1. Public Library Annual Report online form is open
2. BadgerLink training and continuing education contact hours
3. New Online Resource for Libraries and Systems Serving Special Populations
4. Over 77,400 school broadband speed tests completed; data being analyzed
5. Nicolet Federated Library System holds Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference
6. BadgerLink Resource of the Week: Digital Science Online
7. Website of the Week: National Jukebox
8. Calendar
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1. PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT ONLINE FORM IS OPEN
The LibPAS online reporting system for the 2012 Public Library Annual Report opened for access on January 16. Email announcements with login information were sent to directors of all public libraries throughout Wisconsin. Instructions and information about the 2012 Public Library Annual Report (along with a link to the reporting site) are available here: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_annrpt.
If you are a public library director and did not receive your email announcement, please check the following:
-- if you have spam filtering, see if the message was trapped and add "wi@countingopinions.com" to the allowed addresses (though the message will indicate it is from libraryreport@dpi.wi.gov).
-- if the director's position recently changed or is vacant, please send a message to libraryreport@dpi.wi.gov with the name and email address of the person who will be completing the annual report.
--if you misplace your username/password, go to the portal page: https://wi.countingopinions.com/, select "login," and use the "password reminder" option, which will send information to the director email address on record.
This year, in an effort to reduce errors and further streamline the process for libraries, 16 systems have supplied the Department of Public Instruction with data that has been uploaded and pre-filled on behalf of their member libraries. That data may include collection and usage numbers derived from regional shared catalogs and circulation systems, or financial information for grants or reimbursements distributed by the regional system.
2. BADGERLINK TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION CONTACT HOURS
The Winter BadgerLunch training webinars kicked off for the season of trainings on Thursday, January 17. These sessions cover Spanish resources available in BadgerLink (http://www.BadgerLink.net). In addition to providing valuable information about how Wisconsin residents can access online information, the BadgerLunch webinars also provide public library directors opportunities to earn contact hours toward continuing education.
BadgerLink trainings are planned, coordinated, administered, and evaluated in terms of learning objectives. These trainings review and instruct the participants on searching and reference skills, update participants on new BadgerLink developments, and share ways to enhance your library skills.
Public library directors may earn credit in Category B and C. Continuing education contact hours may be earned in Category B by attending a live BadgerLink webinar session, or by viewing an archived webinar in a group setting sponsored by a library agency or organization that included organized discussion or chat. Because the webinars are also recorded and archived on the BadgerLink Training Page (http://www.badgerlink.net/training.html), self-directed continuing education contact hours may be earned in Category C by individually viewing an archived BadgerLink webinar during which there is no participant interaction or discussion. Additionally, some BadgerLink webinars offer opportunities to earn contact hours toward the 10-hour technology credit requirement.
To obtain credit for attending a BadgerLink session, complete a Continuing Education Activity Report form (http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/forms/doc/f2453.doc) in sufficient detail including the program provider, title and description of program, date(s), location, and number of contact hours offered, and submit to your public library system validator.
If you have any questions about public library certification, please go to http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_cert or contact Terrie Howe at teresa.howe@dpi.wi.gov. If you have questions about BadgerLink Training opportunities or this webinar series, please contact Kara Ripley at kara.ripley@dpi.wi.gov.
3. NEW ONLINE RESOURCE FOR LIBRARIES AND SYSTEMS SERVING SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Serving Special Populations is a new online resource featuring video interviews from the Department of Public Instruction's Public Library Development Team (PLDT). The resource is a follow-up to Adults with Special Needs: A Resource and Planning Guide for Wisconsin's Public Libraries and Public Library Services for Youth with Special Needs: A Plan for Wisconsin, published by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) in 1999 and 2005, respectively. The PLDT hopes this resource will assist Wisconsin's public libraries and public library systems in providing service to special populations throughout Wisconsin. It is designed to guide library staff in planning, implementing, and evaluating services for special populations, offer a range of resources and strategies useful to all size public libraries no matter where they are located in Wisconsin, and provide information unique to Wisconsin. Librarians and system consultants from around the state are featured in the nine video interviews.
The new resource can be found here: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_ssp. The original Adults with Special Needs can be found here: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_specialasn. The original Youth with Special Needs can be found here: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_ysnpl
4. OVER 77,400 SCHOOL BROADBAND SPEED TESTS COMPLETED; DATA BEING ANALYZED
A HUGE thank you to all teachers, administrators and students in the 1254 Wisconsin schools (out of 2316 or 54.05%) and 343 districts/LEAs (out of 441 or 77.78%) that took the time to run at least one speed test during School Speed Test Month that ended in November. EducationSuperHighway (EducationSuperHighway), in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), developed the Wisconsin School Speed Test website, where any member of a school community can run an automatic test of the real speed of the Internet in that school, at a given moment. (See article in the November 1, 2012, issue of Channel Weekly: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chwk1507).
DPI is currently scrubbing and analyzing data from 77,400+ speed tests completed by Wisconsin schools and districts to assist the state in examining broadband usage and to help plan for upcoming online assessments and other digital learning initiatives.
Congratulation to Hayward Middle School (5864 speed tests run) and Hayward Community School District (10,434 tests run) for coming out on top in the school and district categories. Here are the Top 10 schools and Top 10 Districts that completed SpeedTests this past fall:
Top 10 Schools
Top 10 Districts
As additional results become available, DPI will publish them electronically and share them with district and school personnel throughout the winter months.
5. NICOLET FEDERATED LIBRARY SYSTEM HOLDS WILD WISCONSIN WINTER WEB CONFERENCE
On January 16, librarians statewide logged on to the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference, a free, state-wide virtual conference developed by the Nicolet Federated Library System and sponsored by a host of public library systems including Eastern Shores, Indianhead, Lakeshores, Manitowoc-Calumet, Mid-Wisconsin, Northern Waters, Outagamie Waupaca, South Central, Southwest, Waukesha County, Winding Rivers, Winnefox and Wisconsin Valley. Six different presenters from libraries around the country shared their insights on a range of compelling topics.
Carson Block, founder of Carson Block Consulting, led off the conference with "The Great Library Swindle: Your Rights Are at Risk" (http://blip.tv/nfls/the-great-library-swindle-your-rights-are-at-risk-6505223), a compelling look at the risks and opportunities of the increasingly digital world of library content.
Sonja Plummer-Morgan, director of the Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle, Maine, shared her inspirations for "Dealing with Difficult Situations" (http://blip.tv/nfls/dealing-with-difficult-situations-6505198).
Ben Bizzle, Director of Technology at the Craighead County-Jonesboro Public Library in Jonesboro, Arkansas, shook up the conventional wisdom on marketing library services with "Marketing on the Edge" (http://blip.tv/nfls/marketing-on-the-edge-6505235). Billboards, comedy, and YouTube videos endorsed by nationally recognized authors have all been used successfully by the Jonesboro Public Library.
Jenica P. Rogers, Director of Libraries at the State University of New York at Potsdam, kicked off the afternoon with her thought-provoking session titled, "Library Self vs. Library Action" (http://blip.tv/nfls/library-self-vs-library-action-6505251). She challenged librarians to think long and hard about the services they may have rejected as not relevant or appropriate for libraries.
Sarah Houghton, director of the San Rafael (California) Public Library and author of Librarianinblack, challenged librarians' thinking about "Library Ethics and Digital Content" (http://blip.tv/nfls/are-we-hypocrites-libary-ethics-and-digital-content-6505253).
The program was capped by Joan Frye-Williams presentation, "Scale Up: 10 Ways to Increase Your Impact without Increasing Your Workload" (http://blip.tv/nfls/scale-up-10-ways-to-increase-your-impact-without-increasing-your-workload-6505255). Joan encouraged librarians to think about designing spaces and services tailored to communities of patrons, not just individual patrons.
6. BADGERLINK RESOURCE OF THE WEEK
Find elementary and middle school science videos, images and animations on the Wisconsin Media Lab's Digital Science Online.
7. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Library of Congress: National Jukebox -- http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ -- This site from the Library of Congress makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. Recordings are from the collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.
8. CALENDAR
February 5, 2013 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA)/Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) Library Legislative Day, Madison
March 8, 2013 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, to be confirmed
April 3, 2013 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee Meeting, DeForest
April 7-9, 2013 - Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) annual conference, Madison
April 23-26, 2013 - Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians annual conference, Elkhart Lake
May 1-3, 2013 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) annual conference, Lake Geneva
May 7-8, 2013 - American Library Association National Library Legislative Day, Washington, DC
May 10, 2013 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Portage
May 10, 2013 - Public Library Special Services Consultants annual meeting, DeForest
June 27-July 2, 2013 - American Librarian Association (ALA) Annual Conference, Chicago
October 3, 2013 - Public Library Youth Services Liaisons annual meeting, DeForest
October 23-26, 2013 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) annual conference, Green Bay
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To access previous issues of Channel Weekly, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
go to: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/
==================================================
Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
Department of Public Instruction
Division for Libraries and Technology
PO Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: (608) 266-6439
FAX: (608) 267-9207
2. BadgerLink training and continuing education contact hours
3. New Online Resource for Libraries and Systems Serving Special Populations
4. Over 77,400 school broadband speed tests completed; data being analyzed
5. Nicolet Federated Library System holds Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference
6. BadgerLink Resource of the Week: Digital Science Online
7. Website of the Week: National Jukebox
8. Calendar
=================================================
1. PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT ONLINE FORM IS OPEN
The LibPAS online reporting system for the 2012 Public Library Annual Report opened for access on January 16. Email announcements with login information were sent to directors of all public libraries throughout Wisconsin. Instructions and information about the 2012 Public Library Annual Report (along with a link to the reporting site) are available here: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_annrpt.
If you are a public library director and did not receive your email announcement, please check the following:
-- if you have spam filtering, see if the message was trapped and add "wi@countingopinions.com" to the allowed addresses (though the message will indicate it is from libraryreport@dpi.wi.gov).
-- if the director's position recently changed or is vacant, please send a message to libraryreport@dpi.wi.gov with the name and email address of the person who will be completing the annual report.
--if you misplace your username/password, go to the portal page: https://wi.countingopinions.com/, select "login," and use the "password reminder" option, which will send information to the director email address on record.
This year, in an effort to reduce errors and further streamline the process for libraries, 16 systems have supplied the Department of Public Instruction with data that has been uploaded and pre-filled on behalf of their member libraries. That data may include collection and usage numbers derived from regional shared catalogs and circulation systems, or financial information for grants or reimbursements distributed by the regional system.
2. BADGERLINK TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION CONTACT HOURS
The Winter BadgerLunch training webinars kicked off for the season of trainings on Thursday, January 17. These sessions cover Spanish resources available in BadgerLink (http://www.BadgerLink.net). In addition to providing valuable information about how Wisconsin residents can access online information, the BadgerLunch webinars also provide public library directors opportunities to earn contact hours toward continuing education.
BadgerLink trainings are planned, coordinated, administered, and evaluated in terms of learning objectives. These trainings review and instruct the participants on searching and reference skills, update participants on new BadgerLink developments, and share ways to enhance your library skills.
Public library directors may earn credit in Category B and C. Continuing education contact hours may be earned in Category B by attending a live BadgerLink webinar session, or by viewing an archived webinar in a group setting sponsored by a library agency or organization that included organized discussion or chat. Because the webinars are also recorded and archived on the BadgerLink Training Page (http://www.badgerlink.net/training.html), self-directed continuing education contact hours may be earned in Category C by individually viewing an archived BadgerLink webinar during which there is no participant interaction or discussion. Additionally, some BadgerLink webinars offer opportunities to earn contact hours toward the 10-hour technology credit requirement.
To obtain credit for attending a BadgerLink session, complete a Continuing Education Activity Report form (http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/forms/doc/f2453.doc) in sufficient detail including the program provider, title and description of program, date(s), location, and number of contact hours offered, and submit to your public library system validator.
If you have any questions about public library certification, please go to http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_cert or contact Terrie Howe at teresa.howe@dpi.wi.gov. If you have questions about BadgerLink Training opportunities or this webinar series, please contact Kara Ripley at kara.ripley@dpi.wi.gov.
3. NEW ONLINE RESOURCE FOR LIBRARIES AND SYSTEMS SERVING SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Serving Special Populations is a new online resource featuring video interviews from the Department of Public Instruction's Public Library Development Team (PLDT). The resource is a follow-up to Adults with Special Needs: A Resource and Planning Guide for Wisconsin's Public Libraries and Public Library Services for Youth with Special Needs: A Plan for Wisconsin, published by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) in 1999 and 2005, respectively. The PLDT hopes this resource will assist Wisconsin's public libraries and public library systems in providing service to special populations throughout Wisconsin. It is designed to guide library staff in planning, implementing, and evaluating services for special populations, offer a range of resources and strategies useful to all size public libraries no matter where they are located in Wisconsin, and provide information unique to Wisconsin. Librarians and system consultants from around the state are featured in the nine video interviews.
The new resource can be found here: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_ssp. The original Adults with Special Needs can be found here: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_specialasn. The original Youth with Special Needs can be found here: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_ysnpl
4. OVER 77,400 SCHOOL BROADBAND SPEED TESTS COMPLETED; DATA BEING ANALYZED
A HUGE thank you to all teachers, administrators and students in the 1254 Wisconsin schools (out of 2316 or 54.05%) and 343 districts/LEAs (out of 441 or 77.78%) that took the time to run at least one speed test during School Speed Test Month that ended in November. EducationSuperHighway (EducationSuperHighway), in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), developed the Wisconsin School Speed Test website, where any member of a school community can run an automatic test of the real speed of the Internet in that school, at a given moment. (See article in the November 1, 2012, issue of Channel Weekly: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chwk1507).
DPI is currently scrubbing and analyzing data from 77,400+ speed tests completed by Wisconsin schools and districts to assist the state in examining broadband usage and to help plan for upcoming online assessments and other digital learning initiatives.
Congratulation to Hayward Middle School (5864 speed tests run) and Hayward Community School District (10,434 tests run) for coming out on top in the school and district categories. Here are the Top 10 schools and Top 10 Districts that completed SpeedTests this past fall:
Top 10 Schools
| Rank | School Name | District Name | CESA | Tests |
| 1 | Hayward Middle | Hayward | 12 | 5864 |
| 2 | Washington Middle | Oconto Falls | 8 | 3347 |
| 3 | Kennedy Elementary | Green Bay | 7 | 2601 |
| 4 | Hayward High | Hayward | 12 | 2394 |
| 5 | Parkview High | Parkview | 2 | 2161 |
| 6 | Northwestern Elementary | Maple | 12 | 1722 |
| 7 | Bay Lane Middle | Muskego-Norway | 1 | 1708 |
| 8 | Oconto Falls High | Oconto Falls | 8 | 1377 |
| 9 | Oconto Falls Elementary | Oconto Falls | 8 | 1316 |
| 10 | Abrams Elementary | Oconto Falls | 8 | 1277 |
Top 10 Districts
| Rank | District | Schools | Test Run |
| 1 | Hayward | 9 | 10,434 |
| 2 | Oconto Falls | 7 | 7,320 |
| 3 | Green Bay | 39 | 6,110 |
| 4 | Maple | 4 | 3,496 |
| 5 | Parkview | 5 | 2,486 |
| 6 | Muskego-Norway | 8 | 2,425 |
| 7 | Northland Pines | 5 | 1,833 |
| 8 | Port Washington-Saukville | 5 | 1,714 |
| 9 | Wausau | 22 | 1,465 |
| 10 | Luxemburg-Casco | 4 | 1,349 |
As additional results become available, DPI will publish them electronically and share them with district and school personnel throughout the winter months.
5. NICOLET FEDERATED LIBRARY SYSTEM HOLDS WILD WISCONSIN WINTER WEB CONFERENCE
On January 16, librarians statewide logged on to the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference, a free, state-wide virtual conference developed by the Nicolet Federated Library System and sponsored by a host of public library systems including Eastern Shores, Indianhead, Lakeshores, Manitowoc-Calumet, Mid-Wisconsin, Northern Waters, Outagamie Waupaca, South Central, Southwest, Waukesha County, Winding Rivers, Winnefox and Wisconsin Valley. Six different presenters from libraries around the country shared their insights on a range of compelling topics.
Carson Block, founder of Carson Block Consulting, led off the conference with "The Great Library Swindle: Your Rights Are at Risk" (http://blip.tv/nfls/the-great-library-swindle-your-rights-are-at-risk-6505223), a compelling look at the risks and opportunities of the increasingly digital world of library content.
Sonja Plummer-Morgan, director of the Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle, Maine, shared her inspirations for "Dealing with Difficult Situations" (http://blip.tv/nfls/dealing-with-difficult-situations-6505198).
Ben Bizzle, Director of Technology at the Craighead County-Jonesboro Public Library in Jonesboro, Arkansas, shook up the conventional wisdom on marketing library services with "Marketing on the Edge" (http://blip.tv/nfls/marketing-on-the-edge-6505235). Billboards, comedy, and YouTube videos endorsed by nationally recognized authors have all been used successfully by the Jonesboro Public Library.
Jenica P. Rogers, Director of Libraries at the State University of New York at Potsdam, kicked off the afternoon with her thought-provoking session titled, "Library Self vs. Library Action" (http://blip.tv/nfls/library-self-vs-library-action-6505251). She challenged librarians to think long and hard about the services they may have rejected as not relevant or appropriate for libraries.
Sarah Houghton, director of the San Rafael (California) Public Library and author of Librarianinblack, challenged librarians' thinking about "Library Ethics and Digital Content" (http://blip.tv/nfls/are-we-hypocrites-libary-ethics-and-digital-content-6505253).
The program was capped by Joan Frye-Williams presentation, "Scale Up: 10 Ways to Increase Your Impact without Increasing Your Workload" (http://blip.tv/nfls/scale-up-10-ways-to-increase-your-impact-without-increasing-your-workload-6505255). Joan encouraged librarians to think about designing spaces and services tailored to communities of patrons, not just individual patrons.
6. BADGERLINK RESOURCE OF THE WEEK
Find elementary and middle school science videos, images and animations on the Wisconsin Media Lab's Digital Science Online.
7. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Library of Congress: National Jukebox -- http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ -- This site from the Library of Congress makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. Recordings are from the collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.
8. CALENDAR
February 5, 2013 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA)/Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) Library Legislative Day, Madison
March 8, 2013 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, to be confirmed
April 3, 2013 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee Meeting, DeForest
April 7-9, 2013 - Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) annual conference, Madison
April 23-26, 2013 - Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians annual conference, Elkhart Lake
May 1-3, 2013 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) annual conference, Lake Geneva
May 7-8, 2013 - American Library Association National Library Legislative Day, Washington, DC
May 10, 2013 - Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Portage
May 10, 2013 - Public Library Special Services Consultants annual meeting, DeForest
June 27-July 2, 2013 - American Librarian Association (ALA) Annual Conference, Chicago
October 3, 2013 - Public Library Youth Services Liaisons annual meeting, DeForest
October 23-26, 2013 - Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) annual conference, Green Bay
==================================================
To access previous issues of Channel Weekly, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
go to: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/
==================================================
Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
Department of Public Instruction
Division for Libraries and Technology
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