McMillan Memorial Library, 490 East Grand Avenue, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494McMillan Memorial Library

490 East Grand Avenue
Wisconsin Rapids, WI  54494

McMillan for Librarians

McMillan has undertaken a number of projects that have generated both interest and documentation. We have collected presentations, written reports, articles and books by our staff below. They are in general chronological order, with the most recent items listed first.

Reports and Presentations

Re-use, Re-purpose and Re-mix
A presentation to the WISCNET Future Technologies Conference 2009 on using GoogleMap, Flickr and Print on Demand options in a public library. Web Version (Requires ActiveX). When time permits, I will add narration.

Webcams @ McMillan
In March 2009, the Library added public webcams. We use both Skype and Tokbox to provide video messaging and email.

Connecting with Friends and Family
A presentation covering email. instant messaging, VOIP, video email and video calls, including Tokbox and Skype.  Though general in nature, this program can be easily adapted for use with military families.

Creating Google Map mashups.

A brief look at how McMillan created four different Google Map mashups.

 

Wood County cemetery map

McMillan's Google Maps mashup of the cemeteries of Wood County.

Doing More with Less: the McMillan Experience
In 2002, McMillan faced severe financial stress. To minimize the impact on public services  both staffing and services were redesigned. This article originally appeared in the May/June 2007 issue of Public Libraries. It was updated in February 2009.

Power Shelving at McMillan
McMillan has adapted Richmond Public Library's concepts to develop a mix of display shelving and stacks suited to medium and large libraries.

 

Helping the Reader:  Lessons Learned in the Evolution of a Display Oriented Library
A narrated PowerPoint presentation prepared for the 2008 PLA Virtual Conference.

Self-Checkout at McMillan
The Library has moved to maximize self-service options.

Digitizing Local History - The McMillan Experience
The online outline of a presentation by Assistant Director Andy Barnett and Head of Adult Services Donald Litzer covering how and why McMillan developed a digitization program and how the methods used can be adapted by other libraries .

Local History in E-Books and on the Web : One library's experience as example and model
 by Don Litzer and Andy Barnett. (from the Spring 2004 Reference and Users Services Quarterly)

Digitation selection criteria
The guidelines that McMillan has developed to evaluate and prioritize items being considered for digitization.

Copyright Clearance
The form that McMillan has developed to obtain copyright clearance from authors or their heirs.

Permissions form
Unless otherwise noted, our on-line collections are licensed under  Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0. This allows private, educational and non-commercial use with attribution. Other use is guided by this form.

Articles

Local History in E-Books and on the Web : One library's experience as example and model by Don Litzer and Andy Barnett. (from the Spring 2004 Reference and Users Services Quarterly). A peer reviewed article analyzing the value and impact of digitized local historical documents.

Brave New Worlds by Eric Norton.  School Library Journal, May2008, Vol. 54 Issue 5, p61-65,

Books

Ronald B. McCabe is the Director of McMillan Memorial Library and author of  Civic Librarianship : Renewing the Social Mission of the Public Library  (2001).

Andy Barnett, Assistant Director of  McMillan Memorial Library, is the author of  Libraries, Community and Technology  (2002).