Learn how outcome data can be used to guide programming changes, strategic planning, communication, advocacy, or new funding requests. REGISTER NOW!
 
This webinar is open to everyone. PLA’s Project Outcome is a free online toolkit designed to help public libraries understand and share the impact of their programs and services by providing simple surveys and an easy-to-use process for measuring and analyzing outcomes. Learn more at www.projectoutcome.org.

The new catalogs have arrived and will be arriving at libraries next week. They are also available online at https://www.cslpreads.org/shop/ using a CSLP login. In addition, each library has access to the 2020 "Imagine Your Story" online manual. Directions for accessing the manual are included with the catalogs arriving next week.

If you have any questions or problems with your registration process, please contact the CSLP office at contact@cslpreads.org or by phone at 866-657-8556 or 833-225-8661.

Membership to CSLP and statewide purchase of these manuals is possible through LSTA funding through the Public Library Development Team. 

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• Free Webinar: Addressing Ableism in Your Built Environment
• Apply for PLA Awards & Grants by December 6
• CSLP 2020 "Imagine Your Story" Incentives & Decor Catalogs: Arriving Next Week
• Figure Eight: A Northern Lakes Mystery by Jeff Nania
• Is Internet Explorer going away?  Not really.
• Ryan Dowd's Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: Online Training Coming in 2020
• Small Library Strategic Planning: Funding Available

The following information is forwarded to from the Great Lakes ADA Center:
 
Free Webinar:  Addressing Ableism in Your Built Environment sponsored by America Walks
Date: October 29, 2019 12-1:30pm Central Time
Register on-line at: https://tinyurl.com/yxq38xma
 
America Walks is excited to bring the series back for an episode that will explore the topic of ableism and how it informs our programs, places, and interactions, “Addressing Ableism in Your Built Environment.”
 
This program will look at how individual, organizational, and institutional privilege intentionally and unintentionally creates barriers to the safe, accessible, and equitable spaces to walk and move that we all aspire to create. It will explore the topic of ableism and include presentations from experts on proactive and immediate ways individuals can contribute to dismantling the pervasive daily exclusion that people with disabilities experience every day. Attendees of this webinar will:

• Explore the topic of ableism and how it is found in programs, policies, and places related to walkable and moveable communities
• Hear from experts on their own perspectives and experiences with ableism
• Learn tools, resources, and ways to dismantle the barriers ableism creates

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• 2019 Library Improvement & Innovation Grants Put to Good Use
  
• Girls Who Code Club Programs: FREE Coding Curriculum
  
• Library Marketing Myths That Need to Die RIGHT NOW

The Florence County Library was able to purchase five new tables and chairs thanks to a grant from the Nicolet Federated Library System’s 2019 Library Improvement & Innovation Grant, which funds programs in the areas of workforce development, lifelong learning, and/or technology.

The tables and chairs are in the main area of the library and look great!  The library's work force development person,  Zana, is even in one of the photos (left). Public patrons, students and a wide range of other folks also utilize them.  They are on locking wheels so we are able  to easily move them for different presentations and author talks.

Check out what other NFLS libraries have purchased with their grants here.

Wisconsin Dementia Resource Network (WDRN) will offer four regional education events with presentations from local community partners this year:

• Northwest Wisconsin - October 21, 2019
• Southwest Wisconsin - December 2019 
• Northeast and Southeast Wisconsin - Spring events 2020

Attention Library Marketers: Here's a great blog post from Super Library Marketing that points out four (or five) marketing myths when it comes to library marketing.

Marketing is a fast-paced and ever-changing field; so what may have worked in the past may not work so well now. Here are the myths listed:​

• Myth #1: My library marketing video/blog post/article needs to be short because people will only consume “snackable content.”
  • The only exception to this myth is email.
• Myth #2: A high open rate is the best way to tell that my library email marketing is successful.
• Myth #3: I need to grow my Twitter/Facebook/Pinterest followers.
• Myth #4: If you need to tell your cardholder something, just make a sign.

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• New Expense & Travel Report Form
• BIG LIBRARY READ: I’m Not Dying with You Tonight Begins November 1
• Stay in the Web Accessibility Loop with WebAIM
• Webinar 2 of 3: Creating Compelling Copy - aka Persuasive Writing and How to Effectively Tell Your Library's Story

If you're looking for tips on making your website more accessible, the WebAIM Newsletter is a great place to start. WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) is a non-profit organization based at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University. Its mission is to empower organizations to make their web content accessible to people with disabilities.

The September WebAIM newsletter has a few topics that really stood out:

The next Big Library Read kicks off on Nov. 4 and the winning title is I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones - available in ebook and audiobook format.

• Read more about the Big Read and the next title at https://biglibraryread.com/.
• Get your readers talking about Big Library Read using these marketing materials - including bookmarks, web graphics, and press releases - and use #biglibraryread on social media to join in the conversation.

 Questions? Contact wplc-info@wils.org.

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• ​Can't Make it to WLA Conference? Stream these sessions!
• Dementia Friendly Counties + Others Interested
  
• Back to School Collaboration With School Librarians
  
• Job Opening: ILS Administrator at WVLS
  
• Honoring Kathy Pletcher, 2019 WLA Trustee of the Year: Awards & Honors Reception at WLA Thursday, October 10