Feb 7
The BadgerNet broadband network is about to get a lot faster, thanks to a $4.2 million dollar federal grant to expand and upgrade its fiber optic network between April and November of this year. Read more about it from madison.com.
Feb 6
The newest issue of NextSpace has arrived. Learn the next trend affecting libraries and the next step that will help libraries create value and shape their future in Issue 22 – What keeps you up at night? (And what are you doing about it?)
Feb 5
In March 2014, OCLC will release WorldCat Discovery Services, a new suite of cloud-based applications that brings FirstSearch® and WorldCat® Local services together, making it possible for more than 18,000 FirstSearch libraries to offer a richer discovery experience for users.
Jan 23
A new digital collection from the University of Wisconsin-Stout Archives looks at more than a century of vocational education in northwest Wisconsin. Read more
Jan 21
Register today for the 2014 ILL Meeting brought to you by Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning & WiLS!
Jan 21
Organizations of all kinds create and use a wide variety of digital resources in the course of business. These resources represent each organization’s intellectual capital and, as such, have value and need to be carefully managed and preserved. While many of the traditional resources found in libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions–books, photographs, objects–can survive for years with no intervention, digital content is much more fragile. Managing it requires ongoing care and preservation activities to ensure continued access far into the future.
This workshop—sponsored by Minitex and based on the Library of Congress Digital Preservation Outreach and Education (DPOE) Program curriculum—introduces fundamental concepts for managing your digital content over time through a series of six modules. Read more
Jan 20
The annual 2014 WWEC (Western WI Educational Conference) will take place at the Lacrosse Center in Lacrosse, WI on Friday, February 21st from 8AM-2:30PM. The theme of this year’s conference is “Ready, Set, Mobile! There will 30 dynamic hands-on sessions which will include: Minecraft for the Classroom, iPad Learning Centers, Everything Google, Any Device Will Do with BYOD, The Chromebook Classroom, and so much more.
Jan 17
Gale offers these free weekly half-hour webinars featuring topics, subjects, and scandals associated with libraries across all types. Check out January’s selection and register today!
Jan 15
A new pilot collaboration between UW-Baraboo/Sauk County and the Baraboo Public Library allows cardholders to have borrowing privileges for both locations and their respective library systems with a single, integrated library card. Cardholders’ borrowing privileges will extend to the libraries of the other two-year campuses and the 53 South Central member libraries.
Read more about this exciting partnership from the Baraboo News Republic.
Jan 14
OCLC has announced that it will hold open office hours for CONTENTdm users on a regular basis. There will be two sessions a month, on the second Tuesday and fourth Thursday, starting today!
CONTENTdm “quick start” office hours
Just getting started, or bringing on new staff? Starting January 14 at noon Pacific, Geri Ingram will hold office hours on the second Tuesday of every month. No registration necessary.
CONTENTdm technical office hours
Got technical questions? Starting January 23 at 11 AM Pacific, Christian Sarason will hold CONTENTdm office hours for open discussions on technical topics – for example, Google Analytics, API integration, customizations, or usability issues.
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