Thank you for attending WiLSWorld Shorts: Tool Tips! If you missed it or want to share the webinar with others, check out the recording and look for our next WiLSWorld Shorts edition on Open Access on June 16th.
WiLS is excited to announce the launch of WiLSWorld Shorts, quarterly, free webinars to continue the learning that happens at WiLSWorld all year long! These webinars are designed to do all the same things as WiLSWorld – connect our member community around important issues, foster the exchange of ideas, and help members form professional connections and collaborations to get done what they need to get done.
The first WiLSWorld Short – Tool Tips! – is coming up on Friday, March 10th at 1:00 pm. We have been enthusiastically sharing with our member community the tools we use as a virtual organization to communicate, coordinate on projects, and keep track of our many projects and tasks. This webinar will dive in-depth with a few of those tools: Slack, Smartsheet, Toggl, Grammarly, and Gmail enhancements Boomerang and Undo Send. Bring your curiosity and your questions for us for a wrap-up Q&A with WiLS staff.
Register to attend this free webinar, and we hope to see you there!
Thanks to the work of the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WPLC), the Wisconsin Historical Society, WiLS, and the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, 85,000 pages of pre-2005 newspapers from 12 communities around the state have been added to Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers! Funding from the WPLC as well as Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds awarded to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) made this project possible. Read more
The 2nd Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference (#UMDCC16) will take place August 9-10 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities). The UMDCC provides opportunities for digital collections creators and curators in the region and beyond to network, share best practices, participate in hands-on workshops, and learn from leaders in digital cultural heritage. The conference will be held jointly with the 2016 CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, sponsored by OCLC, August 10-11.
Conference Keynote: Trevor Owens
Trevor Owens of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will kick off #UMDCC16 on August 9 as keynote speaker. Trevor will introduce the National Digital Platform priority, discuss how the cultural heritage community can engage with and connect local projects to it, and share updates on the future of the initiative.
CONTENTdm Keynote: OCLC Research/Linked Data
OCLC and the Strategic Advisory Group for Digital Collections have created the Metadata Refinery Pilot Study to explore metadata enhancement and the conversion of record-based metadata from CONTENTdm and other digital repositories to entity-based linked data. On August 10, a panel discussion and demonstration of a “works-in-progress” toolkit will be followed by a breakout session where attendees can speak further with the panelists about their questions and use cases.
Conference Partners
Minitex, WiLS, and RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System), along with a regional planning committee, are the primary organizers of the Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference. In addition, St. Ambrose University Library is the local host and is donating staff time and planning support for this three-day event. The CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting is sponsored by OCLC; their support means that this portion of the conference is free to current and potential CONTENTdm users.
The 2nd Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference (#UMDCC16) will take place August 9-11, 2016 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities). The UMDCC provides opportunities for digital collections creators and curators in the region and beyond to network, share best practices, participate in hands-on workshops, and learn from leaders in digital cultural heritage. The conference will be held jointly with the 2016 CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, sponsored by OCLC, August 10-11.
For more information, see http://wils.org/umdcc16, or find the event on Facebook.
Register for UMDCC / CONTENTdm Users Group
The 2016 Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference is organized by Minitex, WiLS, and RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System) and hosted by St. Ambrose University Library.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER TREVOR OWENS
Trevor Owens of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will kick off the UMDCC conference on August 9. Trevor will introduce the National Digital Platform priority, discuss how the cultural heritage community can engage with and connect local projects to it, and share updates on the future of the initiative.
About Trevor Owens
Trevor is the Senior Program Officer responsible for the development of the National Digital Platform portfolio for the Office of Library Services at IMLS. He steers an overall strategy of research, grant making, communications and policy agendas in support of the development of national digital services and resources in libraries. From 2010-15, Trevor served as a Digital Archivist with the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) at the Library of Congress. Before that, he was the community manager for the Zotero project at the Center for History and New Media.
EBSCO is offering an opportunity for libraries to have greater access and input in their application development through its Beta App Program! These apps are currently available to try in beta. Read more
Wisconsin, and nine other states, will participate in ILEAD USA, an initiative to support the development of services to meet library patron needs in local communities. Read more
Information Today’s Computers in Libraries 2015 Conference and Exhibition will be held at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC on April 27-29, 2015.
Minitex will coordinate a discounted group registration. The special rate for the conference is $319.00 and covers the entire three-day event.
In addition to the main event, there are also discounted rates for the Library Leaders Summit ($599) and for the Internet@Schools Track ($109). Read more
The Digital Bookmobile National Tour will showcase the state’s free eBook service in two upcoming tour stops at Madison Public Library! Read more
Register today for WiLSWorld 2014, July 29th-30th at the Pyle Center in Madison!
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Internet technology company comScore measures what people do as they navigate the digital world. Recently, they released a report documenting the profound changes in digital media usage in the US in 2013, and what those changes mean for the year ahead. What are the implications for your library? Read the report.
