A Women's Perspective on Local History

Link to October 16 Wausau Daily Herald article, "Daughter's Book explores Wausau VIPs from unique angle".

Excerpt:
A book designed to raise money for the Marathon County Historical Society gives a different
perspective to the area's past.

"The Daughter's Book" is a series of essays and photographs from daughters of families who have been instrumental in the development of central Wisconsin.

Most histories that look at the late 19th century and early 20th century focus on businessmen and movers and shakers. It's no coincidence that often those histories were written by men.

"The Daughter's Book" took a different route. Nancy Frawley, 81, of Wausau, a longtime member of the Marathon Historical Society's Board of Directors, developed the book's premise as a way to raise money for the restoration of the Yawkey House.

Please note: The only copy of the book is available for perusal at the Marathon Counth Historical Society.

Delay in Waukesha library expansion likely

Link to October 13 JSOnline post.

Excerpt:
A $22 million expansion of Waukesha County's main library likely will be put on hold to take pressure off the city's growing debt, Jane Ameel, director of the Waukesha Public Library, said Monday.

Plans had called for expanding the downtown library to 94,000 square feet over two phases by 2014. The expansion proposal is on the long-range borrowing plan for capital improvements.

Link to Frye Gillan Molinaro webpage describing Waukesha's recent 5,000 square foot expansion.

To Charge or Not to Charge

Link to October 14 Techdirt post, "Dear Newspapers: Locking Up Archives Shrinks Your Business".

Excerpt:
For many years, the NY Times tried locking up its archives and charging to read stories, but eventually did the math and realized it made a lot more sense to put all its archives online for free, and make money off the ads. Since removing the barriers, the NY Times has seen its traffic spike significantly, and its archives have become a significant portion of the overall site's traffic.