Here are documents relevant to the Winnefox system planning process in 2015.
Talks with the Outagamie-Waupaca Library System:
- Webinar held 29 Oct 2015 and related documents:
- Recording of the webinar (the password was emailed to directors; contact Mark or Bradley if you've misplaced it)
- Results of agree/disagree statements
- OWLS-Winnefox Survey results — requires Tableau Reader software
- OWLS/Winnefox small group conversation, 5 Aug 2015
- Memo regarding system planning — emailed to all library staff and trustees 14 May 2015
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Combined Services Exploration — to define the parameters and costs for the process management and facilitation for a combined system services exploration WiLS will provide to WLS and OWLS
- Project Proposal for OWLS and WLS Combined System Services Exploration — outline of the proposed process and associated costs for exploring coordinating and/or consolidating system services provided by WLS and OWLS
- OWLS-Winnefox Combined Services Exploration Communication Plan updated 11 Jun 2015
Talks with the Mid-Wisconsin Federated Library System:
- Questions from Hustisford PL for Winnefox regarding the ILS
- Answers to Questions from MWFLS — questions asked of Winnefox by the director of Waupun PL in April 2015; answers were shared with library directors in Dodge and Washington Counties
- System Redesign — DPI's web page provides an overview of the process, as well as links to COLAND's Strategic Vision for Library Systems in the 21st Century, DPI's Revisioning Wisconsin Public Library Systems and Lean System Study Work Group Recommendations, SRLAAW's Creating More Effective Library Systems, and WiLS' ILS Consortia in Wisconsin
- The Future of Public Library Systems in Wisconsin — an article published in the May 2015 issue of Trustee Tale
Focus group participants:
- OWLS directors:
- Peg Burington, Waupaca, pburingt@mail.owls.lib.wi.us, 715-258-4414
- Beth Carpenter, Kimberly-Little Chute, bcarpent@mail.owls.lib.wi.us, 920-788-7515 or 920-788-7825
- Ellen Connor, Manawa, econnor@mail.owls.lib.wi.us, 920-596-2252
- Ann Hunt, New London, ahunt@mail.owls.lib.wi.us, 920-982-8519
- Winnefox directors:
- Jon Mark Bolthouse, Fond du Lac, bolthouse@fdlpl.org, 920-322-3959
- Nicole Overbeck, Wautoma, overbeck@wautomalibrary.org, 920-787-2988
- Gretchen Raab, Neenah, raab@neenahlibrary.org, 920-886-6300
- Clairellyn Sommersmith, Princeton, sommersmith@princetonpublib.org, 920-295-6777
Contact Mark Arend at arend@winnefox.org or 920-236-5222 for more information.