Website of the Week | Rusk County Community Library

418 Corbett Ave. W.
Ladysmith, WI 54848
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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.

Website of the Week

These websites are generally intended for adults and young adults. If we post a website that is primarily for younger patrons, we will note that in the description. All the websites posted here are intended to be viewed by anyone, but some links on them may not be as family friendly. Due to the nature of the Web, it is very difficult for us to ensure that every website's links are completely appropriate for every patron.

This week we have some nice baking sites, with the wonderful substitution site. It is incredibly useful! And the Saveur magazine blog recommendations. And one link to Valentine's Day baking ideas.

http://www.joyofbaking.com/IngredientSubstitution.html

http://www.ourbestbites.com/

http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/SAVEURs-Favorite-Global-Food-Blogs?cmpid=hp102011

http://joyofbaking.com/other/ValentinesDayDesserts.html

Look for older postings in the sidebar to the right or on the additional page linked below.

Past Websites of the Week

Website information

Each week we will offer a website about a different subject. Sometimes these will be educational, sometimes interesting information, and sometimes just one for fun.

Websites can change from day to day. Blogs, retail sites, government information, and others are not static. Even the educational websites that provide online access to books, magazines and art work change in content regularly.

Because websites do change, please be aware that we posted a link to an appropriate website. Please report to us if any of the websites seem to be different from what we posted! Just click here: ladysmithpl@ladysmithpl.org.

See below for earlier websites.

This week we have a random selection of science websites.

http://www.komando.com/

http://www.techdigest.tv/

http://flowingdata.com/

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/29/9805608-must-see-science-videos-of-2011

A small sample of native peoples' websites

http://www.ourmothertongues.org/Home.aspx

http://iamnotamascot.blogspot.com/

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/

http://www.ewebtribe.com/NACulture/

A website that is good for your brain. http://www.mentalfloss.com/

This webiste offers many, many kinds of advice for parents.

http://www.parenthacks.com/