1. President Obama requests $231,953,777 for IMLS
2. Common Core materials for ELA and Literacy
3. CCBC Resource: Children's and Young Adult Literature award winners
4. Call for presenters for first Lake Superior Libraries Symposium
5. Website of the Week: Social Security Benefit Calculator
6. Calendar
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1. PRESIDENT OBAMA REQUESTS $231,953,777 FOR IMLS
President Barack Obama has requested $231,953,777 for fiscal year 2013 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an amount equal to the agency's current funding. The IMLS is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums; part of its mission is to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. This is the first budget request for the agency since the adoption of its new five-year strategic plan. (http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/StrategicPlan2012-16_Brochure.pdf)
"This budget helps museums and libraries level the playing field for the people of the United States," said Susan Hildreth, director of IMLS. "IMLS is the federal voice for libraries and museums. With this budget we will continue to provide leadership through grant making research and policy development. Especially in our information age, libraries and museums are not luxuries; they are fundamental to supporting a democratic society where communities and individuals thrive with broad access to lifelong learning."
The President requested $184,704,000 for the nation's 123,000 libraries. Of that amount, approximately 85 percent ($156.3 million) is distributed through the Grants to States program to the State Library Administrative Agencies in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and freely associated states, according to a population-based formula. These grants help libraries meet community needs, use technology to develop new service models and reach underserved populations.
2. COMMON CORE MATERIALS FOR ELA AND LITERACY
BadgerLink, through its license to TeachingBooks.net, has materials to help implement Common Core Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Literacy.
On TeachingBooks.net, ready-to-use instructional materials support three Common Core ELA & Literacy evidence-based pedagogical shifts. Shift 1: Balance informational and literary reading in all grades by emphasizing informational texts and the Common Core Appendix B Text Exemplars. Shift 2: Emphasize reading in many K-12 disciplines; including history, social studies, and science, with thoughtfully selected supplemental booklists. Shift 3: Require knowledge and direct consideration of the text to support students' evidentiary argument skills at all grade levels.
TeachingBooks.net can be accessed through BadgerLink for thousands of quality, vetted resources that are easy to locate by grade level: http://TeachingBooks.net/CommonCore.
3. CCBC RESOURCE: 2012 CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AWARD WINNERS
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) librarians highlight the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Children's and Young Adult Literature award winners, which were announced on Monday, January 23, at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. If you have not had a chance to read these exemplary titles for yourself, the CCBC librarians tell all in a short 30 minute webinar now archived online. Find out what made this year's Caldecott, Newbery, and Printz medal winners extraordinary for young readers.
You can watch the archived program at: http://blip.tv/scls-continuing-education/ccbc-shorts-january-25-2012-5910237. For the complete list of archived CCBC Shorts programs, go to: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/events/ccbcshorts.asp
4. CALL FOR PRESENTERS FOR FIRST LAKE SUPERIOR LIBRARIES SYMPOSIUM
The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is placing a call for proposals with local librarians, teachers, IT professionals, and community members to participate in their inaugural conference to be held on Friday, June 1, 2012, at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC) Conference Center.
Presenters on Leadership, Teaching & Learning, and Technology are encouraged to submit proposals. If you believe you can share a viable program, message, workflow, idea, demonstration, or other experience in a breakout/classroom format, then submit your proposal at http://goo.gl/aoDMM.
Presentations should be 45 minutes in length including Q&A. The Symposium will provide audio visual support. The Call for Proposals closes on February 24, with the presentation schedule to be released in mid-March.
The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is a conference developed by local librarians from Wisconsin and Minnesota. Their goal is to develop and foster an enhanced network of skills, programs, and literacy types that will benefit the libraries of Northern Wisconsin, Northern Minnesota, and their respective communities. The inaugural conference will be held on Friday, June 1 at WITC-Superior with an effort to keep costs for attendance to a minimum. More information can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/lakesuperiorlibrariessymposium/home/about-us.
5. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Social Security Benefit Calculator --http://www.ssa.gov/planners/benefitcalculators.htm - The Social Security Administration's home page provides a link to useful calculators to estimate your potential benefit amounts using different retirement dates and levels of future earnings. The calculators will show your retirement benefits as well as disability and survivor benefit amounts if you should become disabled or die. (website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
6. CALENDAR
March 9, 2012 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Fitchburg
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 17-18, 2012 - LSTA Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
April 23-24, 2012 - American Library Association National Library Legislative Day, Washington, DC
May 9-11, 2012 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries annual conference, Stevens Point
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. Common Core materials for ELA and Literacy
3. CCBC Resource: Children's and Young Adult Literature award winners
4. Call for presenters for first Lake Superior Libraries Symposium
5. Website of the Week: Social Security Benefit Calculator
6. Calendar
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1. PRESIDENT OBAMA REQUESTS $231,953,777 FOR IMLS
President Barack Obama has requested $231,953,777 for fiscal year 2013 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an amount equal to the agency's current funding. The IMLS is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums; part of its mission is to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. This is the first budget request for the agency since the adoption of its new five-year strategic plan. (http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/StrategicPlan2012-16_Brochure.pdf)
"This budget helps museums and libraries level the playing field for the people of the United States," said Susan Hildreth, director of IMLS. "IMLS is the federal voice for libraries and museums. With this budget we will continue to provide leadership through grant making research and policy development. Especially in our information age, libraries and museums are not luxuries; they are fundamental to supporting a democratic society where communities and individuals thrive with broad access to lifelong learning."
The President requested $184,704,000 for the nation's 123,000 libraries. Of that amount, approximately 85 percent ($156.3 million) is distributed through the Grants to States program to the State Library Administrative Agencies in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and freely associated states, according to a population-based formula. These grants help libraries meet community needs, use technology to develop new service models and reach underserved populations.
2. COMMON CORE MATERIALS FOR ELA AND LITERACY
BadgerLink, through its license to TeachingBooks.net, has materials to help implement Common Core Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Literacy.
On TeachingBooks.net, ready-to-use instructional materials support three Common Core ELA & Literacy evidence-based pedagogical shifts. Shift 1: Balance informational and literary reading in all grades by emphasizing informational texts and the Common Core Appendix B Text Exemplars. Shift 2: Emphasize reading in many K-12 disciplines; including history, social studies, and science, with thoughtfully selected supplemental booklists. Shift 3: Require knowledge and direct consideration of the text to support students' evidentiary argument skills at all grade levels.
TeachingBooks.net can be accessed through BadgerLink for thousands of quality, vetted resources that are easy to locate by grade level: http://TeachingBooks.net/CommonCore.
3. CCBC RESOURCE: 2012 CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AWARD WINNERS
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) librarians highlight the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Children's and Young Adult Literature award winners, which were announced on Monday, January 23, at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. If you have not had a chance to read these exemplary titles for yourself, the CCBC librarians tell all in a short 30 minute webinar now archived online. Find out what made this year's Caldecott, Newbery, and Printz medal winners extraordinary for young readers.
You can watch the archived program at: http://blip.tv/scls-continuing-education/ccbc-shorts-january-25-2012-5910237. For the complete list of archived CCBC Shorts programs, go to: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/events/ccbcshorts.asp
4. CALL FOR PRESENTERS FOR FIRST LAKE SUPERIOR LIBRARIES SYMPOSIUM
The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is placing a call for proposals with local librarians, teachers, IT professionals, and community members to participate in their inaugural conference to be held on Friday, June 1, 2012, at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC) Conference Center.
Presenters on Leadership, Teaching & Learning, and Technology are encouraged to submit proposals. If you believe you can share a viable program, message, workflow, idea, demonstration, or other experience in a breakout/classroom format, then submit your proposal at http://goo.gl/aoDMM.
Presentations should be 45 minutes in length including Q&A. The Symposium will provide audio visual support. The Call for Proposals closes on February 24, with the presentation schedule to be released in mid-March.
The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is a conference developed by local librarians from Wisconsin and Minnesota. Their goal is to develop and foster an enhanced network of skills, programs, and literacy types that will benefit the libraries of Northern Wisconsin, Northern Minnesota, and their respective communities. The inaugural conference will be held on Friday, June 1 at WITC-Superior with an effort to keep costs for attendance to a minimum. More information can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/lakesuperiorlibrariessymposium/home/about-us.
5. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Social Security Benefit Calculator --http://www.ssa.gov/planners/benefitcalculators.htm - The Social Security Administration's home page provides a link to useful calculators to estimate your potential benefit amounts using different retirement dates and levels of future earnings. The calculators will show your retirement benefits as well as disability and survivor benefit amounts if you should become disabled or die. (website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
6. CALENDAR
March 9, 2012 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Fitchburg
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 17-18, 2012 - LSTA Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
April 23-24, 2012 - American Library Association National Library Legislative Day, Washington, DC
May 9-11, 2012 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries annual conference, Stevens Point
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