 Library Manager - Brown County Library, De Pere, Wisconsin Full Time, Exempt Salary: $58,656 (starting) Application Deadline: August 18, 2024 Brown County Library is seeking a community minded, energetic leader to manage our Kress and Wrightstown branches. This role leads a 14-member team between two branches to provide innovative library services to these communities. They work collaboratively with library managers across all 8 branches of our county-wide library system, to provide outstanding customer service to our library guests! Apply online at https://tinyurl.com/4jar5vpy.  Julie Lassa, USDA Rural Development Director for the State of Wisconsin, addresses the crowd at the Lakes Country Public Library dedication. The Dedication Ceremony for the newly renovated and expanded Lakes Country Public Library in Lakewood, Wisconsin, was held on July 27, 2024. Commonly known as Lakewood Library, the facility is jointly owned by the Towns of Doty, Lakewood, Riverview, and Townsend.
Tom Thielke, co-chair of the Library Expansion Committee, emceed the Dedication. Local officials from Oconto County and the Four Towns (Doty, Lakewood, Riverview and Townsend) were on hand for the event. Ms. Alice Sturzl, former President of the Wisconsin Library Association, was also in attendance. Local artist Pat Lowery sang a stirring rendition of “America the Beautiful” and provided musical entertainment before and after the ceremony. Jennifer Garner, representing Senator Tammy Baldwin, delivered a congratulatory message. Senator Baldwin sponsored a $500,000 Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) grant the library received via U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development. She wrote, “Public libraries are essential for our communities, providing a space for people of all ages to learn, get online, and collaborate with one another. I worked hard to deliver direct support for this project and am so proud to help expand Lakes Country Public Library to give Wisconsin families a safe place to learn, meet, and grow.” Ms. Julie Lassa, WI USDA Director of Rural Development, addressed the crowd at the Dedication. “These are some of the best events that I have the honor of attending because of the hard work and dedication that goes into a project like the Lakes Country Library,” said Lassa. “Libraries serve as one of the pillars of the community that help bring people together.” The NFLS News is a bi-monthly newsletter highlighting all the great things the member libraries of the Nicolet Federated Library System are doing throughout our communities.
Read the July 2024 NFLS News for the latest news from a few of our member libraries and others. Topics include:
Subscribe to the NFLS News  Gillett Public Library Director Shannon Stoner attended the Play Make Learn Conference in Madison on July 18 and 19.
The annual conference, which began in 2023, focuses on how to incorporate gaming, creating, and playful learning for educators, researchers, developers, museum and library professionals, and educational administrators. Common topics throughout the conference are games for learning and social impact, playful learning, makerspaces, STEAM Education, and integration of art into educational opportunities. This year’s topics included perspectives on creating educational and engaging livestreams, creating art projects for learning and social impact, integrating tactile learning and sensory experiences. Seminars included how to integrate local folklore with play using “Wisconsin Adventures,” a tabletop roleplaying game similar to Dungeons and Dragons that utilizes Wisconsin folktales, locations, and culture in structured play. The conference included interactive workshops on how new breakthroughs in neuroscience and play at various developmental stages from kindergarten to adulthood. “Building Brains Through Loose Parts: The Anatomy of Playful Learning” focused on how play integrates decision making, emotional and behavioral regulation, cooperation, active listening, empathy, and social skills. Many seminars in the conference provided a variety of materials for attendees to manipulate and play with to illustrate how play helps develop these skills. The Beautiful Stuff Project promotes open-ended play with boxes full of objects with different textures and elements. Its curriculum focuses on curating play experiences for young children with loose part “treasure boxes.” Children use their imagination to create an object or design with the objects in their treasure boxes leading them to engage in creative, open-ended play. What conference about play wouldn’t be complete without gaming? A Dungeons and Dragons One-shot introductory adventure was available for educators new to tabletop adventures. Tripp Commons was open for free Pac-Man games and other free gaming opportunities. Attendees could also attend games at the I/O Arcade Bar. "The conference was a lot of fun," recalls Stoner. "I really enjoyed all the sessions that had you playing with legos and bricks and knick knacks."
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