Index
- The November Issue of WSLL @ Your Service
- Maker Educator Leadership Certificate Program
- WPLC Survey
- Grant Opportunity – Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities
- Digital Byte: Access to Justice
- Continuing Education Calendar
The November Issue of WSLL @ Your Service
In this issue The Wisconsin State Constitution, Now an eBook, Newly available on Lexis Digital is one of the definitive sources on the history of the Wisconsin Constitution. The Wisconsin State Constitution, a volume of the Oxford Commentaries on State Constitutions, is an important source for persons interested in how interpretation of Wisconsin's 1848 constitution has evolved since statehood. Read more Constitutional Law Display, To go along with our featured book this month, The Wisconsin State Constitution, our newest library display features books on state constitutions, as well as books by the author, Jack Stark. Read more New Books, This month’s featured books include Hiring and Firing in Wisconsin and Fair Credit Reporting. Our monthly new book list is also ready to browse. Read more Tech Tip, A new Books Unbound interface from the State Bar launched in September. We go over two simple methods to check the supplement for a book in this new interface. Read more Library News, Add holiday closures and upcoming classes to your calendar, and learn about November events in the law and library community. Read more November Snapshot, This month’s photo features a view of Grandad Bluff, from La Crosse River Marsh. Read more
Maker Educator Leadership Certificate Program
The University of Wisconsin – Madison is excited to offer four online professional development courses dedicated to building educators’ intentional design of maker-based learning experiences, documentation of those experiences, and tools and routines to discuss work with their colleagues. Click here to learn more.
Do you assist your patrons with Libby and Wisconsin's Digital Library?
If so, the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WPLC) seeks your valued feedback on the collection of materials in Wisconsin's Digital Library. Your input, drawing from your knowledge of patrons, will help guide us as we continue to grow and develop the collection of ebooks, audiobooks, and other digital materials, so it is most relevant to Wisconsin library patrons.
Please take the short survey here to help guide us: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/wplcstaff2022
The survey will be open through November 18th. Thank you for taking the time to provide valuable feedback and guidance!
Grant Opportunity - Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities.
The American Library Association invites applications from small and rural libraries for the Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and Rural Communities grant.
Library workers may apply online for grant funding from November 1, 2022, to February 28, 2023, at ala.org/LTCAccess. Up to 300 libraries will be awarded in this application period, part of ALA’s longtime community engagement initiative.
ALA will accept applications from November 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023
Interested applicants are encouraged to register for a free pre-application webinar on November 8, 2022.
Chosen libraries will first conduct community input-gathering sessions to assure that their work aligns with local needs. Libraries will be required to identify the primary audience they are hoping to reach (e.g., homebound seniors, children with autism, Deaf community members) and facilitate a community conversation with the impacted populations to guide improvement of the library’s services. Grantees will then use the grant funds to create services or improve their facilities based on the needs identified by their audience.
Selected libraries will receive $10,000 or $20,000 to support costs related to their community engagement project; virtual training to assist project directors in developing their community engagement, facilitation, and disability service skills; a suite of online resources developed to support local programs; and technical and project support from the ALA Public Programs Office throughout the grant term.
The opportunity is open to libraries serving small and rural communities in the U.S. and U.S. territories. To be eligible, a library must be located in an area that’s more than, or equal to, five miles from an urbanized area and with a population of 25,000 or less, in keeping with Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) definitions of small and rural libraries.
Digital Byte: Access to Justice
In this Digital Byte, Elizabeth Manriquez from the UW- Wisconsin Law School Library talks about the Justice Gap, who it effects, and how libraries can assist. This is part three of a five-part series. https://youtu.be/5y2gRcb7wJ4