1. Wisconsin awarded Connecting to Collections Statewide Implementation Grant
2. Steve Sanders retires after 13 years with DPI
3. New BadgerLink resource announced
4. Teens and digital learning labs
5. WebJunction funded for another five years
6. Public Library Association receives grant for digital literacy education
7. Banned Books Week: Celebrating 30 Years of Liberating Literature
8. BadgerLink Resource of the Week - Auto Repair Reference Center
9. Website of the Week - Radio Locator
10. Calendar
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1. WISCONSIN AWARDED CONNECTING TO COLLECTIONS STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT
Wisconsin is one of eight states recently awarded a Connecting to Collections Statewide Implementation Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A total of $1,775,638 in grants was awarded.
"These awards will allow for the implementation of plans developed with Connecting to Collections Planning Grants," said IMLS Director Susan Hildreth. "Each project addresses at least one need identified by the Heritage Health Index: providing safe conditions for collections, developing emergency plans, assigning collections-care responsibility to staff, and increasing awareness of and support for collections care."
The Wisconsin Historical Society, in partnership with Wisconsin Library Services, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Division for Libraries and Technology, and the Wisconsin Federation of Museums, will receive $237,760 in support of a project to address the most urgent needs of the state's collecting institutions through a series of targeted trainings and expanded access to resources. Workshops in risk assessment, disaster planning, and salvage for 200 institutions across the state will result in tangible draft disaster plans and partnership in regional networks of institutions experienced in salvage techniques following disasters. More than 300 collecting institution staff will receive instruction in low-cost, practical measures to improve the foundations of their current collections care protocols, as well as instruction in the use of a preservation self-assessment tool delivered to the attendees at 13 statewide organizational and regional conferences. The major grant partners will collaborate to promote a short, reliable list of preservation information sources to all collecting institutions in the state through the broad use of their newsletters, websites, and listservs, and the public will benefit from improved overall preservation and care of the collections held in trust by Wisconsin's cultural heritage organizations.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. Our grants, policy development, and research helps communities and individuals thrive by providing broad public access to knowledge, cultural heritage, and lifelong learning. To learn more about IMLS, please visit http://www.imls.gov.
2. STEVE SANDERS RETIRES AFTER 13 YEARS WITH DPI
Steve Sanders, director of the Instructional Media and Technology team at the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) officially retired on August 17, 2012 after 31 years as an educator in Wisconsin. He spent the last 13 years serving students and teachers from his position at DPI.
Steve began his education career teaching math and Computer Science in Valders, also working in LaCrosse and Marshfield before coming to DPI in 1999 as Education Consultant for Distance Learning and E-Rate. He became director of the Instructional Media and Technology Team in November 2005.
Nationally known for his knowledge and understanding of the E-Rate process, Steve was a member of the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE), the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), and the State E-Rate Coordinators Alliance (SECA) among other organizations at the state and national level. He was named "State Leader of the Year" in November 2011 by the membership of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) at the 2011 Leadership Summit, "Leveraging Technology for Learning." This top award from SETDA goes to an active SETDA member who has exhibited outstanding leadership in integrating technology, collaborating with peers, and engaging within the broad education and education technology communities to ensure the effective integration of technology in learning.
Steve also served two terms on the CoSN Board of Directors and on the boards of the Wisconsin Math Council, Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association (WEMTA), and the Wisconsin Society for Technology in Education (WiSTE). He also chaired the State Education Technology Director's Association (SETDA) Policy and Advocacy Committee for several years and was a longtime member of the UW Extension's planning committee for UW-Extension's Distance Teaching & Learning Conference held annually here in Madison.
Now that he has additional time on his hands, Steve, who is married to Kathy, a Library Media Specialist in the Monona Grove School District, plans to spend more time canoeing and kayaking, taking his dog for long runs and hikes, and spending more time with family and friends.
3. NEW BADGERLINK RESOURCE ANNOUNCED
ECB.org is excited to offer Digital Science Online, free of cost to all Wisconsin educators via BadgerLink.
Digital Science Online is a new collection of standards-based visual teaching tools for the elementary and middle school science classroom and includes:
- 183 Full-length Videos
- Over 1700 Video Clips
- Over 2900 Annotated Images
- Over 750 Animations
- Over 1400 Assessments, Hands-on Activities, Vocabulary Exercises and Reading Activities
A link to the site is at http://tinyurl.com/c2f3ucr (shortened url). For any questions, please contact BadgerLink Technical Support at http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/bl_sup.asp.
4. TEENS AND DIGITAL LEARNING LABS
An article in the American Library Association's publication, American Libraries, states that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation distributed $100,000 grants in November 2011 to eight libraries and four museums to plan and design their own digital learning labs where teens can hang out, mess around, and geek out. According to new research, young people learn more effectively in hands-on projects where they can be creative and think critically. These grants are establishing the opportunities to create media rather than consume it. A link to the article can be found at http://tinyurl.com/c2xo4o3.
Wisconsin offered a new LSTA grant category for 2013 called "Digital Creations in Public Libraries." Four grant applications were submitted in the first year to create learning opportunities in their libraries.
5. WEBJUNCTION FUNDED FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS
OCLC announced that it has received a $4.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support five years of ongoing operations of WebJunction, the learning place for libraries. The complete news release can be found at http://tinyurl.com/9ax8wph.
Built with grant funding from the Gates Foundation and launched in 2003, OCLC's WebJunction has helped more than 70,000 library staff build the job skills they need to meet the challenges of today's environment. WebJunction.org provides training resources-including online courses, webinar presentations, downloadable curricula, and real-world examples collected from libraries-to share the knowledge, skills and support to libraries. The new grant will support OCLC's continued development of the programs, content and systems of WebJunction.org, and provide long-term sustainability of services that will help libraries thrive in changing and challenging technological environments today and into the future. For more information visit WebJunction's website at http://www.webjunction.org.
6. PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RECEIVES GRANT FOR DIGITAL LITERACY EDUCATION
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Public Library Association (PLA) a $291,000 grant to develop an online collection of digital literacy resources that will be accessible to libraries, patrons, and community-based organizations. The grant, provided through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, will include handouts, the development of training curricula in English and Spanish, and library patron skills assessments in order to improve the nation's digital literacy rate.
PLA, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), will partner with the ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies to generate the online digital literacy resource collection. PLA will launch the online resource center at the 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, and the organization plans to continue demonstrations of the resource center at ALA and PLA conferences from 2013-2014. The project will help libraries address local needs for technology skills and training, as well as better prepare libraries to support digital learning through the national "Connect to Compete" program, connect2compete.org/, to be launched early next year in conjunction with a national ad campaign.
More information about the grant can be found through PLA here: http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=11454
or IMLS here (shortened link): http://goo.gl/wXZO0.
7. BANNED BOOKS WEEK: CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF LIBERATING LITERATURE
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States. The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or restricted, in a majority of cases the books were not banned, all thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers, and members of the community to retain the books in the library collections. This year's celebration is September 30?October 6, 2012. For more information, see http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek.
8. BADGERLINK RESOURCE OF THE WEEK
Need to look up a wiring guide or view the technical bulletins and recalls for your car? Use Auto Repair Reference Center! Go to the BadgerLink Homepage (www.BadgerLink.net), in the EBSCO section click on Auto Repair Reference Center to being your search.
9. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Radio-Locator -- http://www.radio-locator.com/ -- This website is a search engine for finding radio stations in the United States and all around the world. The site also provides technical information, including coverage maps, for all U.S. licensed radio stations and most Canadian and Mexican stations as well. The site also provide links to over 13,000 radio stations' websites, and over 7400 stations' live Internet audio streams. (website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
10. CALENDAR
November 7, 2012 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee meeting, DeForest
October 9, 2012 - Wisconsin Library Service/Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning Fall ILL Meeting, Madison
October 11, 2012 - Public Library System Youth Services Liaison meeting, DeForest
October 12, 2012 - Public Library System Continuing Education and Certification Consultants meeting, DeForest
October 23-26, 2012 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) annual conference, La Crosse
November 9, 2012 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Sheboygan
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Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
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Division for Libraries and Technology
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