
March 11th, 2009
Alicia
Alicia Ashman’s Anime Club presents Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind on Saturday, June 21 at 2:00 p.m.
From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animation and the creator of the Academy Award®-winning Spirited Away (Best Animated Feature Film, 2002) comes Hayao Miyazaki’s epic masterpiece Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. A thousand years after a global war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of only a few areas still populated. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley are engaged in a constant struggle with powerful insects called ohmu, who guard a poisonous jungle that is spreading across the Earth. Nausicaä and her brave companions, together with the people of the Valley, strive to restore the bond between humanity and the Earth. The film is written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. This spectacular film features exotic settings, impactful music, and a timeless story about courage and compassion in the face of danger. Screening permission and image courtesy of Movie Licensing USA. Refreshments will be served. Register online or call 824-1780. This film is rated PG.
June 10th, 2008
Tana
The first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day!
As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world are giving away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores.
In addition to comic shops, a selection of the Free Comic Book Day comics will be available at the following Madison Public Library locations, courtesy of Westfield’s Comics and Capital City Comics:
Alicia Ashman Branch
Central Library — in the Youth Services Department, 2nd floor
Meadowridge Branch
Sequoya Branch
Be sure to visit local comic book stores for even more great free comic book titles!
If you are new to comics or returning after not reading them for awhile, some useful links are available here.
May 1st, 2008
Tana