1. Public library reports may help support budget requests
2. Instructions for calculating exemption from county library tax
3. Two Rivers library director presents at Gates Foundation library meeting
4. Intel celebrates 10 million teachers trained
5. Library of Congress newspaper project surpasses four million pages
6. Website of the Week - Library of Congress: American Memory
7. Calendar
=================================================
*************************************************************************************
EDITOR'S NOTE: Channel Weekly will not be published on October 13, 2011. The next issue of Channel Weekly will be published on October 20, 2011.
*************************************************************************************
1. PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORTS MAY HELP SUPPORT BUDGET REQUESTS
Library directors can use the annual report data collected through LibPAS to generate comparison reports and graphs to highlight the library's achievements, to demonstrate needs, or to justify continuing support. Public libraries can now utilize several report templates designed to quickly compare the library with other Wisconsin public libraries, within a 10% range of local appropriation, circulation, municipal population, or total income. Graphical comparison charts can easily be generated from the tool. The following document provides instruction on using the templates: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pdf/COreports.pdf.
The library directors can log into the LibPAS application from the portal page here:
http://wi.countingopinions.com/
The full set of 2010 Public Library Annual Report data is available on the Public Library Development Team's Service Data page: http://dpimirror/pld/dm-lib-stat.html and library staff or trustees who are familiar with Excel or compatible spreadsheet products may prefer to sort or filter the data available in the worksheets and generate their own charts and graphs.
2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR CALCULATING EXEMPTION FROM COUNTY LIBRARY TAX
Since the "Maintenance of Effort" funding level for public library system membership was eliminated this year, cities and villages may be tempted to sharply reduce public library funding levels. However, many towns, villages and cities with public libraries have traditionally exempted from the county library tax, as provided under Wis. Stats. 43.64. In essence, in order to exempt from the county tax, the municipality must appropriate and expend for the library fund an amount at least equivalent to the county library tax. Step-by-step instructions on calculating the exemption amount is available here: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pdf/2012CountyExempCalc.pdf.
Not all municipalities with public libraries are eligible for this exemption, but those that have exempted in the past may wish to calculate the amount in order to qualify before finalizing their library appropriation.
3. TWO RIVERS LIBRARY DIRECTOR PRESENTS AT GATES FOUNDATION LIBRARY MEETING
Last month Jeff Dawson, director of the Lester Public Library in Two Rivers, participated in a panel session at the Gates Foundation's Global Libraries Initiative Peer Learning Meeting (PLM) in Seattle. The Global Libraries initiative is bringing technology to developing countries across the globe, via libraries. There were 150 participants at the PLM representing 24 countries. The purpose of the PLM focuses on international grantees. Country representatives gather to share success stories of integrating technologies into their communities. This was the fifth PLM and the first meeting hosted by the U.S. The four previous PLMs were hosted by Chile, Lithuania, Mexico and Helsinki. Jeff highlighted how the library is showcasing both library and community of Two Rivers via social networks; digital photos in particular shared via the library's flickr account. These images can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/.
4. INTEL CELEBRATES 10 MILLION TEACHERS TRAINED
In Early September, Intel Corporation celebrated 10 million teachers trained through Intel® Teach, a professional development program that enables educators to effectively integrate technology into their lessons to promote problem solving, critical thinking and collaboration skills among their students.
Wisconsin and DPI are proud partners in this project, having trained 5 Senior Trainers, over 300 Master Trainers and nearly 3,000 teachers in the past 10 years.
Working with national, regional and local educators and governments in more than 70 countries, Intel Teach is the largest and most successful program of its kind. In fact, according to Intel's estimates, more than 300 million students have been prepared to learn, lead and succeed by teachers trained in Intel Teach.
Intel Teach started as a simple idea, in which education is centered on student learning through project-based experiences instead of lecture and memorization. It included technology not just because technology was fun and different, but because computers and software appropriately integrated into the classroom promote students' problem solving, critical thinking and collaboration skills, areas called 21st century skills by educators.
Independent evaluation of the Intel Teach program revealed participating teachers reported their students were "motivated and involved in the lesson" and that "student projects showed more in-depth understanding" than other comparable work.
Now in its second decade, Intel Teach, which relies on a combination of online and face-to-face instruction, continues to build more flexible course offerings and train teachers around the world. To keep Intel Teach on the cutting edge of professional development for teachers, Intel has also created the Intel Engage community and several local language online educator communities to provide a platform for real-time educator dialogue, learning and idea exchange. To learn more about the Intel Teach program's impact on teachers, visit http://www.intel.com/10millionteachers.
Intel Teach is but one element of Intel's commitment to education, which includes extensive efforts by employee volunteers to help improve education around the world. To get the latest Intel Education news, visitwww.intel.com/newsroom/education, join the Facebook group at http://intel.ly/intel-edu and follow Twitter updates at http://www.twitter.com/intel_education. To join Intel's community of people sharing their stories with the hope of becoming a catalyst for action and a voice for change in global education, visit http://www.inspiredbyeducation.com.
5. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NEWSPAPER PROJECT SURPASSES FOUR MILLION PAGES
Last week, the Library of Congress updated the Chronicling America Web site, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/, with more than 190,000 additional newspaper pages in various titles. The site now provides access to more than 4.1 million searchable newspaper pages from 581 newspaper titles, published in 25 states and the District of Columbia between 1836 and 1922.
Chronicling America is a Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. The project is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource has been developed and will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. An NEH award program will fund the contribution of content from, eventually, all U.S. states and territories. More information about the project can be found here: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/
6. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Library of Congress: American Memory -- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html -- American Memory Historical Collections site from the Library of Congress provides free access to historical images, maps, sound recordings, and motion pictures that document the American experience. American Memory offers primary source materials that chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America. (website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
7. CALENDAR
October 24-26, 2011 - Chief Officers of State Library Agencies fall meeting, Santa Fe, NM
November 1-4, 2011 - Wisconsin Library Association annual conference, Milwaukee
November 11, 2011 - Council on Library and Network Development, Milwaukee
November 16-17, 2011 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
January 13, 2012 - Council on Library and Network Development, by webconference
February 14, 2012 - WLA/WEMTA Library Legislative Day, Madison
October 23-26, 2012 - Wisconsin Library Association annual conference, La Crosse
==================================================
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
2. Instructions for calculating exemption from county library tax
3. Two Rivers library director presents at Gates Foundation library meeting
4. Intel celebrates 10 million teachers trained
5. Library of Congress newspaper project surpasses four million pages
6. Website of the Week - Library of Congress: American Memory
7. Calendar
=================================================
*************************************************************************************
EDITOR'S NOTE: Channel Weekly will not be published on October 13, 2011. The next issue of Channel Weekly will be published on October 20, 2011.
*************************************************************************************
1. PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORTS MAY HELP SUPPORT BUDGET REQUESTS
Library directors can use the annual report data collected through LibPAS to generate comparison reports and graphs to highlight the library's achievements, to demonstrate needs, or to justify continuing support. Public libraries can now utilize several report templates designed to quickly compare the library with other Wisconsin public libraries, within a 10% range of local appropriation, circulation, municipal population, or total income. Graphical comparison charts can easily be generated from the tool. The following document provides instruction on using the templates: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pdf/COreports.pdf.
The library directors can log into the LibPAS application from the portal page here:
http://wi.countingopinions.com/
The full set of 2010 Public Library Annual Report data is available on the Public Library Development Team's Service Data page: http://dpimirror/pld/dm-lib-stat.html and library staff or trustees who are familiar with Excel or compatible spreadsheet products may prefer to sort or filter the data available in the worksheets and generate their own charts and graphs.
2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR CALCULATING EXEMPTION FROM COUNTY LIBRARY TAX
Since the "Maintenance of Effort" funding level for public library system membership was eliminated this year, cities and villages may be tempted to sharply reduce public library funding levels. However, many towns, villages and cities with public libraries have traditionally exempted from the county library tax, as provided under Wis. Stats. 43.64. In essence, in order to exempt from the county tax, the municipality must appropriate and expend for the library fund an amount at least equivalent to the county library tax. Step-by-step instructions on calculating the exemption amount is available here: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pdf/2012CountyExempCalc.pdf.
Not all municipalities with public libraries are eligible for this exemption, but those that have exempted in the past may wish to calculate the amount in order to qualify before finalizing their library appropriation.
3. TWO RIVERS LIBRARY DIRECTOR PRESENTS AT GATES FOUNDATION LIBRARY MEETING
Last month Jeff Dawson, director of the Lester Public Library in Two Rivers, participated in a panel session at the Gates Foundation's Global Libraries Initiative Peer Learning Meeting (PLM) in Seattle. The Global Libraries initiative is bringing technology to developing countries across the globe, via libraries. There were 150 participants at the PLM representing 24 countries. The purpose of the PLM focuses on international grantees. Country representatives gather to share success stories of integrating technologies into their communities. This was the fifth PLM and the first meeting hosted by the U.S. The four previous PLMs were hosted by Chile, Lithuania, Mexico and Helsinki. Jeff highlighted how the library is showcasing both library and community of Two Rivers via social networks; digital photos in particular shared via the library's flickr account. These images can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/.
4. INTEL CELEBRATES 10 MILLION TEACHERS TRAINED
In Early September, Intel Corporation celebrated 10 million teachers trained through Intel® Teach, a professional development program that enables educators to effectively integrate technology into their lessons to promote problem solving, critical thinking and collaboration skills among their students.
Wisconsin and DPI are proud partners in this project, having trained 5 Senior Trainers, over 300 Master Trainers and nearly 3,000 teachers in the past 10 years.
Working with national, regional and local educators and governments in more than 70 countries, Intel Teach is the largest and most successful program of its kind. In fact, according to Intel's estimates, more than 300 million students have been prepared to learn, lead and succeed by teachers trained in Intel Teach.
Intel Teach started as a simple idea, in which education is centered on student learning through project-based experiences instead of lecture and memorization. It included technology not just because technology was fun and different, but because computers and software appropriately integrated into the classroom promote students' problem solving, critical thinking and collaboration skills, areas called 21st century skills by educators.
Independent evaluation of the Intel Teach program revealed participating teachers reported their students were "motivated and involved in the lesson" and that "student projects showed more in-depth understanding" than other comparable work.
Now in its second decade, Intel Teach, which relies on a combination of online and face-to-face instruction, continues to build more flexible course offerings and train teachers around the world. To keep Intel Teach on the cutting edge of professional development for teachers, Intel has also created the Intel Engage community and several local language online educator communities to provide a platform for real-time educator dialogue, learning and idea exchange. To learn more about the Intel Teach program's impact on teachers, visit http://www.intel.com/10millionteachers.
Intel Teach is but one element of Intel's commitment to education, which includes extensive efforts by employee volunteers to help improve education around the world. To get the latest Intel Education news, visitwww.intel.com/newsroom/education, join the Facebook group at http://intel.ly/intel-edu and follow Twitter updates at http://www.twitter.com/intel_education. To join Intel's community of people sharing their stories with the hope of becoming a catalyst for action and a voice for change in global education, visit http://www.inspiredbyeducation.com.
5. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NEWSPAPER PROJECT SURPASSES FOUR MILLION PAGES
Last week, the Library of Congress updated the Chronicling America Web site, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/, with more than 190,000 additional newspaper pages in various titles. The site now provides access to more than 4.1 million searchable newspaper pages from 581 newspaper titles, published in 25 states and the District of Columbia between 1836 and 1922.
Chronicling America is a Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. The project is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource has been developed and will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. An NEH award program will fund the contribution of content from, eventually, all U.S. states and territories. More information about the project can be found here: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/
6. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Library of Congress: American Memory -- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html -- American Memory Historical Collections site from the Library of Congress provides free access to historical images, maps, sound recordings, and motion pictures that document the American experience. American Memory offers primary source materials that chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America. (website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
7. CALENDAR
October 24-26, 2011 - Chief Officers of State Library Agencies fall meeting, Santa Fe, NM
November 1-4, 2011 - Wisconsin Library Association annual conference, Milwaukee
November 11, 2011 - Council on Library and Network Development, Milwaukee
November 16-17, 2011 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
January 13, 2012 - Council on Library and Network Development, by webconference
February 14, 2012 - WLA/WEMTA Library Legislative Day, Madison
October 23-26, 2012 - Wisconsin Library Association annual conference, La Crosse
==================================================
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