Library Buttons

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Library buttons are fun and they are an interesting collectible, but they can also be artifacts that link us to our past.  In the image above are four buttons that each have a Wisconsin library story to tell. The crossed out AB 720 button was created to oppose a piece of library legislation that was supported by the majority of the Wisconsin library community and was passed into law.  The “Bark In The Dark” and the “It won’t fit in the box” buttons were created for the particpants of two different groups that were charged with revising Wisconsin’s public library standards.  The phrases reflect frustrations at critical points in the process of developing the standards.  The Jim Danky button recognizes the retirement of one of Wisconsin’s stellar librarians. To see more library buttons including others from Wisconsin click here.