Channel Weekly
Vol. 8, No. 24, March 2, 2006

1. Installation of library BadgerNet circuits
2. ProQuest web training for BadgerLink
3. New resources at UW Digital Collections
4. Charlotte Zolotow Award
5. Website of the Week -- New York Public Library Digital Galley
6. Calendar

1. INSTALLATION OF LIBRARY BADGERNET CIRCUITS

As mentioned in the January 26 Channel Weekly

(http://dpi.wi.gov/channel/chwk0819.html) the state's Department of Administration (DOA) is in the process of implementing a major upgrade to the state's BadgerNet telecommunications network. Staff on the Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning's Public Library Development team have been working for over a year with DOA and library system technical staff on issues related to implementing the new network.

There will be 432 public libraries and branches getting new BadgerNet circuits. Thus far 31 libraries in the Winding Rivers and South Central system areas have been converted to the new network. Next week starts a major effort to convert the 401 remaining libraries. On average, there will be 15-20 libraries converted each week through mid-August. For your library's specific conversion date, contact your library system network staff. Technicians from the local phone company will visit each library to do the conversion. They will contact you several days beforehand to schedule a specific time. When your time is scheduled, be certain to then contact your system staff. In most instances system network staff will need to be present to assist in the conversion process.

If you have general questions on the new BadgerNet network, contact Bob Bocher (robert.bocher@dpi.state.wi.us, 608-266-2127) or visit http://www.doa.state.wi.us/badgernet.

2. PROQUEST WEB TRAINING FOR BADGERLINK

ProQuest has scheduled several online web training classes for BadgerLink - the specifics are below. Please feel free to share this information with any staff who may be interested.

March 7th: ProQuest Newspapers, 12 noon CST

March 9th: ProQuest Newsstand/Newspapers, 10 a.m. CST

March 10th: Ethnic NewsWatch, 10 a.m. CST

March 15th: ProQuest Newsstand, 10 a.m. CST; African American Biographical Database, 12 noon CST

March 16th: Ethnic NewsWatch, 12 noon CST

To register for one or more of these classes, please go to the following link: http://www.il.proquest.com/pqtraining.

The classes are scheduled for 1 hour. Classes are kept small - maximum of 12 participants. The presentation is live - not a PowerPoint presentation. Once you register, you will get an email confirmation with the log-in information. You need a computer with internet access and a telephone line for the audio portion.

If anyone has any questions, please contact James Leaver, BadgerLink Coordinator, at (608) 608.224.5389 or 888.542.5543 (WI only), or by email at james.leaver@dpi.state.wi.us, or contact Vickie Hutchinson, ProQuest Account Developer/Trainer, at (415) 383-3550 or vhutchinson@il.proquest.com.

3. NEW RESOURCES AT UW DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

The following new collections and resources were recently added to the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. For more information about digital resources at UW, contact Peter Gorman (pgorman@library.wisc.edu) or visit the UWDC Web site at http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu.

NEW COLLECTIONS

American Languages: Our Nation's Many Voices
1,027 bibliographic records / 3,200 audio minutes, added 2/1/2006.
Interviews with speakers of American English dialects from across the United States, each speaker reading "Arthur the Rat." "Arthur the Rat" is a short tale devised to obtain phonetic representation from throughout the country of all phonemes in American English. Fieldwork recordings were made of informants from all over the United States reading this passage between 1965 and 1970. This collaboration among the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies (MKI), the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures (CSUMC), the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), and the UWDCC is a funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/AmerLangs

Guide to the Indexing of South Asian Studies Periodicals
4,775 bibliographic records, added 2/8/2006
The Guide to the Indexing of South Asian Studies Periodicals aims to identify and list South Asian periodical titles and identify if a particular title has been indexed and if so, to what extent. This project identifies and lists South Asian periodicals based on the University of Wisconsin's collection and on titles listed through the Library of Congress' Cooperative Acquisitions Programs in New Delhi and Islamabad. Where possible, the database represents titles in their original script and uses diacritics in transliteration. The Guide was made possible by a generous "Innovation and Development" grant from UW's International Institute, funds from the General Library System, and with the help of the Center for South Asia. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SouthAsiaIndex

THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN COLLECTION

Selections from the University of Wisconsin Archives
New images, added 2/8/2006
Images from the Meuer Albums Collection. William J. Meuer was president of and photographer for the Photo Art House, a Madison-based photography studio contracted by University of Wisconsin-Madison to photograph its campus sports teams, organizations, Greek houses, and university events during the early 20th century. Digitized images from this collection document Charles Lindbergh's visit to Madison in June 1928. Lindbergh participated in commencement activities and was presented an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/UW.Archives

NEW RESOURCES WITHIN EXISTING COLLECTIONS

DIGITAL LIBRARY FOR THE DECORATIVE ARTS AND MATERIAL CULTURE
Group of fruit...Group of Flowers...Six Birds..., by Brookshaw, George (c. 1751-1823).
3 volumes / 132 pages, added 2/8/2006
George Brookshaw, also known as G. Brown, was once thought to be two separate people. His early career was spent as a London cabinet-maker specializing in painted furniture, often with floral decorations. Brookshaw also published supplementary drawing manuals on fruit, flowers, and birds. Digitized here is a single volume containing three Brookshaw manuals bound together, all dating from 1817.

Titles include:
-Groups of fruit: accurately drawn and coloured after nature http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.BrookGroup1
-Groups of flowers: drawn and accurately coloured after nature http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.BrookGroup2
-Six birds, accurately drawn and coloured after nature... http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.BrookGroup3

Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Hot-Houses, Green-Houses, an Aquarium, Conservatories..., by Tod, George.
1 volume / 91 pages, added 2/8/2006
George Tod, a British surveyor and hot-house builder, provides color illustrations and descriptions of 26 "glass houses," chiefly of his own design, in this 1823 publication. The text presents plans, elevations and sections of hot-houses, green-houses, an aquarium, and conservatories built in different parts of England for various noblemen and gentlemen, including a hot-house and green-house in Her Majesty's gardens at Frogmore. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.TodGPlans

FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES COLLECTION

10 volumes / 13,659 pages, added 2/8/2006
New content includes Diplomatic Papers, 1944-1945. The Foreign Relations of the United States series is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. The series is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian and printed volumes are available from the Government Printing Office. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/FRUS

HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTION

A Description of the Nature of Four-Footed Beasts: with their Figures Engraven in Brass (1678), by Jonstonus, Joannes, (1603-1675).
1 volume / 298 pages, added 2/8/2006
Joannes Jonstonus was a naturalist, historian, educator and physician, born in Poland to a family of Scottish descent. Well-traveled and well-educated, Jonstonus compiled richly illustrated encyclopedias on botany and zoology that appeared in several editions and several languages. "A Description of the Nature of Four-footed Beasts" is the 1678 London edition, translated into English, of Jonstonus' earlier Latin "Historiae naturalis de quadripedibus." This volume contains 80 engraved illustrations at the end of the volume. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HistSciTech.Jonstonus

PUBLISHERS BINDINGS ONLINE: THE ART OF BOOKS

504 book images, added 2/8/2005
In partnership with the University of Alabama Libraries, this project presents books bound in 19th century decorative bindings. Publishers' Bindings Online expands awareness of the book as artifact and of the role decorative bindings play in providing a window into historical, cultural, and industrial period of 1815-1930. Decorative bindings cover many of the books that people have in their homes today, but their owners are often unaware of their cultural and historical significance. These bindings reflect not only social and cultural history, but bibliographic history as well. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/PBO.

4. CHARLOTTE ZOLOTOW AWARD

The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) has announced Mary Ann Rodman, author of My Best Friend, illustrated by E. B. Lewis and published by Viking / Penguin, is the winner of the 2006 Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book. The award is given for outstanding writing in a picture book for children in the birth through seven age range. The award committee named two Honor Books: Precious and the Boo Hag written by Patricia C. McKissack and Onawumi Jean Moss illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker, and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers; and Zen Shorts written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth and published by Scholastic Press.

For more information about the Charlotte Zolotow Award, and to see a list of Highly Commended books, check http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/czlist.asp

5. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

New York Public Library Digital Galley -- http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/ -- NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 415,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.

6. CALENDAR

March 5-7, 2006 - Wisconsin Educational Media Association/Brainstorm 2006 Spring Conference, Wisconsin Dells

March 10, 2006 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, Madison

March 21-25, 2006 - Public Library Association National Conference, Boston

March 28-31, 2006 - Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians conference, Stevens Point

April 11-12, 2006 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee spring meeting and public hearing, Madison

May 2, 2006 - National Library Legislative Day, Washington DC

May 3-5, 2006 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries meeting, Wisconsin Rapids

May 12, 2006 - Council on Library and Network Development, Platteville

June 22-28, 2006 - American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans

October 31-November 3, 2006 - Wisconsin Library Association, Wisconsin Dells

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