1. LSTA meeting and public hearing scheduled
2. Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning signs lease with Madison Public Library
3. BadgerLatté survey
4. FCC makes major change to promote broadband
5. Building Common Ground: Discussions of Community, Civility, and Compassion
6. Free Library 2.011 Worldwide Conference November 2-4
7. Madison Children's Museum among National Medal recipients
8. U.S. Copyright Office announces priorities in work plan
9. Website of the Week - Kids Health
10. Calendar
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NOTE - Due to the Wisconsin Library Association conference, Channel Weekly will not be published next week (November 3). The next issue of Channel Weekly will be the November 10 edition.
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1. LSTA MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED
Wisconsin's LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) Advisory Committee will meet in Madison on Wednesday and Thursday, November 16-17, 2011, at the Holiday Inn-American Center, 5109 West Terrace Drive, Madison, to discuss grant categories for LSTA projects to take place in 2012.
As a part of the meeting, there will be a public hearing beginning at 10 a.m. on November 16 for interested persons to make suggestions on the LSTA program for 2013. Final guidelines for the 2013 LSTA program will be developed in May 2012. If you are unable to attend the public hearing, written comments may be submitted by letter, fax, or e-mail to Terrie Howe, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841; fax number (608) 266-9207; email address teresa.howe@dpi.wi.gov. Testimony must arrive by 4:00 p.m., Monday, November 14, for inclusion in the hearing.
2. RESOURCES FOR LIBRARIES AND LIFELONG LEARNING SIGNS LEASE WITH MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Department of Public Instruction and Madison Public Library have signed a two-year lease agreement that provides space to house items from the Central Library collection while it is undergoing renovation. A significant portion of the collection of the Central Madison Public Library will be housed at Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning beginning this November.
A handful of Madison Public Library staff will work out of the building at 2109 South Stoughton Road on Madison's Southeast side. The collection will be available for intra-library, inter-system, and interlibrary loan, but the facility will not be open to the public for browsing.
Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning and Madison Public Library staff are excited about the chance to work together more closely, learn about one another's operations, and collaborate to benefit the library community in Madison and around the state.
3. BADGERLATTÉ SURVEY
The BadgerLatté webinar series explored BadgerLink's rich collection of information tools Thursdays at 3:30 PM and was designed for educators. Please complete this short survey about the Fall BadgerLatté Webinars. By completing this survey you will help us evaluate how the webinars went and what trainings we should do in the future.
This nine-question survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete and can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FallBL. Please complete the survey by November 1.
If you have any questions, please contact Kara Ripley at kara.ripley@dpi.wi.gov.
4. FCC MAKES MAJOR CHANGE TO PROMOTE BROADBAND
On October 27 the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) approved the creation of a "Connect America Fund" intended to bring affordable broadband to smaller communities and rural areas of the country. The proposed $4.5 billion allocated to this new program will use existing funding which now subsidizes access to plain voice service. The Connect America Fund is also intended to help address broadband issues for schools and libraries in smaller communities. The fund will be phased in over several years and the Department of Public Instruction will keep the school and library communities informed as the program is being implemented.
5. BUILDING COMMON GROUND: DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY, CIVILITY, AND COMPASSION
Building Common Ground: Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion is a collaboration between the American Library Association and the Fetzer Institute. The library programs associated with Building Common Ground are funded by a grant from the Fetzer Institute to the American Library Association.
The goal of the Building Common Ground: Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion project is to engage the public in contemplation and discussion of the importance of community, civility, and compassion in their daily lives. By bringing adult audiences together for programs and events that include reading, viewing, reflection, discussion, and civic engagement initiatives, public libraries will enhance the quality of life and learning in their communities.
Thirty $2,500 programming grants will be awarded to public libraries in the United States following a competitive application process. Access the project resources, grant application, and guidelines can be found at http://ppo.ala.org/commonground/. Online applications must be submitted by November 18, 2011.
6. FREE LIBRARY 2.011 WORLDWIDE CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 2-4
For those of you unable to attend the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) Annual Conference next week, you might consider an alternative. The inaugural Library 2.011 Worldwide Virtual Conference (http://www.library20.com/page/2011-conference) begins Wednesday, November 2, 2011. More than 4,000 information professionals from 149 countries have signed up to join the global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. The free event will feature 160 presentations scheduled over two days. Presentations will cover a variety of pertinent subject strands that affect the library and information science industry and the changing roles of libraries and librarians in our digital world. All conference sessions are being held in Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate), and can be accessed live from any personal computer following instructions on the Sessions and Schedule page at http://www.library20.com/page/sessions-and-schedule. All sessions will also be recorded for later viewing. The conference Twitter hashtag is #LIB2011.
7. MADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AMONG NATIONAL MEDAL RECIPIENTS
The Madison Children's Museum has been awarded the 2011 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the first museum or library in Wisconsin to receive this recognition (http://www.imls.gov/news/2011_medals_madison_childrens_museum.aspx). Each year the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) recognizes five libraries and five museums with the National Medal, the nation's highest honor for exemplary museum and library community service. The award honors libraries and museums that make extraordinary civic, educational, economic, environmental, and social contributions. The winners are honored at a National Medal award ceremony held in Washington, D.C.
The IMLS is currently accepting nominations for the 2012 National Medal. Any individual, including a library or museum employee, may nominate a library or museum in the United States and its territories for the award. All types of nonprofit libraries, including public, school, academic, research, and archival, as well as public or private nonprofit museums, including zoos, art, history, science and technology, children's, and natural history museums, are eligible to receive this honor.
For more information and to access the nomination form, please go to: http://www.imls.gov/about/medals.aspx. A complete application will include a five-page, single-spaced narrative; financial statements for the past two fiscal years; and up to three letters of support. These nominating materials are reviewed by members of the National Museum and Library Services Board, a presidentially appointed policy advisory board of IMLS. Based on their recommendations, the IMLS Director selects the final winners.
Nominations must be postmarked by December 15, 2011, to this address (no faxes or emails will be accepted):
The National Medal for Museum and Library Service
Office of the Director
Institute of Museum and Library Services
1800 M Street NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20036-5802
8. U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE ANNOUNCES PRIORITIES IN WORK PLAN
Maria Pallante, U.S. Register of Copyrights, has released a report of the priorities for her office for the next two years. The report, "Priorities and Special Projects of the United States Copyright Office: October 2011-October 2013," summarizes the priorities of the United States Copyright Office with respect to copyright policy and administrative practice, and announces a series of new projects designed to improve the quality and efficiency of its services in the twenty-first century. For the benefit of the public, the paper also describes the history, responsibilities, and funding of the Office.
One of the Office's responsibilities is to provide leadership and impartial expertise on questions of copyright law and policy. Copyright law plays a critical role in promoting and disseminating American works of authorship and in sustaining large and small businesses in the information, entertainment, and technology sectors. As copyright issues have become ubiquitous, the Office has had to find innovative ways to assist users of copyrighted works and to provide education about core copyright principles. Rapid changes in technology provide new opportunities for creating, distributing, consuming, sharing, and preserving content, but the law has not kept pace.
You can find the Copyright Office's report at http://www.copyright.gov/docs/priorities.pdf. Issues of particular importance to libraries, such as Orphan Works and Copyright Exceptions for Libraries, are included as topics that require legislative work.
9. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
KidsHealth -- http://kidshealth.org/ -- This site from the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media provides facts about children's health as well as information, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues affecting children and teens. (Website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
10. CALENDAR
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 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA)/Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) Library Legislative Day, Madison
March 28-30, 2012 - Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) Annual Conference, Wisconsin Dells
October 23-26, 2012 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) annual conference, La Crosse
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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. Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning signs lease with Madison Public Library
3. BadgerLatté survey
4. FCC makes major change to promote broadband
5. Building Common Ground: Discussions of Community, Civility, and Compassion
6. Free Library 2.011 Worldwide Conference November 2-4
7. Madison Children's Museum among National Medal recipients
8. U.S. Copyright Office announces priorities in work plan
9. Website of the Week - Kids Health
10. Calendar
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**********************************************************
NOTE - Due to the Wisconsin Library Association conference, Channel Weekly will not be published next week (November 3). The next issue of Channel Weekly will be the November 10 edition.
**********************************************************
1. LSTA MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED
Wisconsin's LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) Advisory Committee will meet in Madison on Wednesday and Thursday, November 16-17, 2011, at the Holiday Inn-American Center, 5109 West Terrace Drive, Madison, to discuss grant categories for LSTA projects to take place in 2012.
As a part of the meeting, there will be a public hearing beginning at 10 a.m. on November 16 for interested persons to make suggestions on the LSTA program for 2013. Final guidelines for the 2013 LSTA program will be developed in May 2012. If you are unable to attend the public hearing, written comments may be submitted by letter, fax, or e-mail to Terrie Howe, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841; fax number (608) 266-9207; email address teresa.howe@dpi.wi.gov. Testimony must arrive by 4:00 p.m., Monday, November 14, for inclusion in the hearing.
2. RESOURCES FOR LIBRARIES AND LIFELONG LEARNING SIGNS LEASE WITH MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Department of Public Instruction and Madison Public Library have signed a two-year lease agreement that provides space to house items from the Central Library collection while it is undergoing renovation. A significant portion of the collection of the Central Madison Public Library will be housed at Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning beginning this November.
A handful of Madison Public Library staff will work out of the building at 2109 South Stoughton Road on Madison's Southeast side. The collection will be available for intra-library, inter-system, and interlibrary loan, but the facility will not be open to the public for browsing.
Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning and Madison Public Library staff are excited about the chance to work together more closely, learn about one another's operations, and collaborate to benefit the library community in Madison and around the state.
3. BADGERLATTÉ SURVEY
The BadgerLatté webinar series explored BadgerLink's rich collection of information tools Thursdays at 3:30 PM and was designed for educators. Please complete this short survey about the Fall BadgerLatté Webinars. By completing this survey you will help us evaluate how the webinars went and what trainings we should do in the future.
This nine-question survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete and can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FallBL. Please complete the survey by November 1.
If you have any questions, please contact Kara Ripley at kara.ripley@dpi.wi.gov.
4. FCC MAKES MAJOR CHANGE TO PROMOTE BROADBAND
On October 27 the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) approved the creation of a "Connect America Fund" intended to bring affordable broadband to smaller communities and rural areas of the country. The proposed $4.5 billion allocated to this new program will use existing funding which now subsidizes access to plain voice service. The Connect America Fund is also intended to help address broadband issues for schools and libraries in smaller communities. The fund will be phased in over several years and the Department of Public Instruction will keep the school and library communities informed as the program is being implemented.
5. BUILDING COMMON GROUND: DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY, CIVILITY, AND COMPASSION
Building Common Ground: Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion is a collaboration between the American Library Association and the Fetzer Institute. The library programs associated with Building Common Ground are funded by a grant from the Fetzer Institute to the American Library Association.
The goal of the Building Common Ground: Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion project is to engage the public in contemplation and discussion of the importance of community, civility, and compassion in their daily lives. By bringing adult audiences together for programs and events that include reading, viewing, reflection, discussion, and civic engagement initiatives, public libraries will enhance the quality of life and learning in their communities.
Thirty $2,500 programming grants will be awarded to public libraries in the United States following a competitive application process. Access the project resources, grant application, and guidelines can be found at http://ppo.ala.org/commonground/. Online applications must be submitted by November 18, 2011.
6. FREE LIBRARY 2.011 WORLDWIDE CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 2-4
For those of you unable to attend the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) Annual Conference next week, you might consider an alternative. The inaugural Library 2.011 Worldwide Virtual Conference (http://www.library20.com/page/2011-conference) begins Wednesday, November 2, 2011. More than 4,000 information professionals from 149 countries have signed up to join the global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. The free event will feature 160 presentations scheduled over two days. Presentations will cover a variety of pertinent subject strands that affect the library and information science industry and the changing roles of libraries and librarians in our digital world. All conference sessions are being held in Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate), and can be accessed live from any personal computer following instructions on the Sessions and Schedule page at http://www.library20.com/page/sessions-and-schedule. All sessions will also be recorded for later viewing. The conference Twitter hashtag is #LIB2011.
7. MADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AMONG NATIONAL MEDAL RECIPIENTS
The Madison Children's Museum has been awarded the 2011 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the first museum or library in Wisconsin to receive this recognition (http://www.imls.gov/news/2011_medals_madison_childrens_museum.aspx). Each year the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) recognizes five libraries and five museums with the National Medal, the nation's highest honor for exemplary museum and library community service. The award honors libraries and museums that make extraordinary civic, educational, economic, environmental, and social contributions. The winners are honored at a National Medal award ceremony held in Washington, D.C.
The IMLS is currently accepting nominations for the 2012 National Medal. Any individual, including a library or museum employee, may nominate a library or museum in the United States and its territories for the award. All types of nonprofit libraries, including public, school, academic, research, and archival, as well as public or private nonprofit museums, including zoos, art, history, science and technology, children's, and natural history museums, are eligible to receive this honor.
For more information and to access the nomination form, please go to: http://www.imls.gov/about/medals.aspx. A complete application will include a five-page, single-spaced narrative; financial statements for the past two fiscal years; and up to three letters of support. These nominating materials are reviewed by members of the National Museum and Library Services Board, a presidentially appointed policy advisory board of IMLS. Based on their recommendations, the IMLS Director selects the final winners.
Nominations must be postmarked by December 15, 2011, to this address (no faxes or emails will be accepted):
The National Medal for Museum and Library Service
Office of the Director
Institute of Museum and Library Services
1800 M Street NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20036-5802
8. U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE ANNOUNCES PRIORITIES IN WORK PLAN
Maria Pallante, U.S. Register of Copyrights, has released a report of the priorities for her office for the next two years. The report, "Priorities and Special Projects of the United States Copyright Office: October 2011-October 2013," summarizes the priorities of the United States Copyright Office with respect to copyright policy and administrative practice, and announces a series of new projects designed to improve the quality and efficiency of its services in the twenty-first century. For the benefit of the public, the paper also describes the history, responsibilities, and funding of the Office.
One of the Office's responsibilities is to provide leadership and impartial expertise on questions of copyright law and policy. Copyright law plays a critical role in promoting and disseminating American works of authorship and in sustaining large and small businesses in the information, entertainment, and technology sectors. As copyright issues have become ubiquitous, the Office has had to find innovative ways to assist users of copyrighted works and to provide education about core copyright principles. Rapid changes in technology provide new opportunities for creating, distributing, consuming, sharing, and preserving content, but the law has not kept pace.
You can find the Copyright Office's report at http://www.copyright.gov/docs/priorities.pdf. Issues of particular importance to libraries, such as Orphan Works and Copyright Exceptions for Libraries, are included as topics that require legislative work.
9. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
KidsHealth -- http://kidshealth.org/ -- This site from the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media provides facts about children's health as well as information, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues affecting children and teens. (Website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
10. CALENDAR
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 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA)/Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) Library Legislative Day, Madison
March 28-30, 2012 - Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) Annual Conference, Wisconsin Dells
October 23-26, 2012 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) annual conference, La Crosse
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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
==================================================
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