1. Interlibrary loan system survey results
2. Celebrate National Library Week, April 14-20, 2013
3. BadgerLink Resource of the Week: EBSCOhost Text-to-Speech
4. Website of the Week: The Why Files
5. Calendar

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1. INTERLIBRARY LOAN SYSTEM SURVEY RESULTS

Public library participants in the 2012 Fall ILL Meeting co-sponsored by WiLS and Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning (RL&LL) asked for updated tools to foster better understanding of current Wisconsin resource sharing practices. In 2010, Bob Shaw of WiLS and Charles Clemence of Winding Rivers Library System conducted a survey to gather resource sharing platform data at the system level. There have, however, been significant changes in the resource sharing landscape since that time.

As a result, RL&LL committed to preparing a survey to gather data on resource sharing platforms used by each system, system training, support and resource sharing roles. The purpose of the survey was to collect information about each system’s interlibrary loan activities, staffing, training and types of assistance provided to their individual libraries.

The survey was distributed to the directors of each of the 17 public library systems. All responded. The results were shared this week via webinar and email.

The complete survey results can be accessed at http://goo.gl/rl3WB


2. CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, APRIL 14-20, 2013

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries can participate-- school, public, academic and special.

The ALA has downloadable posters (featuring Honorary Chair Caroline Kennedy), digital graphics for your web page, public service announcement templates and recordings, and more on their celebration resource page here: http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek.


3. BADGERLINK RESOURCE OF THE WEEK

Don't feel like reading a long article? Listen to it! When you have an HTML full text article in EBSCOhost, you have the option to listen to the article using the Text-to-Speech function. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/UsdYUE


4. Website of the Week

The Why Files -- http://whyfiles.org – The mission of this website, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is “to explore the science, math, and technology behind the news of the day, and to present those topics in a clear, accessible, and accurate manner.” (website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)


5. CALENDAR

April 1-30, 2013 – School Library Month

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 14-20, 2013 – National Library Week

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 4, 2013 – Continuing Education and Certification Consultants annual meeting, DeForest

October 22-25, 2013 – Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) annual conference, Green Bay

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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
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