Home | Rusk County Community Library

418 Corbett Ave. W.
Ladysmith, WI 54848
715-532-2604
ladysmithpl@ladysmithpl.org

	HOURS
M	10 am - 6 pm
T	10 am - 8 pm
W	10 am - 6 pm
Th	10 am - 6 pm
F	10 am - 6 pm
Sat	10 am - 3 pm
Sun	closed

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We know you value the services and resources provided by your public library, but just how much are those services worth?

Please enter the number of times you use the following library services each month

Input Your Use	Library Services	Value of Services
	Books Borrowed per Month	$
	Magazines Borrowed per Month	$
	In-Library Magazine Use per Month	$
	Newspapers Read in Library	$
	Videos Borrowed per Month	$
	Music CDs Borrowed per Month	$
	Audio Books Borrowed per Month	$
	Meeting Rooms Use (Hours per Month)	$
	Program/Class Attended per Month - Adult	$
	Program/Class Attended per Month - Child	$
	Computer Use (Hours per Month)	$
	Databases Used per Month (Number of Separate Databases)	$
	Reference Questions Asked per Month	$
Value you receive monthly from your library:		$
For every $1.00 in taxes you spend on your library, you receive $ of value in return*

*Where did these numbers come from? -- Per capita expenditures were collected from Wisconsin's 2010 Public Library Statistics, compiled by the State Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning (DLTCL). The return on investment is calculated by dividing each library's annual per capita expenditure by 12 (the number of months) to get a monthly per capita expenditure. The formula then divides the total value received each month by the monthly per capita expenditure.

This calculator is an adaptation of projects by the Maine State Library and Library Research Service, a unit of the Colorado State Library and the Colorado Department of Education that is operated in partnership with the Library and Information Science (LIS) Program, Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver.

Welcome to our Website

The mission of the Rusk County Community Library is to provide quality materials and services which fulfill the educational, informational, cultural, and recreational needs of the entire community in an atmosphere that is friendly, respectful, and professional.

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February 10th @ 7:00 p.m.

Music program with

Lauren Pelon

Lauren Pelon will be at the Ladysmith Library on February 10th at 7:oo p.m. Under the title, “Music from the Backyard & Front Porch,” Lauren Pelon will perform on approximately twenty ancient and modern wind, string and free-reed instruments, and voice. Free and open to the public.

Financially supported by the Wisconsin Humanities Council and the State of Wisconsin, with monies from the National Endowment of the Arts.

Story Time is here!

Join us if you are 3 1/2 years or older! Bring your parent or other caregiver, too.
Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. January 17, 24, 31 and February 7, 14, 21

Deadline is January 31st

Children’s Pet Poetry Contest Offers Big Prizes for Pets & Kids

Here is the basic information, but the details can be seen at the link below--at Mousebreath.com. (It's a cat thing).

A Children’s Pet Poetry Contest sponsored by Pets Add Life is offering big prizes to winning kids including a $250 gift card and a $1000 classroom scholarship. This is the 4th year for the pawpular contest.

It’s easy to enter. Just write a poem about pets. It can be long or short, funny or sweet, rhyme-y or not. Then, either post it on the Pets Add Life website, or mail to Pets Add Life (Pets Add Life 661 Sierra Rose Dr. Reno, NV 89511) with the submission form.

http://mousebreath.com/2011/11/28/childrens-pet-poetry-contest-offers-big-prizes/

KINDLE DOWNLOADS @ Your Library!

http://dbooks.wplc.info/64AB634B-5F34-4C41-A0BA-FA140E21EB7C/10/355/en/Default.htm

If you need help, check out the directions on the website.

SlimeKids -
http://www.slimekids.com/

It's stories like yours that can help our library continue to thrive into the future. Thanks for sharing!

2012 Holiday Closures

New Year's Day	January 1 & 2
Good Friday	April 6
Memorial Day	May 28
Fourth of July	July 4
Labor Day	September 3
Thanksgiving	November 22 & 23
Christmas	December 24 & 25
New Year's Eve	December 31--Close at 1:00

Sevices

Adult and children’s books, videos, DVDs, music CDs, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers
Shared online catalog which makes it possible to review and request materials from six area libraries
BadgerLink-Wisconsin’s Connection to the World of Information
Internet access
Adult, youth and family programming
Interlibrary loans of items from other libraries
Wireless service within the library
Handicapped accessible & low-vision computer workstation
Polebenders - Available to children ages 6-14. This program is made possible by the Ladysmith High School Class of '58, who provides and maintains the fishing Poles. Children sign up for a loaner card and they receive a free tackle box that is theirs to keep. They may check out a fishing pole for one week at a time. They must bring in their loaner cards to get a pole, and they are allowed only one tackle box.