From InfoSoup:

"Coming soon, a new look to InfoSoup, powered by BiblioCommons! We are busy putting the finishing touches on our New Catalog. We think you will find it easier to use and will love the new features. But don't take our word for it give it a try and let us now what you think! Although we are in the preview stage, the catalog is live and up-to-date. You can view your account, search the full catalog, place holds, add to your shelves, and create lists.

Our BiblioCommons catalog provides new features and a new interface, but our current catalog will remain available if you prefer to use it."

Get more information about this exciting update from InfoSoup's What's Simmering blog at infosoup.info/ws/sep-07-2021/preview-our-new-catalog.

Below are the headlines from the August 20, 2021 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• InfoSoup's Library Card Sign-Up Month Toolkit
• YSS Blog Subscriber Alert
• Introducing BadgerLink's For Library Staff Page
• NWTC Searches for Library Lab Technician

Below are the headlines from the August 14, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• New InfoSoup Catalog Launches this Weekend
• Back to School Considerations for Wisconsin Public Libraries
• Continuing Education:
  • Virtual Training: TeachingBooks' Diversity Toolkit
  • Making It Stick: Creating an Engaged Organization with Thriving Libraries
  • 19 Suffrage Stories: Help Create & Edit Wikipedia Content
  • Register for Library Journal's Fall Day of Dialog
  • Job Center of WI for Job Seekers Webinar Recording

Below are the headlines from the 7/24/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Be Ready to Help Patrons Prepare for the InfoSoup Update
• Closed Captioning Library YouTube Videos
• COVID-19 Recovery Resources Guide
• Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference Call for Proposals
• Rural Libraries Invited to Apply for Digital Access Grants
• Register for September 23-24 Tech Days
• The Public Library's Role in Elections: Voter Education in a Post-Truth Era
• Lead the Way: Libraries at the Heart of Community Engagement
• PLA 2020 Virtual Conference: Available On-Demand

Below are the headlines from the 7/17/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Register now for Trustee Training Week 2020
• Three Things You Can Do to Promote Anti-Racism Efforts In Your Library
• COVID-19-related Cybercrime: Microsoft Takes Legal Action
• Marketing Materials for the "New" InfoSoup Coming this August
• Transition Planned In-Person Adult Programs to a Virtual Environment
• Antiracist Collection Development & Programming for Middle School & High School Youth (InfoPeople Webinar)

Below are the headlines from the 06/26/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• InfoSoup Placing Holds Update
  
• Update to the WLA COVID-19 Response
• Palaces for the People Virtual Discussions
• 2020 Census: Last Chance for a Complete Count
• Advancing Racial Equity & Inclusion in the Workplace Symposium
• Wisconsin Humanities CARES Grant, Round 2

Below are the headlines from the 06/05/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Public Libraries Reopening Guide
• Compassionate Accountability: Dealing with Problem Behaviors in the Library
• CARL Training Registration
• NEWI Update: Webinars in June
• Customer Service Online Training, via Ryan Dowd
• Crossroads: REALM Project Updates, Phase 1
• Youth Services Programming Palooza Recording

Below are the headlines from the 05/01/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• NFLS Libraries Offering Curbside Pickup
• WLA Leadership Development Institute ​Conference Scholarship
• WLA 2020 Conference Call for Program Proposals: Deadline Extension to May 29th
• Ancestry Library Edition: Remote Access Extended
• CE Opportunities Added Recently
• Virtual Training on BadgerLink Resources
• Guidelines for Reopening WI Public Libraries Released
• Beanstack: Investment in Online Reading Platform & Mobile App for Wisconsin Libraries
• Wisconsin Humanities Cares Grant
• Magician Daniel Lusk's ONLINE Magic show Package
• Colossal Fossils Online Summer Programs: Dinosaurs and Dragons

“InfoSoup digital services are open to you even while (libraries) are closed,” said Evan Bend, Library Services Manager with the Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS). Individuals that don’t have a library card with InfoSoup can sign up for one online and library staff will contact them with a temporary card number and pin that will allow access to all the InfoSoup digital resources.

An InfoSoup library card grants patrons access to digital resources for all ages such as ebooks, audiobooks, digitized magazines, newspaper archives and genealogy research. All resources are absolutely free with a library card. Learn more at www.infosoup.info/digital.
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To register for a card, simply complete an online application at www.InfoSoup.org/selfreg. Library staff will follow up with each applicant with a library card number and PIN to access the library’s online resources.

Last year, InfoSoup made a switch and subscribed to My Heritage Library Edition rather than Ancestry Library Edition. Ancesty can only be made available for use inside the library, while My Heritage can be used from home. During the year, however, numerous users expressed a preference for Ancestry Library Edition, even though it was library use only.

Given that, InfoSoup is going back to Ancestry Library Edition rather than continue with My Heritage.

 Ancestry Library Edition is now available again for use from within any InfoSoup library. 

My Heritage will remain available until December 31, 2019.

The above post was obtained from the Badger Bulletin. ​Click here to be directed to original post.

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.