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South Central Library System
The South Central Library System (SCLS) is a consortium of 53 public libraries in 7 Wisconsin counties: Adams, Columbia, Dane, Green, Portage, Sauk, and Wood. The mission of the South Central Library System is " to help its member libraries provide the best possible service to the public." Members SCLS serves libraries in these communities, as well as the Dane County Library Service: * Adams County * Albany * Amherst * Arpin * Baraboo * Belleville * Black Earth * Brodhead * Cambria * Cambridge * Columbus * Cross Plains * Deerfield * DeForest - DeForest Area Public Library * Fitchburg * LaValle * Lodi * Madison (Central Library & 8 branches) * Marshall * Marshfield * Mazomanie * McFarland * Middleton * Monona * Monroe * Monticello * Mount Horeb * Nekoosa * New Glarus * North Freedom * Oregon * Pardeeville * Pittsville * Plain * Portage * Poynette * Prairie du Sac * Reedsburg * Rio * Rock Springs * Rome * Sauk City * Spring Green * Stevens Point-Portage County (Central Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Central Library System WI
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
