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Division of Motor Vehicle (DMV) Motorists’ Handbook is available online and in OverDrive!
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Division of Motor Vehicle (DMV) Motorists' Handbook is available online as an eBook in PDF, EPUB and MOBI formats, which can be read on a desktop computer or handheld device. The handbook is also available...
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Sounds off on TSA try-out of new book screening rules
American Libraries reported on July 7 that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has called a halt to its “pilot test” requiring passengers to remove books and other paper items from their carry-on luggage during security screening. Where the AL story link...
New BadgerLink Webpage Layout: August
The BadgerLink Team is happy to announce that in the beginning of August we'll be updating the layout of our homepage. The purpose of our website is to get you to our fabulous resources. So we moved some content around to put a spotlight on what we have to offer. We...
Announcing the 2017 Youth Services Institute Cohort
Announcing the 2017 Youth Services Institute Cohort WI Libraries For Everyone Blog, Posted: 13 Jun 2017 09:32 AM PDT Tuesday, May 30, 2017 The Wisconsin Youth Services Development Institute provides professional development and networking for Wisconsin public library...
Multi-Cultural Eclipse Stories Website Includes (FREE) Audio Recordings, Activities, Resource Guide and NASA links
Preparing for this summer's solar eclipse, and looking for ways to engage your visitors? Consider incorporating the free online multi-cultural eclipse stories, researched and recorded by professional storytellers Cassandra Wye and Fran Stallings at the request of the...
Always-Available Audiobook Collection Added to Wisconsin’s Digital Library
Always-Available Audiobook Collection Added to Wisconsin's Digital Library The WPLC is pleased to announce the addition of 25 always-available audiobook titles from Blackstone Audio in Wisconsin's Digital Library. These titles were purchased by the WPLC Selection...
Trustee Training Week and Resources for Trustees
Have you and your board members registered for the Wisconsin Trustee Training Week webinars yet? The annual hour-long webinar series is scheduled for August 21-25 at 12 noon each day. Unable to attend that week? Register for the sessions and receive recordings of the...
Reading lists for all age and interest groups: The Madison Public Library has your back.
Need reader's advisory or purchasing ideas? The Madison Public Library Insider blog publishes lists for all ages on a range of interests. Subscribe to a list that you need help with. I always struggled with graphic novels and manga, but there's a list for that! What...
Create Annual Report Brochures in LibPAS
Create annual report brochures for your library through LibPAS in less than two minutes. Customize the brochure to fit your library's needs: pictures, graphs, patron stories, project reports. The sky is the limit with what you can do! The Wisconsin Library and System...
Meet Libby: Webinar for the WPLC Community
OverDrive is providing the WPLC library community another opportunity to meet Libby, OverDrive's new app for Wisconsin's Digital Library in a webinar on Friday, July 14th at 10am. If you're unable to attend, the webinar will be recorded and shared to the WPLC blog and...
Superheros to the rescue: September is Library Card Sign-up Month
DC super heroes will help ALA promote Library Card sign-up month! September is coming! Is your library ready?! As honorary chairs of Library Card Sign-up Month, DC's Teen Titans will remind parents, caregivers and students that signing up for a library card is the...
It’s time for outcomes, not outputs in library services!
"Libraries are very good at counting outputs... it's more difficult to count outcomes," says Stacey Wedlake, research and communication coordinator for Impact Survey, one of several national projects developed over the past ten years to help public libraries jump that...
Library Programming for Millennials: Upcoming WVLS Webinar
A Pew Research Center survey from 2016 "finds that 53% of Millennials (those ages 18 to 35 at the time) say they used a library of bookmobile in the previous 12 months." Is your library providing programs and services for Millennials? Register for the October 4th...
Audio Books ARE Real Books: How Audio Promotes Literacy
Audiopub.org has produced an amazing infographic "How Audio Promotes Literacy" and offers other resources for librarians and educators on the topics of sound learning and transmedia literacy. The Audio Publishers Association's interest in promoting the benefits of...
Be Skeptical: The Wisconsin Senior Guide
Read the original SCLS Tech Bits blog post "Be Skeptical" by Kerri posted on June 8, 2017. There were some events in April and May (the Google Docs phishing emails, the Bed, Bath, and Beyond coupons) that had me thinking a lot about privacy, phishing and how being...
Wizarding World Book Club
Read and discuss the Harry Potter stories with anyone, anywhere. The Wizarding World Book Club is available free to all registered users of Pottermore, the digital publishing, e-commerce, entertainment and news company from J.K. Rowling. Libraries could incorporate...
Letting Go: Assist Patrons then Disengage
Some patrons simply enjoy long conversations while others would like library staff to file their taxes. Service suffers when one patron monopolizes limited available public library staff. Learning how to disengage from patrons contributes to an increase in overall...
Cooperative Children’s Book Center Bibliographies Offer a Wealth of Resources
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) has compiled an amazing array of useful booklists to reference when keeping youth of all ages engaged in reading during the summer months. During the busy summer months, youth services librarians can rely on the CCBC for...
What is the Difference Between NoveList and NoveList Plus?
Wondering what the difference is between NoveList and NoveList Plus? There are two: nonfiction and audiobooks. NoveList Plus includes both fiction and nonfiction titles, and now it also includes information about audiobooks. This chart illustrates the differences:...
23 Science-Backed Ways to Reduce Stress Right Now… and Other Tips to Retain Summer Sanity
You say the population of your community has tripled for the summer while too many of your library's public computers ahve decided to take a vacation? That municipal street reconstruction has closed your parking lot and given new meaning to the CSLP theme "Build a...