1. DLTCL programs at the 2008 WAPL Conference
2. January-February/March-April 2008 issue of Channel now available online
3. New BadgerLink training videos now available
4. Registration opens for YALSA's Teen Read Week
5. Website of the Week -- THOMAS
6. Calendar
1. DLTCL PROGRAMS AT THE 2008 WAPL CONFERENCE
The Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning (DLTCL) will be well represented at the upcoming Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) conference in Stevens Point on May 1-2. Rick Grobschmidt, Assistant State Superintendent and head of the DLTCL, will introduce David Ward, keynote speaker for the conference. The keynote address will feature the results of an LSTA-funded study on the economic impact and taxpayer return on investments of public libraries in Wisconsin. Breakout programs each day will highlight how the results of the study can be utilized by local public libraries.
Abby Swanton and Loretta Harmatuck from the Reference and Loan Library will explain how public libraries can access and provide electronic state government documents and information to their library patrons. Abby will describe the Wisconsin Document Depository Program and Wisconsin Digital Archives and explain changes to the distribution of information and how it is used.
Sally Drew, director of the Reference & Loan Library, will describe the process of planning and conducting a library digitization project using Library Services and Construction Act (LSTA) funds and working with the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center (UWDCC). A panel of library staff members who have recently completed digitization projects will describe their experiences and explain how the digitized materials are being used and the impact on their library.
Vickie Long and Terry Wilcox from the Reference & Loan Library will describe the new WISCAT catalog and the interlibrary loan management system features available to WISCAT users, and will provide information on updating serial holdings, interlibrary loan, and the Z39.50 gateway.
John DeBacher and Bob Bocher, Library Administration and Technology consultants for the Public Library Development Team (PLDT) will present portions of a P2C2 and MATS-sponsored program entitled "Continuing Education in Your Pajamas," outlining online opportunities and methods for library continuing education and training. Barb Huntington, Youth & Special Needs Consultant with the PLDT, will be a co-presenter with the Outreach Services Round Table (OSRT) on Hispanic outreach.
2. JANUARY-FEBRUARY/MARCH-APRIL 2008 ISSUE OF CHANNEL NOW ONLINE
The January-February/March-April 2008 issue of Channel, the newsletter of the Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning, is now available on the web at http://dpi.wi.gov/channel/pdf/chn430304.pdf.
Among the articles in this issue of Channel are:
-- Summer Library Program will feature state park passes
-- New provisions of 2005 Act 420 take effect in 2008
-- Senate Bill 1, library donation bill, signed by Governor Doyle
-- Report on follow up activities for ALA broadband study
-- Trustee Corner
-- Intel(r) Education awards grant to Wisconsin DPI
-- New LSTA Advisory Committee appointments announced
-- Plans underway for statewide Library Strategic Visioning Summit
-- One new appointment, six reappointments to COLAND announced
Previous issues of Channel are available at http://dpi.wi.gov/channel/channel.html. Issues of Channel Weekly are available at http://dpi.wi.gov/channel/chweekly.html.
3. NEW BADGERLINK TRAINING VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE
Four new programs on the BadgerLink website at http://www.badgerlink.net/training.html make it easy to learn how to make the most of the BadgerLink databases. The programs are divided into multiple videos on Shockwave format. If you don't have Shockwave on your computer, you will be notified and prompted to download the required plug-in.
BadgerLink Resources for Kids -- Learn how to find materials for children and help students with homework assignments. Videos cover how to search the EBSCO interfaces which include Kids Search and Searchasaurus (grades K-5), Student Research Center (grades 6-12), and EBSCOhost (All Databases), Gale LitFinder, and TeachingBooks.
Ethnic Information Resources in BadgerLink -- Learn how to search EBSCO, ProQuest, Newspaper ARCHIVE, the African American Biographical Database, and LitFinder resources for information on different cultures and ethnic groups. These materials include information on how to find resources in Spanish and other languages. It also covers locating materials to assist students with homework assignments.
Humanities Resources in BadgerLink -- Learn how to search EBSCO, ProQuest, Newspaper ARCHIVE, and LitFinder resources to locate information on the arts, literature and music. Find out how to locate reviews of books, films, and recordings as well as entire (full text) short stories, speeches, and poetry.
Newspaper Resources in BadgerLink -- Learn how to search newspapers through ProQuest (Newsstand and Ethnic NewsWatch), EBSCO (Regional newspapers and Corporate ResourceNet), and NewspaperARCHIVE. Each vendor interface is explained and the presenter shows how to locate obituaries and information by personal names, historical resources, and information on current events.
If you have any questions or technical issues accessing BadgerLink, fill out the Technical Support Email Form at http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/wiscat/bl_sup.asp.
3. REGISTRATION OPENS FOR YALSA'S TEEN READ WEEK
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has just launched its Teen Read Week 2008 Web site, opening registration and offering resources for the annual celebration of teen reading, including activity ideas and more. More information, including registration benefits, can be found at http://www.ala.org/teenread. Teen Read Week is October 12-18, with a theme of "Books with Bite @ your library," encouraging teens to read, just for the fun of it.
"Ever since YALSA celebrated the first Teen Read Week more than a decade ago, we have been using the third week in October to remind teens of the importance of reading for pleasure,'" said YALSA President Paula Brehm-Heeger. "While our sub-theme changes each year - and this year's teen-selected theme of 'Books with Bite' promises to be a great foundation for many creative activities - the basic message remains the same: encourage teens to read and discover all that books and libraries have to offer them."
Teen Read Week is a national literacy initiative aimed at teens, their parents, librarians, educators, booksellers, and other concerned adults. The purpose of the event is to increase the number of teens who are regular readers and library users. It began in 1998 and is celebrated the third week in October. For more information, contact the YALSA office by e-mail at yalsa@ala.org, or by phone at (800) 545-2433, ext. 4387.
4. Website of the Week
THOMAS -- http://thomas.loc.gov/ -- In January 1995, at the direction of the 104th Congress, the Library of Congress launched THOMAS as a way to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include a variety of information including Congressional bills and resolutions, Congressional activity, Congressional schedules and calendars, treaties, and other government resources.
5. CALENDAR
April 30-May 2, 2008 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries annual conference, Stevens Point
May 5-6, 2008 - COLAND Statewide Library Strategic Visioning Summit, Green Lake
May 6, 2008 - Council on Library and Network Development, Green Lake
May 14, 2008 - Spring Interlibrary Loan Meeting for Public Library System and Resource Library Staff, Madison
May 15, 2008 - Delivery Services Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
May 15, 2008 - Leadership Conference on Adolescent Literacy for Public Librarians, Madison
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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Roslyn Wise, Editor, at (608) 266-6439
For questions about this information, contact Roslyn M. Wise (608) 266-6439
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