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Here are the headlines from the August 11, 2023 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• Stronger Together: Creating Space for Mutual Support 
• Tailspin by Wisconsin author John Armbruster 
  
  

 
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Here are the headlines from the June 30, 2023 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• WLA Foundation 2023 scholarship applications 
  • Continuing Education Scholarships & Grants 
  • WLA Foundation Library Education Scholarships 

• WLA News 
  • YSS wants you: Run for a board position 
  • WLA 2023 award nominations open July 1 
  • Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame nominations open July 1 

• Learning Opportunities for Library Staff  
  • July & August opportunities and fall courses from UW-Madison iSchool 
  • PLA 2022 Public Library Services for Strong Communities Survey report 

 
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Here are the headlines from the March 17, 2023 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• March 2023 NFLS News  
• Share your library's unique National Library Week programs, events, or celebrations with DPI 

• Library and system employment opportunities 
• Youth Outdoor Skills library program by Joshua Stuck 
• NFLS libraries invited to annual Children's Book Fest in Rhinelander 
• Present at PLA 2024: submit proposals by May 1, 2023 
• Get ready to UNITE & IGNITE at ARSL 2023 

 
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Here are the headlines from the September 30, 2022 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• Cast Your Vote for 2023 WLA Leaders 

• Participate in PLA's Public Library Services for Strong Communities survey 
• Using workforce assistance resources for your library 
• Library employment opportunities 

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Here are the headlines from the November 12, 2021 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• New Digital Data Tool for Libraries: Benchmark
• BadgerLink Advisory Group: Call for Applicants
• Free Bookmarks & Posters from BadgerLink
• American Rescue Plan Humanities Grants for Libraries
• Submit a PLA Webinar Proposal
• Poster Contest for WI 5th Graders: Bring Our Missing Children Home

Below are the headlines from the July 30, 2021 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Nominate someone exceptional for the WI Library Hall of Fame
• September is Library Card Sign-up Month
• ​2021 YSS New Member Welcome Social August 12th​
• Elizabeth Tomev joins the DPI’s Library Services Team
• Fostering an Antiracist Library Culture: 35% Discount
• Save the Date for the PLA Conference: March 23-25, 2022

Below are the headlines from the May 14, 2021 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Take the Marketing Toolkit Survey: Libraries Activating Workforce Development Skills
• Submit a PLA 2022 Program Proposal
• Grant Opportunities & News
  • Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) Registration Open May 12, EBB Registration Webinar on May 19
  • National Preservation Program: Preservation Needs Assessment and Preservation Plan
  • Brown County Library Recipient of Grant to Fund Materials about East Asia
• Continuing Education Highlights
  • Registration Open for May 27th SSCS Conference
  • Customers Without Masks (by Ryan Dowd) - Free 1-Hour Webinar May 20th
  • Talking about the COVID Vaccine In Your Community

Below are the headlines from the May 7, 2021 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• 2021 Rural Libraries Summit: May 25-26
• Submit PLA Webinar Proposals through May 31
• ADANN 30th Anniversary Spotlight on ADA Resource Portals
• Grant Opportunities
  • WiLS 2021 Ideas to Action Fund Application Period Is Open
  • ARSL Conference Scholarship Applications Now Accepted
• Programming Resources
  • ARSL Program-Palooza Round Table: May 20th
  • CSLP Newsletter: April 2021
  • Stealing Away: Stories (by Wisconsin author Kevin Revolinski)
• The “Marketing Funnel” Approach to Customer Engagement
• Don’t Forget: Encourage Your Library Patrons to Share their Stories

Below are the headlines from the October 9, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• New and Upgraded EBSCO Resources in BadgerLink
• Bright Idea? Share It with Your Peers: Submit a PLA Webinar Proposal
• CSLP Newsletter: September 2020
• Family COVID Survey - University of Wisconsin
• Beanstack News
  • Epic! Integration Now Available in Beanstack
  • Register for Beanstack Webinar Focusing on Non-summer Reading Challenges for all Ages
• October Webinars from NEWI

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

Free PLA Webinar
2020 Census: Last Chance for a Complete Count
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 1-2 p.m. Central

Join ALA on Thursday, June 4, 1:00 - 2:15 pm CT for “The Library Community Moving Forward in the New Normal." This free webinar will offer insight and discussion with leaders from state, public, academic, and school libraries on the continued efforts and strategies to reopen library facilities across the country.

​Attendees will benefit from hearing about preliminary results from the recent national “Libraries Respond: COVID-19 Survey,” and have the opportunity to ask questions and compare and contrast planning and guidance across the range of library types to inform your own robust planning and services
responses.
 
Facilitator: Patty Wong, Incoming ALA President-elect, Santa Monica Public Library
 
Speakers:
Ramiro Salazar, PLA President, Director, San Antonio Public Library
Jon Cawthorne, ACRL President-elect, Wayne State University
Mary Keeling, AASL President, Library Services Supervisor, Newport News (Va.) Public Schools
Jake Speer, State Librarian, Indiana State Library
Lucinda Nord, Executive Director, Indiana Library Federation
 
Presented by the American Library Association
Source: "The Library Community Moving Forward in the New Normal", American Library Association, May 15, 2020.
http://www.ala.org/united/forward (Accessed June 1, 2020). Document ID: 747158f3-a22e-4be0-8f40-d5c25c95364c

This newsletter contains the following headlines:

• Libraries and COVID-19: Town Hall Recap, Evolving Resources, New Research Project
• Community Engagement Award.  OCLC is accepting nominations through May 31 for the new OCLC Community Engagement Award, recognizing libraries who have created impact and extended the library's reach through a recent project. Read more in the recent Next blog post and nominate your library for one of three $5000 awards.
• More Buy-In = Better Marketing.  In a guest post by Kathy Dempsey, read about the 2020 PLA panel session, The Marketing Value Proposition: Why Buy-In Makes All the Difference. Panelists shared strategies for helping library staff to understand the value of marketing and to support that work, even when it's not part of their jobs.
• Library Storytimes during COVID-19 – a Different Kind of Connection.  In part one of a two-part series, Saroj Ghoting, early childhood literacy consultant, looks at ways to adjust storytimes for virtual engagement. While virtual interactions are not the same as meeting face-to-face, this is a time to explore what works well in an online environment, what we can capitalize on, and what we can learn for the future.
• Upcoming Webinars
  • ​MAY 27: Online Reference and the Open Web: Boosting Strategies and Sources
  • JUNE 11: Libraries Prepare to Answer Civil Legal Questions in Times of Crisis
  • JUNE 16: Getting Started with Virtual Storytimes
• Additional Online Learning​