1. IMLS Releases New Five Year Strategic Plan
2. Found in Wisconsin: Your home for Wisconsin's digital collections
3. Speak Up survey gathers input on digital learning and technology
4. Website of the Week
5. Calendar
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EDITOR'S NOTE - Channel Weekly will not be published for the next three weeks. The next issue of Channel Weekly will be the January 5, 2012, edition.
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1. IMLS RELEASES NEW FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN
This week, Susan Hildreth, director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), released the agency's new strategic plan for FY 2012 - FY 2016 (http://www.imls.gov/about/strategic_plan.aspx). The plan envisions a democratic society where communities and individuals thrive with broad public access to knowledge, cultural heritage, and lifelong learning. The new plan identifies the mission of IMLS to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, learning, and cultural and civic engagement by providing leadership through research, policy development and grant-making.
The planning process, launched in June 2011, with the National Museum and Library Services Board, engaged a wide range of stakeholders including more than 1,400 participants in an online forum. It provides a roadmap to implement the Museum and Library Services Act which recognizes that U.S. libraries and museums are powerful national assets with capacity that must be developed and fully used to enhance economic development and lifelong learning.
"Rapidly changing economic, demographic and technological conditions are creating demand for new library and museum services, noted Ms. Hildreth. " This plan will help IMLS carry out its important federal mandate to help America create 21st century institutions that provide the essential educational and cultural opportunities we need for a competitive future."
The strategic plan establishes a clear framework for performance improvement that emphasizes evidence-based program development and evaluation and includes identifying and sharing best practices; aligning grant-making to best practices and research results; networking to build capacity; and assessing progress.
Five strategic goals will drive IMLS activities and investments:
Strategic Goal 1: IMLS places the learner at the center and supports engaging experiences in libraries and museums that prepare people to be full participants in their local communities and our global society.
Strategic Goal 2: IMLS promotes museums and libraries as strong community anchors that enhance civic engagement, cultural opportunities, and economic vitality.
Strategic Goal 3: IMLS supports exemplary stewardship of museum and library collections and promotes the use of technology to facilitate discovery of knowledge and cultural heritage.
Strategic Goal 4: IMLS advises the President and Congress on plans, policies, and activities that sustain and increase public access to information and ideas.
Strategic Goal 5: IMLS achieves excellence in public management and performs as a model organization through strategic alignment of IMLS resources and prioritization of programmatic activities, maximizing value for the American public.
To read more about the IMLS Strategic Plan see http://www.imls.gov/plan.
2. FOUND IN WISCONSIN: YOUR HOME FOR WISCONSIN'S DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
Found in Wisconsin is a database that allows you to search for collections of digitized objects, containing information about Wisconsin or created by Wisconsin authors.
Take a look at these digital collections that will get you hyped up for the Rose Bowl:
UW Madison Campus Traditions
http://rlldigital.dpi.wi.gov/index.php?P=FullRecord&ID=754
Go to this website to view videos about UW Madison's various traditions. You can find footage of the legendary "5th Quarter" at a UW Football game, the 2010 Convocation, the UW Marching Band and a look behind the scenes at Babcock Hall. This collection was created by the UW Madison as part of their archival video footage.
University of Wisconsin - Madison Athletic Department Collection
http://rlldigital.dpi.wi.gov/index.php?P=FullRecord&ID=220
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Department Collection contains photos and archival materials that document a variety of sports, coaches and student athletes, and their experiences competing on UW-Madison teams.
Songs of the University of Wisconsin
http://rlldigital.dpi.wi.gov/index.php?P=FullRecord&ID=674
This book, published in 1911, follows the previous UW songbooks of 1898 and 1910. The first song book was compiled and then 10 years later it was edited. The 1911 songbook contains additional songs that won a contest including "Let's Drink to Old Wisconsin" and "Our Dear Old Wisconsin."
UW Madison Athletics Photo Gallery
http://rlldigital.dpi.wi.gov/index.php?P=FullRecord&ID=757
Part of UW Madison's "Badger History" series, these photos take a look back at UW Madison's Sports figures. Learn about important people who shaped Badger Athletics in over 200 archival photographs. See photos from many eras with images of well-known football players and boxers, hockey players and runners, basketball players and wrestlers, along with the coaches who led help train and lead them. Click on "auto play" to view as a slideshow.
If you have any questions about Found in Wisconsin or would like to suggest content, please email FIW.Administrator@dpi.wi.gov.
Start exploring today! http://rlldigital.dpi.wi.gov/
Connect with us… twitter.com/WisDPIFoundinWI and www.facebook.com/WisDPIFoundinWI
3. SPEAK UP SURVEY GATHERS INPUT ON DIGITAL LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY
The national Speak Up 2011 survey is open through December 23. Participation in this survey is free. The survey gathers information from students, parents, and educators on digital learning and technology and can be a source of information for technology plans along with providing some innovative ideas.
Since the launch of the survey over 190,000 Students, Parents and Educators have shared their ideas about the use of technology in education. There is still plenty of time to get your school or district involved!
To register your school/district or to take the survey yourself, or have your students take the survey, please visit: http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2011. Please contact Jenny Hostert at jhostert@tomorrow.org for your school or district "secret word" password to access the survey.
4. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Holiday Mail for Heroes -- http://www.redcross.org/holidaymail -- For a fifth year, the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are partnering to ensure all Americans have an opportunity to send a touch of home this holiday season to members of our U.S. military, veterans and their families, many of whom will be far away from home this holiday season. (website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
5. CALENDAR
January 13, 2012 - Council on Library and Network Development, by webconference
January 20-24, 2012 - American Library Association mid-winter meeting, Dallas, TX
February 14, 2012 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA)/Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) Library Legislative Day, Madison
March 13-17, 2012 - Public Library Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA
March 28-30, 2012 - Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) Annual Conference, Wisconsin Dells
April 23-24, 2012 - American Library Association National Library Legislative Day, Washington, DC
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. Found in Wisconsin: Your home for Wisconsin's digital collections
3. Speak Up survey gathers input on digital learning and technology
4. Website of the Week
5. Calendar
=================================================
EDITOR'S NOTE - Channel Weekly will not be published for the next three weeks. The next issue of Channel Weekly will be the January 5, 2012, edition.
***************************************************************************************
1. IMLS RELEASES NEW FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN
This week, Susan Hildreth, director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), released the agency's new strategic plan for FY 2012 - FY 2016 (http://www.imls.gov/about/strategic_plan.aspx). The plan envisions a democratic society where communities and individuals thrive with broad public access to knowledge, cultural heritage, and lifelong learning. The new plan identifies the mission of IMLS to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, learning, and cultural and civic engagement by providing leadership through research, policy development and grant-making.
The planning process, launched in June 2011, with the National Museum and Library Services Board, engaged a wide range of stakeholders including more than 1,400 participants in an online forum. It provides a roadmap to implement the Museum and Library Services Act which recognizes that U.S. libraries and museums are powerful national assets with capacity that must be developed and fully used to enhance economic development and lifelong learning.
"Rapidly changing economic, demographic and technological conditions are creating demand for new library and museum services, noted Ms. Hildreth. " This plan will help IMLS carry out its important federal mandate to help America create 21st century institutions that provide the essential educational and cultural opportunities we need for a competitive future."
The strategic plan establishes a clear framework for performance improvement that emphasizes evidence-based program development and evaluation and includes identifying and sharing best practices; aligning grant-making to best practices and research results; networking to build capacity; and assessing progress.
Five strategic goals will drive IMLS activities and investments:
Strategic Goal 1: IMLS places the learner at the center and supports engaging experiences in libraries and museums that prepare people to be full participants in their local communities and our global society.
Strategic Goal 2: IMLS promotes museums and libraries as strong community anchors that enhance civic engagement, cultural opportunities, and economic vitality.
Strategic Goal 3: IMLS supports exemplary stewardship of museum and library collections and promotes the use of technology to facilitate discovery of knowledge and cultural heritage.
Strategic Goal 4: IMLS advises the President and Congress on plans, policies, and activities that sustain and increase public access to information and ideas.
Strategic Goal 5: IMLS achieves excellence in public management and performs as a model organization through strategic alignment of IMLS resources and prioritization of programmatic activities, maximizing value for the American public.
To read more about the IMLS Strategic Plan see http://www.imls.gov/plan.
2. FOUND IN WISCONSIN: YOUR HOME FOR WISCONSIN'S DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
Found in Wisconsin is a database that allows you to search for collections of digitized objects, containing information about Wisconsin or created by Wisconsin authors.
Take a look at these digital collections that will get you hyped up for the Rose Bowl:
UW Madison Campus Traditions
http://rlldigital.dpi.wi.gov/index.php?P=FullRecord&ID=754
Go to this website to view videos about UW Madison's various traditions. You can find footage of the legendary "5th Quarter" at a UW Football game, the 2010 Convocation, the UW Marching Band and a look behind the scenes at Babcock Hall. This collection was created by the UW Madison as part of their archival video footage.
University of Wisconsin - Madison Athletic Department Collection
http://rlldigital.dpi.wi.gov/index.php?P=FullRecord&ID=220
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Department Collection contains photos and archival materials that document a variety of sports, coaches and student athletes, and their experiences competing on UW-Madison teams.
Songs of the University of Wisconsin
http://rlldigital.dpi.wi.gov/index.php?P=FullRecord&ID=674
This book, published in 1911, follows the previous UW songbooks of 1898 and 1910. The first song book was compiled and then 10 years later it was edited. The 1911 songbook contains additional songs that won a contest including "Let's Drink to Old Wisconsin" and "Our Dear Old Wisconsin."
UW Madison Athletics Photo Gallery
http://rlldigital.dpi.wi.gov/index.php?P=FullRecord&ID=757
Part of UW Madison's "Badger History" series, these photos take a look back at UW Madison's Sports figures. Learn about important people who shaped Badger Athletics in over 200 archival photographs. See photos from many eras with images of well-known football players and boxers, hockey players and runners, basketball players and wrestlers, along with the coaches who led help train and lead them. Click on "auto play" to view as a slideshow.
If you have any questions about Found in Wisconsin or would like to suggest content, please email FIW.Administrator@dpi.wi.gov.
Start exploring today! http://rlldigital.dpi.wi.gov/
Connect with us… twitter.com/WisDPIFoundinWI and www.facebook.com/WisDPIFoundinWI
3. SPEAK UP SURVEY GATHERS INPUT ON DIGITAL LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY
The national Speak Up 2011 survey is open through December 23. Participation in this survey is free. The survey gathers information from students, parents, and educators on digital learning and technology and can be a source of information for technology plans along with providing some innovative ideas.
Since the launch of the survey over 190,000 Students, Parents and Educators have shared their ideas about the use of technology in education. There is still plenty of time to get your school or district involved!
To register your school/district or to take the survey yourself, or have your students take the survey, please visit: http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2011. Please contact Jenny Hostert at jhostert@tomorrow.org for your school or district "secret word" password to access the survey.
4. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Holiday Mail for Heroes -- http://www.redcross.org/holidaymail -- For a fifth year, the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are partnering to ensure all Americans have an opportunity to send a touch of home this holiday season to members of our U.S. military, veterans and their families, many of whom will be far away from home this holiday season. (website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
5. CALENDAR
January 13, 2012 - Council on Library and Network Development, by webconference
January 20-24, 2012 - American Library Association mid-winter meeting, Dallas, TX
February 14, 2012 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA)/Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) Library Legislative Day, Madison
March 13-17, 2012 - Public Library Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA
March 28-30, 2012 - Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) Annual Conference, Wisconsin Dells
April 23-24, 2012 - American Library Association National Library Legislative Day, Washington, DC
October 23-26, 2012 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) 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