Money Smart Week Wisconsin events in past years have been so successful that the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago partnered with the American Library Association to go national.  So to to coincide with National Financial Literacy Month, Money Smart Week will be celebrated nationally April 2-9, 2011. According to Lori Burgess' posting on WisPubLib:

Get ready to celebrate Teen Tech Week at your library March 6-12, 2011.

Nominations are open for the 2011 Standing Up for Rural Wisconsin Schools, Libraries, and Communities Award.

DPI is seeking nominations of "partnerships between and among schools, libraries, and communities that have resulted in programs or projects which demonstrate the great potential and spirit of rural Wisconsin."

Have heard of the toner or ink scam where somebody sends you a cartridge for your printer, then tries to bill you an overpriced amount even though never ordered it? This scam has been around for years, but warnings bear repeating.

Here's advice from Publib posters on how to handle "Toner Pirates" and "Toner Phoners":

Ellen Pitcher, Reference Librarian at Starke County Public Library, is considering setting up appointments to provide individualized one-on-one assistance with things like setting up an email account, filing for unemployment etc., and asked the readers of Publib to offer advice (level of success, pitfalls to be aware of, etc.)

Get tips for encouraging attendance at library functions at the "Playing to an empty house" post at Unshelved Answers. Samples of ideas suggested include:

Download these free bookmarks (in Word format), customize them to your library and your collection, and print them out (there are 3 on a sheet) for your customers: