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.
A November 2011 update on how to implement business practices in a library setting, with special reference to McMillan's experience with a Library Commons and a display oriented approach. Download for full speaker's notes.
Using self-service options as a strategy for dealing with tight budget times. Prepared and presented in Summer 2011. Download for full speaker's notes.
New Options in Self-Publishing. Print on Demand has changed the publishing game and provided new options for short runs and niche publications. Genealogists, librarians and aspiring authors can now prepare books at a minimal up-front cost. Prepared for in-library presentation Winter 2011. Download for full speaker's notes.
A Fall 2011 presentation of business practices in libraries, staff development and the importance of embracing change.
Libraries are experimenting with all manner of retail practices, but what works, how does it work and how well does it work? What kind of retail environments are appropriate models? How much does the library change to fit the practice, instead of the other way around? McMillan Memorial Library examines its implementation of BISAC/genre displays, coffee and food service, Commons area and self-service options, offering lessons learned. Presented at the Wisconsin Library Association convention, Fall 2010. Download for full speaker's notes.
A look at McMillan's use of BISAC based collections to display new materials, while retaining Dewey and author shelving for older materials. This middle ground implements the best of retail display techniques while using a layered approach to non-current materials. The downloaded version includes speaker's notes.
McCabe, Ron. "The Library Commons." Voice of Youth Advocates 32, no. 4 (October 2009): 296-297. This is a look at how McMillan has implemented a Library Commons to serve as a social space within the library. Sorry, there is no online version of the article at this time, but photos of the spaces described are online.
A presentation to the WISCNET Future Technologies Conference 2009 on using GoogleMap, Flickr and Print on Demand options in a public library.
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.
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).