<![CDATA[Nicolet Library System - Blog]]>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:53:30 -0600Weebly<![CDATA[Nic News Weekly: March 6, 2026]]>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/nic-news-weekly-march-6-2026Here are the headlines from the March 6, 2026, 📢 Nic News Weekly:  
  • ARSL News 
    • ​March Partner TRAIN:  Your Guide to GrantStation
    • ARSL Conference Scholarships are open
  • WLA News: Email your news and feature articles, announcements, event photos, and more for the spring issue of WLA News
  • Library Employment: Library Area Manager, Door County Library
  • Continuing Education, Events, Grants & Deadlines 
 
Subscribe to Newsletters from Nicolet Library System ​]]><![CDATA[Hiring: Area Manager - Door County Library]]>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:03:02 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/hiring-area-manager-door-county-library
Door County Library logo
The Door County Library Area Manager provides operational leadership for branch locations, excluding the Sturgeon Bay location, under the direction of the Library Director.

This position ensures consistent service delivery, programming implementation, and public access standards across assigned branches through supervision of branch leadership and coordination with library-wide staff. The role exercises independent judgment in managing branch operations, supporting library planning and budgeting processes, and representing the Library Director in designated administrative and community matters.
  • Pay Type: Salary
  • Hiring Rate: $37.05
  • Expires: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 2:59 AM

Learn more and apply here.
]]><![CDATA[Nic News Weekly: February 27, 2026]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/nic-news-weekly-february-27-2026Here are the headlines from the February 27, 2026, 📢 Nic News Weekly:  
  • ARSL News 
  • CSLP Monthly Electronic Newsletter 
  • Great Lakes, Great Read program announces 2026 book selections
  • Wisconsin Reads Author Interview with Maggie Ginsberg​
  • Continuing Education, Events, Grants & Deadlines 
 
Subscribe to Newsletters from Nicolet Library System ​]]><![CDATA[Nic News Weekly: February 20, 2026]]>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/nic-news-weekly-february-20-2026Here are the headlines from the February 20, 2026, 📢 Nic News Weekly:  
  • Explore America 250 Resources from DPI 
  • February 2026 WiLS Community Chronicle
  • Continuing Education, Events, Grants & Deadlines 
 
Subscribe to Newsletters from Nicolet Library System ​]]><![CDATA[Nic News Weekly: February 13, 2026]]>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/nic-news-weekly-february-13-2026Here are the headlines from the February 13, 2026, 📢 Nic News Weekly:  
  • Trustee Tale: Benefits of Wisconsin’s Public Library Systems 
  • ARSL News 
  • DPI News 
  • Library Employment Opportunities 
  • Continuing Education, Events, Grants & Deadlines 
 
Subscribe to Newsletters from Nicolet Library System ​]]><![CDATA[WI State Parks Library Program Returns for 2026]]>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:07:46 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/wi-state-parks-library-program-returns-for-2026
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites all Wisconsin libraries to participate in the Check Out Wisconsin State Parks At Your Library program in 2026.

The partnership program is a collaborative effort between the DNR, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and more than 120 libraries across the state to provide library cardholders the opportunity to check out a day pass to state parks, forests and recreation areas.
Learn more about the program and how to participate.
]]><![CDATA[Nic News Weekly: February 6, 2026]]>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/nic-news-weekly-february-6-2026Here are the headlines from the February 6, 2026, 📢 Nic News Weekly:  
  • ARSL News 
  • DPI News 
  • Library Employment Opportunities 
  • Continuing Education, Events, Grants & Deadlines 
 
Subscribe to Newsletters from Nicolet Library System ​]]><![CDATA[Hiring: Student Library Aide - Kewaunee Public Library]]>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:53:04 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/hiring-student-library-aide-kewaunee-public-library
  • Applicants must be currently enrolled in high school and at least 15 years old.
  • Duties include but are not limited to: Shelving and alphabetizing of books, assisting patrons with technology, providing customer service to patrons, assisting with events and programs, and light cleaning of the library.
  • Applicant must be willing to work two or three evenings a week and every other Saturday.
  • Applications are available online at https://www.kewauneepubliclibrary.org/employment.html or at the library. Please submit completed application and cover letter to Carol Petrina, Director Kewaunee Public Library 822 Juneau St. Kewaunee, WI 54216, kew@kewauneepubliclibrary.org.
  • Application deadline is Feb. 24th, 2026 or until filled.
]]><![CDATA[Nic News Weekly: January 30, 2026]]>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/nic-news-weekly-january-30-2026Here are the headlines from the January 30, 2026, 📢 Nic News Weekly:  
  • Nicolet Library System announces new website and email addresses 
  • Continuing Education, Events, Grants & Deadlines 
  • Creating Accessible Documents – The Basics (Part 1) 
 
Subscribe to Newsletters from Nicolet Library System ​]]><![CDATA[Nic News Weekly: January 16, 2026]]>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/nic-news-weekly-january-16-2026Here are the headlines from the January 16, 2026, 📢 Nic News Weekly:
  • Nicolet News
    • Nicolet Library System: shorter name, same great service
    • Nicolet Library News: January 2026 edition
    • Nicolet office closed Monday, January 19th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • ARSL News
    • ARSL Awards for libraries & library workers: nominations open through February 13th
    • ARSL 2026 Conference request for proposals: open through February 20th
  • DPI News: Policy of the Month - January 2026: New year, new policy resolutions!
  • IMLS News: IMLS Opens FY26 Grant Funding Cycle, Encourages Library and Museum Applications - apply by March 13
  • WLA News: Submit your WAPL Conference proposals by January 30
  • LOTS of new Continuing Education, Events, Grants & Deadlines
 
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​]]><![CDATA[Join "Wisconsin Reads" digital book club featuring "Still True" by Maggie Ginsberg: January 15 to March 14, 2026]]>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/join-wisconsin-reads-digital-book-club-featuring-still-true-by-maggie-ginsberg-january-15-to-march-14-2026
Join Wisconsin’s own book club - Wisconsin Reads!

Around the state, people are reading and listening to “Still True” by the award-winning Wisconsin author, Maggie Ginsberg. “Still True” is available as an ebook and digital audiobook, for free and with no waiting, from January 15th to March 14th.

Find it on Wisconsin’s Digital Library and Libby!
Learn more about Wisconsin Reads - a digital book club!
The Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WPLC) is pleased to present a new statewide digital book club – Wisconsin Reads! Wisconsin Reads is a free digital book club that offers a Wisconsin-rooted book for readers to enjoy, share, and discuss.

The 2026 title is “Still True” by Maggie Ginsberg, winner of the 2023 Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award for Fiction and many other awards. The book will be available in Wisconsin’s Digital Library as an ebook or digital audiobook without holds or waiting from January 15th through March 14th, 2026. Simply log in with your library card issued from a Wisconsin public library, borrow the title as an ebook or digital audiobook, and enjoy!

Maybe you love the book so much that you want to talk about it. Great! We’ve prepared a discussion guide to help with the conversation. Check your local library’s website or social media to see if they are hosting a discussion program or get your friends and family together for a good old-fashioned book club.
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Want to hear about the book directly from the source, author Maggie Ginsberg? Also great! Register to attend the Wisconsin Reads interview and Q&A session with Ms. Ginsberg on Wednesday, March 4th, at 7:00 pm CT, hosted by Eric Norton from McMillan Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids. The event will also be recorded and shared online.

About Maggie Ginsberg

Maggie Ginsberg
Maggie Ginsberg is a writer, editor and author in Wisconsin.

Her debut novel, Still True, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press in September 2022 and won the 2023 WLA Literary Award for Fiction. It was the honorable mention selection for the 2022 Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award, and the 2026 inaugural pick for the statewide Wisconsin Reads digital book club. Still True was one of four finalists for the Chicago Writers Association’s 2023 Book of the Year, a 2023 Midwest Book Awards silver medal winner in the Literary/Contemporary/Historical Fiction category, and one of three finalists for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association’s STAR Award for Outstanding Debut.
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Maggie is also a nonfiction writer who published hundreds of articles throughout her career, earning numerous honors from the City Regional Magazine Association, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Milwaukee Press Club, and others. She is the former managing editor at Madison Magazine, and a contributing writer for the magazine since 2006. She works full-time as a writer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently at work on her second and third novels.

​About “Still True”

book cover for
One summer evening, Lib Hanson is confronted by her painful past when Matt Marlow, the forty-year-old son she abandoned as an infant, shows up on her porch. Fiercely independent, Lib has never revealed her son’s existence—or previous marriage—to her husband, Jack. Married nearly three decades but living in separate houses (to the confusion but acceptance of their neighbors), they enjoy an ease and comfort together in small-town Anthem, Wisconsin. But Jack is a stickler for honesty, and Lib’s long-dormant secret threatens to unravel their lives.

“A generous ode to humanity’s indefatigable longing for understanding, forgiveness, and love. Maggie Ginsberg’s words sparkle on pages filled with hopeful characters and a story you won’t soon forget.”—Ann Garvin, USA Today best-selling author of I Thought You Said This Would Work
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“It’s a rare experience to feel gratitude for a book’s pleasures on nearly every page. But Maggie Ginsberg has written that book. I could stay in this story for years.”--Luis Alberto Urrea, Pulitzer Prize finalist and best-selling author of The Devil’s Highway and The House of Broken Angels
]]><![CDATA[Nicolet Library News – January 2026]]>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/nicolet-library-news-january-2026Nicolet Library News (formerly NFLS News) highlights the remarkable things the Nicolet Library System (Nicolet) and its member libraries are doing throughout their communities. 
 
Read the January 2026 Nicolet Library News for the latest news from Nicolet.
Nicolet Library System logo links to story
Nicolet Library System: shorter name, same great service
Kate Quinn and her book
Door County Reads hosts Kate Quinn author visit on January 17 at Sturgeon Bay High School
Radon testing kit links to story
Borrow radon kits from Brown County Library
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]]><![CDATA[Nic News Weekly: January 9, 2026]]>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/nic-news-weekly-january-9-2026Here are the headlines from the January 9, 2026, 📢 Nic News Weekly:
  • ARSL News
    • ARSL 2026 Conference: Become a sponsor and/or exhibitor
    • January TRAIN Roundtable: Programming Ideas for Older Adults
    • ARSL Receives $2 Million Grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to Launch "Literacy Bridges" Program
    • ARSL Featured on Viewpoints Radio: "Libraries On The Line: How Funding Cuts Are Affecting Local Libraries" (10 min. listening time)
    • Sustainable Libraries Initiative - AI and the Environment
  • DPI News
    • 2026 Teen Internship Information Webinar
    • Application deadline near for Big Reads Grants
  • WLA News: Winter 2026 issue of WLA News
  • Library Jobs
  • Trustee Resources: Tips for Hiring a Public Library Director Part 2
  • Continuing Education, Events, Grants & Deadlines

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​]]><![CDATA[Nic News Weekly: January 2, 2026]]>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/nic-news-weekly-january-2-2026Here are the headlines from the January 2, 2026, 📢 Nic News Weekly:  
  • ARSL News 
    • ARSL Receives $2 Million Grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to Launch "Literacy Bridges" Program 
    • ARSL Featured on Viewpoints Radio: "Libraries On The Line: How Funding Cuts Are Affecting Local Libraries" 
  • NEWI News 
    • Take the Wisconsin Public Libraries CE Topic Survey by January 15th 
    • Quarterly Adult Services Meetups (virtual) 
  • WLA News: WAPL 2026 call for session proposals 
  • WPLC News: Wisconsin Reads statewide book club runs January 15 through March 14 
  • Library Jobs 
    • Children’s Library Assistant - Shawano County Library 
    • Integrated Library System (ILS) Specialist - Winnefox Library System 
    • Library Manager - Brown County Library, East & Denmark Branches 
  • New Continuing Education, Events, Grants & Deadlines 

Subscribe to Newsletters from Nicolet Library System ]]><![CDATA[Hiring: Children's Library Assistant - Shawano County Library]]>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:07:00 GMThttps://www.nicoletlibraries.org/blog/hiring-childrens-library-assistant-shawano-county-libraryShawano County Library is hiring a Children's Library Assistant for its Shawano location. 

​This 25-hour per week position performs circulation and customer service functions. Answers directional questions and refers customers to appropriate materials. Assists Librarian with programming for children and is comfortable carrying out the program.
  • Pay: $17.30 per hour
  • Expires Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM

Learn more about and apply for the Children's Library Assistant position.]]>