Facts on File Webinars
Facts on File announces upcoming webinars for their databases. Read more about the webinars here.
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Nov 20
Oct 28
WiLS Monthly Statements
WiLS is now offering you the opportunity to receive monthly statements of your invoice account through WiLS. There are three types of statements you can receive. Read more
Jul 1
WiLS Wonders for July: Technology Tools
This month’s WiLS Wonders features a question we are wondering about for WiLSWorld! (Psst! You should register here if you haven’t already.) Please take a moment to let us know what technology tools you are using in your library, and then come to the final session of WiLSWorld – our Technology Mixer – to hear what others are doing. If you just can’t wait for WiLSWorld, and must know what your colleagues are using now, see the responses here.
Jun 3
Exciting Limited Time Springer eBook Deals!
2014 Purchase Deal
Libraries that purchase the full 2014 publication year will be eligible for a 30% discount on the back catalog (publication years 2005-2013). That means it’s possible to get every Springer title published between 2005 and 2013 for as little as $0.44 per title. Contact Jeff Brunner () for pricing at your library. Read more
Feb 18
Boulder Junction Gets a New Community Building and Library – and More
Congratulations to Boulder Junction on the opening of its new Community Building and Library! The new building opened its doors to the public on January 13th and, in the words of Boulder Junction resident Jeff Long, the importance of the project isn’t the new structure. “It’s a place where the people of the community can congregate, spend time and build that sense of community. The most valuable thing here is the intangible. The people who want to be part of this love it so much, it’s worth it. What this does for the community … it’s priceless.”
Feb 12
Special Rate for Computers in Libraries Conference
Special Rate for Computers in Libraries Conference
WiLS is pleased to announce that MINITEX is again offering a special rate for the Computers in Libraries Conference, April 7-9, 2014.
Information Today will offer the Computers in Libraries Conference and Exhibition at the Hilton Washington, Washington D.C. from April 7-9, 2014. MINITEX will be coordinating a discounted group registration. The special rate for the Computers in Libraries conference is $299.00 for the three-day event (April 7-9, 2014). In addition, discounted prices of $109.00 for Internet@Schools Track are also available. No discount rates are available for the pre-and post-conference seminars and workshops. For additional information see conference program.
Available this year is online registration which will make registration quicker and will extend the registration deadline until March 7, 2014. For registration use Promo Code MIN14. Go to: http://www.infotoday.com/h
For mail in registration please request a registration form from Tim Johnson at MINITEX. His contact information is 800-462-5348 or . He will need to receive your payment, checks payable to Information Today, Inc., and registration form no later than February 25, 2014.
Dec 16
ILS Consortium Study survey now available
WiLS is working on creating a “State of the ILS in Wisconsin” report, which will collect information from each ILS consortium that will be valuable when considering larger units of service for ILSs in the state.
The first step in this process is a survey of the ILS consortia in the state.
Nov 19
Education Week Trial
WiLS is pleased to provide a free, two-month trial subscription to EDUCATION WEEK which provides award-winning news coverage of the K-12 education world.
If your institution has a school or college of education . . . if you have faculty and administrators responsible for developing the next generation of teachers and school leaders, total access to EdWeek.org will be a valuable resource for your staff and students.
A site license to EDUCATION WEEK serves as a practical textbook that keeps everyone current on the latest news, controversies, and research in elementary and secondary education.
Trial Link: http://www.edweek.org
Trial Password: edweek3
Contact Jeff Brunner () to get pricing or if you have any questions.
Nov 4
Just Another Day in the Newsroom
NPR’s librarians, based in Washington DC, play an important role in researching, enhancing, producing and archiving NPR’s news and cultural programming. Core functions include reference, metadata curation and music selection. In addition to these more traditional initiatives, NPR librarians are breaking ground in the industry as product developers and managers.
Join NPR Librarians as they share what a typical reference day is like, how they have integrated into the newsroom, how they have adapted services to the changing needs of the company, and how they implemented new archival databases.
Oct 22
Learning Opportunity: BIBFRAME Webinars
UW-Madison SLIS Continuing Education Services is providing two free webinars on the BIBFRAME model and MARC transition, taught by Kevin Ford of the LoC MARC Standards Office, and BIBFRAME Initiative.
Webinar #1, Introducing the BIBFRAME Model: high-level concepts and objectives, Wednesday November 6th, 2013, 11:00 AM Central time Sign up for Webinar #1
Webinar #2, Transitioning from MARC to BIBFRAME: the environment and the format, Wednesday January 8th, 2014, 11:00 AM Central time Sign up for Webinar #2
Both webinars will last for approximately one hour, and are presented free of charge. You may sign up for both webinars, or choose one or the other. The first 100 attendees to sign up for each webinar will be able to watch the webinars live; those who sign up later will receive emails with links to the recordings.
For more information, see http://www.slis.wisc.edu/BFwebin.htm.
