Rhinelander Volunteer: "It's for the sake of genealogy"

Link to May 8 Rhinelander Daily News article, "Local woman shares passion for genealogy".

Excerpt: Genealogy is one thing, but how do you keep track of the leg of Chaz Quade? Sue Swanson is interested in both genealogy and the leg, but one story at a time.

“I’ve been working on genealogy for the past 30 years,” said Swanson. “I had approached former Rhinelander Library Director Kris Adams Wendt and asked her about ideas for projects to put on the Internet. I started doing city directories. 1904 was the first one. I did those for a while. Then I transcribed ‘The History of Oneida, Vilas and Lincoln Counties.’ One half of those books are biographies. I transcribed them and put them on the web.”

School Library Journal Reports on West Bend Challenge

Link to May 7 School Library Journal online post, "Wisconsin Library Challenge Heats Up".

Excerpt: The library board that’s supposed to determine the fate of a major book challenge at Wisconsin’s West Bend Community Memorial Public Library is having a hard time doing its job. That’s because the city’s Common Council just got rid of four board members for taking too long to resolve the issue—and who were likely to vote against moving sexually explicit YA books to the adult section.

Headline News: West Bend Community Library

From the Ozaukee-Washington Daily News website.

Library usage continues to increase
Controversy over young adult books at the West Bend Community Memorial Library hasn’t slowed usage of the facility and may be even spurring interest.

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