Dear Greg; Love, Lisbon Town Board

Lisbon willing to resume Sussex library talks. (Sussex Sun, 4/23/2013)

Related articles: 
Perhaps Pauline Haass is spinning in her grave.  (3/18/2013)
What a long strange trip it's been.  (2/13/2012)
Dueling news releases.  (10/7/2012)
Town of Lisbon wants deep discount in payment for library services.  (9/30/2012)
As the world of joint library agreements turns.  (8/22/2012)
The beat goes on.  (7/2/2012)
Joint library negotiations continue.  (5/13/2012)
Jane Stadler on Paying Taxes: "...it is something that you do because you're part of the community.  (11/26/2011)
Lisbon town chair not likely to get his way on Pauline Haass Library funding. (11/22/2011)
Lisbon Town chair advocates paying for library services on the cheap.  (11/22/2011)
The challenges of shared governance and funding.  (9/28/2011)
Consensus building for new joint library agreement.  (7/22/2011)
Sussex, Lisbon:  Local politics and library negotiations.  (5/28/2011)
Negotiation to continue after information-gathering process.  (10/8/2010)
And the beat goes on.  (10/4/2010)
Differences of opinion of library funding continue.  (9/18/2010)
Leaders of Village of Sussex, Town of Lisbon clash over funding for library. (8/26/2010)
Will annexation resolution interfere with negotiations over joint library agreement?  (8/4/2010)
Proposal to change library funding formula gets cool reception.  (6/7/2010)
Town of Lisbon Chairman proposes new funding formula for library.  (5/31/2010)

Pigs Fly: Glenn Grothman Expresses Concern for Wisconsin's Most Vulnerable Citizens

Scott Walker's rent-to-own budget provision brings strong reaction.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/26/2013)

Excerpt: Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) said he hopes to remove the measure from the budget in the weeks ahead as a member of the Joint Finance Committee. He said at the news conference the rent-to-own plan was harmful to the poor and would amount to "bleeding millions of dollars each year from our most vulnerable citizens."

The policy item under question is to allow rent-to-own stores to offer financing plans without disclosing their interest rates.  What is it doing in the Governor's budget and why isn't it more properly being presented as separate legislation?

I'm sure it all has to do with the merits of the proposal money.

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Follow the Money

(The 10/6/2006 contribution is to the Committee to Elect a Republican Senate.  I found one person of color pictured on the homepage, but she doesn't look old enough to vote.)

Meet Mark Speese, Title Hound:   CEO/Chairman of the Board/Director of Rent-A-Center, Inc.

Meet Jeff Lebakkan.  (Excerpt from the above Journal Sentinel article.  Title provided by Retiring Guy.)

And he's got the money to back up his meritorious words.

Holy plutocracy, Batman!

If Wishes Were Horses: When are the Democrats planning on coming out with their own alternative state budget for people to consider?

A question posed on Facebook yesterday.

Wisconsin Library Association

Courtesy of Blumenfeld and Associates LLC

Unfortunately, an alternative state budget  is an exercise in wishful thinking.

According to state law, the Governor creates the budget in conjunction with the Department of Administration Secretary.  

The budget is then submitted to the legislature, whose current membership includes.....

• 18 Republicans and 15 Democrats in the Senate
• 60 Republicans and 39 Democrats in the Assembly

.....thus insuring that the current Republican Governor gets pretty much anything he wants.

As painful as it sounds, the best approach to the current budget process is to monitor and share the bad behavior of the majority of our legislators; encourage the minority (and unconvinced Republicans) to offer reasonable alternatives; and, eventually, i.e., on November 4, 2014, make legislators pay for the legislative program so destructive to Wisconsin they have enacted since January 2011.

Republicans increased their vote total by 24%.

Democrats increased their vote total by 60%.

No ebb tide in 2014.

Library Man to the Rescue

Facebook blurb:   Love reading but tired of carrying those heavy books?  Library Man's got the answer.  Just like the old timey books you know and love but without all.....

Santa Monica Public Library homepage

Good Advice from the La Crosse Tribune Editorial Board

Our view: Uproar over surplus not helpful. (La Crosse Tribune, 4/25/2013)

Related posts.
Scott Walker UW Board of Regents appointee speaks out.   (4/25/2013)
This is what happens when the inmates run the asylum.  (4/24/2013)

Applying a Bandaid to a Deep, Long Gash

Western Firms Feel Pressure as Toll Rises in Bangladesh. (The New York Times, 4/25/2013)

Excerpt: Walmart has refused to join that effort.  [a plan among Western retailers to finance fire safety efforts and structural upgrades in Bangladeshi factories].   But, in January, it announced that it would demand that factories quickly correct any safety violations and would dismiss any contractor that uses unapproved or unsafe factories. Two weeks ago, Walmart pledged $1.8 million to establish a health and safety institute in Bangladesh to train 2,000 factory managers about fire safety.  [Emphasis added.]

Walmart is assuming that these types of fires are sure to happen again?

What about a bigger picture?

What about creating a healthy and safe work environment?

What about paying workers a living wage?

According to this website, Walmart made a profit of $34,880 every minute in 2012.  Let's see, that makes $1,800,000 a 52-minute accumulation.



Related post:
The price to pay for those always low prices.  (4/25/2013)

Is Tom Tiffany Down for Everyone or Just Me?

News release

And so I did.

When I type in the url, I don't get a purple banner.  Just the green fields.  Plus there's an "owner login" in the upper right-hand corner.

Naturally, a certain song came to mind.

The Midwest Swings from One Extreme to the Other

In Midwest, Drought Gives Way to Flood.  (The New York Times, 4/25/2013)

That was then.


This is now.


Excerpt: It seemed a sudden, dizzying reversal for a region that had since last summer been contending with a drought that left water supplies in doubt, farm fields shriveled and water levels along the Mississippi River so low as to threaten, at times, to close down commercial traffic. By Thursday, because of high waters — and more than 100 barges that broke loose from their moorings near St. Louis over the weekend — portions of the river were, in effect, closed.

Republicans Continue Their War Against DNR's Mission

From the page 448 of the 2011-12 Wisconsin Blue Book

If the above words ever appeared on the DNR website, they have since been scrubbed cleaned.

Budget panel backs DNR job cuts. (Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, 4/25/2013)

So it makes perfect sense for the Joint Committee on Finance to eliminate the 32.1 positions left unfilled by the current DNR secretary, a former homebuilder.  The proposal was approved on a 12-4 party-line vote.

Notice what comes first at today's DNR.

As in "Open for......"

School Choice Field Trip?

Does it say anything about the group's priorities that the rally took place on a school day?

American Federation for Children

Seeing red:  The members of the orchestra

The orchestration manual

And the Koch puppet made an appearance.

Related posts:
Spending by school choice backers: Sort of like Christmas for some folks.  (4/15/2013)
Study analysis likely to be pooh-poohed by majority of the Wisconsin State Legislature, who prefer ideology over evidence.  (4/4/2013)
The New York Times provides an overview of school choice without mentioning the American Legislative Exchange Council's orchestration.  (3/26/2013)
Conjuring up a metaphorical firestorm.  (2/25/2013)
Reporter Writes About "Flood" of School Voucher Legislation without Mentioning ALEC.  (8/2/2011)

The Great Gatsby: Best Seller Status, Dueling Book Covers, and Yet Another Movie Version

Amazon

Judging ‘Gatsby’ by Its Cover(s).  (The New York Times, 4/25/2013)

Excerpt:  On Thursday, it was the top-selling book on Amazon.com.  At Barnes & Noble stores last week, no other paperback book sold more copies. It has landed on best-seller lists for independent bookstores.

The movie tie-in book cover

 Reproduction of the original   

The 2012 2013 movie trailer

Based on the trailer, I don't think the movie is going to revive Tobey Maguire's career.

Related post: 

The Great Gatsby and Hollywood: If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.  (8/6/2013)

Four Words to Wisconsin Democrats in 2014: Get Out The Vote

Republicans increased their vote total by 24%.

Democrats increased their vote total by 60%.

Wisconsin Counties: Interlibrary Loan Per Capita

The top 4 counties are in the South Central Library System.  All but 3 of the public libraries in these counties are members of the LINKcat consortium.

The Brown County Public Library, the Portage County Public Library, and the Kenosha Public LIbrary all have standalone systems.

Other tables:
Wisconsin counties:  Circulation per hour.  (4/25/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Public library Internet computers,  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Public library books per capita.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Program attendance per capita.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Average per capita public library support.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Public library circulation per capita.  (4/22/2013)
Wisconsin public library systems:  Circulation per capita.  (4/21/2013)
How Do Wisconsin Public Library Systems Compare to the Bergen County Cooperative Library System?  (4/21/2013)
Ratio of Total Program Attendance to Library Visits.  (2/14/2013)
Wisconsin Public Libraries: Children's Circulation as a Percentage of Total Circulation.  (11/19/2013)
Wisconsin Public Libraries: Total Circulation and Interlibrary Loans.  (11/14/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Adjacent County Payments, 2008-2011.  (11/5/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Another Look At Materials Expenditures.  (10/31/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Book, Audio, and Video Holdings.  (10/29/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Circulation per hour.  (10/26/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  County revenue including non-system county payments. (10/25.2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Municipal, county, all other revenue.  (10/17/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Top 20: Public Access Internet Computers  (10/15/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries    Total programs and attendance.  (10/14/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Other (i.e., mostly adult) programs and attendance.  (10/12/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Young adult programs and attendance. (10/12/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Children's programs and attendance.  (10/11/2012)
Books, audio, video. (10/9/2012)
Status Report on Wisconsin's Public Libraries (Part 2A: Where Does the Money Come From?)  (11/28/2011)

"Yes," Mr. Gumpy said, "if you don't squabble."

Memories of a Bedtime Book Club. (The New York Times, 4/24/2013)

Andy and Eddie are 25 and 22 now.  Most of the books JoAnna and I read to them have been donated to the library or given to family and friends with younger children.

One book, however, will always remain in my possession.   Oh, how a 3-year-old Andy would giggle every time I uttered the word "squabble".  A precious memory.

The Price to Pay for Those Always Low Prices

Building Collapse in Bangladesh Leaves Scores Dead. (The New York Times, 4/24/2013)

About 2,500 people worked in the collapsed building that housed a number of factories that made clothing to be sold in European and American stores, including Walmart.

At the time of publication of this article, 142 workers had died and more than 1,000 were reported injured.  A CNN story posted in the last hour reports 244 casualties.

Initial investigations revealed illegal construction and building code violations.

Bangladesh, November 2012


Excerpt from the 4/24 NYT article:  Such low labor costs have attracted not just Walmart but almost every major global clothing company, including Sears, Gap, Tommy Hilfiger and many others.

Apparently, it's always 1911 somewhere in this world.

Wisconsin Counties: Public Library Circulation Per Hour

No real surprises in the first bar graph, except, perhaps, for Winnebago County's significant lead over the rest of the top 10.

Rural counties, exclusively.

Data source:  Wisconsin Public Library Service Data 2011

Other tables:
Wisconsin counties:  Public library Internet computers,  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Public library books per capita.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Program attendance per capita.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Average per capita public library support.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Public library circulation per capita.  (4/22/2013)
Wisconsin public library systems:  Circulation per capita.  (4/21/2013)
How Do Wisconsin Public Library Systems Compare to the Bergen County Cooperative Library System?  (4/21/2013)
Ratio of Total Program Attendance to Library Visits.  (2/14/2013)
Wisconsin Public Libraries: Children's Circulation as a Percentage of Total Circulation.  (11/19/2013)
Wisconsin Public Libraries: Total Circulation and Interlibrary Loans.  (11/14/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Adjacent County Payments, 2008-2011.  (11/5/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Another Look At Materials Expenditures.  (10/31/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Book, Audio, and Video Holdings.  (10/29/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Circulation per hour.  (10/26/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  County revenue including non-system county payments. (10/25.2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Municipal, county, all other revenue.  (10/17/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Top 20: Public Access Internet Computers  (10/15/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries    Total programs and attendance.  (10/14/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Other (i.e., mostly adult) programs and attendance.  (10/12/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Young adult programs and attendance. (10/12/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Children's programs and attendance.  (10/11/2012)
Books, audio, video. (10/9/2012)
Status Report on Wisconsin's Public Libraries (Part 2A: Where Does the Money Come From?)  (11/28/2011)

"Tale of woes never end at WEDC", notes Peter Barca (D-Kenosha)

State jobs agency adds 3rd finance chief in 2 years, then loses him in a day. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/24/2013)

Scott Bowers at LinkedIn.

Obviously, it's time for a special request.



Related posts:
Enterprise Florida and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation share a lack of transparency.  (2/28/2013)
Work to do, words yet to live by.  (12/27/2012)

Scott Walker UW Board of Regents Appointee Speaks Out

Regents not unified on response to UW surplus. (WKOW, Madison, 4/24/2013)

But only one example is offered.  And guess what?

UW System Board of Regents

Regina Millner has an interesting mix of campaign contributions through the years.

Only one other Regents board member is quoted in this brief article.

Since 2003.  Guess what?  That would make him a Doyle appointee.

Related post.
This is what happens when the inmates run the asylum.  (4/24/2013)

James Patterson Hopes to Start a Dialogue on Who Will Save Our Books, Bookstores, and Libraries

Patterson Sees Ads as a Wake Up Call. Publishers Weekly, 4/24/2013)

Cover ad paid for by James Patterson

In response.

Barbara Markwell, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, says check with your school and public libraries.  There is a place for all formats of books. However, one of the big issues is the growing loss of librarians. As funding is reduced and eliminated for all kinds of libraries, there are fewer employed librarians. One thing librarians do is encourage READING. They guide students and adults to reading material. Check with your local schools, do they have full time librarians? Check with your public library, are their hours cut, their book budgets reduced? Teachers teach students to read - librarians lead people to great books.

Marla Miller expresses some skepticism.   But classics in jeopardy? I don't get his message. Children's literature and libraries are surviving-no one's out to get them, Mr. Patterson.

Phyllis Lamken describes a trend that developed well before Amazon's ascendancy.  . Second, part of the problem is size of the publishing companies. In the past 40 years we have gone from 30 publishers to 6 publishers. And while the big authors like Patterson can get published, more and more mid-lists authors have a hard time getting publisher, despite decent sales. When there were more smaller publishers, the publishers were thrilled with the sales of their mid-list authors. Today, unless you are a huge success, you are going to have a hard time getting in print. Successful series are not only available in e-format, because their sales weren't large enough. Lower the costs of print books. Instead the publishers want to focus on increasing the price of e-books.

The pot has been stirred.  How long will it roil?

Hat tip to Mark Arend.  (I'm ashamed to admit that I recycled Sunday's New York Times Book Review without even taking a glance at it.)

Manitowoc Herald-Times-Reporter Editorial Board Vocabulary Lesson: Bipartisan, Bicameral

Merriam-Webster (highlights added)

Our view: Jacque's fake ID bill has merit.  (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, 4/23/2013)

Excerpt [with emphasis added]:  Despite the opposition, it appears that the measure has bipartisan support in the Legislature, with Sen. Rick Gudex, R-Fond du Lac, sponsoring a companion bill in the state Senate.

2013 Wisconsin Assembly Bill 61

The bill has no Democratic sponsors, i.e., there is no involvement of the members of two parties here.  It does, however, have Republican sponsors from both the Assembly and Senate, which, it appears, gives the measure bicameral support.

This is What Happens When the Inmates Run the Asylum

Inmates who are renowned for their bashing of education.

From the UW-Stout Student Association

Curb Service at the Flooded Glen Ellyn Public Library

4 years ago at the Glen Ellyn Public Library

Flooded Glen Ellyn Library providing curbside service.  (Daily Herald, 4/24/2013)

An earlier account mentioned flooding in the library's basement, but this update notes that the library's circulation department and meetings room on the first floor also experienced water damage.

In the meantime, patrons can pick up holds and browse a cart of new books at the library's main entrance.

Library materials were not damaged.

Library Director Dawn Bussey hopes the library will be open for business on Monday, April 29.

Flooding update.

Related post:
Library among worst hit locations during recent flooding.  (4/21/2013)

South Central Library System Overdrive Statistics 2012

I think it's safe to assume that a considerable number of people received ebook readers as Christmas gifts in 2011 and 2012.

Data source:  South Central Library System

Related posts:
Staying ahead of the learning curve with ebooks.  (4/9/2013)
"Books are dead yet," sez Salon.  (3/21/2013)
Ebooks and the hype of emerging technology.  (1/8/2013)
Based on this column graph, print books are not likely to go away anytime soon.  (1/2/2013)
Printed books still lead ebooks by a significant margin.  (12/28/2012)
Ebook market pauses to take a breath.  (12/25/2012)
Year-to-date book revenues:  Jan-Jul 2011 and Jan-Jul 2012.  (11/1/2012)
Libraries get screwed when it comes to price of and access to ebooks.  (9/10/2012)
Millennials lead the way....to fewer bookstores?  (8/22/2012)
Ebooks sliding down the peak of inflated expectations.  (8/18/2012)
Adult hardcover book sales hold their own, paperbacks sales drop in 1st quarter of 2012.  (6/17/2012)
Library ebook circulation skyrockets @ the Greendale Public Library and throughout Wisconsin.  (5/29/2012)
In so many words:  Libraries will have a place at the table. (4/30/2012)
3M Cloud Library ebook lending service goes beta at select libraries.  (4/28/2012)
Pew Research:  The rise of e-reading, summarized. (4/5/2012)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution attempts to get a handle on the ebook era.  (4/2/2012)
And I quote from "Bringing Up an E-Reader".  (3/29/2012)
The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board weighs in on ebooks and libraries. (3/19/2012)
Carl Zimmer responds to Franzen.  (1/31/2012)
It's only Monday but this is still the best ebook headline of the week.  (1/20/2012)
Jonathan Franzen has something to say about ebooks.  (1/30/2012)
As they have been doing all along, libraries adapt to technology.  (1/29/2012)
Floating an Idea: The Harvard Library Innovation Laboratory's Library License.  (1/17/2012) 
Getting in line @ your library for ebooks.  (1/15/2012)
The Post-Christmas ebook sales surge. (1/10/2012)
Honey, we've been 'trying' it.  For years.  (12/25/2011)
Chris Bohjalian on our totemic connection to books.  (12/20/2011)
Hold that bricks-and-mortar bookstore obituary.  (12/13/2011)
Your local public library: The greenest option of all in the ebooks vs. print books debate.  (12/11/2011)
Go directly to Amazon, do not pass library.  (11/3/2011)
Ebooks in U.S. public libraries.  (10/22/2011)
How ebook buyers discover books.  (9/27/2011)
Cookbooks make the transition to digital publishing.  (9/27/2011)
Redefining what an ebook is and who gets to publish it. (9/19/2011)
The L.A.Times on ebooks: An Amazon tablet, push into interactivity. (9/16/2011)
The Economist:  "Great digital expectations".  (9/16/2011)
Lev Grossman presents a short history of the reading device..  (9/6/2011)
Speaking of gadgets, here's the latest iteration of ebooks.  (8/25/2011)
Sounds like another digital divide in the making.  (7/30/2011)
Libraries and ebooks:  Any book, not any time soon.  (6/1/2011)
On the distinction between the book reader and the book owner.  (5/10/2011)
Demand for ebooks grows exponentially in Wisconsin.  (5/2/2011)
Struggling to find an ebook common agenda between libraries and publishers.  (4/5/2011)
Ebooks and libraries:  "The challenges just keep piling up".  (3/28/2011)
Publishers Weekly tracks ebook sales.  (3/18/2011)
Word is getting out:  Ebooks @ your library.  (3/18/2011)
Ebooks continue to gain market share.  (3/17/2011)
Publishers look to bottom line in formulating ebook policies for libraries. (3/15/2011)
News stories on HarperCollins ebook decision go mainstream.  (3/5/2011)
9 years of book sales:  trade and ebook.  (2/17/2011)
Will ebook readers be wooed by Barbara Cartland?  (2/12/2011)
The impact of ebooks on libraries.  (2/11/2011)
OverDrive news release: Library eBook circs up 200% in '10. (1/10/2011)
Mashable: 5 ebook trends that will change the future of publishing. (12/29/2010)
Christmas 2010 the tipping point for ebooks?  (12/24/2010)
Ereader as brown paper bag.  (12/9/2010)
The ebook reader compatibility surprise.  (12/3/2010)
Ereader ownership:  Survey says....  (11/30/2010)
David Carnoy asks, "Does the Kindle pay for itself?" (11/29/2010)
Need to repair that ebook reader?  (11/19/2010)
Who uses an ereader:  Survey says....  (9/22/2010)
Book industry wrestles with print vs. pixels.  (9/2/2010)
Coming soon to a screen near you:  Ads in ebooks.  (8/20/2010)
Ebooks now comprise 8.5% of book sales. (8/12/2010)
Genre paperback publishers drops print.  (8/6/2010)
Ebooks and libraries.  (5/4/2010)
Ebooks eliminate a free form of adversiting:  the book jacket.  (3/31/2010)
Ebooks: another round of false promises?  (3/19/2010)
The skinny on ebooks.  (3/8/2010)
Hardcover vs. ebook:  Breaking down the costs.  (3/1/2010)

Wisconsin Counties: Public Access Internet Computers

Rural, mostly northern counties.

Buffalo County (pop. 13,260) seems to be the odd man out here.

Ozaukee is #1 on a list that ranks Wisconsin counties by per capita income.  Washington is #5.

Other tables:
Wisconsin counties:  Public library books per capita.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Program attendance per capita.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Average per capita public library support.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Public library circulation per capita.  (4/22/2013)
Wisconsin public library systems:  Circulation per capita.  (4/21/2013)
How Do Wisconsin Public Library Systems Compare to the Bergen County Cooperative Library System?  (4/21/2013)
Ratio of Total Program Attendance to Library Visits.  (2/14/2013)
Wisconsin Public Libraries: Children's Circulation as a Percentage of Total Circulation.  (11/19/2013)
Wisconsin Public Libraries: Total Circulation and Interlibrary Loans.  (11/14/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Adjacent County Payments, 2008-2011.  (11/5/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Another Look At Materials Expenditures.  (10/31/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Book, Audio, and Video Holdings.  (10/29/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Circulation per hour.  (10/26/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  County revenue including non-system county payments. (10/25.2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Municipal, county, all other revenue.  (10/17/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Top 20: Public Access Internet Computers  (10/15/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries    Total programs and attendance.  (10/14/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Other (i.e., mostly adult) programs and attendance.  (10/12/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Young adult programs and attendance. (10/12/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Children's programs and attendance.  (10/11/2012)
Books, audio, video. (10/9/2012)
Status Report on Wisconsin's Public Libraries (Part 2A: Where Does the Money Come From?)  (11/28/2011)

Wisconsin Counties: Public Library Books Per Capita

Pepin is Wisconsin's smallest county in area covered -- 249 square miles.  Public libraries are located in Durand (pop. 1,928) and Pepin (pop.838).

Between the two of them, they have 66,314 "books and serial volumes owned", according to the Wisconsin Public Library Service Record (2011).

It should be noted that we have 5 county libraries on this bar graph.

• Brown
• Marinette
• Menomonie
• Adams
• Marathon

And Jackson, Burnett, and Buffalo counties have 2 libraries apiece.  (Hmm, just like Pepin.)

Other tables:
Wisconsin counties:  Program attendance per capita.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Average per capita public library support.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Public library circulation per capita.  (4/22/2013)
Wisconsin public library systems:  Circulation per capita.  (4/21/2013)
How Do Wisconsin Public Library Systems Compare to the Bergen County Cooperative Library System?  (4/21/2013)
Ratio of Total Program Attendance to Library Visits.  (2/14/2013)
Wisconsin Public Libraries: Children's Circulation as a Percentage of Total Circulation.  (11/19/2013)
Wisconsin Public Libraries: Total Circulation and Interlibrary Loans.  (11/14/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Adjacent County Payments, 2008-2011.  (11/5/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Another Look At Materials Expenditures.  (10/31/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Book, Audio, and Video Holdings.  (10/29/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Circulation per hour.  (10/26/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  County revenue including non-system county payments. (10/25.2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Municipal, county, all other revenue.  (10/17/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Top 20: Public Access Internet Computers  (10/15/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries    Total programs and attendance.  (10/14/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Other (i.e., mostly adult) programs and attendance.  (10/12/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Young adult programs and attendance. (10/12/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Children's programs and attendance.  (10/11/2012)
Books, audio, video. (10/9/2012)
Status Report on Wisconsin's Public Libraries (Part 2A: Where Does the Money Come From?)  (11/28/2011)

Wisconsin Counties: Public Library Program Attendance Per Capita

Waupaca County's  9 public libraries are members of the Outagamie-Waupaca Library System.  (Community population shown in parentheses.)

• Clintonville (4,554)
• Fremont (679)
• Iola (1,298) 
• Manawa (1,356)
• Marion (1,261)
• New London (7,303)
• Scandinavia (365)
• Waupaca (6,041)
• Weyauwega (1,932)

Wonder how much of an impact this great event has on Waupaca's per-capita best.

Source of statistics for bar graphs:  Wisconsin Public Library Service Data 2011

Other tables:
Wisconsin counties:  Average per capita public library support.  (4/23/2013)
Wisconsin counties:  Public library circulation per capita.  (4/22/2013)
Wisconsin public library systems:  Circulation per capita.  (4/21/2013)
How Do Wisconsin Public Library Systems Compare to the Bergen County Cooperative Library System?  (4/21/2013)
Ratio of Total Program Attendance to Library Visits.  (2/14/2013)
Wisconsin Public Libraries: Children's Circulation as a Percentage of Total Circulation.  (11/19/2013)
Wisconsin Public Libraries: Total Circulation and Interlibrary Loans.  (11/14/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Adjacent County Payments, 2008-2011.  (11/5/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Another Look At Materials Expenditures.  (10/31/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Book, Audio, and Video Holdings.  (10/29/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Circulation per hour.  (10/26/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  County revenue including non-system county payments. (10/25.2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Municipal, county, all other revenue.  (10/17/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Top 20: Public Access Internet Computers  (10/15/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries    Total programs and attendance.  (10/14/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Other (i.e., mostly adult) programs and attendance.  (10/12/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Young adult programs and attendance. (10/12/2012)
Wisconsin Public Libraries:  Children's programs and attendance.  (10/11/2012)
Books, audio, video. (10/9/2012)
Status Report on Wisconsin's Public Libraries (Part 2A: Where Does the Money Come From?)  (11/28/2011)