1. Applicants file for 2012 E-rate support
2. New to BadgerLink: Encyclopædia Britannica Mobile
3. Amidst the Gowns and Glitz: Children's Books at the Academy Awards
4. Website of the Week - American Fact Finder
5. Calendar
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1. 675 APPLICANTS FILE FOR 2012 E-RATE SUPPORT 675
The E-rate program has a two-tiered application process and 675 schools and libraries in Wisconsin filed the initial application by the February 21 deadline. The next key date is March 20, which is the deadline for the final application form. (The 2012 E-rate funding year starts on July 1.) For the current E-rate funding year, which started July 1, 2011, schools and libraries in the state are eligible to receive $42 million in discounts on the cost of their Internet and telecommunication services. This is the highest amount since the E-rate program started in 1997.
The DPI E-rate website is at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_erate. The department also has an E-rate email list. Anyone in a school or library who works with the E-rate program is encouraged to subscribe to this list. Instructions are at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_wieratelist.
2. NEW TO BADGERLINK: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA MOBILE
Looking for a reliable resource for information when you are on the go? Look no further than BadgerLink!
Encyclopædia Britannica, a BadgerLink vendor, has taken their thoroughly researched and vetted articles and made them available to all customers to use on mobile devices, including smart phones (iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry) and tablets (iPad, PlayBook, etc.). Users will have access to over 120,000 articles, and thousands of images, that are available on Encyclopædia Britannica!
This advertisement-free resource is easy to use! From your mobile device, go to the BadgerLink Homepage at http://www.badgerlink.net, then go to the Encyclopædia Britannica section and click on Mobile! You can type your search term right into the search box or you can browse through the articles alphabetically.
And don't forget about EBSCOhost Mobile! From your mobile device, go to the BadgerLink Homepage at http://www.badgerlink.net, then go to the EBSCO section and click on EBSCO Mobile.
If you have any questions about Encyclopædia Britannica Mobile, please contact BadgerLink technical support by using this web form: http://rl3.dpi.wi.gov.
3. ADMIDST THE GOWNS AND GLITZ: CHILDREN'S BOOKS AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS
Moonbot Studios' "The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore" won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. This delightful movie emphasizes the wondrous and transformative power of books. The co-directors spoke of childhood and storytelling in their Oscar acceptance speech. Take a moment to watch the 15 minute film today! http://morrislessmore.com/?p=film.
Also of note-the Caldecott award winning book, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick was transformed into a brilliant 3D movie by Martin Scorsese. "Hugo" scored five Oscars at the 84th Academy Awards. Be enchanted by the original story and artwork at the Hugo Cabret website: http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/index.htm.
4. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
U.S. Census Bureau: American Fact Finder -- http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml -- American FactFinder from the United States Census Bureau provides data from nearly one hundred annual surveys and censuses including population, housing, economic and geographic information.
5. 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. New to BadgerLink: Encyclopædia Britannica Mobile
3. Amidst the Gowns and Glitz: Children's Books at the Academy Awards
4. Website of the Week - American Fact Finder
5. Calendar
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1. 675 APPLICANTS FILE FOR 2012 E-RATE SUPPORT 675
The E-rate program has a two-tiered application process and 675 schools and libraries in Wisconsin filed the initial application by the February 21 deadline. The next key date is March 20, which is the deadline for the final application form. (The 2012 E-rate funding year starts on July 1.) For the current E-rate funding year, which started July 1, 2011, schools and libraries in the state are eligible to receive $42 million in discounts on the cost of their Internet and telecommunication services. This is the highest amount since the E-rate program started in 1997.
The DPI E-rate website is at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_erate. The department also has an E-rate email list. Anyone in a school or library who works with the E-rate program is encouraged to subscribe to this list. Instructions are at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_wieratelist.
2. NEW TO BADGERLINK: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA MOBILE
Looking for a reliable resource for information when you are on the go? Look no further than BadgerLink!
Encyclopædia Britannica, a BadgerLink vendor, has taken their thoroughly researched and vetted articles and made them available to all customers to use on mobile devices, including smart phones (iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry) and tablets (iPad, PlayBook, etc.). Users will have access to over 120,000 articles, and thousands of images, that are available on Encyclopædia Britannica!
This advertisement-free resource is easy to use! From your mobile device, go to the BadgerLink Homepage at http://www.badgerlink.net, then go to the Encyclopædia Britannica section and click on Mobile! You can type your search term right into the search box or you can browse through the articles alphabetically.
And don't forget about EBSCOhost Mobile! From your mobile device, go to the BadgerLink Homepage at http://www.badgerlink.net, then go to the EBSCO section and click on EBSCO Mobile.
If you have any questions about Encyclopædia Britannica Mobile, please contact BadgerLink technical support by using this web form: http://rl3.dpi.wi.gov.
3. ADMIDST THE GOWNS AND GLITZ: CHILDREN'S BOOKS AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS
Moonbot Studios' "The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore" won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. This delightful movie emphasizes the wondrous and transformative power of books. The co-directors spoke of childhood and storytelling in their Oscar acceptance speech. Take a moment to watch the 15 minute film today! http://morrislessmore.com/?p=film.
Also of note-the Caldecott award winning book, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick was transformed into a brilliant 3D movie by Martin Scorsese. "Hugo" scored five Oscars at the 84th Academy Awards. Be enchanted by the original story and artwork at the Hugo Cabret website: http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/index.htm.
4. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
U.S. Census Bureau: American Fact Finder -- http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml -- American FactFinder from the United States Census Bureau provides data from nearly one hundred annual surveys and censuses including population, housing, economic and geographic information.
5. 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
==================================================
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