1. Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program applications now available
2. Focus group sessions to be held for public library economic impact study
3. Free WebJunction webinar February 13: Library Leadership and LE@D
4. Website of the Week - Innovations in Medical Education Video Library
5. Calendar
1. IMPROVING LITERACY THROUGH SCHOOL LIBRARIES PROGRAM APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE
The Department of Education has announced that the application package for the 2008 Improving Literacy Through School Libraries (LSL) program competition is now available. This program helps LEAs improve reading achievement by providing students with increased access to up-to-date school library materials; well-equipped, technologically advanced school library media centers; and professionally certified school library media specialists.
Eligible applicants include local educational agencies (LEAs) in which at least 20 percent of the students served are from families with incomes below the poverty line, based on the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Information on the poverty level in each district can be found at: http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html. According to census guidelines, 20 Wisconsin public school districts are eligible to apply for the 2008 grant.
Due to a decrease in fiscal year (FY) 2008 funding, approximately $18.5 million will be available for funding, and only an estimated 80 grants will be awarded under the FY 2008 competition. The deadline for applications is March 7, 2008. It is important to note that Improving Literacy Through School Libraries applicants must use the U.S. Federal Government's Grants.gov applications system to apply. Instructions for registering can be found at http://www.grants.gov. The LSL program grant application information is available at the Department of Education's website at http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/applicant.html#application.
2. FOCUS GROUP SESSIONS TO BE HELD FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY
As part of the Department of Public Instruction-sponsored Public Library Economic Impact Study, NorthStar Economics
(http://www.northstareconomics.com) will be conducting about 30 focus group interview sessions across the state. They will be arranging for these interviews and will be contacting system directors for assistance in identifying individual libraries of various demographics that would cooperate in hosting a focus group session. The selected sites will be asked to cooperate in making surveys available, finding space for a focus
group, and helping to identify participants for the focus group. At least
one focus group will be conducted in each system. The sessions will be conducted by David Ward and Alan Hart with NorthStar Economics.
Ideally, NorthStar would like to get 5-10 people at each session but the interviews will work with as few as 3 and as many as 20. The mix of people should reflect library and non-library users, and people from business, non profits, health care, government, retirees, local chambers of commerce, and ordinary folks who live in the community.
We encourage all of you to work closely with NorthStar to ensure that representative groups from all parts of the state are included.
More information about this project can be found in the September-October 2007 issue of Channel, available at http://dpi.wi.gov/channel/pdf/chn4301.pdf#page=10, or contact Alan Hart of NorthStar Economics at ahart@northstareconomics.com.
3. FREE WEBJUNCTION WEBINAR FEBRUARY 13: LIBRARY LEADERSHIP AND LE@D
WebJunction's next free Learning Webinar features Pat Wagner, well-known in the library community as an educator, trainer, writer and consultant. The one-hour workshop is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 13. Pat will discuss what challenges Library Leaders face and how leadership training for all library personnel might help address these issues. Pat will provide a sneak peek at the content of some of the courses she's writing for LE@D (Library Education @ Desktop classes available through WebJunction), and will also be available for questions and feedback during and after the program.
For more information on the workshop, links to archived webinars, and instructions on connecting, visit: http://www.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=15543.
4. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health Innovations in Medical Education (IME) Video Library -- http://videos.med.wisc.edu -- The IME Video Library offers free, high quality, streaming videos of educational events that have taken place at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Presentations include expert lecturers from the UW, invited guest lecturers from around the world, student and faculty interest groups, and professional development seminars. For more information contact Michelle Ostmoe at ostmoe@wisc.edu or 608-263-6315.
5. CALENDAR
January 31, 2008 - Delivery Services Advisory Committee, via WisLine
February 1, 2008 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
February 22, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, South Central, Madison
February 29, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, South West, Fennimore (Snow date March 7)
March 5, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Nicolet, DePere
March 6, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, OWLS and Winnefox, Appleton
March 14, 2008 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, Hartford
April 3, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Winding Rivers, La Crosse
April 6-8, 2008 - Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association spring conference, Milwaukee
April 16, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Milwaukee and Waukesha, Milwaukee
April 16, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Eastern Shores and Manitowoc-Calumet, Manitowoc
April 16-18, 2008 - Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians annual conference, Manitowoc
April 24, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Arrowhead, Janesville
April 30-May 2, 2008 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries annual conference, Stevens Points
May 5-6, 2008 - COLAND Statewide Library Strategic Visioning Summit, Green Lake
May 19, 2008 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
June 26-July 2, 2008 - American Library Association annual conference, Anaheim, California
June 29-July 2, 2008 - 2008 National Educational Computing Conference, San Antonio, Texas
October 10, 2008 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
For more details about these and other meetings, see the WISDOM calendar at http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/wisdom.html and the BadgerLink and WISCAT training site at http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/wiscat/training.html.
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