Originally recorded Tuesday, May 22 at 1:30 p.m. Timeline brought many changes to Facebook Pages. Join Tana Elias, Library Media Coordinator for Madison Public Library, and Kerri Hilbelink, Library Technology Project Support Specialist for SCLS, as they walk you through using these new features of Facebook to your library's advantage.
Originally presented Wednesday, May 23, 2012 with Megan Schliesman & Merri Lindgren, CCBC Librarians presenting. May topic: New Picture Books Not to Miss Join us for brief, timely tours through some of the newest and best in children’s and young adult literature. Librarians from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) will be your guides for these monthly 30-minute sessions designed to give librarians a heads-up about selected brand new titles of note. We’ll also revisit some of the gems...
Originally presented on May 3, 2012. Please join Jim Trojanowski, Jeff Gilderson-Duwe, and Sara Gold for a 90 minute webinar about Wisconsin’s digital media buying pool. We’ll briefly discuss why and how the buying pool was created, why we believe it makes sense for Wisconsin’s public libraries, what we’ve learned in the few months since it started, and how materials are selected for the collection. Once our brief (15-30 minute) presentation is complete, there will be plenty of time for questi...
Originally presented May 1, 2012 with Jean Anderson, SCLS, presenting. Wisconsin’s Digital Library, also known as OverDrive, has a brand new look. Join Jean Anderson for a tour of the new site, a demonstration of checking out, downloading, and transferring an ebook, as well as a brief look at the new OverDrive Support form.
Originally presented Wednesday, April 25, 2012 with Megan Schliesman & Merri Lindgren, CCBC Librarians presenting. April topic: Early Standouts: 2012 Fiction Join us for brief, timely tours through some of the newest and best in children’s and young adult literature. Librarians from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) will be your guides for these monthly 30-minute sessions designed to give librarians a heads-up about selected brand new titles of note. We’ll also revisit some of the ...
Originally presented April 19, 2012 with Ben Miller, Sauk City Public Library Director presenting. Remember the FIRST time you sat through a Web 2.0 presentation? You already use Facebook, read Blogs and know about Twitter, now you want to learn how to utilize the latest web tools in day-to-day library work. This session will serve as a jumping off point for using the best of what the Internet has to offer so you can do your job better. Develop eye-catching library posters, conduct more effect...
Originally presented April 11, 2012 with Megan Schliesman and Merri Lindgren, CCBC Librarians presenting. Find out about some of the outstanding books published for older children and teens published in 2011. This webinar will feature librarians from the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) talking about books for older children (Grades 6-12) and teenagers that are included in CCBC Choices 2012, the CCBC's most recent best-of-the-year list.
Originally presented April 4, 2012 with Megan Schliesman and Merri Lindgren, CCBC Librarians, presenting. Find out about some of the outstanding books published for younger children in 2011. This webinar will feature librarians from the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) talking about books for children from birth through Grade 5 that are included in CCBC Choices 2012, the CCBC's most recent best-of-the-year list.
Originally presented March 29, 2012 at 10 a.m. with Lynne Blinkenberg and Cindy Fesemyer from Wisconsin Public Television presenting. There is an abundance of thought-provoking films telling the stories of Wisconsin available on Wisconsin Public Television, and libraries can build community programs around these films: Green Fire (Aldo Leopold), Mildred Fish Harnack, Jerry Apps and Wisconsin taverns. In most community programs, participants will view the film together at the library then engag...
Jamie Matczak and Jean Anderson will discuss their favorite sessions from this year's PLA Conference in Philadelphia. See what librarians around the nation are saying about social media, ebooks, programming and more!