6 opportunities to attend:
   Tech Days East: September 10 – 12, 2019
   Tech Days West: November 5 – 7, 2019


​Tech Days is a series of full-day workshops held at locations around Wisconsin. Each day includes a keynote / plenary session by a guest presenter, and a variety of breakout sessions of presentations & hands-on learning activities.

​Breakout session topics and presenters vary with venues, so check the complete list to see what & who will be where & when. There is no charge to attend a Tech Days workshop.
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Registration is open for Tech Days East workshops:

Below are the headlines for the 06/14/2019 - 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• 2019 Library Improvement & Innovation Grants Awarded
• NEWI-Area Library Staff Named Members of 2019 Youth Services Institute Cohort
  
• WLA 2019 Awards: Now Accepting Applications
  
• Door County Library is Hiring
  
• WiLS Ideas to Action Fund: Applications Due Today
  

Congratulations to these staff at NEWI-area libraries for having been chosen as members of the 2019 Youth Services Institute Cohort:

• Kirsten Smith, Manitowoc Public Library, Manitowoc-Calumet Library System
• Lara Lakari, Stephenson Public Library (Marinette), Nicolet Federated Library System
• Braelyn Spencer, Algoma Public Library, Nicolet Federated Library System
• Sarah Read, Kaukauna Public Library, Outagamie Waupaca Library System
• Sheri Dunham, Neenah Public Library, Winnefox Library System

​The Wisconsin Youth Services Development Institute provides professional development and networking for Wisconsin public library staff who serve babies, children, and teens in smaller public libraries. The Institute targets library staff who have no graduate degree in librarianship and/or work in rural/isolated library communities. For these individuals, there is a need to improve skill and knowledge base, foster a supportive network, and develop stronger peer-to-peer and professional community connections within the Wisconsin public libraries infrastructure.

The Institute is supported through an LSTA grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the Public Library Development Team at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI).

View the entire list of participants at https://dpi.wi.gov/wilibrariesforeveryone/announcing-2019-youth-services-institute-cohort.

Do you have a tech tool that makes library work easier, a technology program or service that draws adults, teens or children into your doors, or apps you’ve found or created for library use? 

Please fill out this form to let us know what you’d like to share and show at Tech Days East this September!
 
All topics at the intersection of technology and libraries are welcome.

• Possibilities include, but are not limited to, gadgets, coding, apps, digitization, VR / AR, innovative tools, social media, privacy, makerspaces, Google services, STEM / STEAM, data visualization, e-resources, and teaching tech to patrons. 
• Presentations might also focus on serving specific audiences such as preschoolers, tweens, teens, older adults, and people with varied abilities.

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Time: 9am – 3pm
Location: Appleton Public Library
Register at https://newilibraries.org/ccbc2019
 
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) librarians Merri Lindgren and Megan Schliesman will talk about Great New Books for Children and Great New Books for Teens, highlighting selected books from the publication CCBC Choices 2019. Books included in CCBC Choices 2019 will be available for hands-on examination.

Registration is now open for the Creativity and Aging: Arts Education for Older Adults workshop!
 
You have two opportunities to attend:

• Thursday, April 4, 9am - 3:30pm
  Green Bay Botanical Garden, Green Bay (map)
  Register here


• Friday, April 5, 9am - 3:30pm
  Holiday Inn Express, Rice Lake (map)
  Register here​