1. Public Library Annual Report online form is open
2. BadgerLink provides free webinars to the public
3. Images Added to BadgerLink's ECB VideoLink
4. Free Webinar: Libraries and 21st Century Skills
5. Additional information about "Lincoln" traveling exhibition
6. "Let's Talk About It: The Civil War" program grant applications due April 19
7. Website of the Week -- Bureau of Labor Statistics: CPI Inflation Calculator
8. Calendar
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1. PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT ONLINE FORM IS OPEN
The online reporting system for the 2010 Public Library Annual Report opened for access on January 18. Email announcements with login information were sent to directors of all public libraries throughout Wisconsin that afternoon. All the email notification messages were sent from the email address "wi@countingopinions.com."
If you are a public library director and have not received your email announcement, please check the following:
2. BADGERLINK PROVIDES FREE WEBINARS TO PUBLIC
BadgerLink provides Wisconsin residents with access to journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, reference materials, and other specialized information sources. In addition, BadgerLink is once again offering a Spring webinar series called BadgerLunch. BadgerLunch webinars are free 30-45 minute training sessions, held on Thursdays at noon starting January 27, 2011. The BadgerLunch webinar series explores one of BadgerLink's information tools each week and is open to anyone. "BadgerLunch was designed so that people can easily attend during the lunch hour" said David Sleasman, Team Leader for Resource Sharing Technology at the Department of Public Instruction.
BadgerLink is a project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. Go to http://www.badgerlink.net for more details.
3. IMAGES ADDED TO BADGERLINK'S ECB VIDEOLINK
ECB VideoLink's Science Images and Animations have been added to BadgerLink. This library of digital images and animations covers topics in biology, chemistry, earth and space science, physical science and environmental science. The media is designed for use in electronic teaching resources or student multimedia projects.
For any questions or concerns, please contact BadgerLink Technical Support at http://rl3.dpi.wi.gov.
4. FREE WEBINAR: LIBRARIES AND 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is hosting a webinar for library professionals to discuss the central role that libraries play in cultivating the creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communications skills that individuals need to be successful in the 21st century. "Making the Learning Connection: Museums and 21st Century Skills" Webinar will be held Tuesday, February 1, 2011, from 3:00 until 4:30 p.m ET.
Speakers include Mary Chute, IMLS Deputy Director for Libraries, Mary Boone, North Carolina State Librarian, Jeffrey Patchen, President and CEO of the Indianapolis Children's Museum, and Luis Herrera, San Francisco City Librarian.
Webinar participants will receive:
5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT "LINCOLN" TRAVELING INFORMATION EXHIBITION
The American Libraries Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in partnership with the National Constitution Center (NCC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), is pleased to announce a large-scale tour for the traveling exhibition "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War." Online applications will be accepted through May 5 at http://www.ala.org/civilwarprograms. Funding for the exhibition and tour is provided by a major grant from NEH.
Two hundred sites will be selected to host the 1,000 square foot exhibition for a period of six weeks each from September 2011 through May 2015. Each site will receive a $750 grant to support expenses related to exhibition programming. Participating institutions are expected to present at least two free public programs featuring a lecture or discussion by a qualified scholar on exhibition themes. All showings of the exhibition must be free and open to the public. Eligible institutions include but are not limited to public, research and special libraries; historical societies; museums; civic, community and heritage organizations; and institutes of higher learning.
Using the U.S. Constitution as its cohesive thread, "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War" offers a fresh and innovative perspective on the Civil War that brings into focus the constitutional crises at the heart of this great conflict. The exhibition identifies these crises-the secession of the Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties-and explores how Lincoln sought to meet these political and constitutional challenges.
"Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War" is supported by NEH's We the People initiative, which aims to stimulate and enhance the teaching, study and understanding of American history and culture. For more information, including project guidelines, programming resources, and the online application, visit http://www.ala.org/civilwarprograms.
6. APPLY BY APRIL 19 FOR "LET'S TALK ABOUT IT: THE CIVIL WAR" PROGRAM GRANT
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are now accepting applications for "Let's Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War," a reading and discussion program in America's libraries. Public libraries are invited to apply online through April 19 by visiting http://www.ala.org/civilwarprograms.
Just in time to commemorate the Civil War sesquicentennial, "Let's Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War" follows the popular Let's Talk About It model, which engages participants in discussion of a set of common texts selected by a nationally known scholar for their relevance to a larger, overarching theme. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from NEH to the ALA Public Programs Office.
In June, 50 public libraries will be selected to host the reading and discussion series and receive support materials from NEH and ALA. The program grant includes:
" A $2,500 grant from NEH to support program-related expenses.
" Twenty-five sets of three titles: including "March" by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, 2006), "Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam" by James McPherson (Oxford University Press, 2002) and a forthcoming Civil War anthology of historical fiction, speeches, diaries, memoirs, biography, and short stories, edited by national project scholar Edward L. Ayers and co-published by NEH and ALA.
" Promotional materials, including posters, bookmarks and folders, to support local audience recruitment efforts.
" Training for the library project director at a national workshop, where they will hear from the project scholar, expert librarians and organizers and receive a program planning guide, materials and ideas.
"Let's Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War" is supported by NEH's We the People initiative, which aims to stimulate and enhance the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. More information including project guidelines and the online application are available at http://www.ala.org/civilwarprograms.
7. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Bureau of Labor Statistics: CPI Inflation Calculator -- http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm -- The CPI inflation calculator uses the average Consumer Price Index for a given calendar year. This data represents changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. This index value has been calculated every year since 1913. For the current year, the latest monthly index value is used. (Website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
8. CALENDAR
January 21, 2011 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, by web conference
February 22, 2011 - WEMTA/WLA Library Legislative Day, Madison
March 11, 2011 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, by web conference
March 20-22, 2011 - Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) conference, Madison
May 4-6, 2011 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) annual conference, Madison
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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: (608) 267-9207
2. BadgerLink provides free webinars to the public
3. Images Added to BadgerLink's ECB VideoLink
4. Free Webinar: Libraries and 21st Century Skills
5. Additional information about "Lincoln" traveling exhibition
6. "Let's Talk About It: The Civil War" program grant applications due April 19
7. Website of the Week -- Bureau of Labor Statistics: CPI Inflation Calculator
8. Calendar
=================================================
1. PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT ONLINE FORM IS OPEN
The online reporting system for the 2010 Public Library Annual Report opened for access on January 18. Email announcements with login information were sent to directors of all public libraries throughout Wisconsin that afternoon. All the email notification messages were sent from the email address "wi@countingopinions.com."
If you are a public library director and have not received your email announcement, please check the following:
- if you have spam filtering, please check to see if the message was trapped by the filters. Add "wi@countingopinions.com" to the allowed addresses.
- if the director's position is vacant, or recently changed, please send a message to libraryreport@dpi.wi.gov with the name and email address of the person who will be completing the annual report.
2. BADGERLINK PROVIDES FREE WEBINARS TO PUBLIC
BadgerLink provides Wisconsin residents with access to journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, reference materials, and other specialized information sources. In addition, BadgerLink is once again offering a Spring webinar series called BadgerLunch. BadgerLunch webinars are free 30-45 minute training sessions, held on Thursdays at noon starting January 27, 2011. The BadgerLunch webinar series explores one of BadgerLink's information tools each week and is open to anyone. "BadgerLunch was designed so that people can easily attend during the lunch hour" said David Sleasman, Team Leader for Resource Sharing Technology at the Department of Public Instruction.
BadgerLink is a project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. Go to http://www.badgerlink.net for more details.
3. IMAGES ADDED TO BADGERLINK'S ECB VIDEOLINK
ECB VideoLink's Science Images and Animations have been added to BadgerLink. This library of digital images and animations covers topics in biology, chemistry, earth and space science, physical science and environmental science. The media is designed for use in electronic teaching resources or student multimedia projects.
For any questions or concerns, please contact BadgerLink Technical Support at http://rl3.dpi.wi.gov.
4. FREE WEBINAR: LIBRARIES AND 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is hosting a webinar for library professionals to discuss the central role that libraries play in cultivating the creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communications skills that individuals need to be successful in the 21st century. "Making the Learning Connection: Museums and 21st Century Skills" Webinar will be held Tuesday, February 1, 2011, from 3:00 until 4:30 p.m ET.
Speakers include Mary Chute, IMLS Deputy Director for Libraries, Mary Boone, North Carolina State Librarian, Jeffrey Patchen, President and CEO of the Indianapolis Children's Museum, and Luis Herrera, San Francisco City Librarian.
Webinar participants will receive:
- Guidance for how to use the IMLS Museums, Libraries and 21st Century Skills Report and Self-Assessment Tool
- Best practices and approaches to enhancing 21st century skills of audiences and stakeholders
- Details for specific grant opportunities
- Click here on the day of the webinar: Libraries and 21st Century Skills
- Sign in using your FIRST NAME only and click the Connect button.
- Once you have logged into the session, from your telephone please dial 1-866-459-4770.
- Wait for the tone and then sign in with the access code 6502616# for audio.
- Once you are connected, please dial *6 to mute your line.
5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT "LINCOLN" TRAVELING INFORMATION EXHIBITION
The American Libraries Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in partnership with the National Constitution Center (NCC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), is pleased to announce a large-scale tour for the traveling exhibition "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War." Online applications will be accepted through May 5 at http://www.ala.org/civilwarprograms. Funding for the exhibition and tour is provided by a major grant from NEH.
Two hundred sites will be selected to host the 1,000 square foot exhibition for a period of six weeks each from September 2011 through May 2015. Each site will receive a $750 grant to support expenses related to exhibition programming. Participating institutions are expected to present at least two free public programs featuring a lecture or discussion by a qualified scholar on exhibition themes. All showings of the exhibition must be free and open to the public. Eligible institutions include but are not limited to public, research and special libraries; historical societies; museums; civic, community and heritage organizations; and institutes of higher learning.
Using the U.S. Constitution as its cohesive thread, "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War" offers a fresh and innovative perspective on the Civil War that brings into focus the constitutional crises at the heart of this great conflict. The exhibition identifies these crises-the secession of the Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties-and explores how Lincoln sought to meet these political and constitutional challenges.
"Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War" is supported by NEH's We the People initiative, which aims to stimulate and enhance the teaching, study and understanding of American history and culture. For more information, including project guidelines, programming resources, and the online application, visit http://www.ala.org/civilwarprograms.
6. APPLY BY APRIL 19 FOR "LET'S TALK ABOUT IT: THE CIVIL WAR" PROGRAM GRANT
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are now accepting applications for "Let's Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War," a reading and discussion program in America's libraries. Public libraries are invited to apply online through April 19 by visiting http://www.ala.org/civilwarprograms.
Just in time to commemorate the Civil War sesquicentennial, "Let's Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War" follows the popular Let's Talk About It model, which engages participants in discussion of a set of common texts selected by a nationally known scholar for their relevance to a larger, overarching theme. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from NEH to the ALA Public Programs Office.
In June, 50 public libraries will be selected to host the reading and discussion series and receive support materials from NEH and ALA. The program grant includes:
" A $2,500 grant from NEH to support program-related expenses.
" Twenty-five sets of three titles: including "March" by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, 2006), "Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam" by James McPherson (Oxford University Press, 2002) and a forthcoming Civil War anthology of historical fiction, speeches, diaries, memoirs, biography, and short stories, edited by national project scholar Edward L. Ayers and co-published by NEH and ALA.
" Promotional materials, including posters, bookmarks and folders, to support local audience recruitment efforts.
" Training for the library project director at a national workshop, where they will hear from the project scholar, expert librarians and organizers and receive a program planning guide, materials and ideas.
"Let's Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War" is supported by NEH's We the People initiative, which aims to stimulate and enhance the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. More information including project guidelines and the online application are available at http://www.ala.org/civilwarprograms.
7. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Bureau of Labor Statistics: CPI Inflation Calculator -- http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm -- The CPI inflation calculator uses the average Consumer Price Index for a given calendar year. This data represents changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. This index value has been calculated every year since 1913. For the current year, the latest monthly index value is used. (Website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
8. CALENDAR
January 21, 2011 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, by web conference
February 22, 2011 - WEMTA/WLA Library Legislative Day, Madison
March 11, 2011 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, by web conference
March 20-22, 2011 - Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) conference, Madison
May 4-6, 2011 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) annual conference, Madison
==================================================
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: (608) 267-9207
For questions about this information, contact Roslyn Wise (608) 266-6439