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Transparent Language® Online provides a fun, effective, and engaging experience for learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language. Combining extensive courses and supplemental resources for over 100 languages, including English, Transparent Language Online is the most complete language-learning system.

These two features have been added to Transparent Language Online over the past few months:

Below are the headlines for the 06/07/2019 - 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• NFLS Website has New InfoSoup Page
  
• New Delivery Tubs are Coming
  
• Something to Keep in Mind During Your Summer Library Program
  
• WiLS Ideas to Action Fund: Deadline Extended to June 14
  
• Winnefox Library System is Hiring: New Assistant Director
  
• Are you planning a visit to a legislator's office while at ALA?
  

Update:  Innovative support found an “undocumented” back door way of setting the Location facet to alphabetical order, which has been implemented. The Location list is now displaying in Alphabetical order. If you don’t see it, try refreshing your browser. The original “scope menu order” began with Adult & Young Adult and Children and then went in alphabetical order. The new workaround is strictly alphabetical order, so Birnamwood, enjoy your time on the front page! When the official fix comes out, it will likely return to the original sort order. 

There has been a recent change in InfoSoup that has been causing some minor confusion. After you do a search in InfoSoup, you can use the Refine by column to limit your results by format, location, genre, language, etc.

In the past, the location list always began with Adult & Young Adult and Children, and then three libraries in alphabetical order. Clicking on more > would continue listing all the InfoSoup libraries in alphabetical order.

Like the other Refine by sections, Location now sorts by "hit count" rather than by alphabetical order.

The Nicolet Federated Library System is excited to announce that Transparent Language Online is now available to if its member libraries their library card holders. Transparent Language Online for Libraries is one of the most complete language-learning system available anywhere.

• 100+ foreign language courses.
• English-Learner language courses: choose from Immersion or 29 native speaker options.
• Immersion courses in six languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, & Spanish) for kids (known as KidSpeak™).

To get started visit your Transparent Language login page:

• InfoSoup Library Cardholders: http://0-www.infosoup.info.www.infosoup.org/transparent-language
• Brown County Library Cardholders: https://library.transparent.com/bcl/game/enroll?code=BrownCounty

From outside a library you will need to enter your library card number and PIN. Once you have signed up, you can go directly to the Transparent Language site  or download the mobile app.

To learn more check out some of Transparent Languages videos:

• Overview & features (link is external)
• KidSpeak (link is external)

Have questions? Email the the Transparent Language Online support team at support@transparent.com (link sends e-mail) or use the "Contact Support" tab anytime in your browser when when using Transparent Language.