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 webpage.

Our newest information is in the center of this homepage. Links to many useful pages are in the green bar across the top, or in the sidebars on the left and right. If you have questions or comments, please use the “Contact Us” link to send an e-mail. We do check this on a regular basis, but not always daily.

Summer reading will begin in June. Plan to sign up the first week! Join us for a summer of Big Dreams and lots of fun!

bat flying in space suit

There will be an artists’ reception for the creators of the book Little Sprout, Janelle Thompson and Eileen Ziesler, and for Hindenloopen artists Mona Kochendorfer and Rose Anderson. The reception will be on May 22nd from 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm., with a short presentation at 5:00. Join us!

Little Sprout is here, with the friendly bufo americanus.

Please visit the Library Gallery to see Janelle Thompson’s original watercolors for the book Little Sprout, by Eileen Ziesler. Little Sprout: The Story of Your Family Tree is a picture book about generations who live together well.

We are really proud of our local artists who help to create the local family tree of art! Come see why.

Congratulations to those young readers who paid off their fines by reading during the month of April!

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Please visit us on Facebook. Here is our very long link! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rusk-County-Community-Library-WI/255082146079

We are on Pinterest, too. Visit our Staff Favorites links for graphic reviews (that is Librarian Speak for “We posted the cover of a book or a movie.”). http://pinterest.com/ladysmithpl/

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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

Services

Adult and children’s books, videos, DVDs, music CDs, audiobooks, downloadable books, 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.