1. HeritageQuest Online added to BadgerLink
2. Introducing Found in Wisconsin
3. ASCLA seeks nominations for 2010 award
4. Assistive Technology for Public Computers webinar
5. Website of the Week - National Weather Service
6. Calendar
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1. HERITAGE QUEST ONLINE ADDED TO BADGERLINK
The Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning has added ProQuest's HeritageQuest Online to BadgerLink (http://www.BadgerLink.net) as of December 1, 2009.
HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources-rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids.
18th Century or 20th Century. European or Native American. Farm or Factory. East Coast or West Coast. Where does your American past begin?
Discover the amazing history of you with HeritageQuest Online. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources-with coverage dating back to the 1700s-that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place's past.
The collection consists of six core data sets:
U.S. Federal Censuses feature the original images of every extant federal census in the United States, from 1790 through 1930, with name indexes for many decades. In total the collection covers more than 140 million names.
Genealogy and local history books deliver more than 7 million digitized page images from over 26,000 family histories, local histories, and other books. Titles have been digitized from our own renowned microform collections, as well from the American Antiquarian Society via an exclusive partnership.
Periodical Source Index (PERSI), published by the Allen County Public Library, is recognized as the most comprehensive index genealogy and local history periodicals. It contains more than 2 million records covering titles published around the world since 1800.
Revolutionary War records contains original images from pension and bounty land warrant application files help to identify more than 80,000 American Army, Navy, and Marine officers and enlisted men from the Revolutionary War era.
Freedman's Bank Records, with more than 480,000 names of bank applicants, their dependents, and heirs from 1865-1874, offers valuable data that can provide important clues to tracing African American ancestors prior to and immediately after the Civil War.
LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set records the memorials, petitions, private relief actions made to the U.S. Congress back to 1789, with a total of more than 480,000 pages of information. The U.S. Serial Set is not available to academic libraries according to the ProQuest contract with LexisNexis. Therefore, academic libraries will not be able to utilize this portion of HeritageQuest, while all other portions are available.
Libraries with contracts beginning after December 1, 2009 should not renew those contracts. For those libraries that have contracts with renewal dates before this time, ProQuest will provide a refund or prorated credit to customers.
BadgerLink is a project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. Its goal is to provide access to quality online information resources for Wisconsin residents. Users can search approximately 20,000 full-text magazines, journals, newspapers, reference materials and other specialized information sources. Included are over 8,000 full text magazines and journals, over 1,500 newspapers and newswires, and approximately 6,800 full text books. Full text articles are taken from 2,900 historical newspaper titles. In addition the BadgerLink vendors provide access to automobile repair manuals, company profiles, country economic reports, industrial reports and yearbooks, biographies, primary historical documents, charts, images, schematics, maps, poems, essays, speeches, plays, short stories, author audio programs and book readings, author video programs, book reviews or discussion guides, and many other full text resources not available through regular internet search engines. The project is funded through the Universal Service Fund with support for staffing provided by the Library Services and Technology Act funds received from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
For any questions regarding BadgerLink, contact us at DPIBadgerLi@dpi.wi.gov or complete a support request form at http://rl3.dpi.wi.gov.
2. INTRODUCING FOUND IN WISCONSIN
The Reference and Loan Library has just released Found in Wisconsin, the updated Wisconsin Online Collection. Found in Wisconsin makes it easy for patrons of all ages to search for and link into digitized books, photographs, videos, and other resources available on the websites of libraries, historical societies and museums statewide. The database contains entries for materials that are either about Wisconsin or which were created by Wisconsin residents, authors and scholars.
Found in Wisconsin allows you to search for individual items, or entire collections of digitized objects, such as "Let's Go to the Circus," a compilation of nearly 100 historic photographs of circus activities. The site offers "one-stop shopping" for digital content and collections hosted by libraries, museums and historical societies statewide, and it offers links directly into content, regardless of which organization hosts the collection itself.
Found in Wisconsin, available on the BadgerLink homepage at http://www.badgerlink.net, offers more tools for user interaction and a more robust technical platform than its predecessor, the Wisconsin Digital Collection. The database was created and is maintained by the staff of the Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library, and we welcome your feedback.
Users of Found in Wisconsin can subscribe to an RSS feed that provides updates on sites newly added to the database. You can also send a note recommending specific content that you'd like to see added, or a general recommendation for types of materials you'd like to have included in this growing collection. Users of Found in Wisconsin can even rate individual entries and send comments on their favorite sources!
We invite you to explore Found in Wisconsin and enjoy this growing assortment of books, videos, photos and available online collections.
3. ASCLA SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR 2010 AWARD
The Association for Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) seeks nominations for the 2010 ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award.
Sponsored by ASCLA, the National Organization on Disability (NOD) and Keystone Library Automation Systems (KLAS), nominations are sought for an award that recognizes an innovative and well-organized project that successfully developed or expanded services for people with disabilities. The award can be for a specific service(s) program or for a library that has made its total services more accessible through changing physical and/or attitudinal barriers. The winner receives $1,000 and a citation provided by Keystone Systems, Inc.
Those interested in submitting a nomination can download the award nomination form from the awards section of the ASCLA website at http://ascla.ala.org/media/nominationformasclaklasnod.pdf or request the form from Liz Markel, ASCLA Marketing Specialist, via e-mail at lmarkel@ala.org. All nominations must be received by January 11, 2010.
4. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR PUBLIC COMPUTERS WEBINAR
Techsoup for Libraries (http://techsoupforlibraries.org) is offering a free, one-hour webinar on assistive technology for public computers on Thursday, December 10, at 1 p.m. The webinar is geared to those who manage public use computers, or assist the public in using computers in libraries or public computer labs, as well as IT managers looking for better ways to address staff needs. Kami Griffiths from TechSoup will interview Jane Vincent from the Center for Accessible Technology. They will discuss hardware and software solutions, their costs, and what it takes to get started.
The Webinar is free, but registration is required. Use this link to register and also find a link to preliminary topics and discussion: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=sdgr4n0k0a03.
5. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
National Weather Service -- http://www.weather.gov/ -- Just in time for the start of Meteorological Winter, the home page of the National Weather Service provides official government weather forecasts, warnings, meteorological products for forecasting the weather, and information about meteorology.
6. CALENDAR
January 8, 2010 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, by webinar
April 11-17, 2010 - National Library Week
April 28-30, 2010 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) annual conference, Sheboygan
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To access previous issues of Channel Weekly, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
go to: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chweekly
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Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
Department of Public Instruction
Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
PO Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: (608) 266-6439
FAX: (609) 266-8770
2. Introducing Found in Wisconsin
3. ASCLA seeks nominations for 2010 award
4. Assistive Technology for Public Computers webinar
5. Website of the Week - National Weather Service
6. Calendar
=================================================
1. HERITAGE QUEST ONLINE ADDED TO BADGERLINK
The Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning has added ProQuest's HeritageQuest Online to BadgerLink (http://www.BadgerLink.net) as of December 1, 2009.
HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources-rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids.
18th Century or 20th Century. European or Native American. Farm or Factory. East Coast or West Coast. Where does your American past begin?
Discover the amazing history of you with HeritageQuest Online. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources-with coverage dating back to the 1700s-that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place's past.
The collection consists of six core data sets:
U.S. Federal Censuses feature the original images of every extant federal census in the United States, from 1790 through 1930, with name indexes for many decades. In total the collection covers more than 140 million names.
Genealogy and local history books deliver more than 7 million digitized page images from over 26,000 family histories, local histories, and other books. Titles have been digitized from our own renowned microform collections, as well from the American Antiquarian Society via an exclusive partnership.
Periodical Source Index (PERSI), published by the Allen County Public Library, is recognized as the most comprehensive index genealogy and local history periodicals. It contains more than 2 million records covering titles published around the world since 1800.
Revolutionary War records contains original images from pension and bounty land warrant application files help to identify more than 80,000 American Army, Navy, and Marine officers and enlisted men from the Revolutionary War era.
Freedman's Bank Records, with more than 480,000 names of bank applicants, their dependents, and heirs from 1865-1874, offers valuable data that can provide important clues to tracing African American ancestors prior to and immediately after the Civil War.
LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set records the memorials, petitions, private relief actions made to the U.S. Congress back to 1789, with a total of more than 480,000 pages of information. The U.S. Serial Set is not available to academic libraries according to the ProQuest contract with LexisNexis. Therefore, academic libraries will not be able to utilize this portion of HeritageQuest, while all other portions are available.
Libraries with contracts beginning after December 1, 2009 should not renew those contracts. For those libraries that have contracts with renewal dates before this time, ProQuest will provide a refund or prorated credit to customers.
BadgerLink is a project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. Its goal is to provide access to quality online information resources for Wisconsin residents. Users can search approximately 20,000 full-text magazines, journals, newspapers, reference materials and other specialized information sources. Included are over 8,000 full text magazines and journals, over 1,500 newspapers and newswires, and approximately 6,800 full text books. Full text articles are taken from 2,900 historical newspaper titles. In addition the BadgerLink vendors provide access to automobile repair manuals, company profiles, country economic reports, industrial reports and yearbooks, biographies, primary historical documents, charts, images, schematics, maps, poems, essays, speeches, plays, short stories, author audio programs and book readings, author video programs, book reviews or discussion guides, and many other full text resources not available through regular internet search engines. The project is funded through the Universal Service Fund with support for staffing provided by the Library Services and Technology Act funds received from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
For any questions regarding BadgerLink, contact us at DPIBadgerLi@dpi.wi.gov or complete a support request form at http://rl3.dpi.wi.gov.
2. INTRODUCING FOUND IN WISCONSIN
The Reference and Loan Library has just released Found in Wisconsin, the updated Wisconsin Online Collection. Found in Wisconsin makes it easy for patrons of all ages to search for and link into digitized books, photographs, videos, and other resources available on the websites of libraries, historical societies and museums statewide. The database contains entries for materials that are either about Wisconsin or which were created by Wisconsin residents, authors and scholars.
Found in Wisconsin allows you to search for individual items, or entire collections of digitized objects, such as "Let's Go to the Circus," a compilation of nearly 100 historic photographs of circus activities. The site offers "one-stop shopping" for digital content and collections hosted by libraries, museums and historical societies statewide, and it offers links directly into content, regardless of which organization hosts the collection itself.
Found in Wisconsin, available on the BadgerLink homepage at http://www.badgerlink.net, offers more tools for user interaction and a more robust technical platform than its predecessor, the Wisconsin Digital Collection. The database was created and is maintained by the staff of the Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library, and we welcome your feedback.
Users of Found in Wisconsin can subscribe to an RSS feed that provides updates on sites newly added to the database. You can also send a note recommending specific content that you'd like to see added, or a general recommendation for types of materials you'd like to have included in this growing collection. Users of Found in Wisconsin can even rate individual entries and send comments on their favorite sources!
We invite you to explore Found in Wisconsin and enjoy this growing assortment of books, videos, photos and available online collections.
3. ASCLA SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR 2010 AWARD
The Association for Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) seeks nominations for the 2010 ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award.
Sponsored by ASCLA, the National Organization on Disability (NOD) and Keystone Library Automation Systems (KLAS), nominations are sought for an award that recognizes an innovative and well-organized project that successfully developed or expanded services for people with disabilities. The award can be for a specific service(s) program or for a library that has made its total services more accessible through changing physical and/or attitudinal barriers. The winner receives $1,000 and a citation provided by Keystone Systems, Inc.
Those interested in submitting a nomination can download the award nomination form from the awards section of the ASCLA website at http://ascla.ala.org/media/nominationformasclaklasnod.pdf or request the form from Liz Markel, ASCLA Marketing Specialist, via e-mail at lmarkel@ala.org. All nominations must be received by January 11, 2010.
4. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR PUBLIC COMPUTERS WEBINAR
Techsoup for Libraries (http://techsoupforlibraries.org) is offering a free, one-hour webinar on assistive technology for public computers on Thursday, December 10, at 1 p.m. The webinar is geared to those who manage public use computers, or assist the public in using computers in libraries or public computer labs, as well as IT managers looking for better ways to address staff needs. Kami Griffiths from TechSoup will interview Jane Vincent from the Center for Accessible Technology. They will discuss hardware and software solutions, their costs, and what it takes to get started.
The Webinar is free, but registration is required. Use this link to register and also find a link to preliminary topics and discussion: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=sdgr4n0k0a03.
5. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
National Weather Service -- http://www.weather.gov/ -- Just in time for the start of Meteorological Winter, the home page of the National Weather Service provides official government weather forecasts, warnings, meteorological products for forecasting the weather, and information about meteorology.
6. CALENDAR
January 8, 2010 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, by webinar
April 11-17, 2010 - National Library Week
April 28-30, 2010 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) annual conference, Sheboygan
==================================================
To access previous issues of Channel Weekly, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
go to: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chweekly
==========================================================================
Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
Department of Public Instruction
Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
PO Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: (608) 266-6439
FAX: (609) 266-8770
For questions about this information, contact Roslyn Wise (608) 266-6439