1. State Superintendent Proclaims February 5 Digital Learning Day in Wisconsin
2. Public Library and Library System Annual Reports are now open
3. Webinar: Using Broadband Demand Survey Data to Promote Local Opportunities
4. Seventeen Wisconsin public libraries to receive nature backpacks from DNR
5. Applications being accepted for Neal-Schuman Foundation "Citizens-Save-Libraries" grants
6. Webinar Archive: Re-Thinking Summer Library Programs
7. BadgerLink Resource of the Week: College & Jobs page
8. Website of the Week: Encyclopedia Smithsonian
9. Calendar
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1. STATE SUPERINTENDENT PROCLAIMS FEBRUARY 5 DIGITAL LEARNING DAY IN WISCONSIN
State Superintendent Tony Evers has signed a proclamation designating February 5, 2014, as Digital Learning Day (DLDay) in Wisconsin. The proclamation can be viewed and downloaded here: http://goo.gl/w2GXdx.
The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) web pages for this event (http://www.tinyurl.com/widl2014) are up and ready to go with two cool videos from our national partner (https://sites.google.com/a/dpi.wi.gov/widld2014/) which are great for sharing with education and library staff, your community, or embedding on your own website.
Participation in Digital Learning Day is easy as 1-2-3:
2. PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LIBRARY SYSTEM ANNUAL REPORTS ARE OW OPEN
The LibPAS online reporting system for the 2013 Public Library Annual Report was opened January 17, and the 2013 Public Library System Annual Report opened January 21. Email announcements with login information have been sent to directors of all Wisconsin public libraries and library systems. Links to instructions and support material for both annual reports are listed at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_annrpt.
If you are the director of a public library or library system and did not receive your email announcement, please check the following:
3. WEBINAR: USING BROADBAND DEMAND SURVEY DATA TO PROMOTE LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES
On Thursday, February 6, 2014, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. CST, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) and University of Wisconsin-Extension will present a webinar on Using Broadband Demand Survey Data to Promote Local Opportunities. The LinkWISCONSIN broadband demand study (http://www.link.wisconsin.gov/lwi/Default.aspx?bhcp=1) is a planning tool for local, regional, and state-wide broadband development efforts and a result of data collected through the Public Service Commission's Broadband Demand Survey. Data from the Wisconsin Broadband Dashboard can be used to pinpoint the location and type of unmet consumer needs for broadband, and also provides broadband data for Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs), places of high demand for broadband at the local community level, including K-12 education, higher education, libraries, healthcare institutions, public safety entities and government organizations.
This webinar will provide you with an overview of Wisconsin's Unmet Broadband Demand and show you how to use the dashboard tool and demand study results to better understand the needs of your community and to organize for local action.
To join the session, please click on the link: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.32DEF10E0211ECC5CF4428B88FD559&sid=1304. You may join the session up to 30 minutes in advance of the start time.
Participant Phone Access --
To connect to the audio for this conference:
1. Log in to the Blackboard Collaborate meeting using the URL provided above and follow the on-screen instructions to join either phone or VoIP audio
2. If you are using phone audio, be sure to turn off your computer speakers to avoid audio feedback and echo.
For your information, the phone numbers for this meeting are:
Toll: 847-413-3722
Toll Free: 866-244-1377
Passcode: 7560325#
Blackboard Collaborate Hardware/Software Requirements & Browser Test: To view the hardware and software requirements for Blackboard Collaborate and test your browser's compatibility, visit: http://www.uwex.edu/ics/elluminate/requirements.htm.
4. SEVENTEEN WISCONSIN PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO RECEIVE NATURE BACKPACKS FROM DNR
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has developed family nature backpacks that will be available at 17 Wisconsin public libraries as a pilot test to assess the response of families and adults who use them to take children outdoors and explore nature. In partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 17 libraries have been chosen from a list of over 150 who showed interest by e-mail or at the Wisconsin Library Association annual conference. One library has been selected from each library system. Librarians will receive their backpacks and a set of instructions in early 2014. The selected librarians and their libraries are:
5. APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR NEAL-SCHUMAN FOUNDATION "CITIZENS-SAVE-LIBRARIES" GRANTS
Applications for the second cycle of the Citizens-Save-Libraries grant project are now being accepted. United for Libraries has secured $75,000 from the Neal-Schuman Foundation to support library advocacy at the local level for libraries with troubled budgets. The Citizens-Save-Libraries grants will pay for travel and fees to send expert advocates to 20 locations over the course of two years to help friends of the library groups, library directors, and trustees develop individual blueprints for advocacy campaigns to restore, increase, or save threatened library budgets.
The opportunity to apply for expert consultation began in January 2013, and the first 10 libraries were selected in April. Among the criteria to apply are a willingness of recipient libraries to "pay it forward" by sharing what they learn with others in their states through presentations at local conferences, articles written for the state library association journal, and a willingness to answer questions and support other advocacy campaigns via digital media and Skype.
As part of the program, a Citizens-Save-Libraries Power Guide (http://www.ala.org/united/powerguide), available to all, lays out a step-by-step blueprint for libraries to follow in generating their own campaigns.
Grant Requirements:
Full information and links to the application and release form are available at http://www.ala.org/united/grants_awards/neal-schuman.
6. WEBINAR ARCHIVE: RE-THINKING SUMMER LIBRARY PROGRAMS
Find the online recording for this popular event held on January 22, 2014, under "Professional Development" on the DPI Youth Services page: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_ys-sn#prof-dev.
Description: Does SLP feel more like an eight week long birthday party than a reading program? Discover how your literacy efforts can be more sustainable and effective after hearing inventive ideas from around the state. The webinar is hosted by Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, Youth and Special Services Consultant for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and a panel of Wisconsin youth services librarians.
7. BADGERLINK RESOURCE OF THE WEEK
Are your students college and career ready? Go to the BadgerLink College & Jobs page (http://www.badgerlink.net/college-jobs) to access LearningExpress Library, a collection of web-based test preparation tools and skill building materials. You will find AP, SAT, ACT, ASVAB practice tests, ebooks about public speaking, creating a resume, grammar and more!
8. Website of the Week
Encyclopedia Smithsonian -- http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia -- This site from the Smithsonian, the world's largest museum and research complex, provides links to on-line resources from Art to Zoology. (Website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
9. CALENDAR
January 24-28, 2014 – American Library Association (ALA) Mid-Winter Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
March 12, 2014 – Spring Interlibrary Loan meeting, Madison
March 14, 2014 – Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND), DePere
March 21, 2014 – Growing Wisconsin Readers Early Literacy Symposium, Stevens Point
April 2, 2014 – Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee Meeting, DeForest
April 30 – May 2, 2014 – Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians (WAAL) annual conference, Wisconsin Dells
May 7-9, 2014 – Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) annual conference, Sheboygan
May 16, 2014 – Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Madison
May 16, 2014 -- Special Services Consultants Meeting, DeForest
October 2, 2014 – Annual Youth Services Liaisons Meeting, DeForest
October 3, 2014 – Annual System Continuing Education and Certification Consultants Meeting, DeForest
November 19, 2014 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee Meeting, DeForest
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To access previous issues of Channel Weekly, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
go to: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/
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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
FAX: (608) 267-9207
2. Public Library and Library System Annual Reports are now open
3. Webinar: Using Broadband Demand Survey Data to Promote Local Opportunities
4. Seventeen Wisconsin public libraries to receive nature backpacks from DNR
5. Applications being accepted for Neal-Schuman Foundation "Citizens-Save-Libraries" grants
6. Webinar Archive: Re-Thinking Summer Library Programs
7. BadgerLink Resource of the Week: College & Jobs page
8. Website of the Week: Encyclopedia Smithsonian
9. Calendar
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1. STATE SUPERINTENDENT PROCLAIMS FEBRUARY 5 DIGITAL LEARNING DAY IN WISCONSIN
State Superintendent Tony Evers has signed a proclamation designating February 5, 2014, as Digital Learning Day (DLDay) in Wisconsin. The proclamation can be viewed and downloaded here: http://goo.gl/w2GXdx.
The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) web pages for this event (http://www.tinyurl.com/widl2014) are up and ready to go with two cool videos from our national partner (https://sites.google.com/a/dpi.wi.gov/widld2014/) which are great for sharing with education and library staff, your community, or embedding on your own website.
Participation in Digital Learning Day is easy as 1-2-3:
- If you haven't done so yet, please "Take the pledge to make a difference with digital learning" right now. It takes less than 30 seconds to show your support!
- Fill in DPI'sWisconsinDLD Activities Formto share what your class, school, or district will do to celebrate Digital Learning Day 2014. Just as in 2012 and 2013, DPI is collecting your events that make this day special – let us know how you celebrate.
2. PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LIBRARY SYSTEM ANNUAL REPORTS ARE OW OPEN
The LibPAS online reporting system for the 2013 Public Library Annual Report was opened January 17, and the 2013 Public Library System Annual Report opened January 21. Email announcements with login information have been sent to directors of all Wisconsin public libraries and library systems. Links to instructions and support material for both annual reports are listed at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_annrpt.
If you are the director of a public library or library system and did not receive your email announcement, please check the following:
- If you have spam filtering, check to see whether the message was trapped as spam. Add "wi@countingopinions.com" to the allowed addresses (though LibPAS messages indicate they are from libraryreport@dpi.wi.gov).
- If the director's position recently changed or is vacant, please send email to libraryreport@dpi.wi.gov with the name and email address of the person who will be completing the annual report.
- If your LibPAS username/password has been misplaced:
- Go to the portal page at https://wi.countingopinions.com
- Click the Login button.
- Click the "Password reminder" link.
- Enter the email address of your account, and click Send. LibPAS will send information to the director email address on record.
3. WEBINAR: USING BROADBAND DEMAND SURVEY DATA TO PROMOTE LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES
On Thursday, February 6, 2014, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. CST, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) and University of Wisconsin-Extension will present a webinar on Using Broadband Demand Survey Data to Promote Local Opportunities. The LinkWISCONSIN broadband demand study (http://www.link.wisconsin.gov/lwi/Default.aspx?bhcp=1) is a planning tool for local, regional, and state-wide broadband development efforts and a result of data collected through the Public Service Commission's Broadband Demand Survey. Data from the Wisconsin Broadband Dashboard can be used to pinpoint the location and type of unmet consumer needs for broadband, and also provides broadband data for Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs), places of high demand for broadband at the local community level, including K-12 education, higher education, libraries, healthcare institutions, public safety entities and government organizations.
This webinar will provide you with an overview of Wisconsin's Unmet Broadband Demand and show you how to use the dashboard tool and demand study results to better understand the needs of your community and to organize for local action.
To join the session, please click on the link: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.32DEF10E0211ECC5CF4428B88FD559&sid=1304. You may join the session up to 30 minutes in advance of the start time.
Participant Phone Access --
To connect to the audio for this conference:
1. Log in to the Blackboard Collaborate meeting using the URL provided above and follow the on-screen instructions to join either phone or VoIP audio
2. If you are using phone audio, be sure to turn off your computer speakers to avoid audio feedback and echo.
For your information, the phone numbers for this meeting are:
Toll: 847-413-3722
Toll Free: 866-244-1377
Passcode: 7560325#
Blackboard Collaborate Hardware/Software Requirements & Browser Test: To view the hardware and software requirements for Blackboard Collaborate and test your browser's compatibility, visit: http://www.uwex.edu/ics/elluminate/requirements.htm.
4. SEVENTEEN WISCONSIN PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO RECEIVE NATURE BACKPACKS FROM DNR
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has developed family nature backpacks that will be available at 17 Wisconsin public libraries as a pilot test to assess the response of families and adults who use them to take children outdoors and explore nature. In partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 17 libraries have been chosen from a list of over 150 who showed interest by e-mail or at the Wisconsin Library Association annual conference. One library has been selected from each library system. Librarians will receive their backpacks and a set of instructions in early 2014. The selected librarians and their libraries are:
- Stacey Schultz, Milton Public Library
- Betty McCartney, Elkhart Lake Public Library
- Christine LaFond, Clear Lake Public Library
- Rebekah Raleigh, Community Library (Kenosha)
- Jennifer Wharton, Matheson Memorial Library (Elkhorn)
- Paula Newell, Cudahy Family Library
- Barbara Weber, New Holstein Public Library
- Carolyn Wey, Lake Mills Public Library
- Allison Schultz, Bonduel Public Library
- Karen Weber-Mendham, Land O' Lakes Library Youth
- Shay Foxenberg, Black Creek Village Library
- Carey Kipp, Baraboo Public Library
- Erin Isabell, Platteville Public Library
- Michelle Plunkett, New Berlin Public Library
- Stephanie Grigg–Remillard, Campbellsport Public Library
- Lynette Vlasak, Kendall Public Library
- Denise Korenuk, Western Taylor County Public Library
5. APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR NEAL-SCHUMAN FOUNDATION "CITIZENS-SAVE-LIBRARIES" GRANTS
Applications for the second cycle of the Citizens-Save-Libraries grant project are now being accepted. United for Libraries has secured $75,000 from the Neal-Schuman Foundation to support library advocacy at the local level for libraries with troubled budgets. The Citizens-Save-Libraries grants will pay for travel and fees to send expert advocates to 20 locations over the course of two years to help friends of the library groups, library directors, and trustees develop individual blueprints for advocacy campaigns to restore, increase, or save threatened library budgets.
The opportunity to apply for expert consultation began in January 2013, and the first 10 libraries were selected in April. Among the criteria to apply are a willingness of recipient libraries to "pay it forward" by sharing what they learn with others in their states through presentations at local conferences, articles written for the state library association journal, and a willingness to answer questions and support other advocacy campaigns via digital media and Skype.
As part of the program, a Citizens-Save-Libraries Power Guide (http://www.ala.org/united/powerguide), available to all, lays out a step-by-step blueprint for libraries to follow in generating their own campaigns.
Grant Requirements:
- Demonstrated need for help with a library advocacy campaign.
- Minimum of five volunteers committed to working on a leadership team for a campaign. Each member understands that this commitment may require at least weekly meetings for up to 90 days.
- Leadership team available for two days of on-site, in-person training (approximately 4-5 hours each day) between June 1, 2013 and May 1, 2014 (between June 1, 2014 and May 1, 2015 for Cycle 2 grants).
- One member of the leadership team willing to become a local "mentor" for other libraries in the state and/or region. Mentor may be invited to participate in a one-time live one hour webinar and may also be asked to give an advocacy program at state library conference.
- Support of the library's Board of Trustees and support of the library director.
Full information and links to the application and release form are available at http://www.ala.org/united/grants_awards/neal-schuman.
6. WEBINAR ARCHIVE: RE-THINKING SUMMER LIBRARY PROGRAMS
Find the online recording for this popular event held on January 22, 2014, under "Professional Development" on the DPI Youth Services page: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_ys-sn#prof-dev.
Description: Does SLP feel more like an eight week long birthday party than a reading program? Discover how your literacy efforts can be more sustainable and effective after hearing inventive ideas from around the state. The webinar is hosted by Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, Youth and Special Services Consultant for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and a panel of Wisconsin youth services librarians.
- Discover how libraries in the South Central Library System have abandoned traditional rewards and incentives.
- Learn how Waupaca Area Public Library developed a year-round literacy program.
- Find out how Hedberg Public Library created a multi-year program theme.
- Explore how Read On Wisconsin can be part of your on-going literacy offerings.
7. BADGERLINK RESOURCE OF THE WEEK
Are your students college and career ready? Go to the BadgerLink College & Jobs page (http://www.badgerlink.net/college-jobs) to access LearningExpress Library, a collection of web-based test preparation tools and skill building materials. You will find AP, SAT, ACT, ASVAB practice tests, ebooks about public speaking, creating a resume, grammar and more!
8. Website of the Week
Encyclopedia Smithsonian -- http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia -- This site from the Smithsonian, the world's largest museum and research complex, provides links to on-line resources from Art to Zoology. (Website reference courtesy of refdesk.com)
9. CALENDAR
January 24-28, 2014 – American Library Association (ALA) Mid-Winter Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
March 12, 2014 – Spring Interlibrary Loan meeting, Madison
March 14, 2014 – Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND), DePere
March 21, 2014 – Growing Wisconsin Readers Early Literacy Symposium, Stevens Point
April 2, 2014 – Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee Meeting, DeForest
April 30 – May 2, 2014 – Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians (WAAL) annual conference, Wisconsin Dells
May 7-9, 2014 – Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) annual conference, Sheboygan
May 16, 2014 – Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting, Madison
May 16, 2014 -- Special Services Consultants Meeting, DeForest
October 2, 2014 – Annual Youth Services Liaisons Meeting, DeForest
October 3, 2014 – Annual System Continuing Education and Certification Consultants Meeting, DeForest
November 19, 2014 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee Meeting, DeForest
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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
For questions about this information, contact Roslyn Wise (608) 266-6439