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OWLS extends a warm welcome to Melissa Carollo, the new Reference/Teen Librarian at the Waupaca Area Public Library. Peg Burington, WAU director, reports:

Melissa is originally from the Madison area and has worked at the Middleton Public Library. She is already having lots of fun with planning Teen Read Month, starting a Facebook page for the Best Cellar and staffing the Reference Desk!

We're happy to welcome Melissa and hope you'll extend your greetings to her, as well.

If your library has any news, photos, or other info you'd like to share in Carpe Hootem, please send the info to me at OWLS for posting. Thanks!

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Kaukauna Public Library and their historic Kaukauna photos were recently in the news. Take a look at "Identifying the Faces in Old Photos" on Fox11. Here's the description of the video news story:

Is a picture always worth a thousand words? What's it worth if you have no idea what the picture is, or who's even in it? Kaukauna Historical Society members say they're still worth holding onto and are trying to attach some names to pictures in their collection before those who may know the names are lost for good.

You can see KAU's photo collection on Picasa. Let us know if you have more names for the faces and places since this aired, okay Maggie?

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Barbara Wentzel, Kimberly-Little Chute Public Library director, has an announcement!

"We have a new co-youth librarian who will be job-sharing that position with Jill Hasseler.  Her name is Kathy Tomasovic.  She got the job as an internal candidate who applied when former youth librarian Louise Van Hammond retired at the end of April."

Kathy is a mother of 3, loves reading and working with young people, and enjoys needle crafts, painting, nature, and camping. She is a graduate of Kimberly High School, UW Fox Valley Center (Associate of Arts), UW Madison (BA in English), and the Institute for Paralegal Training (certificate in litigation management). Kathy worked in the legal field prior to having children and worked at Barnes & Noble for 3 years before joining the library staff.

Please join us in wishing Kathy well in her new position!

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Terry Dawson, Appleton Public Library director, recently posted on his blog about his involvement with the NEW World Cinema, the Fox Cities' foreign language film series, which celebrates two years on screen this summer.

"Through involvement in the Fox Cities Rotary Multicultural Center, I'm part of a committee that brings foreign films into the area for screening and discussion. Participation in this effort is natural for the public library. The predecessor to the current series was films on DVD shown here at the library, co-sponsored with a variety of groups, but the current series, with an organizing committee, using actual films in a theater, brings better quality showings and larger audiences.

We got a nice article about this in our paper, and I was glad of the opportunity to plug library collections. Because of market differences, our foreign film selection is better than video stores can offer, and our staff has developed an interesting and diverse collection."

Read the Post Crescent article for more information about the film series and be sure to attend at least one this summer! Are you a foreign film fan? If so, what's your favorite film? Post it in the comments.

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Spotted in the Kaukauna Public Library board minutes:

" Our application for *Picturing America*, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association, was successful.  We will receive an official award letter from NEH Chairman Bruce Cole in September 2008, along with our Picturing America award materials, including forty images of important American art and a resource book.  We will start promoting this program in the Fall.  For more information about Picturing America, including a look at the pictures we will be receiving, go to the web site at http://picturingamerica.neh.gov."

Congratulations, KAU!

Congratulations to the Scandinavia Public Library! Their library expansion project is nearing completion, and they celebrated with an open house on Thursday, April 17, 2008. It's hard to believe how tiny the library used to be and how they fit all those materials in there! The expansion is lovely, light, and open, and their community members seemed very proud of what they had accomplished. Here is a slide show of some pictures of the library and yesterday's events:



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The Marion Public Library has hired a new director. Join us in welcoming Trinitie Wilke! She is currently the director of the Family Resource Center in Marion and will begin her duties as library director on April 14th.

Susan O'Leary, Director of the public library in Fremont recently shared some information about their upcoming fundraiser for the library.

"Our fundraiser is Saturday, Nov. 17th from 9-3. It is held in the village hall and we call it Christmas Shop at the Library. We make beautiful gift baskets, ranging in price from $5-$50. They run the gamut from pet baskets, kid's baskets, teen baskets, reader's baskets, golfing, fishing, Packers, gardening, holiday and much more! We also have fabulous baked goods, food from all the area restaurants, bbq lunch, and business and craft vendors. We also have a silent auction starting Nov. 10th on items valued at more than $50. This year they include savings bonds from our banks, pontoon boat rentals, a health club membership, a Packer basket, a lighting basket, and a quilt basket, just to name a few."

Help out Susan and her library and support this fundraising effort. Sounds like a good time will be had by all!

I recently posted info about Seymour's wine tasting event (which is tomorrow). Does your library host fundraisers? What kinds of things do you do? How successful are they? Share details in the comments.

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The Friends of Muehl Public Library will be hosting their 5th annual Wine & Beer Tasting Event with Silent Auction. Join them at the Crystal Springs Golf Course in Seymour on Saturday, November 3rd, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tickets are available at the library, Don's Quality Market, and Crystal Springs Golf Course. Advance ticket price is $15 or pay $20 at the door.

Support the Muehl Public Library and attend this fun event!

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Between Fences, a Smithsonian Museum traveling exhibit, visits the Waupaca Area Public Library from September 15th through October 27th! "Between Fences will enlighten audiences who live surrounded by these familiar objects whose history and meaning they hardly suspect. They will discover how tightly the fence is entwined with politics, industry, and daily life." A more complete description of the exhibit is available on the library's web site. They have a variety of accompanying programs, displays and activities planned, so be sure to visit their calendar of events for more info and plan on joining in on all the fun!

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