winter 2013 newsletter

WINTER 2013

APPLETON PUBLIC LIBRARY | FRIENDS OF APPLETON PUBLIC LIBRARYFine Print

Celebrating Milestones

Appleton Public LibraryFriends of Appleton Public Library225 N Oneida StreetAppleton, WI 54911(920) 832-6177www.apl.org

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Serving the community for over 110 years, Appleton Public Library currently operates from an 85,000 square foot facility at 225 N. Oneida Street. Established under state law by the City of Appleton, APL is governed by a nine-member citizen Board of Trustees.

APL houses and serves as resource library for the Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS), a federated system of 16 member libraries.

Administration.........................(920) 832-6170Children’s Desk........................ (920) 832-6187Circulation Desk......................(920) 832-6179Information Desk..................... (920) 832-6177Reference Desk......................(920) 832-6173

Appleton Public Library Phone Numbers

Monday.............................. 9:00 am - 9:00 pmTuesday.............................. 9:00 am - 9:00 pmWednesday....................... 9:00 am - 9:00 pmThursday..................... ........ 9:00 am - 9:00 pmFriday.................................. 9:00 am - 6:00 pmSaturday............................. 9:00 am - 5:00 pmSunday................................1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Appleton Public Library School Year Hours

[email protected] | [email protected]

Christmas Eve............................December 24Christmas Day...........................December 25New Year’s Eve..........................December 31New Year’s Day...............................January 1

Appleton Public Library Upcoming Closures

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Digital Discoveries

DigitalCreation Lab

AstronomicalDevelopments

Milestones:Act Two

Help Pick APL’s New Logo

2013 Volunteers

Movies

Music

What’s Appleton Watching?

What’s Appleton Listening To?

Interested in one of these items? Call 832-6177 to place your hold today!

Man of Steel

MonstersUniversity

DespicableMe 2

White HouseDown

The Heat

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TrueAvicii

The HeistMacklemore

LordePure Heroine

Marshall MathersEminem

Night VisionsImagine Dragons

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New Life ForOld Books

HolidayCookbooks

I’ve Got A Shush On You

What’s Appleton Reading?

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s we prepared to publish this edition of Fine Print we did what a lot of us do at the end of the year - reflect on challenges and events from the year. In reflecting, we realized that there were so many notable accomplishments that we wanted to make “Milestones” the theme for this edition.

Whether it’s the powerful children’s programs we offer, or our digital discoveries that are fun, educational and provide you with access to great content, our new Digital Creation Lab, our updated and improved way of how we communicate with you or our new logo you’re going to help us pick, APL has many milestones to note this year.

We spent the better part of the last two years working on a long-range plan that would describe the mission, vision and strategies that will guide the library for decades.

The approach we took is that it’s not the community’s job to understand the library, it’s the library’s job to understand the community, and to develop services based on community needs. Through the help of a dedicated group of staff and community members, we developed APL 150. Our intent was to use APL’s 150th anniversary in 2047 as a milestone that would guide us in developing a strong long-term vision.

None of us have a crystal ball and we expect the plan to evolve over time, but that lofty goal served us well by ensuring we were planning not just for the services of today and tomorrow, but that we were developing a sustainable plan that allows our community to continue to achieve their hopes and dreams long into the future.

The keystone of this plan is the library’s long-standing mission: learn, know, gather and grow – your center of community life. This mission has served us well and provided a excellent foundation for the vision and strategies that have been adopted in APL 150.

The completion of APL 150 has led us to another milestone. Next year we will make a decision about a long-debated topic of whether Appleton should renovate and expand the library or build a new library. After that decision is made, we will move on to preliminary planning to accomplish the next steps.

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Fine Print is published quarterly by Appleton Public Library. Printingfor Fine Print is provided by theOutagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS).

Mail correspondance to:Appleton Public Library - Fine Print225 N Oneida StreetAppleton, WI 54911

Email correspondance to:[email protected]

APL MissionLearn, know, gather, grow - yourcenter of community life.

APL VisionWhere potential is transformedinto reality.

Contact UsFor information about services,programs or materials pleasecall us at (920) 832-6177.

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WinterEdition

Fiction

What’s Appleton

Reading?

AllegiantVeronica Roth

Sycamore RowJohn Grisham

Takedown Twenty

Janet Evanovich

The House of Hades

Rick Riordan

Cross My HeartJames Patterson

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Non-Fiction

The Reason I Jump

Naoki Higashida

DrivenDonald Driver

Killing JesusBill O’Reilly

I Am MalalaMalala

Yousafzai

Double DownMark Halperin

John Heilemann

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Colleen RortvedtLibrary Director

We have approached all our planning within the context of community needs, and this next phase will be done with the same approach. The Mayor has included placeholders in his five year capital budget that, pending Council approval, would provide for architectural design and construction for the library.We will continue to keep you updated on the planning process and give you opportunities to include your perspective.

You can see all the work that has been have done so far on the APL 150 website (www.apl150.org), as well as the final plan. You’ve been with us through the last two years of planning and I hope you will continue to participate as we move on the next phase. Public libraries serve as symbols of community aspirations and we can’t plan for the future of APL without your help.

2013MilestonesFebruary

March

LSTA grants awarded for funding for Hmong outreach and Digital Creation Lab

Hmong outreachprogram begins

Digital Creation Labopens to the public

Strategic plan releasedto the public

City funding for HmongOutreach Coordinatorapproved

New logo options released for public vote

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Indieflix, free independent movie streaming availableto the public

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Talking • Singing • Reading • Writing • Playing

Appleton Ready To Read

Appleton Public Library’s

Children’s Services | www.apl.org/kids | 832-6187

Did you know that literacy skills begin to develop in the first five years of life?

Early literacy skills have a long-term impact on a child’s future success. Try these activities to

help build your child’s literacy skills:

Appleton Ready to Read was funded in part with a grant from the Institute of Museum and

Library Services (IMLS) which administers the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilites will be made upon request and if feasible.


AppletonReady To

ReadYee Lee Vue

The ProgramAppleton Ready to Read is a program

that focuses on teaching you how to be

your child’s first teacher and prepare

them for kindergarten by teaching early

literacy skills. Studies show that children

who do not have early literacy skills by

the time they start kindergarten are

already behind and are much more likely

to stay behind in school.

Parents will meet with the library’s Hmong

Family Outreach Specialist, Yee Lee Vue

on three occasions for about an hour

and a half each time. The visits are

outlined in the inside of this brochure.

During each visit you will be asked to fill

out a short survey regarding the program.

Participants must live within Appleton City

limits and have children age birth to five.

To schedule your appointment today

call Yee at (920) 832-6020 or email her at

[email protected]. Miss Yee is a native of Appleton and

a recent Masters of Library Science

graduate of the University of Wisconsin.

Hmong FamilyOutreach Specialist

Play & LearnLearn to play and play to learn

in this interactive program aimed

at helping parents find fun ways

to engage with their child.

November 10 | 2:00-2:45 pm

November 17 | 2:00-2:45 pm

November 24 | 2:00-2:45 pm

December 8 | 2:00-2:45 pm

December 15 | 2:00-2:45 pm

www.apl.org/kids | 832-6187

Appleton Ready to Read and Play

and Learn: Hmong Edition was funded

in part with a grant from the Institute of

Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

which administers the Library Services

and Technology Act (LSTA).

Reasonable accommodations for

persons with disabilities will be provided

upon request and if feasible.

iMac One and Three iMac Five

iMac Two and Four iMac Six

• Adobe Creative Cloud• Wacom Intuos Drawing Tablet

• Adobe Creative Cloud• DragonFrame Stop Motion

• Adobe Creative Cloud • Adobe Creative Cloud• Epson Photo Scanner

What’s Inside... Equipment for checkout: • Canon Digital Camera• Corsair USB 16G Drive• Cowboy Studio Table Top Lighting Set• Sony Handy Cam• Sony Digital Voice Recorder• Cassette Tape Player/Recorder• Braille Typewriter • Watts Up Watt Meter• Portable Screen• TTY • Reading Edge

• ChromaKey Portable Green Screen and Lighting Kit• Apple USB SuperDrive• Canon Color Printer • StarTech USB Multi Media Memory Card Reader• External Floppy Drives • Trackball Mouse

Equipment for in-library use:

DIGITALDIGITALCREATIONCREATION

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(920) 832-6173 | www.apl.org

@ Appleton Public Library

Explore. Create. Grow.

The Digital Creation Lab at the Appleton

Public Library was funded in part with a

grant from the Institute of Museum and

Library Services which administers the

Library Services and Technology Act.


persons with disabilities will be made


Welcome to APL’s Digital Creation Lab!

Located on the library’s second level,

this is a quiet, self-guided/self-discovery

lab for ages 12+. Please see the

guidelines below for use of the lab.

Leave an official photo ID with

staff at the Reference Desk to

gain access.

Food or drinks are not allowed.

A total of 10 people may be in

the lab at one time. Please do

not rearrange furniture without

staff approval & assistance.

Please silence your ringers.

Phone calls may be taken on

the Library’s first & lower levels.

Printing may be paid for at

the Reference Desk. Prices per

page of toner-application

depends on the dimensions

of your print job. The Library

provides 4x6”, 8.5x11” and 13x19”.

The copyright law of the

United States governs making

reproductions of copyrighted

materials. (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Persons using the printer are

liable for any infringement.

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Streaming movies have come to the library! Now you can access IndieFlix, a free service that provides movies online which you can watch on any Internet-enabled computer, smartphone or tablet using a web browser. IndieFlix specializes in small, independent films, with a selection of thousands from more than 50 countries. The selection includes films from major film festivals around the world.

There are no limits to your use of IndieFlix, feel free to watch as many films as you like. You can quickly find movies to suit your personal tastes via sorting by language, genre or even film length. IndieFlix also offers channels that have specific genres, subjects or films from specific festivals.

Many of these independent films will never make it to DVD. Having this collection allows you access to films you would never get to watch on Netflix or Amazon.

In order to use IndieFlix, you will need a library card in good standing at APL. You will also need to register for the service by heading to either our website at www.apl.org or directly to the gateway to the service at:www.rbdigital.com/appletonwi/.

Time to pop some popcorn!

By: Tasha Saecker Assistant Director

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Our new gifts to you!

Appleton Public Library Presents

Beginning January 2014

Hold items are increasing

from 10 items per library card

to 15 items per library card!

We’re adding an extra hour to our Sunday schedule.Starting January 5, we will be open Sundays from 12:00-5:00 pm!

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We’re talking with Zeke Skeezak of the Ballyhoo Public Library, who’s celebrating an important milestone.

For the 25th year in a row, I’ve won the grand prize at the National Shushing Championships!

Sushing? What’s that?

When someone’s too loud in the library, I hit ‘em with a shhhhhhhhhhhh!

Impressive!

Well, years of practice…

How did you start shushing?

I was always a quiet person. Even as a baby, instead of crying, when my diaper needed changing, I’d hold up a finger. Or two. Shushed before I could talk. Even had to be taken out of church when I shushed the parson.

What about school?

Teachers loved me; kids not so much. Ever try to shush someone at a football game? Or a school dance? Spent a lot of time upside down in a trash can.

How did you come to library work?

It seemed a natural fit. Library school was wonderful - everybody whispered. And the classes! Treading Lightly, 101. Soundless Breathing, 205. Advanced Glowering. I also met my wife at library school. She had a double major in hair buns and sensible shoes. The marriage didn’t last, though. Turns out wives don’t like to be shushed. Who knew?

Are there any particular problems in shushing?

I’ll say! Lip cramps. Chapping. Loss of spittle control. One day I didn’t warm up enough and I tore my orbicularis oris muscle. I was out for three months. It’s a dangerous line of work, let me tell you!

Well, thanks for sharing, Zeke, and CONGRATULATIONS!

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! What do you think this is, a bowling alley?

I’ve got a shush on you...

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his year the library is offering access to a lot of new content online. While we know that books and other physical materials aren’t going away any time soon, digital content lets you access our collection even if we are closed, load it on your device for easy access when traveling, or simply have information available when and where you need it. Here are some of the best new online services to try:

IndieFlix (www.rbdigital.com/appletonwi/indieflix) offers access to thousands of independent films from both the US and around the world. Their content is constantly changing and includes films that never come to DVD format. Enjoy quirky, fascinating and unique films that you simply won’t see anywhere else - for free!

Mango (libraries.mangolanguages.com/appleton/start) is a service that helps you learn a language online. You can learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Greek, Italian and more. The lessons are interactive, fun and completely free.

Zinio (www.rbdigital.com/appletonwi/indieflix) is a free service for digital magazines. Ideal for reading on your tablet, smartphone or computer, this is a way to always have the most recent magazine issue right in your hands. We subscribe to 100 magazines that cover many topics. Late this year, we gained access to back issues as well, so make sure to visit the site and see what older issues may be available for you to read.

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ne of the milestones I am most proud of is the Appleton Public Library’s Digital Creation Lab. For years people have viewed the library as a place to come get stuff. They see the library as a place to consume information, and while that is a noble and relevant goal, the digital lab gives us the ability have an active role in the creation of content by and with our patrons. The project

began in 2012 and involved grant writing, finding local partners and a lot of research. That work bore fruit in the form of a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant that funded our project. With LSTA funding we were able to install six Apple iMacs loaded with professional tools for graphic design, publication layout, movie editing and effects, web and mobile app design and audio recording and editing.

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Friends of Appleton Public Library

professional book dealer on these items, to put them in front of a wider or specialized market to maximize the dollars raised. No matter what your donation might include, be assured that we go through it carefully to make the best use of each item.

Sometimes people ask why we don’t sell more items commercially to increase the funds raised. The answer is that raising the money is just part of our goal. We also believe that it is very important to offer good books at reasonable prices to our Friends members, library patrons and the public. We LOVE seeing hundreds of people leave the book sale with bags of affordable treasures!

While the book sales also benefit from withdrawn library materials, we very much depend on items donated by the public. One category we always need is children’s books, and they’re great to donate because kids are always outgrowing these books -- and younger kids are waiting for them! Books on gardening and cooking also always sell well at our sales. We also have a lot of shoppers looking for DVDs and Books on CD, which are just starting to come in.

Please take a look around, we look forward to seeing the items you no longer need and giving them a new life at the next Friends book sale.

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www.apl.org/friends

Semi-annual

BOOKSALE

March 19, 20 & 21FRIDAY & SATURDAY 9am to 5pmEarly Bird Sale for Friends -

Thursday 10am to 5pm

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Most items

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Books, Audio Books, DVDs - 1,000s of items! Proceeds support the

Appleton Public Library

The result was not only the first public library digital creation lab in northeast Wisconsin, but also one of only a handful in the state. This gave our patrons both the space and the tools to create digital projects with professional gradetools. These tools would be financially out of reach for all but the most affluent patrons, but everyone can come into this public space to learn, create and innovate.

Today we are still finding ways that we can utilize the space and tools within the lab, but we have already seen it used to create at least one stop motion film. I have even seen a couple of guys developing a graphic novel in the space. You never know, maybe next year’s Sundance short film winner will have been edited in our lab. What will you come create?

Learn. Create. Innovate.

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ow can you promote literacy, support dozens of library programs and get your house cleaned at the same time? It’s easy! Donate your used books and media to the Appleton Public Library.

To donate, just bring your materials to any service desk - you can even receive a tax receipt if you wish. The library staff will review the donations first. If any of the items meet the library’s criteria for acquisition, they will be added to the collection.

Books and materials not needed by APL are passed on to Friends of the Appleton Public Library for the semi-annual book sales. Proceeds of the sales support many activities that are not covered by the library’s own budget: musical events, speakers and many other projects.

A team of Friends volunteers reviews all book sale donations and sorts them into the sale categories. While almost all items in the sales are priced at $1 or less, popular books that we have found to be in like-new condition are set aside for the “Giftables” table, and bring $3. Occasionally we identify books that, besides being particularly valuable, have a very narrow appeal and are unlikely to find a buyer at our three day sale. We work with a

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Astronomical Developments

ell that was a wild ride. It was sort of like getting sucked through a wormhole in a bath towel with your hair wet. Yes, I would say that 2013 in Children’s Services felt like a shortcut through space and time. We all may look a little wind-blown, but we have arrived in a place of our own making that we are very proud of. Oh sure, I admit that we overdosed on a little too much chocolate during some of the turbulence, but I couldn’t ask for better travel companions.

We had two full-time positions open in Children’s Services in the past 12 months and I can’t say enough great things about the staff that we hired to fill those positions. Ann Cooksey, our new Pre-School Librarian and Kristi Helmkamp our new Library Assistant have both brought knowledge, skill, dedication and an amazing amount of creativity to Children’s Services. Today’s warp drive team of Children’s Services staff puts us in a great position for providing quality programs and services now and well into the future.

Destination: Engaged and Sustainable Organization

By Tanya Misselt Children’s Services Supervisor

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Edition: Cook BooksThe Pioneer

Woman CooksAmerican

PieLittle Old

Lady Recipes

Super unhealthy and delicious! Her pictures and commentaries are fun to read as well.

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KitchenAidBest-Loved Recipes

Joy OfCooking

For adventurous cooks who don’t mind buying new ingredients and spending some time with the process.

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Shining Star Storytime has returned. Ann spent many hours training to teach this specialized program for children on the autism spectrum. Shining Star Storytime meets on select Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 7:15 pm. We hope that parents of children affected by autism will continue to discover the absolute magnitude of this bright program.

New programs this year include Full STEAM Ahead and Play and Learn. Full STEAM Ahead was developed to bring science, technology, engineering, art and math concepts to pre-school children. This program is developed by Kristi, who has helped us make a quantum leap in these fields. Utilizing an American Library Association initiative called Every Child Ready to Read, Play and Learn was specifically developed by our staff to help parents become their child’s first teacher. Using current research and established best practices, Ann is showing parents how to prepare their children for kindergarten so that they arrive ready to learn how to read. Parents and caregivers with children age birth to five are welcome to attend - no spacesuits are needed!

Yee Vue joined our team this year too. She came to us as an intern from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the summer of 2012. In 2013, we received a federal grant* to hire Yee as our first Hmong Family Outreach Specialist to pilot an outreach initiative called Appleton Ready to Read. In October of this year, she won the Wisconsin Library Association’s Rising Star Award. In November, Appleton’s City Council added the Hmong Outreach Specialist position to the library budget. Professionally speaking, I have to say, “That’s Super NOVA”! Yee has helped us equalize opportunities for Hmong children so that they enter kindergarten as ready to learn to read as their peers. Play and Learn – Hmong Edition has been wildly popular.

This year Ellen Jepson, our School-Age Librarian, developed two new opportunities for parents to have fun bringing their children to the library. She teamed up with two local businesses, offering free cookies and ice cream for the

simple act of making multiple visits to the library. These programs called, Cookie Club and I Scream for Reading were extragalactic fun!

With all these new developments in Children’s Services we still continued to provide the fantastic regular lineup of quality programs that our patrons have come to expect. With solar flare, Sue Kempf opens the programming doors every Monday night to followers of Lego Lab who would build cool stuff for light-years, if they could. Despite gravity, children continue to be light on their feet in Musical Movin’ Storytime with Kathleen Westbrook. Let’s not forget that we all felt the cosmic impact of little voices singing along to Ellen Jepson playing the piano in Singing Storytime this fall.

In an effort to respond to community concerns over declining student reading proficiency, Children’s Services has been strengthening its partnerships with other non-profit organizations that help prepare children for kindergarten and that help illiterate parents learn how to read. Through these partnerships we are collaborating with the Appleton Area School District’s Birth to Five Program, Outagamie County Birth – 3 Early Intervention, Head Start and Fox Valley Literacy Council to help families find the services that they need.

In closing, I would like to say thank you to all the parents, teachers and caretakers who brought their children to see us this year. The luminosity of your children is what makes our world go ‘round. We hope that we inspire your child’s love of reading and learning, as much as they inspire us. For those who have not arrived at our destination yet, we hope you’ll stop by. We think you’ll find the atmosphere is most pleasant.

*Appleton Ready to Read was funded in part with a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which administers the library Services and Technology Act.

Destination: Specialized Services and Programs

Destination: Diversion and Leisure

Destination: Creation and Innovation

Destination: Collaborative Environment

Final Destination: Hub of Learning and Literacy

Staff Picks Holiday

I have had great success with most all America’s Test Kitchen recipes (except for their Banana Bread!)

America’s Test Kitchen

Comfort FoodMakeovers

ChocolateChocolate

The Ultimate RiceCooker Cookbook

Living RawFood

New CompleteBook of Breads

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This is a great cookbook for getting quick, no-fuss meals on the table, and the best part is the rice cooker does all the work! You can get as simple or as complicated as you like, with recipes for delicious no-fail rice sides as well as meals.

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here exists a commemorative booklet highlighting APL’s 100 year anniversary in 1997. The tiny history book uncovers a treasure of milestones guiding the library on a path toward today. What began as a community reading room created by one progressive citizen was soon inherited by the YMCA. After a fire destroyed many items, a group of citizens with a shared love of reading succeeded in resurrecting the collection through donations and determination. Soon the Free Library Association gave control to the city in exchange for a promise to organize a public library. The year was 1897, and APL was born. Circulation was 60 items per day during the first year of operation.

Though its home occasionally changed location, square footage increased to meet demands for space, and services offered were molded by technology and education; the idea of shared information and a community gathering place has remained constant. The passage of time has left its imprint on collected milestones such as Sunday hours launching in 1904, children’s storytime coming to life in 1918, the two book limit disappearing in 1921 and circulation topping one million in 2002.

Change has always been on the library’s menu, and new milestones will define the second century. A subtle reminder can be found in the old, wood crates sitting atop the circulation desk. Each one is imprinted with the words “Free Appleton Public Library.” They represent a milestone from a simpler time and link the past with the future at Appleton’s public library.

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The first public library was a reading room above Pardee’s Grocery on College Ave

New library building opens at 225 N. Oneida

Communityplanning forthe future of APL begins

SundayServiceStarts

Friends of APLFormed

Circulationreaches onemillion items

First Children’s Librarian hired

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City of Appleton

SIDEWALKPOETRYPROGRAMThe City of Appleton Department of Public Works wants your help transforming the city’s sidewalks

into an open poetry book to create every day moments of open-air reading for our community.

For information on the Sidewalk Poetry Program, or to learn how you can submit a poem to be stamped in the sidewalks of the City of Appleton, please visit one of the proud sponsor’s websites listed below.

www.appleton.org | www.appletondowntown.org | www.apl.org

NEWLOGOHelp Choose APL’s

e're updating our look to better show our fun, creative and innovative side. You may have already noticed this with various pieces of our publications, including our website, brochures, flyers and most recently, this issue of Fine Print.

For the past 18 months, we have been working on creating new brand identity for the library. We work hard to provide our community with 21st century library service and we want our communication efforts to match.

The first step of our brand identity update included selecting brand colors (Blue, Purple and Green) and brand fonts (Century Gothic - Sans Serif, Alexon Medium RR - Serif), in order to create a cohesive message for our community.

The next step in the process is selecting a new logo and we want you to help us pick the final logo! After receiving very valuable feedback

from staff surveys, community focus groups, and the work completed by our Community Advisory Committee for our current strategic plan, we were able to create several pages of designs of possible logos. Staff members voted on the logos and we were able to narrow the designs down to their top three choices.

The logo designs center around our new strate-gic plan, APL 150. The seven strategies we have adopted are represented in each logo option. Logo one is based off of our current logo. Logo two is based off of the idea of the library as a hub of learning and literacy. Logo three is the most abstract logo, but is still based off of the seven strategies and can be interpreted differently by each individual.

To help us choose which logo we should adopt, please click this link - https://www.surveymon-key.com/s/K2GR7JD. Voting will remain open until 5:00 pm, December 16.

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Raelene GuentherJean HaefsJanet HahnBranden HallidayLaken HeinemeyerKristi HelmkampLee HeringJenna HermansDon HietpasMadison HillJoseph HolschuhAlex HooKristin HungerJonathan IwanskiElizabeth JacobsonLauren JamronMarvin JansenKaren JennemanKeXin JiangMolly JohnsonDave JordahlBarbara KellyDoris KimballMatt KippingPaige KippingPatricia KissingerTaylor KnapsteinEnise KocbekerMartha KoenigShane KohlEva Kold-HickeyPolina KonovalovaDavid KositzkeCole KrauseMolly KrauseRachel KubiakAshley KunstmanTheresa LambAlex LanouetteJohn LarsonGeraldo LatumahinaChristopher LeDoux

Alice LeeCalvin LemieuxCarol LerchAngie LevickMarie LiddellDorothy LollSarah Long RadloffCindy LopezDaisy LopezBradley LovellGenia LovettCrystal MaciagaElijah MaderGerald MankeMike MarichalSarah MarquezJoe MartinJaffna MathiaparanamFaith MaukCynthia MaxhamAmy McCannSandy McCartneySean McConnellJim McNeillPatricia McNinchGlory MelotteChuck MerryTeege MettilleCarolyn MewhorterSara MichelettiJudy MickelsonEleanor MillerNick MisseltSusan MoffettMary Jo MohrSade MorganElijah MutuaTodd NelsonBarb NicholsBonnie NielandMatt NollJudy O'ConnellKay OdegaardMike OgnacvicGillian PayneNick PayneAquilino PenaAndy Pennel

Dawn PetersenThomas PetersenJohn PetersonLashanna PierceClaire PolarSarah PolarHoward PorterBrian PrestleyChris QuelloJoseph QuinnellKaren RademacherBen RademakerJack RademakerJeff RademakerDoug RademanDeborah RayKay RebmanMary Kay ReedJane RhodeDana RichterSharrie RobinsonAmy RockwellNoreen RodriguesJaci RubioBarb RucksRowan SaeckerChristopher SandbergKatie SarinoVicki SchillemanJulia SchmidtMaggie SchmidtDuncan SchneiderMaryKate SchneiderMeredith SchoenfeldRobin SchuettpelzCathy SchulzeAaron SchwoererDonna SeidlEmily SheptoskiMarilyn ShermeisterTania ShookJennifer SimsJared SkarstenNancy SmithCarrie StadlerMorgan SteinfeldtSheryl Stidham GebertCheyanne Storch

Naomi StuesserSandra StutzTeresa SumnerMary SwansonPriscilla SwitzerAlvina TanMike ThaoTom TrudellLiz Truesdale-WitekJudy TylerMolly Van AttaMary VanderWystAaron VelieHeather VossYee VueArpita WahalJackie WarzynAllison WeberRussell WestbyJim WibergTed WilcoxDave WillemsKatie WilliamsKristin WilsonAlex WitekDiane WiznerDarlene WoldtKristanna XiongSharon YoltonPaige ZarateElijah ZiemannJustin Zobel

Thank you to all APL volunteers who gave their time and talents in 2013!

Thank You!



City of Appleton

SIDEWALKPOETRYPROGRAMThe City of Appleton Department of Public Works wants your help transforming the city’s sidewalks

into an open poetry book to create every day moments of open-air reading for our community.

For information on the Sidewalk Poetry Program, or to learn how you can submit a poem to be stamped in the sidewalks of the City of Appleton, please visit one of the proud sponsor’s websites listed below.

www.appleton.org | www.appletondowntown.org | www.apl.org

NEWLOGOHelp Choose APL’s

e're updating our look to better show our fun, creative and innovative side. You may have already noticed this with various pieces of our publications, including our website, brochures, flyers and most recently, this issue of Fine Print.

For the past 18 months, we have been working on creating new brand identity for the library. We work hard to provide our community with 21st century library service and we want our communication efforts to match.

The first step of our brand identity update included selecting brand colors (Blue, Purple and Green) and brand fonts (Century Gothic - Sans Serif, Alexon Medium RR - Serif), in order to create a cohesive message for our community.

The next step in the process is selecting a new logo and we want you to help us pick the final logo! After receiving very valuable feedback

from staff surveys, community focus groups, and the work completed by our Community Advisory Committee for our current strategic plan, we were able to create several pages of designs of possible logos. Staff members voted on the logos and we were able to narrow the designs down to their top three choices.

The logo designs center around our new strate-gic plan, APL 150. The seven strategies we have adopted are represented in each logo option. Logo one is based off of our current logo. Logo two is based off of the idea of the library as a hub of learning and literacy. Logo three is the most abstract logo, but is still based off of the seven strategies and can be interpreted differently by each individual.

To help us choose which logo we should adopt, please click the link found below: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QNTMJ99 Voting will remain open until 5:00 pm, December 16.

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here exists a commemorative booklet highlighting APL’s 100 year anniversary in 1997. The tiny history book uncovers a treasure of milestones guiding the library on a path toward today. What began as a community reading room created by one progressive citizen was soon inherited by the YMCA. After a fire destroyed many items, a group of citizens with a shared love of reading succeeded in resurrecting the collection through donations and determination. Soon the Free Library Association gave control to the city in exchange for a promise to organize a public library. The year was 1897, and APL was born. Circulation was 60 items per day during the first year of operation.

Though its home occasionally changed location, square footage increased to meet demands for space, and services offered were molded by technology and education; the idea of shared information and a community gathering place has remained constant. The passage of time has left its imprint on collected milestones such as Sunday hours launching in 1904, children’s storytime coming to life in 1918, the two book limit disappearing in 1921 and circulation topping one million in 2002.

Change has always been on the library’s menu, and new milestones will define the second century. A subtle reminder can be found in the old, wood crates sitting atop the circulation desk. Each one is imprinted with the words “Free Appleton Public Library.” They represent a milestone from a simpler time and link the past with the future at Appleton’s public library.

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Shining Star Storytime has returned. Ann spent many hours training to teach this specialized program for children on the autism spectrum. Shining Star Storytime meets on select Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 7:15 pm. We hope that parents of children affected by autism will continue to discover the absolute magnitude of this bright program.

New programs this year include Full STEAM Ahead and Play and Learn. Full STEAM Ahead was developed to bring science, technology, engineering, art and math concepts to pre-school children. This program is developed by Kristi, who has helped us make a quantum leap in these fields. Utilizing an American Library Association initiative called Every Child Ready to Read, Play and Learn was specifically developed by our staff to help parents become their child’s first teacher. Using current research and established best practices, Ann is showing parents how to prepare their children for kindergarten so that they arrive ready to learn how to read. Parents and caregivers with children age birth to five are welcome to attend - no spacesuits are needed!

Yee Vue joined our team this year too. She came to us as an intern from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the summer of 2012. In 2013, we received a federal grant* to hire Yee as our first Hmong Family Outreach Specialist to pilot an outreach initiative called Appleton Ready to Read. In October of this year, she won the Wisconsin Library Association’s Rising Star Award. In November, Appleton’s City Council added the Hmong Outreach Specialist position to the library budget. Professionally speaking, I have to say, “That’s Super NOVA”! Yee has helped us equalize opportunities for Hmong children so that they enter kindergarten as ready to learn to read as their peers. Play and Learn – Hmong Edition has been wildly popular.

This year Ellen Jepson, our School-Age Librarian, developed two new opportunities for parents to have fun bringing their children to the library. She teamed up with two local businesses, offering free cookies and ice cream for the

simple act of making multiple visits to the library. These programs called, Cookie Club and I Scream for Reading were extragalactic fun!

With all these new developments in Children’s Services we still continued to provide the fantastic regular lineup of quality programs that our patrons have come to expect. With solar flare, Sue Kempf opens the programming doors every Monday night to followers of Lego Lab who would build cool stuff for light-years, if they could. Despite gravity, children continue to be light on their feet in Musical Movin’ Storytime with Kathleen Westbrook. Let’s not forget that we all felt the cosmic impact of little voices singing along to Ellen Jepson playing the piano in Singing Storytime this fall.

In an effort to respond to community concerns over declining student reading proficiency, Children’s Services has been strengthening its partnerships with other non-profit organizations that help prepare children for kindergarten and that help illiterate parents learn how to read. Through these partnerships we are collaborating with the Appleton Area School District’s Birth to Five Program, Outagamie County Birth – 3 Early Intervention, Head Start and Fox Valley Literacy Council to help families find the services that they need.

In closing, I would like to say thank you to all the parents, teachers and caretakers who brought their children to see us this year. The luminosity of your children is what makes our world go ‘round. We hope that we inspire your child’s love of reading and learning, as much as they inspire us. For those who have not arrived at our destination yet, we hope you’ll stop by. We think you’ll find the atmosphere is most pleasant.

*Appleton Ready to Read was funded in part with a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which administers the library Services and Technology Act.

Destination: Specialized Services and Programs

Destination: Diversion and Leisure

Destination: Creation and Innovation

Destination: Collaborative Environment

Final Destination: Hub of Learning and Literacy

Staff Picks Holiday

I have had great success with most all America’s Test Kitchen recipes (except for their Banana Bread!)

America’s Test Kitchen

Comfort FoodMakeovers

ChocolateChocolate

The Ultimate RiceCooker Cookbook

Living RawFood

New CompleteBook of Breads

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This is a great cookbook for getting quick, no-fuss meals on the table, and the best part is the rice cooker does all the work! You can get as simple or as complicated as you like, with recipes for delicious no-fail rice sides as well as meals.

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ell that was a wild ride. It was sort of like getting sucked through a wormhole in a bath towel with your hair wet. Yes, I would say that 2013 in Children’s Services felt like a shortcut through space and time. We all may look a little wind-blown, but we have arrived in a place of our own making that we are very proud of. Oh sure, I admit that we overdosed on a little too much chocolate during some of the turbulence, but I couldn’t ask for better travel companions.

We had two full-time positions open in Children’s Services in the past 12 months and I can’t say enough great things about the staff that we hired to fill those positions. Ann Cooksey, our new Pre-School Librarian and Kristi Helmkamp our new Library Assistant have both brought knowledge, skill, dedication and an amazing amount of creativity to Children’s Services. Today’s warp drive team of Children’s Services staff puts us in a great position for providing quality programs and services now and well into the future.

Destination: Engaged and Sustainable Organization

By Tanya Misselt Children’s Services Supervisor

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Edition: CookbooksThe Pioneer

Woman CooksAmerican

PieLittle Old

Lady Recipes

Super unhealthy and delicious! Her pictures and commentaries are fun to read as well.

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Salads: BeyondThe Bowl

KitchenAidBest-Loved Recipes

Joy OfCooking

For adventurous cooks who don’t mind buying new ingredients and spending some time with the process.

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The result was not only the first public library digital creation lab in northeast Wisconsin, but also one of only a handful in the state. This gave our patrons both the space and the tools to create digital projects with professional gradetools. These tools would be financially out of reach for all but the most affluent patrons, but everyone can come into this public space to learn, create and innovate.

Today we are still finding ways that we can utilize the space and tools within the lab, but we have already seen it used to create at least one stop motion film. I have even seen a couple of guys developing a graphic novel in the space. You never know, maybe next year’s Sundance short film winner will have been edited in our lab. What will you come create?

Learn. Create. Innovate.

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ow can you promote literacy, support dozens of library programs and get your house cleaned at the same time? It’s easy! Donate your used books and media to the Appleton Public Library.

To donate, just bring your materials to any service desk - you can even receive a tax receipt if you wish. The library staff will review the donations first. If any of the items meet the library’s criteria for acquisition, they will be added to the collection.

Books and materials not needed by APL are passed on to Friends of the Appleton Public Library for the semi-annual book sales. Proceeds of the sales support many activities that are not covered by the library’s own budget: musical events, speakers and many other projects.

A team of Friends volunteers reviews all book sale donations and sorts them into the sale categories. While almost all items in the sales are priced at $1 or less, popular books that we have found to be in like-new condition are set aside for the “Giftables” table, and bring $3. Occasionally we identify books that, besides being particularly valuable, have a very narrow appeal and are unlikely to find a buyer at our three day sale. We work with a

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ne of the milestones I am most proud of is the Appleton Public Library’s Digital Creation Lab. For years people have viewed the library as a place to come get stuff. They see the library as a place to consume information, and while that is a noble and relevant goal, the digital lab gives us the ability have an active role in the creation of content by and with our patrons. The project

began in 2012 and involved grant writing, finding local partners and a lot of research. That work bore fruit in the form of a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant that funded our project. With LSTA funding we were able to install six Apple iMacs loaded with professional tools for graphic design, publication layout, movie editing and effects, web and mobile app design and audio recording and editing.

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professional book dealer on these items, to put them in front of a wider or specialized market to maximize the dollars raised. No matter what your donation might include, be assured that we go through it carefully to make the best use of each item.

Sometimes people ask why we don’t sell more items commercially to increase the funds raised. The answer is that raising the money is just part of our goal. We also believe that it is very important to offer good books at reasonable prices to our Friends members, library patrons and the public. We LOVE seeing hundreds of people leave the book sale with bags of affordable treasures!

While the book sales also benefit from withdrawn library materials, we very much depend on items donated by the public. One category we always need is children’s books, and they’re great to donate because kids are always outgrowing these books -- and younger kids are waiting for them! Books on gardening and cooking also always sell well at our sales. We also have a lot of shoppers looking for DVDs and Books on CD, which are just starting to come in.

Please take a look around, we look forward to seeing the items you no longer need and giving them a new life at the next Friends book sale.

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Semi-annual

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March 19, 20 & 21FRIDAY & SATURDAY 9am to 5pmEarly Bird Sale for Friends -

Thursday 10am to 5pm

1$

Most items

start at 00

Books, Audio Books, DVDs - 1,000s of items! Proceeds support the

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We’re talking with Zeke Skeezak of the Ballyhoo Public Library, who’s celebrating an important milestone.

For the 25th year in a row, I’ve won the grand prize at the National Shushing Championships!

Sushing? What’s that?

When someone’s too loud in the library, I hit ‘em with a shhhhhhhhhhhh!

Impressive!

Well, years of practice…

How did you start shushing?

I was always a quiet person. Even as a baby, instead of crying, when my diaper needed changing, I’d hold up a finger. Or two. Shushed before I could talk. Even had to be taken out of church when I shushed the parson.

What about school?

Teachers loved me; kids not so much. Ever try to shush someone at a football game? Or a school dance? Spent a lot of time upside down in a trash can.

How did you come to library work?

It seemed a natural fit. Library school was wonderful - everybody whispered. And the classes! Treading Lightly, 101. Soundless Breathing, 205. Advanced Glowering. I also met my wife at library school. She had a double major in hair buns and sensible shoes. The marriage didn’t last, though. Turns out wives don’t like to be shushed. Who knew?

Are there any particular problems in shushing?

I’ll say! Lip cramps. Chapping. Loss of spittle control. One day I didn’t warm up enough and I tore my orbicularis oris muscle. I was out for three months. It’s a dangerous line of work, let me tell you!

Well, thanks for sharing, Zeke, and CONGRATULATIONS!

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! What do you think this is, a bowling alley?

I’ve got a shush on you...

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his year the library is offering access to a lot of new content online. While we know that books and other physical materials aren’t going away any time soon, digital content lets you access our collection even if we are closed, load it on your device for easy access when traveling, or simply have information available when and where you need it. Here are some of the best new online services to try:

IndieFlix (https://www.rbdigital.com/appletonwi/indieflix) offers access to thousands of independent films from both the US and around the world. Their content is constantly changing and includes films that never come to DVD format. Enjoy quirky, fascinating and unique films that you simply won’t see anywhere else - for free!

Mango (http://libraries.mangolanguages.com/apple-ton/start) is a service that helps you learn a language online. You can learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Greek, Italian and more. The lessons are interactive, fun and completely free.

Zinio (https://www.rbdigital.com/appletonwi/indieflix) is a free service for digital magazines. Ideal for read-ing on your tablet, smartphone or computer, this is a way to always have the most recent magazine issue right in your hands. We subscribe to 100 magazines that cover many topics. Late this year, we gained access to back issues as well, so make sure to visit the site and see what older issues may be available for you to read.

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We have approached all our planning within the context of community needs, and this next phase will be done with the same approach. The Mayor has included placeholders in his five year capital budget that, pending Council approval, would provide for architectural design and construction for the library.We will continue to keep you updated on the planning process and give you opportunities to include your perspective.

You can see all the work that has been have done so far on the APL 150 website (www.apl150.org), as well as the final plan. You’ve been with us through the last two years of planning and I hope you will continue to participate as we move on the next phase. Public libraries serve as symbols of community aspirations and we can’t plan for the future of APL without your help.

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March

LSTA grants awarded for funding for Hmong outreach and Digital Creation Lab

Hmong outreachprogram begins

Digital Creation Labopens to the public

Strategic plan releasedto the public

City funding for HmongOutreach Coordinatorapproved

New logo options released for public vote

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Talking • Singing • Reading • Writing • Playing

Appleton Ready To Read


Children’s Services | www.apl.org/kids | 832-6187

Did you know that literacy skills begin to develop in the first five years of life?

Early literacy skills have a long-term impact on a child’s future success. Try these activities to

help build your child’s literacy skills:

Appleton Ready to Read was funded in part with a grant from the Institute of Museum and

Library Services (IMLS) which administers the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilites will be made upon request and if feasible.


AppletonReady To

ReadYee Lee Vue

The ProgramAppleton Ready to Read is a program

that focuses on teaching you how to be

your child’s first teacher and prepare

them for kindergarten by teaching early

literacy skills. Studies show that children

who do not have early literacy skills by

the time they start kindergarten are

already behind and are much more likely

to stay behind in school.

Parents will meet with the library’s Hmong

Family Outreach Specialist, Yee Lee Vue

on three occasions for about an hour

and a half each time. The visits are

outlined in the inside of this brochure.

During each visit you will be asked to fill

out a short survey regarding the program.

Participants must live within Appleton City

limits and have children age birth to five.

To schedule your appointment today

call Yee at (920) 832-6020 or email her at

[email protected]. Miss Yee is a native of Appleton and

a recent Masters of Library Science

graduate of the University of Wisconsin.

Hmong FamilyOutreach Specialist

Play & LearnLearn to play and play to learn

in this interactive program aimed

at helping parents find fun ways

to engage with their child.

November 10 | 2:00-2:45 pm

November 17 | 2:00-2:45 pm

November 24 | 2:00-2:45 pm

December 8 | 2:00-2:45 pm

December 15 | 2:00-2:45 pm

www.apl.org/kids | 832-6187

Appleton Ready to Read and Play

and Learn: Hmong Edition was funded

in part with a grant from the Institute of

Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

which administers the Library Services

and Technology Act (LSTA).


persons with disabilities will be provided


iMac One and Three iMac Five

iMac Two and Four iMac Six

• Adobe Creative Cloud• Wacom Intuos Drawing Tablet

• Adobe Creative Cloud• DragonFrame Stop Motion

• Adobe Creative Cloud • Adobe Creative Cloud• Epson Photo Scanner

What’s Inside... Equipment for checkout: • Canon Digital Camera• Corsair USB 16G Drive• Cowboy Studio Table Top Lighting Set• Sony Handy Cam• Sony Digital Voice Recorder• Cassette Tape Player/Recorder• Braille Typewriter • Watts Up Watt Meter• Portable Screen• TTY • Reading Edge

• ChromaKey Portable Green Screen and Lighting Kit• Apple USB SuperDrive• Canon Color Printer • StarTech USB Multi Media Memory Card Reader• External Floppy Drives • Trackball Mouse

Equipment for in-library use:

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(920) 832-6173 | www.apl.org


Explore. Create. Grow.

The Digital Creation Lab at the Appleton

Public Library was funded in part with a

grant from the Institute of Museum and

Library Services which administers the

Library Services and Technology Act.


persons with disabilities will be made


Welcome to APL’s Digital Creation Lab!

Located on the library’s second level,

this is a quiet, self-guided/self-discovery

lab for ages 12+. Please see the

guidelines below for use of the lab.

Leave an official photo ID with

staff at the Reference Desk to

gain access.

Food or drinks are not allowed.

A total of 10 people may be in

the lab at one time. Please do

not rearrange furniture without

staff approval & assistance.

Please silence your ringers.

Phone calls may be taken on

the Library’s first & lower levels.

Printing may be paid for at

the Reference Desk. Prices per

page of toner-application

depends on the dimensions

of your print job. The Library

provides 4x6”, 8.5x11” and 13x19”.

The copyright law of the

United States governs making

reproductions of copyrighted

materials. (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Persons using the printer are

liable for any infringement.

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Our new gifts to you!

Appleton Public Library Presents

Beginning January 2014

Hold items are increasing

from 10 items per library card

to 15 items per library card!

We’re adding an extra hour to our Sunday schedule.Starting January 5, we will be open Sundays from 12:00-5:00 pm!


s we prepared to publish this edition of Fine Print we did what a lot of us do at the end of the year - reflect on challenges and events from the year. In reflecting, we realized that there were so many notable accomplishments that we wanted to make “Milestones” the theme for this edition.

Whether it’s the powerful children’s programs we offer, or our digital discoveries that are fun, educational and provide you with access to great content, our new Digital Creation Lab, our updated and improved way of how we communicate with you or our new logo you’re going to help us pick, APL has many milestones to note this year.

We spent the better part of the last two years working on a long-range plan that would describe the mission, vision and strategies that will guide the library for decades.

The approach we took is that it’s not the community’s job to understand the library, it’s the library’s job to understand the community, and to develop services based on community needs. Through the help of a dedicated group of staff and community members, we developed APL 150. Our intent was to use APL’s 150th anniversary in 2047 as a milestone that would guide us in developing a strong long-term vision.

None of us have a crystal ball and we expect the plan to evolve over time, but that lofty goal served us well by ensuring we were planning not just for the services of today and tomorrow, but that we were developing a sustainable plan that allows our community to continue to achieve their hopes and dreams long into the future.

The keystone of this plan is the library’s long-standing mission: learn, know, gather and grow – your center of community life. This mission has served us well and provided a excellent foundation for the vision and strategies that have been adopted in APL 150.

The completion of APL 150 has led us to another milestone. Next year we will make a decision about a long-debated topic of whether Appleton should renovate and expand the library or build a new library. After that decision is made, we will move on to preliminary planning to accomplish the next steps.

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Fiction

What’s Appleton

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AllegiantVeronica Roth

Sycamore RowJohn Grisham

Takedown Twenty

Janet Evanovich

The House of Hades

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The Reason I Jump

Naoki Higashida

DrivenDonald Driver

Killing JesusBill O’Reilly

I Am MalalaMalala

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Double DownMark Halperin

John Heilemann

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Serving the community for over 110 years, Appleton Public Library currently operates from an 85,000 square foot facility at 225 N. Oneida Street. Established under state law by the City of Appleton, APL is governed by a nine-member citizen Board of Trustees.

APL houses and serves as resource library for the Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS), a federated system of 16 member libraries.

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Appleton Public Library Phone Numbers

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