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Sep 24

Reminder: Feature Films for Education Webinar on 9/25/18

WiLS vendor partner, Infobase will be hosting an informational webinar for WiLS members only all about Feature Films for Education. This webinar will introduce WiLS members to Infobase’s newest streaming video collection! This outstanding collection, which includes more than 600 full-length feature films, focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles for educational instructional purposes, including literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, Academy Award® winners, and animated films. Stay tuned through the webinar and listen for the secret word. Contact Jeff Brunner () or Hayley Bloch () with the secret word, to get a free gift!

Infobase will also be offering a free trial to the collection to any WiLS members. If you decide to subscribe, you’ll also get a FREE subscription to another great Infobase database.

Session Details:
9/25/2018 – 10:00 AM Central
Register Here to attend, or to get the recording

Learn more about the collection from this flyer.

Sep 19

WiLS September 2018 Staff Interview: Sara Gold, Community Liaison and Service Specialist

You may have noticed that WiLS has some new faces among its staff. We are excited to grow our skills and improve our services by bringing new members into our team while also leveraging the experience and strengths that our existing team contributes. In the coming months, we will be sharing a little more about WiLS staff members, both new and experienced, in their own words.

This month, we talk with WiLS’ most veteran staffer, Sara Gold, Community Liaison and Service Specialist.

ABC Database Series from World Trade Press

World Trade Press has introduced a new series of databases that allows students to access the world and its people at their fingertips. Discounts for WiLS members apply. A trial is available through October.

www.abcdatabaseaccess.com

Username: abc

Password: irving (until Sept 30th)

Password: jersey (for October)

Contact Sara Gold at for pricing or with questions. [pdf-embedder url=”https://sprinkles.wils.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ABC-Database-Series-Brochure-1.pdf” title=”ABC Database Series – Brochure (1)”]

Sep 17

ACLS Humanities E-Book Webinar and 5-month Trial

Join us to learn more about ACLS Humanities E-Book and the special offer of the extended free trial program for WiLS members: sign up for a webinar on Tuesday September 25th at 2 pm CT. Register here.

ACLS is also offering an amazing five-month trial so your institution can really get a look at the product. The trial period opens September 2018 with access through February 28th 2019 giving your library and faculty a chance to explore the Humanities E-Book collection thoroughly.

The product includes 5,400 titles of high quality, with an annual release of 200-300 every year. Unlimited simultaneous access during the trial, the same level of access as HEB subscribers.

Have questions about the webinar or the extended trial program? Contact Clare Doyle,

Sep 11

OpenAthens Progress Update Webinar – GALILEO

As part of their partnership work with Georgia’s Virtual Library GALILEO and EBSCO, the OpenAthens team be hosting regular webinars to update interested parties on progress with the project.

In this second webinar, they’ll update on the 19 institutional pilots and next steps with the project. The webinar is scheduled to run on Wednesday 19 September at 11:00am to noon ET.

Agenda

Welcome and introduction, Lucy Harrison, Executive Director / Russell Palmer, Assistant Director, GALILEO
Progress with the institutional pilots, Vee Rogacheva, UX designer, OpenAthens and Russell Palmer, Assistant Director, GALILEO
Next steps, Vee Rogacheva, UX designer, OpenAthens
Open Q&A, facilitated by Beth Rutter, Sales and Marketing Assistant, OpenAthens

How to join
Register online to join the webinar or to receive a copy of the webinar recording.

Sep 7

Makerspaces in Wisconsin Libraries

As a resource for WiLS members, we are creating a compendium of makerspaces among our member libraries. The purpose is to help facilitate the sharing of valuable information as libraries plan for, create, and improve their maker spaces, programs, and outreach. Read more

Aug 22

OpenStax Expected to Save Students $17.4M on Textbooks

Eleven U.S. colleges and universities that partnered with Rice University-based nonprofit publisher OpenStax last summer to encourage the use of freely available learning materials expect to save their students nearly $17.4 million on textbook and materials costs in the coming academic year. Most of the projected savings — $10.7 million — are a result of initiatives implemented during OpenStax’s institutional partnership program.

Read the full article from Rice University.

Aug 21

New Vendor Partner: HeinOnline

WiLS is excited to announce a partnership with HeinOnline. HeinOnline is a premier online database containing more than 156 million pages and 200,000 titles of legal history and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. HeinOnline bridges the gap in historical research by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,500 law-related periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of law journals, HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more. Learn more from this video. Read more

Aug 20

WiLS August 2018 Staff Interview: Vicki Tobias, Program Coordinator, Curating Community Digital Collections

You may have noticed that WiLS has some new faces among its staff. We are excited to grow our skills and improve our services by bringing new members into our team. In the coming months, we will be sharing a little more about each WiLS staff member, both new and experienced, in their own words.

In late 2017, we added Vicki Tobias to our family as Program Coordinator for the IMLS-funded Curating Community Digital Collections project, headed up by Recollection Wisconsin.

WiLS August 2018 Vendor Partner Interview: Jocelyn Dunlop, Backstage Library Works

At WiLS, we want to bring valuable information to our library partners, including information about the missions and big ideas of the vendors they may already do business with. WiLS interviews a vendor partner in order to bridge the gap and open the door to valuable collaborations. This month, we are delighted to share insights from Jocelyn Dunlop, Account Representative at Backstage Library Works.