WiLS is excited to announce the 2016 WiLSWorld keynote, David Bendekovic.
David Bendekovic is the founder of The B. A. David Company, an organizational and leadership development company specializing in helping libraries create environments where extraordinary things happen every day and has partnered with Library Journal as a developer and lead facilitator of Lead the Change: Professional Development for Today’s Librarians. Bendekovic has dedicated his career to working with librarians and other professionals to cultivate innovation and leadership throughout organizations even, or perhaps especially, in times of great change and uncertainty.
David’s research and work in the area of library leadership began in 2002 as Program Director at the Leadership Institute at Syracuse University. Since then, he has worked with many of today’s top library leaders, facilitating programs at over 175 libraries throughout the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Over 10,000 librarians have attended his leadership and professional development programs.
Additionally, David co-founded, developed, and continues to serve as the lead instructor for the Pennsylvania Library Association’s Academy for Leadership Studies. In 2012, he teamed up with Library Journal and created and developed what has become the Library Journal Professional Development program. He also speaks at numerous state, national, and international conferences throughout the year.
David will be speaking at 9:00am on Tuesday, August 2nd at the Pyle Center in Madison.
We’re happy to share that registration for Peer Council 2016 is open, and we are excited to welcome John Chapman as our keynote speaker! We hope to see you in Madison at the Pyle Center on Wednesday, June 8th!
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.
Thank you so very much to our members for sharing your time with us, and to those in the community who presented on what they are being inspired by:
Jean Anderson, South Central Library System
Melody Clark, WiLS
Meghan Dowell, Beloit College
Catherine Lavallee-Welch, UW-La Crosse
Kristin Vogel, St. Norbert College
For those that weren’t able to attend, or would like to revisit the meeting, check out the slides. We asked some questions of the meeting attendees, and while the polls are now closed, we will have all the responses available soon.
Join us for WiLS’ very first virtual membership meeting! In order to accommodate all the varied and hectic schedules of our diverse membership, we have moved our membership meeting from WiLSWorld to a virtual meeting so it’s more convenient for you to participate. We hope you will be able to attend! Read more
Wils member libraries can save on Document Delivery charges by using Reprints Desk’s A-Z Academic Document Delivery Service. To find out more about Article Galaxy’s collection of journal articles with special copyright royalty rates, and to see how the platform can streamline article acquisition workflows directly and through integrations with systems such as ILLiad, Odyssey and RapidILL, plan to attend an informational webinar on Thursday, December 17th at 1p.m.
During this 30-minute webinar, Reprints Desk will introduce Article Galaxy’s collection of journal articles with special copyright royalty rates and demonstrate how their platform streamlines article acquisition workflows both directly and through integrations with systems such as ILLiad, Odyssey and RapidILL.
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Webinar Details:
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
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Thank you so much for attending one (or more!) of our Regional meetings in 2015. We had a great time meeting all of you and talking about “Maximizing the Value of Your Electronic Resources”!
As promised, we’ve written up a summary of all of the suggestions made by all of the attendees at all of the meetings. We heard some great ideas and we’re really excited to share them more broadly.
Thank you to those who attended the 2nd Annual Fall Classic: The Library Games at WLA last week! There are some pretty fantastic pictures on Facebook. Feel free to tag yourself!
The answers to the trivia are here. We tried to make it hard, but you were too smart.
We look forward to seeing you again next year for the 3rd Annual Fall Classic!
We are so honored that you spent your valuable time with us at WiLS’ Regional Community Meetings these last few weeks. We hope it was a good use of your time, and that we could share some information that will serve you as you make decisions about how to promote, teach others about, and evaluate your electronic resources.
Thank you to our kind hosts for these meetings as well: Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Marshfield Public Library, St. Norbert College, Fitchburg Public Library, Dodgeville Public Library, and UW-Milwaukee.
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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 
